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Objects of Design #211: TeaTowel/Cushion by Mibo

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is it a tea towel?

Continuing with the multi-tasking themes of the last few days I just love this tea towel. Which, if you are four and you have no need for such things, you can have made (by those big people that hang around with nothing better to do than watch your every move) into a cuddly toy.

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or is it a toy?

See. Isn’t that clever. Tea Towel.

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there are several designs in the series

Or cushion.

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collect the set

They’re designed by a British company, based in Hove, called Mibo who set up in 2001. They quickly received orders from the likes of Liberty and The Conran Shop and the range has expanded ever since.

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the full set of cushions

You can now buy rucksacks, bibs and shoulder bags as well as an adorable set of paper animals, including these, produced in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund.

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save our species

You can buy Mibo at FAO shop, where the tea towels costs £11.50 or, to see the full range, go to the Mibo site.

My favourite? I do rather love the giraffe.

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Kate Watson-Smyth

The author Kate Watson-Smyth

I’m a journalist who writes about interiors mainly for The Financial Times but I have also written regularly for The Independent and The Daily Mail. My house has been in Living Etc, HeartHome and featured in The Wall Street Journal & Corriere della Sera. I also run an interior styling consultancy Mad About Your House. Welcome to my Mad House.