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The Danes keep topping the list of the world’s happiest people. Next time you need an inspiration boost, follow their lead and invite Hygge into your home.

Mention African design, and mud cloth, batik prints, animal skin, scary masks and clay pots come to mind. But there is a whole new style of African design emerging. Alternative African design is going to be big in 2017 because there is a new wave of creativity coming from the continent in unexpected and original ways.

As a child, I was fascinated with feathers and I can honestly say that I still am. So you can imagine my excitement to see them popping up everywhere from t-shirts to wallpaper.

Every season there is some colour that is The New Black. I’ve even seen a t-shirt recently claiming that coral is it. And as much as I love coral, I doubt that it has the power to claim the throne. But grey, now there is a tough contest. So is grey the new black?