This month I'm loving...  the sleek and covetable one-off creations by Magpie.

 

This 'socially conscious art collective' based in South Africa creates chandeliers and other extravagant creations made from discarded bottle caps, redundant plastic trinkets and retrieved glass beads. They even have a bin on the verandah where locals can 'donate' bits and bobs, trash that may yet be turned into treasure.

 

Order Magpie's chandeliers (and other creations) direct from them, or find them at the new Anthropologie stores in London (opening soon in Regent Street and King's Road). You'll be in good company – the Obamas have just purchased two Magpie chandeliers for the White House!

 

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