Tag: Melbourne
Wootten
The idea of walking in a father’s footsteps is as old as the art of making shoes itself. It’s the idea on which Wootten is founded. Jess’s dad, Ross Wootten, began making bespoke footwear in the early 1970s in South Australia under the tutelage of Bulgarian Master Craftsman and internationally renowned shoemaker, George Koleff.His son,…
Idle Hands
Idle Hands is a creative workshop started by Kieran Meegan, a metal fabricator by trade and artist Rickie-lee Robbie. The pair established their furniture and product design brand based on a shared aesthetic and passion for creativity.The result, are objects that embody a sense of calm through their simplicity, and whose form provides a thoughtful…
Mark Tuckey
We are an Australian timber furniture company dedicated to creating product that we love and want to live with. Designed with integrity, simplicity and strength, using recycled and sustainably managed timbers. Each piece is custom made at our workshop in Melbourne. Our commitment is to produce lifetime pieces with a negligible footprint.We all have a…
J R Bespoke Designs
J R Bespoke Designs was founded by Jarryn Allen in 2016, a Carpenter by trade who had a passion for creating custom made furniture. Jarryn’s passion for woodworking began in high school, where woodworking was his favourite class but he also had a love for design and thought that architecture or a draftsman might be…
Loom Arts and Management
Loom Arts and Management is a disability-led not-for-profit organisation in Melbourne, Australia, formed with the aim of increasing representation, respect and access to opportunities for artists with disability.While people with disability currently make up around 18% of the population in Australia, they are one of the most marginalised demographics in our society and are chronically…
Double Date
Sisters Alice and Bridget spend so much time together it was inevitable that one of their ideas was going to inspire them enough to start a business. Luckily for the homeware lovers out there, the idea that did it was not the salami advent calendar, but a colourful hanging mobile designed for any space, not…
Australian Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades
The Australian Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades (Rare Trades Centre for short) was established in 2022 as a place dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of rare skills, knowledge and practice to ensure the language of ‘making’ in Australia is not lost to history and remains alive and accessible for future generations.Industrialisation, mass…
Baaby
Since the conception of Baaby in 2015 PEOPLE & PLANET have always been at the core of our decision making. We aim to produce beautiful garments that will remain in your wardrobe for a lifetime, not a season. We carefully select each fabric for its sustainable qualities and we consider the whole lifecycle of the…
Sister Studio
Not so long ago, we were making clothes for our surrounding sisters and friends, then friends of friends until we had intuitively created SISTER.SISTER was born from the enjoyment Emma and Alice had from hanging out and making things together. The two met years ago when they strutted into each other at the disco. At…
Francie
After years in the fashion & textile industry in Australia and Japan, Francie was born from a desire for luxurious knitwear that is also low impact. Beautiful design that happens to be transparent, sustainable, and ethical.Founded in Melbourne, and now based in Auckland, Francie knits are a celebration of our local industry on both sides…
Lucinda Babi
Lucinda Babi is a label creating modern ethical clothing on a made-to-order basis, based in Melbourne/Naarm, Australia. I founded the label in 2018 after completing a Fashion Honours degree, and have been hand-crafting pieces from my Collingwood studio since then.Originally from the UK, but now settled in Australia, I fuse inspiration from historic British references…
Tara Whalley
Tara Whalley established her self-titled fashion brand in 2015, after returning to Australia after a year of working with war-affected Mayan weavers. It was this time in Guatemala that formed Tara’s painting practice- translating experience into artwork for fabric print and a clear direction for the basis of her fashion signature style. Her collections are…
VicHoney
We are VicHoney, the online presence of Upper Beaconsfield Apiaries.We are a family-run boutique bee and organic honey apiary based 50km south east of Melbourne in the foothills of The Dandenongs.Our aim is to produce the highest quality Australian eucalyptus organic honey through our own well managed beehives.Our organic honey is cold-extracted and is NOT…
Backyard Honey
It started in the family’s backyard, when Melbourne’s Backyard Honey beekeepers, Peter and Jane Dyer, realised that while many people dreamed of having beehives and harvesting their own pure raw unheated honey, they often did not have the time or apiary experience required.Inspired by this, Peter and Jane Dyer pursued their beekeeping passion and developed…
Ka Ra Studio
We create furniture that’s serious in quality, but full of fun, lighthearted charm.Furniture that’s pared back yet playful, whilst being flexible, to fit smaller spaces.Furniture that’s made locally by a selection of Melbourne’s incredibly talented makers — with our home planet in mind, using sustainable materials.Furniture designed to bring joy to your space, to make…
Botani
Botani skincare is proudly Australian. We aspire to reconnect people with nature and to optimise skin health and natural beauty with minimal environmental impact. Botani combines ancient botanical wisdom with modern skin science, delivering vegan certified, clean and efficacious products. Our skincare is powered by the olive and Australian native botanicals.At Botani, we combine the…
Echuca Distillery
Echuca Distillery and Café spirits are pure alcoholic delights and we encourage our visitors to drink less and enjoy more.Crafted and bottled in the legendary river port town of Echuca Moama, our craft spirits are 100 % pure thanks to a combination of naturally derived botanicals, the best ingredients we can source and the ancient…
Little Lon Distilling Co.
A gintrified establishment commemorating the rich history of the Little Lon District with a range of characterful, small-batch, handcrafted Gins & Spirits; raising a tipple to the delightful deviates that once trod these lurid laneways.It’s our double-distilled tribute to a hood once heaving with bordellos, bohemians, dance halls, opium dens, and gangsters; keeping Little Lon’s…
Zipei
Founded in 2019, ZIPEI’s narrative started from “Home”, where the majority of the time was spent in her home studio due to the Covid lockdown. The design poetically interprets fragments of everyday life: a corner of a rustic concrete wall, a breeze through translucent blinds, the touch of soft bed sheets… These unnoticed moments of…
Zenj Australia
Zenj Australia is a small business producing and selling a diverse range of individually handcrafted Essential Oil Candles, Original Candles, Personal Care Products and Reed Diffusers. Our range is developed with scents derived from natural fragrances to deliver a sanctuary like experience in your home.We also take great care in choosing beautiful, re-usable containers for…
You, Me and Bones
You, Me & Bones started as a hobby and New Year’s resolution in 2013 and quickly grew into a recognisable candle brand.Explore our range of aromas and illuminate your room or simply display in your home as a unique piece of decor.All of our products are sculpted, moulded and hand-poured in Melbourne using natural materials…
Wool2Yarn
At Wool2Yarn, we are proudly an Australian business specialising in natural fibres, especially Alpaca. We started this adventure as Alpaca farmers in the late 90’s and grew our herd to over 150 strong.We offer a truly local, Australian made product, grown and made on the Mornington Peninsula.We have taken our Farm to Yarn movement to…
Wonki and J Ceramics
Wonki and J ceramics is based in Melbourne north, Australia, creates functional ceramic pieces designed to be natural, simple and practical for your home to everyday life using locally supplied material that are chosen thoughtfully.Majority of our works are made of very rough and dark stoneware clay decorated with white slip so the colour and…
Wendy Voon Knits
Wendy Voon knitwear combines contemporary design with elegant forms, sensuous textures and the finest yarns. Each piece is soft, luxurious and highly wearable.Wendy Voon is the owner and designer of WENDY VOON, a Melbourne-based, Australian contemporary knitwear label, established in 2005.Wendy works on domestic knitting machines and with a local Melbourne knitting mill.‘Sculptural’ and ‘architectural’…