Tag: Victoria
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…
Lard Ass
Lard Ass was founded by a dairy farmer’s daughter who grew up in Western Victoria surrounded by the creamy goodness of fresh milk and churned butter. Proud of my Italian heritage where food was grown and sourced locally, and growing up with my 6 brothers and sisters helping my mum, Bertilla and dad, Antonio (Tony)…
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…
Foile
Foile is fundamental formulations for high vitality skin. Clean, bioactive ingredients for daily use. Easy, inclusive skincare. Our offering is low-key and high quality, genderless and multi-use. Uncomplicated for maximum flexibility so you can come as you are. Formulated for visible results.We are an independent, female-owned small beauty brand. Our founders, Suzanne Tuttle and Alexandra…
ShortHive
This precious gold liquid has been in our family for a long time. Our Grandfather has been a beekeeper for over 50 years. An award here, an award there … our family knows how to harvest some pretty fine honey. One chilly afternoon, we were sitting around the farm table talking all things bee-keeping when…
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…
Walkabout Apiaries
All family members are involved in the different aspects of the business whether we are rearing queen bees, harvesting honey, producing beeswax candles or Mead. On market days it is all hands on deck and the Grandchildren often get involved too.Bees have taught us to be a close family, to work harmoniously and productively to…
Blue Tree Honey Farm
Blue Tree Honey Farm is situated on the hills overlooking the Tarwin River at Dumbalk, South Gippsland region of Victoria. Our produce is grown as Organically as possible, (Not certified) with no chemicals or pesticides used on the garden. All Jams, Jellies, Preserves and Sauces are made with produce grown on our farm or sourced…
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…
Hachibee Honey
Hachibee Honey is a family owned and run business based in North East Victoria, Australia.We chose to live in the North Eastern region of Victoria due to the area’s great beekeeping potential. That was ten years ago. Since then, we have come a long way. After starting from scratch in the early days, we have…
Raw Honey Farm
We are Andrew and Moss, migratory apiarists (beekeepers) from Marraweeney in North-East Victoria. We produce and package our honey under the ‘Raw Honey’ brand name at our ‘off-grid’ property on the Strathbogie Tablelands. We are managing around 1300 beehives with a particular focus on Eucalypt honey production. We manage around one-quarter of our apiaries with…
Pure Peninsula Honey
After moving to a farm on the Mornington Peninsula, Pure Peninsula Honeys’ apiarist John Winkels turned his hobby of many years into a full time business. John found 2 feral beehives, which he carefully monitored, tended to and eventually moved into boxes. This was the beginning of Pure Peninsula Honey.With passion as a foundation, orchards…
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…
Naught Distilling
Opening in 2021, Naught has established itself as an industry leader in gin and cocktail development.Meticulously developed, highly awarded and approachable, Naught is a distillery with the sole purpose of creating the best gin money can buy. Focussing on balance, bold flavours, and beautiful texture, Naught’s gins are perfect in any cocktail. Our signature cocktails…
Bellarine Distillery
Bellarine Distillery was established in 2015 and is the first Distillery on the Bellarine Peninsula.We are family owned and fiercely independent.The distillery, established in 2015 by Russ Watson & Lorelle Warren, is the first distillery on the Bellarine Peninsula and the Geelong region since the 1980s. Russ’s fitter and turner background allowed him to design…
Bass and Flinders Distillery
Bass and Flinders Distillery was founded in 2009 on the Mornington Peninsula with a passion for adventure and a desire to create a range of high quality, artisanal gins brandies and liqueurs, that truly reflect our home and heritage.Proudly the first distillery on the Mornington Peninsula, our original inspiration was drawn from a love of…
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…