If your in Melbourne and you have some spare time come and see my store at the Design Made Trade market. The ‘trade’ side of the market is happening right now and finishes tomorrow. So if your an design entrepreneur come and see the wonderful wares on display. Otherwise it’s open to everyone from Saturday to Sunday 10am-5pm.

I was lucky enough to sneak away and have a look around this morning – Wow! there are some talented people out there. Here are some of my favourites just from my quick look around:

Right next door to my stall is the lovely Jessie Fairweather of Foundry. Her work is superb!

The wonderful Ink & Spindle who I met at Bowerbird earlier this year. Love their beautiful textiles!

Tom & I spent a little time over talking and being entertained by the troops at Shillington College. They even got us to confront our inner typeface by scrawling on an awesome carrier satchel – we got to keep it :)

I’m fortunate enough to look at Ari Prasetya’s inspirational reclaimed and rebuilt furniture from behind my storefront. Such beautiful work.

I loved Mrs Fairweather’s submission in the Treadlie bicycle exhibition. Look at those custom mud guards – epic!

Come and enjoy the market. Hope to see you there (here)! x

These little guys are from the  Noferin website. The Pecanpals are a series of wooden creatures, that are made from sustainably harvested rubber wood. How awesome! I really wanted to buy one, but all the wooden ones are sold out.

I recently completed this image for my friends wedding, it will be used for the front of their wedding invite. The birds I have used are native Tasmanian birds, a female and male blue wren.  Alecia and her partner Mark seemed quite thrilled with the end result. My partner, Tom is working on the typography, we have decided to print the invite on recycled stock, Tudor Kraft. I can’t wait to see them printed.

Molly McGrath is a skilled architect and used the method of  laser cutting to make many of her architectural mock-ups. She saw the potential of this method and utilised this process to make many intricate and unique pieces of jewellery. Molly sells her collections under the brand Moll M Designs. Not only are these designs beautifully crafted they are also environmentally conscious. Molly wherever possible sources sustainable materials such as; bamboo, veneer which is sourced from responsibly farmed forests and recycled suede and felt.

‘Molly gains her inspiration from patterns and form – a skyline, a bird in flight, a composition of branches, a snowflake, cracked concrete, botanical morphology, perspective, building geometries and optical illusions.’ source: http://www.mollymdesigns.com/

‘Loop connects a love of modern design with an appreciation for nature. By creating useful art in a way that respects our planet’s resources, Loop acknowledges the connection
between people and the planet.’
Source: http://www.welcometoloop.com/story.html

Loop products are beautiful, organic, hand-drawn patterns, shapes and forms. Apart from being visually stunning they also use eco-conscious materials. Loop gift cards and wrapping paper are printed on recycled kraft stock with soy inks. The other amazing thing is that Loop donates 1% of their sales to environmental organisations worldwide, through an organisation called One Percent for the Planet. Which is a growing global movement of 857 companies which exists to inspire positive environmental change.
The message is simple: 1% for the Planet exists to build and support an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet.
Source: http://onepercentfortheplanet.org/en/aboutus/mission.php

Another collection crafted by Elissa, founder of Loop designs, is Doodlespark. Doodelspark is a collaborative drawing process between mother and daughter.
Rather than writing letters to each other Elissa and her mother sent letters with drawings. The outcome of these ‘draw’ letters are a collection of drawings and paintings which you can buy online here.