Share Your Stories 2011 - Ink & Spindle

Ink & Spindle at Design:Made:Trade 2011 

CA: What is your business

Ink & Spindle: Our business is Ink and Spindle, locally designed & hand screenprinted organic & sustainable textiles.

CA: What do you hope to achieve in your business?

Ink & Spindle:  Many things! 

- to shine the spotlight on organic and sustainable fabric.

- a greater awareness & understanding of the provenance of textiles in general (which is usually horrendous)

- a successful & financially secure business!

CA: What got you started and how long have you been going?

Ink & Spindle:  We had our first business meeting 3.5 years ago. It took about 6 months to get the commercial lease for our studio organised & signed (those things take aaages) What got us started was a common set of beliefs, we felt we had the wherewithal to build a successful business & there seemed to be a gap in the market place. Plus we were in our early to mid 20's & our motto was "no kids, no mortgage - what have we got to lose?"

Links

Ink and spindle website

Ink & Spindle at Design Made:Trade 2011

Share Your Stories survey 
Design:Made:Trade website  

Share Your Stories 2011 - Captain Robbo

Captain Robbo at Design:Made:Trade 2011

          

   CA: What is your business? 

   Captain Robbo: I design and make Adventure Pants! Screen printed leggings.

      

   CA: What do you hope to achieve in your business? 

       

   Captain Robbo: Financial success and recognition for doing something I love. 

     

   CA: What got you started and how long have you been going?

      

   Captain Robbo: I officially began Adventure Pants as part of NEIS in September 2010 but have been designing and printing small creative projects since 2003.

Links

Captain Robbo website

Share Your Stories survey 

Design:Made:Trade website

Share Your Stories 2011 - Under There

 Under There at Design:Made:Trade 2011

 

CA: What is your business?

Under There: My business is all about product design.  The UNDER brand is a subset of Autumn products design studio in Sydney. Autumn is focused on design services such as product and graphic design, documentation and problem solving. UNDER is focused on Interior product sales of original Australian designed furniture and lighting.

CA: What do you hope to achieve in your business?

Under There: I hope to enhance the Australian design and interior products industry with unique and fun products.  I am also very passionate about helping businesses to use design to their advantage, both through design consultancy and through specifying our products to enhance commercial and domestic interior fit-outs.

CA: What got you started and how long have you been going?

Under There: I have been working as a product designer since 2002 for design consultancies. Autumn was started in 2007 as a way to work with my own clients. UNDER was launched this year as a focal point for my interior products. I studied Industrial Design at UTS.

Links

Under There website

Share Your Stories survey 
Design:Made:Trade website

Share Your Stories 2011- Xavier and Me

 
















Xavier and Me at Design:Made:Trade 2011

CA:  What is your business?

Xavier and Me: Is a home furnishings textile studio that creates handmade and vintage inspired homewares.

CA:  What do you hope to achieve in your business?

Xavier and Me: My business achievement in the long term is to create a lifestyle brand that people love to have in their homes. My personal achievements I want to gain is a more flexible working hours allowing me to pick and choose when I work so I can spend time with my family.

CA: What got you started and how long have you been going?

Xavier and Me: This is something that has been burning within me for quite some time now. It was serendip really – I was made redundant from my job that I went back to after maternity leave. Having had 6 months off  it wasn’t really a shock to my system so I just sat down at the table one day and started designing and writing my business plan. That was 2 years ago now and I have loved every minute of it. 

Links 

Xavier and Me website

Share Your Stories survey 

Design:Made:Trade website

Share Your Stories 2011 - Aya Kawa

 

 Aya Kawa at Design:Made:Trade 2011

CA: What is your business?

Aya Kawa:  Sells limited edition, handmade, woven silk ties and enamel cufflinks. The tie designs are inspired by the traditional Japanese textiles that I  studied in Kyoto in 1974. The cufflink designs are based on details from the ties. The fabric is woven as an image for the tie rather than a repeat fabric pattern.

CA:  What do you hope to achieve in your business?

Aya Kawa: A scalable sustainable business that showcases my designs and provides a regular income that will in turn, allow me to work as a designer and time to experiment and develop as a designer maker.   

CA: What got you started and how long have you been going?

 Aya Kawa: Serendipity. After working as an artist/designer/maker for over 35 years I had a period of substantial health issues which meant I couldn't continue the silk painting and glass work that I was currently doing. At the same time my son asked me to design silk ties which I was able to do. Without the pressure to physically make my artworks I was able to immerse myself in designing which I discovered I loved. The response to the work was overwhelmingly positive which surprised and delighted me in the very short time of 2 years. Although I am now able to return to working in my studio I do not want to stop creating new ideas for AYA KAWA.

Links 

Aya Kawa website 
Share Your Stories survey 
Design:Made:Trade website

Share Your Stories 2011 - Ingrid Tufts

Ingrid Tufts at Design:Made:Trade 2011

CA:   What is your business

Ingrid: I design and make functional ceramic tableware and decorative pieces. There are three aspects to my practice: My own range of tableware, commissioned work for restaurants and retailers, and experimental and exhibition works. I find that this gives me plenty of variety and opportunity to experiment, design, make and market.

CA       What do you hope to achieve in your business?

Ingrid: I would like to continue to develop new products and find opportunities to market my work. I also enjoy working with other artists and craftspeople so collaboration is high on my list when looking for opportunities for growth. I am hoping to build a sustainable practice that allows me the flexibility to explore various aspects of design and production.


CA:    What got you started and how long have you been going?

Ingrid: It's about seven years that I started to experiment with clay and really enjoyed it. But I have been making and marketing production work for about two years now.

Links

Ingrid Tufts website

Ingrid Tufts at Craft Victoria 
Share Your Stories survey 
Design:Made:Trade website

Creative Pulse at State of Design

Butterfly Wing Bangle. Dinosaur Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloth Fabric, Wool rug Banksia, produced by Designer Rugs 

Creative Pulse

Presented by Designer Rugs.

These seminars explore what moves us emotionally and physically: our experience of objects and environments, how colour resonates with us, and how we are moved when we look at something beautiful.

As Australia’s leading custom made rug company, Designer Rugs continues to be committed to supporting and celebrating Australian design, by providing educational seminars that add value to business and society. Designer Rugs will host two seminars; the first for general public including design students, and the second for existing and new trade clients in a socially engaging environment. 

Creative Pulse

Dinosaur Designs

Designer Rugs

Cloth Fabric

State of Design 

Jamfactory and Craft Victoria at Design:Made:Trade (DMT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 JamFactory

JamFactory is a unique organisation which promotes innovative design and craftsmanship. JamFactory's stand is to be designed and constructed in-house by the JamFactory Furniture Studio.
Jamfactory @ DMT 
JamFactory
JamFactory Blog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Craft Victoria

Craft Victoria has selected a group of 12 Members to exhibit at the State of Design's Design:Made:Trade event.
Craft Victoria @ DMT
Craft Victoria
Craft Victoria Blog
Design:Made:Trade (DMT)

Lucy Simpson at Design:Made:Trade

Australian Indigenous designer Lucy Simpson with launch a new product range at  Design Made Trade ( DMT) as part of the State of Design Festival.

 Lampshades featuring the new Burrul Warrambool (milkyway) print, by Lucy Simpson

Lucy is currently collaborating with Julie Paterson at cloth fabric. Gwibiirr side winder bag (above) is an outcome of this collaboration. 

Lucy has a new website under construction and will be launched soon.  http://www.gaawaamiyay.com/ 

Lucy on Rightway

Cloth Fabric
Article by Julie Paterson of Cloth fabric 

Design Made Trade

State of Design

Tale of Adventure, Where are they now? Maryann Talia Pau

Maryann Talia Pau's tale was the 2nd Tale of Adventure Craft Australia published. 

Fashioning the Mana
Artist Maryann Talia Pau reports on her first solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria entitled Fashioning the Mana; coinciding with the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Cultural Program. The exhibition is an installation of four of her body adornment pieces inspired by the tapa denim outfit H'nard K'nore G'nang G'near, 1995 - 1997 created by another Samoan artist, Rosanna Raymond. Read more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image: Maryann Talia Pau Breastplate Mo Lo u Tama Samoan (For My Dad) 2009 Pandanus coloured feathers shell satin deer hide 2009 Photographer Steven Rhall.

 

Maryann is featured on The Design Files guest blog. 

Maryann Talia Pau, a Melbourne artist who specialises in body adornment using weaving and traditional craft techniques from her native Samoa. Maryann makes one-off woven pieces, using a mixture of materials that range from found objects to traditional siapo (Samoan bark cloth). Read more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image via The Design Files 

Craft Victoria presents an open studio program as part of the State of Design festival.
Visit Maryann's studio
The Design Files
Maryann's website
Maryann is running a workshop  at the Harvest Workrooms
More workshop images 
Interview on Design Files 12th August 2011 website
Tales of Adventure