{"id":4898,"date":"2014-12-15T01:05:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T01:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2014-12-19T06:04:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T06:04:29","slug":"finding-happiness-in-the-handmade-our-favourite-makers-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/finding-happiness-in-the-handmade-our-favourite-makers-in-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Happiness in the Handmade – Our Favourite Makers in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the following two weekends the Architact Collective<\/a> have attended two pre-christmas market locations.\u00a0There could have been no better start to the festive season than by surrounding ourselves with some incredible designers, makers and entrepreneurs, these are our peers who equally motivate and inspire us to do what we do.<\/p>\n

When\u00a0talking with these designers we learnt some things about their journey that we wanted to share with you. Each journey however is similar; creative people\u00a0with no business background finding happiness, personality and identity through hand-crafted design.<\/p>\n

We found inspiration from the following designers:<\/p>\n

MIMAW<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

\"MIMAW-750\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We met MIMWAR at the Melbourne Mystery Market on Sunday December 14. MIMWAR design and\u00a0create fun, 3D printed and handmade homewares. They create\u00a0functional design products which seek extend their functionality by enhancing\u00a0and creating\u00a0character. The makers behinds MIMAW have a passion for\u00a0combining emerging technologies and handcrafted design, treating different materials, techniques and using them to add our touch and colours on 3d printed objects. Head over to the MIMAW website<\/a> to checkout their work. Each piece is made to order and filled with personality!<\/p>\n

LITTLE LUMBERJACK<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Little-Lumberjack-750\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We also Met LITTLE LUMBERJACK at the\u00a0Melbourne Mystery Market on Sunday December 14.\u00a0Little Lumberjack was founded Jen Yani, a graphic designer turned woodworker. Little Lumberjack design and create simple and natural products that celebrate the food\u00a0we eat and the moments when they are eaten. The wood is locally sourced and handcrafted. Head over to the Little Lumberjack website<\/a> to checkout their work. Each product not only has a unique personality but a name!<\/p>\n

OLIO<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"OLIO-750\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We met OLIO at the New Craft Market on Sunday December 7. Olio was\u00a0founded by Georgina Lewis with an\u00a0overwhelming urge to create new\u00a0products and ways to communicate ideas.\u00a0Olio creates homewares and objects that are\u00a0collapsible, easy to assemble, desirable and affordable. Olio is motivated by good design that is not\u00a0exclusive\u00a0to people with\u00a0disposable\u00a0incomes. Head over to the Olio Website<\/a> to checkout Georgina’s work. Each\u00a0piece\u00a0is stunning!<\/p>\n

Kathleen O’Neill<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"kathleen-O'Neill-750\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kathleen is a talented silversmith and designer. She creates beautiful jewellery from her rural home overlooking equally stunning ocean views. Her pieces are hand made, equally organic and graphic. Primarily made from silver, titanium, gold and copper each piece is inspired by a rich narrative. Head over to the Kathleen O’Neill Blogspot<\/a> to checkout her latest products and\u00a0adventures.<\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences! We hope to see you again soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the following two weekends the Architact Collective have attended two pre-christmas market locations.\u00a0There could have been no better start to the festive season than by surrounding ourselves with some incredible designers, makers and entrepreneurs, these are our peers who equally motivate and inspire us to do what we do. When\u00a0talking with these designers we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4904,"href":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions\/4904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.archi-ninja.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}