Author Archives: Luke Thornton
Q&A with Matt, founder of JOCO cups
The JOCO brand was derived out of personal protest against the strengthening impact that plastic and disposable waste was having on our world. Our obsession with convenience was fast creating a plastic world with a disposable culture
War + Peace
The thought of having to flee a war zone with your family would have to rate as one of the most terrifying hypotheticals the anxious mind plays out while watching the news or during a bout of insomnia. Yet twelve years ago, Jeremy and Jessica Courtney did the exact opposite and fled to a war zone
Conversation with Love Merino’s founder, Pip Smith
technically my husband Norm is the 5th generation sheep farmer, I run the mothership. We’re very blessed to live on Glenwood – which is situated 30km NE of Wellington in an area known as Spicer’s Creek. It’s a beautiful part of NSW
Quick chat with Emily Wright, creator of Nancybird.
I studied fine art printmaking at uni, and used to take some screens home occasionally and do extra printing, teaching myself how to print onto fabrics. Eventually I made little purses and bags from these prints and it grew from there
The beginnings of Birkenstock. An Interview with Marcel Goerke.
Birkenstock has been available in Australia since 1992, we opened the first store in Centre Way Arcade, at 259 Collins Street. Karl Birkenstock himself mapped out his Birkenstock distribution vision for Australia.
Junkyard Playgrounds by Luke Ryan
For a film about children playing, The Land, Erin Davis’s eye-opening documentary, is surprisingly anxiety-inducing. For The Land is not your average playground.
How to make pasta (with the legends at Lighthouse Flour)
Quick toppings for hungry lunch tummies (works on crackers too) !
A chat with Unai Rollan, the hands and mind behind toy company Brumm
Brumm is the first piece I’ve created as both a designer and a producer. I wanted to start this new phase of my life with a toy, and specifically with a car, because it reminded me of the forms and passions of 1980s motorsports
Interview with renowned herbalist and maker of great gin, Phillip Moore from Distillery Botanica
Prior to Distillery Botanica I was the founder of Renaissance Herbs, Australia’s largest wholesale herb nursery. It got pretty busy, we got to growing close to a million plants a year at one stage!
Many people inspire us including OMY founders Marie-Cerise Lichtlé + Elvire Laurent
Having children really made us want to change the way we worked and develop something that was our very own. More specifically, we wanted to create something for our own homes that didn’t exist already.
Have a Crack at Dyeing Eggs
There are natural dyes all around the home. Beets! Coffee! Cabbage! The coolest part of this crafty experiment is to see what colours come from what ingredients after they’re thrown in a pot.