Archived entries for nz designers

Workshop Denim Winter 2010 drop

Good denim is timeless and this season workshop go vintage with some nice worn bits. The thing that seems to be going crazy this season is navy stripped tees and knitwear. I was wondering whether the Coco Chanel film had anything to do with it. There is a scene where Coco goes to the seaside and is inspired by the fishermen in their big woolen coats and navy stripped tees. I don’t mind, they look great and it’s such a good look.

Helen Cherry Winter 2010 in store

Helen Cherry has dropped the first batch of winter goodness including some beautiful dresses. always sexy and sophisticated and so damn hot.

Paula Coulthard Dresses

Paula Coulthard is a textile artist and designer who made a name for herself creating up-cycled woolen homeware items and really nice hand made woolen coats and every year her work gets better and we reckon she is onto something with these Victorian inspired slips and dresses. Nice and light and loose and they look good on any body… easy. We have a few left but they won’t last long.

Taniko by David Trubridge

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Taniko by David Trubridge is a slim pendant light shade inspired by the woven patterns on cloaks and walls made by Maori. The shapes are designed so there is minimal waste from the CNC cutting process. Made from natural or caramel bamboo plywood and nylon cable ties.

Sale – begins this friday

The summer sale gets underway this firday. Sale stock includes the summer collections from Zambesi, NomD, Helen Cherry, Workshop Denim, Beth Ellery, Camille Howe, Karen Walker, Mister, Kate Sylvester and Salasai.

Q Speakers

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These are pretty nice speakers. Made from natural wood the Q speaker is a beautiful hand crafted peice of sound design that looks sleak and sounds pretty bloody good as well. We have this one instore now.

Workroom Design – Made in Clevedon

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RS TRI-POD FLOOR LAMP

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SMALL  ZED

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HAND TURNED PLYWOOD TABLE LAMP
WITH HILLS OF HOME SHADE

Made in Clevedon Auckland, New Zealand.

Workroom has a focus on functionality and simplicity, this is articulated with clean lines and a natural finish.

Workroom has a emphasis on working with native timber and using recycled materials. Revealing as well as keeping the timbers most beautiful qualities.

Rebecca Snelling and her Father Doug have a innate sensibility for timber harking from the land of the Kauri In Northland, New Zealand. Doug has experience both as a builder and a dedicated resourceful craftsman teamed with Rebecca aesthetic, there does appear to be a sense of intuition, the family instinct.

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LARGE ZED

Zambesi – Spring/Summer 09-10

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Company of Strangers

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Company of Strangers produce some cool stuff including this vintage leather babysitter satchel up-cycled from an opportunity shop leather jacket. We like very much.

Descendant do good tees

Descendant produce beautiful organic cotton and bamboo tees which are designed by creative director Sam, who is very fussy about the cut and printing of his items. The tees are all printed using non-plastic eco happy water based inks which has proven to be a challenge for the printer because of the detail and fineness of the prints. The result is fine garments with extraordinary prints with a subtle soft hand.

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