We’ve curated a list of some our favourite bespoke furniture projects from 2023. Will yours make the cut for next year’s list? Each year we reflect on the inspiring body of work created by the talented custom furniture makers in our community. We feel so fortunate to play a role in helping people bring their ideas to life by connecting them with amazing local makers and artisans. It’s a difficult task to select a shortlist from the many incredible pieces commissioned via Handkrafted each year – those we’ve chosen to highlight aren’t the largest or most intricate, instead we cura ..read more

A curated list of our most loved bespoke furniture projects over the last year. Which is your favourite? As we settle into the rhythm of the new year, it’s always a pleasure to reflect on the work undertaken by our maker community during the prior year. We are fortunate to play a role in helping people bring their ideas to life by connecting them with amazing local makers and artisans. Our goal is to inspire your stories – to help transform wild ideas into masterpieces rich in sentiment, creations you’ll cherish for life and bequeath to your children, and your children’s children. Without furt ..read more

We chatted with Ross to learn more about his background and all of the things that make him the craftsman he is today. When it comes to evoking emotion and feeling, Ross Thompson’s ethos as a maker is not dissimilar to that of a musician. Having produced work described as progressive, intrinsically elegant, and thoughtful, Ross embodies the rare talent of being able to elicit experiences through his pieces that complement our own sense of humanity. Growing up in a family of “makers, creatives and doers” you could normally find Ross helping his dad repair and build things in their family garag ..read more

After moving to Copenhagen with his partner, Stephen Ziguras was offered the opportunity to take over a small workshop. We recently spoke to Stephen about where he started and the path that led him to where he is today.… Having been designing and making furniture for over a decade, Stephen Ziguras knows his stuff. After moving to Copenhagen with his partner, Jenny, Stephen took over a small workshop, finally starting his woodworking career in earnest. That’s where Eco wood design flourished, and where Stephen’s journey as a full-time woodworker began. Specialising in custom-designed furniture ..read more

Nick runs Pedullá Studio from Sydney’s Northern Beaches. We recently spent some time with Nick to learn more about his background & the path that led him to where he is today. Located on Sydney’s beautiful Northern Beaches, Pedullá Studio is owned and operated by Nick Pedullá. With almost two decades of experience in the industry, Nick creates unique and meticulously crafted bespoke furniture. It’s also something that seems to run in the family, with Nick’s grandfather having been a master craftsman for over 70 years before retiring and creating beautiful pieces for his family. It was watc ..read more

Leaf Handcrafted Furniture has grown from a love and a dream of creating eye-catching pieces that are made from materials that have a story to tell. As an acronym for “Live. Environmental. Architectural. Functional”, all of Lars and Leesa’s creations are inspired by their clients, materials and environment, always striving to create pieces that can be kept for a lifetime and beyond. We recently sat down with Lars Laug, the maker at Leaf Handcrafted Furniture. Canadian born, Lars started out as a ski technician in Western Canada. This is where he met his partner, Leesa. Lars and Leesa soon move ..read more

We take a closer look at a recent custom lighting project with WeWork, involving the design and fabrication of bespoke feature lighting for a number of commercial office fit-outs in Melbourne’s CBD We have been working closely with the design team of WeWork for several years to produce custom feature lighting for over ten of their Australian office fit-outs. The vast majority of this bespoke feature lighting has been made by the talented Asher Abergel, of Dezion Studio from Marrickville in Sydney’s Inner West. Below, Asher takes us through three recent Melbourne fit-outs an ..read more

We’ve selected a list of our favourite custom made furniture projects from 2019. Each piece tells a different story and collectively they reflect the immense talent of our maker community. Each year we reflect on the inspiring body of work created by the talented furniture and lighting makers in our community. We feel so fortunate to play a role in helping people bring their ideas to life by connecting them with amazing local makers and artisans. It’s a difficult task to select only ten from the hundreds of pieces commissioned via Handkrafted each year – those we’ve chosen to highlight ar ..read more

The Bold Collective came to us looking to create free-standing plywood lockers for Safety Culture’s new Surry Hills office. The team at SoWatt proved to be the perfect match. Sophie and the team at SoWatt Studios prepared this post (originally published here) and we’ve decided to share it as another great case study in working with independent makers to co-design and create beautiful custom office furniture and fitouts. The Challange We were right at home making custom lockers in our favourite Plywood, but the challenge this time was the quantity and the timeline. The Bold Collective wer ..read more