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Locally made, globally trusted
DISCOVER LOCALIn a changing world where time, convenience and sustainability matter more than ever, we’re working with trusted local makers to produce select international designs under licence.
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Flexible Design for a Creative Studio
DISCOVER WORKSTATIONSThe Hames Sharley Melbourne studio transforms a historic Art Deco space into an adaptable workplace that balances heritage with sustainable design. At its core, Elements Moto workstations bring flexibility and minimal form, allowing the team to reconfigure the studio as needs evolve.
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magical effect
DISCOVER BOLLEInspired by a walk surrounded by a thousand soap bubbles floating in the air, Giopato & Coombes captured that lightness as a metaphor for the immateriality of light, crystallised in the Bolle collection.
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IN STOCK COLLECTION
SHOP NOWA considered selection of pieces from our international partners and local makers. Designed to stay, these are the products we’ll keep coming back to, consistently available, thoughtfully chosen.
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Design Dialogues: Marco Campardo
London-based designer Marco Campardo thinks with his hands. His explorative and self-initiated projects result in designs loaded with personality. Just not too much. Here, he tells us how the Bullnose Chair for Hem was originally designed as a formal exercise and problem-solving activity that turned into a pleasure of making.
You mentioned that your earliest making memories were with your father?
I grew up outside of Venice. My dad was a carpenter. I remember him getting up at 3am and driving to Rome where he worked for several days. His client was very special - the Vatican. It was only years later that I realized how fortunate we were that the Vatican employed my dad. I spent a lot of time with him making things when I was young. He still helps me out today. He is 81 years old now, but very active. He is always learning new things.
Is that where you get it from?
I believe in practice theory. I am not an academic. For me, designing is about thinking with my hands. By doing that I developed my own theory.
Do projects begin the same way now?
I experiment with different materials, without knowing what the outcome will be. I spend a lot of time speculating with different materials and exploring them without really knowing where it is going. Some designers are more driven by defining forms first and finding the right materials after. But that is not how I work.
