Local communities

We’re proud that where possible, our homewares and gifts are produced here in Australia using communities of local talent, ethical sourcing and eco-friendly practices.

 Production and Manufacturing

  • Printing of our cushions, napkins, handkerchiefs and tea-towels is done by the team at Next State in Abbotsford, Melbourne;
  • Hemming is completed by a number of teams, including The Social Studio in Collingwood, Melbourne and a local seamstress;
  • Our T-shirts are printed by Das Automat in Prahran, Melbourne;
  • The greeting cards are by Moo.com in London, UK.

Next State is accredited by the Ethical Council of Australia and use a water based pigment ink that is Oeko-Tex approved.  We’ve selected beautiful high quality linens, cottons and poplins for our digital printing, and all is sustainably produced:
  • Tea Towels are printed on a 230 gsm cotton / linen, providing the beautiful texture of linen with all the durability characteristics of cotton; they measure (approximately) 44cm x 66cm;
  • Cushion covers are printed on 100% soft and durable 309 gsm cotton, and measure 41cm x 41cm with zip;
  • Napkins are printed on a soft 129 gsm cotton and measure 40 x 40cm.

 

 Printing in action at Next State.

 The Social Studio is a social enterprise that champions the values of diversity, community, education, environmentally sustainable design and ethical business practices.  They are much admired with their work with refugee and migrant communities within design, sewing and printing. We use them for some of our hemming.

Das Automat are the masters of printing on completed items and are our go to for printing both our T-shirt range and calico bags.  The T-shirts are AS Colour’s unisex and scoop ranges which are a 150 gsm 100% combed cotton t-shirt.  Das Automat also use inks that are Oeko-Tex approved.

KE Optical Group close out the local community connection with provision of the microfibre cleaning cloths.  With their softness, these cloths can be used for cleaning your glasses, laptop screens, tablets, phones, in fact any surface that requires a soft cleaning surface