SHOP Articles

 

Sunday Morning Designs x Klei pop up

· June 12, 2013

Sunday mornings. Perfect for designing things. Or sleeping in, snuggled under a doona that someone else designed for you! Sunday Morning Designs have this we...

Centre for Style

· June 6, 2013

I'm unsure if I've ever experienced the curious combination of feeling genuinely inspired and slightly queasy simultaneously before, but this video b...

MINI Paceman concept store

· May 30, 2013

This week Ben Edwards and Juliet Moore of Edwards Moore finished work on the cocoon-like interior of a new shop on Chapel Street. Designed as a combined stud...

Hudson

· May 22, 2013

Contrary to almost every other entity in the world right now, Nikki Hall wants her physical presence to take precedence over her online one. So much so that ...

Pony Bikes new shop

· May 16, 2013

Bikes, as we have already covered here, are the best things. They become as children. And, just like children, vat-brewed versions made by corporations are n...

LUPA Fitzroy

· May 16, 2013

When you are committed to a cause, it's comforting to find a place where you can be confident you're with like-minded people and relax. Picture the f...

Pop Craft x Jack of Diamonds

· April 15, 2013

Hello! The Pop Craft x Jack of Diamonds pop-up knitting shop opened at 10am today! In a temporary space on the ground floor of RMIT's Building 80 (the ne...

Captain Phillips

· April 9, 2013

When a Czechoslovakian bachelor named Philip Phillips made his way to the City of Lurve after World War II, little did he know that 65 years on his Liberty p...

The Darebin Resource Recovery Centre

· April 4, 2013

My friend and I needed some old carpet to soundproof his shed so we decided to see if Darebin Tip had any. We were greeted at the gates by a friendly man in ...

CCP x Third Drawer Down shop

· March 21, 2013

Abi Crompton of Third Drawer Down and Naomi Cass of CCP have known each other for a long time - fifteen years they say. When it came time to give the CCP Sho...

The Social Studio's new shop

· March 6, 2013

After running a successful Indiegogo campaign last October, raising more than $17,000 (with 15 minutes to spare), Grace McQuilten and the Social Studio team...

Chorus

· February 27, 2013

The time has come - you can now browse and buy a full collection of Chorus with your very own fingers and eyes and wallet. Initially based in a Kensington st...

Daxville pop up shop

· February 23, 2013

Op shop finds are a delight, but you can only go through so many fusty be-baubled cardies and boxes of 'knick knack' junk before you begin to feel wo...

Pan After

· February 21, 2013

Pass Pinocchio's Place, the Melbourne Party Emporium and throw a left at Muleta's all-day breakfast. Next, hustle round a couple of oversized service...

Basketball Jersey World

· February 20, 2013

Peter Zolkos is no fairweather fan. He says he's been supporting the Miami Heat since long before the current LeBron and Dwyane era of success. There'...

Yarn + Cø

· February 11, 2013

Walking into Yarn + Cø is like walking into the fantasy version of exactly the kind of shop you need the very moment you become enthusiastic about knitting. ...

Pop & Scott x Mr Lincoln, Pop Up Posy Shop

· February 7, 2013

Not content with simply running their own successful businesses, Poppy Lane of Pop & Scott and Sarah Nolan of Mr Lincoln florist have teamed up to create...

Drunken Barber

· January 31, 2013

Prophecy hairdressers have been open damn near a decade. Which is not important. Stop saying it's important. Our concern is the barbershop that has opene...

Above Studio Store

· January 31, 2013

It would appear that the brilliant minds of Above, Nyssa Marrow and Kerry Findlow, have gone rogue. Declaring arrivederci to the rigidly cyclical seasons of ...

Motto Melbourne, new shop

· January 20, 2013

Motto Melbourne re-opened on the weekend in its new home on Johnston Street. Buyer and head honcho Joe Shakespeare is making the most of the larger space wit...

Lucky Buster

· January 17, 2013

A hairdresser! In Brunswick East! Ten years ago the idea would have been rubbished in the appropriate bin for composting and fed back to the chooks. These da...

Jetnikoff Bicycle Co.

· January 16, 2013

Bicycles are the best thing ever. If you don't agree, I invite you to spend the time you would have otherwise used reading this article going and fucking...

Spares

· December 16, 2012

Hugo Hubbard's dudewear shop Spares started life in the Taxi League switchboard at the front of Parts & Crafts. Soon after that it launched a paralle...

Comme des Garçons POCKET

· December 15, 2012

Comme des Garçons opened their first Australian store and mini-indoor basketball court this week on Rankins Lane. JK! No sports in the shop. They do have a b...

Kenny and the Sunshine Girls

· December 6, 2012

A highly charismatic blue budgie named Kenny and his two 'sunshine girls' Poppy Lin and Dana Leviston have just opened a hair and makeup salon named ...

Double Monk

· December 4, 2012

I experienced a touch of border-crossing dissonance upon entering Double Monk. On one hand, the interior - designed by Antony Martin of MRTN Architects - res...

Clubhouse Records

· December 1, 2012

If you’ve had trouble remembering what the antonym for ‘gentrification’ is, venture to the second floor of your local northern suburbs pub. Here, worn down s...

The Design Files Open House 2012 (behind the scenes)

· November 28, 2012

This morning Lucy Feagins of The Design Files finished scrubbing the bathtub at someone else's place, threw open the doors and welcomed everyone into a l...