Hungry? The Rubellite project is helping raise the awareness of hunger in the world through supporting the 1 BILLION HUNGRY PROJECT. With one billion people now living in chronic hunger, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a global petition urging politicians to make international hunger reduction goals their priority. Please show your support and sign...
Food & Wine > Comida Bebe is all about unforgettable food and wine combinations. With food by Andreas, drink by Raul and creative by Zoltan and ideas by them all, their talents combined produce a passionate, very creative, very European food and wine gastronomic theatre, fabulous feasting and fun. They specialise in Food and Wine Consulting, Gastronomic...
Major Sponsor > Linnaea Rhizotomi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 > Linnaea Vineyards is the boutique and personal wine label of Melbourne-based husband and wife team Michelle Edwards and Daniel Fischl, winemaker and viticulturist. This is our first release, a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Linnaea Rhizotomi. Cabernet Sauvignon is an ancient and primal grape; majestic,...
Major Sponsor> Established in 2007, The Rug Collection has designed their collection of fashionable rugs to bring a sense of art and style into any interior. With an extensive collection of plain, textured and patterned floor rugs, The Rug Collection offers originality in design utilising the latest trends, fashionable colours and textures. Designed in Australia,...
Lighting Designer > Volker Haug was ten years old when he created his first range of lights while on a family holiday; you could say lighting is in his blood. To this day Volker remains passionate about lighting; lighting design and the impact both can have on a space. He is known for his...
Sculptor> Trained in sheet-metal fabrication Gordon has dedicated 30 years to refining his skills, making boats and pharmaceutical equipment while developing a love for furniture design. His designs led to entries in the early days of the Melbourne Fringe Furniture exhibition and eventually to the establishment of a studio/workshop in Melbourne’s inner suburb of Fitzroy....
Jewellery Designer and Taxidermist > Julia is fascinated with the aesthetic used to communicate mortality in the Memento Mori period of the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, as well as the methods the Victorians used to sentimentalise death with adornment. She works predominately in traditional gold and silversmithing techniques, combined with materials that were once living such as...
Originally from the UK, Coward is currently based in Melbourne and is an internationally awarded designer who has become highly regarded in his field. He is being recognised for his considered aesthetic and approach and his output is gaining Coward a reputation as one of Australia’s most exciting creatives. His work is informed by the...
Industrial Designer > Tim completed his studies in Industrial Design at RMIT and London’s prestigious Ravensbourne College. His work in varying areas of design from furniture to product, industrial and interior design has allowed him to consider new possibilities in experimental design. He is guided by the notion of morphing familiar objects into exciting and practical...
Product Design > Thirst Impressions is a boutique design business that produces creative coasters for the home. It started when founding partners, Belle Howie and Dan Brandis, identified a gap in the market to combine the practicality of cardboard coasters with the visual appeal of high end homewares. By blending Belle’s love for graphic design...
Artist > Holly-Anne Buck is a Visual Artist who designs for music and fashion. She sees pictures in music and music in pictures. She draws from her love of all things Fashion: bold shapes, textural surfaces, asymmetric lines, vibrant colours and elements of the unexpected. With a background in fine art and graphic design Holly-Anne...
Jewellery Designer > Hannah completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Applied Design, VISARTS O’Halloran Hill Campus, TAFESA in 2008. From here she undertook became a Design Associate in the Metal Design Studio at JamFactory, Adelaide during 2009 and 2010. She received the NAVA Ignition Award for Professional Practice, 2008, and designed a corporate gift for Ugandan dignitaries...