Letterpress-printed business collateral and stationery from a Melbourne studio running century-old platen and proof presses.
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Hungry Workshop runs a working letterpress operation out of Brunswick East, Melbourne, printing on vintage equipment that includes an Asbern proof press dating to around 1960 and a Chandler & Price platen press over a century old — real, named, dated machinery rather than a generic claim of "vintage presses." The studio's own framing of its work is compact: "We make things that are not only seen, but felt," a line that ties directly to letterpress's tactile, debossed-impression signature.
Its service list runs from business cards, packaging and invitations through swing tags, gift certificates, notebooks and coasters, with custom letterpress projects produced for what the studio describes as "design-conscious brands, creatives and individuals who care deeply about the details." Hungry Workshop also runs small-group letterpress workshops (four to eight people) at the Brunswick East studio, and lists collaborations with makers across other trades — chefs, bakers, tailors — commissioning printed goods, which points to an active commercial-production practice rather than a hobby space kept open mainly for classes.
The business is contactable directly (listed phone and email, appointment-based hours), and its stock in trade is letterpress and closely allied finishing techniques — foil stamping, embossing — rather than digital printing with letterpress as an occasional add-on. That combination of dated working presses, a production-first service list, and a real Melbourne address supports treating it as a dedicated letterpress print house.
Since 2003, this Melbourne homewares and gift studio has turned artist collaborations with names including Yayoi Kusama, Louise Bourgeois and Judy Chicago into tea towels, ceramics and stationery, selling through its own shop, UK and US e-commerce, and a wholesale and custom-studio arm.
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Third Drawer Down has run under the line "making art accessible since 2003," the year the Melbourne studio started turning gallery-scale artist collaborations into everyday objects rather than limited-edition prints alone. The collaborator list has grown to include major contemporary names - Yayoi Kusama, Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago and Marina Abramović among them - alongside Australian artists such as Tony Albert, Kaylene Whiskey and Kait James, translating each artist's work onto tea towels, ceramics, stationery and other playful, functional pieces rather than treating the collaboration as a one-off capsule. That model has scaled from a single Melbourne shop into dedicated e-commerce operations in the UK and US, plus a wholesale arm and Studio TDD, which handles custom projects and licensed production for outside clients and institutions. The business sits at an unusual intersection - part gift shop, part licensed-art distributor, part contract studio - built on the premise that a Kusama or Bourgeois piece belongs on a tea towel in someone's kitchen as legitimately as on a gallery wall. Two decades in, that premise has held up well enough to keep drawing in new artist partners on both sides of the world, rather than trading on a handful of early names.
Hands is a lifestyle, home decor and gift shop in Newtown, Sydney, stocking tableware, home decor, accessories and stationery from local makers and international design brands like HAY, Marimekko and Jellycat. The full range is also sold through its online store, with free domestic shipping on orders over $120.
Set within the Australian Garden at Cranbourne, this shop sells nature-inspired homewares, botanic art prints, stationery, and Australian native-design decor alongside gardening books and tools. Proceeds go directly toward the conservation and horticultural work of Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
Whale and Christine design and hand-stitch wallets, bags and small leather goods at their Geebung studio, cutting and sewing each piece themselves. Alongside the leatherwork they carry curated stationery and handmade objects sourced from Japan, South Korea and Australia.
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