Darren Lunny
Darren Lunny is a photographer whose breadth of work includes fine food, luxurious interiors, landscapes, architecture, and his favourite genre – people. Darren is also often commissioned to shoot portraits; write and shoot for magazines and film and direct short films and documentaries. We had the pleasure of working alongside Darren in a portraiture photo [...]
Kish & Evie.
Luxurious, well-crafted, stunning and limited edition. We’re proud to showcase this new scarf range from Kish & Evie Goodness, the first in what we hope to be a wide range of wearables, home wares, art prints, and other ‘goodness’ : ) +++++++++++ Kish & Evie is the long time dream of Karishma (the design guru, creative director of Kish+Co) [...]
Creative Women’s Circle.
Creative Women’s Circle is a series of events held in Melbourne, Australia, for women working in creative industries to share information, inspiration and ideas. It all began in 2004, when Interior Designer Dearne Herrenberg and a small group of creative women who worked in creative industries and starting their own businesses came together to share [...]
Trudy Schuringa.
Trudy Schuringa is one of Kish+Co’s favourite photographers, specialising in the food industry, as well as numerous advertising and corporate clients. She has strong technical knowledge in both digital and traditional capture and has a unique style and lighting capability in both studio and location settings. Trudy’s passion for food and wine has led her [...]
All kinds of wonderful. Another design market in Melbourne.
Summer in Melbourne is really, truly, madly, the awesomest time. I’ve had summers in Auckland and summers in Fiji. But I really don’t feel like leaving Melbourne in December. There are endless markets, no one feels like working, Christmas time feels so icky and fuzzy its kinda nice. Sooooo. Where is she going with summer [...]
Anuj Sharma. Fashion Designer.
I stumbled on Button Masala a long time ago via Masala Chai. So when my friend Bhakti mentioned Anuj Sharma via twitter, I didn’t make the connection till I did a bit of a google search. The truth about Anuj Sharma’s pieces are only going to be found if you read through this post (as [...]
Dear Kelly Love, I owe you.
I got an email a wee while back from Kelly Love about this post. It’s taken me so long to get back to her that I feel like blushing (but Indian’s can’t blush unless they use Fair&Lovely which is so very wrong. This dialogue has taken the wrong tangent hasn’t it?). Anyhoooo. She’s an Aussie [...]
Conversations with Creative Women – The Creative Women’s Circle Book.
We had the pleasure of being asked to design a cover page in The Creative Women’s Circle exciting first book release – ‘Conversations with Creative Women’ for the talented fashion designer Masayo Yasuki. With a brief of designing a typographic title page Masayo Yasuki’s interview that is aesthetically sympathetic to [...]
Taller Flora / Carla Fernandez
Before you read any further – note that “Taller Flora” is pronounced the same way you would say “paella” with the “ll’s” silent and replaced with a “y”. Prior to visiting Mexico, I did a whole lot of research for designers, artists and creative personalities and Carla’s name was all over the show. From Design [...]
The Catering Co.
We’ve been working with The Catering Co. for about 3 years now – and it’s a love / love relationship. The team gave us the biggest support for our launch on 12th of August. We’re talking x500 San Pellegrino bottles for the goodie bags. Mini bites for 500, vegetarian goodness with sushi, pizza, risotto balls and [...]
Thank you and Shout outs.
We cannot express enough gratitude and thanks to the wonderful people who supported and sponsored us during our Kish+Co Launch Exhibition Night; Kudos to all of you who helped make our event such a success; The Catering Co. The food from the night was kindly catered by The Catering Co. You can read more about them here. [...]
Emily Walker
As a Fine Arts graduate from Monash University, Emily’s choice of glass as her degree major was initially a random choice. Never having had the opportunity to use glass as an art medium previously, Emily made the decision that her major would be something new and unexplored. Through being a glass major she came to [...]
Amy Zubick
In Amy’s practice, she aims to create a dialogue with her materials in order to make light of existing social, spatial and material dynamics. She aims to achieve this goal through the intimate approach of adornment where an individual is the the conveyor of the discussion. It may also be achieved through the larger experiential [...]
Roger Wilkie
Roger Wilkie is a young Melbournian artist who produces works exploring different types of mediums. With a background in digital arts, and a love for both the digital and real world, Roger is now focusing on producing more traditional art, trying to keep a harmonious blend between the two. You see this in the works he [...]
Belinda Suzette
Belinda Suzette is a brilliant artist who has provided us with an illustration of a cool fat cat standing on suitcases. Her illustrations are so playful and vibrant – they just make you so jealous of her talent! Even her website has one of the coolest nave bars we’ve ever seen… This highly imaginative artist has briefly lived [...]
Aliça Bryson-Haynes
Aliça recently returned to Melbourne from London where she completed her Degree and Honours in Fine Art. She is currently completing her Masters in Fine Art in painting at RMIT University. Her influences are often direct experiential and visual references from life but also include found images from newspapers and photographs. Aliça’s art practice explores [...]
Kathryn Renowden
We’d like to introduce you to another skillful artist who will be exhibiting at our launch (which is just over a week away – get excited!) – Kathryn Renowden! Kathryn Renowden is a Melbourne based illustrator, designer and artist with a passion for printmaking. She enjoys creating work in a diverse range of media, from watercolour, [...]
Louise Kyriakou
We are very excited to announce that Louise Kyriakou is taking part in our exhibition launch in August! Louise is an illustrator who creates imagery with a strong design foundation, and a sprinkling of humour. She recently won an Illustrators Australia Bronze Award for her series of illustrations in Fast Ed’s latest cookbook, “An Hour’s the Limit” [...]
Dave Pitt
Dave Pitt is an oil painter, sculptor, teacher and builder, who focuses his practice on reflection and on engagement with the world around us, and the qualities of light and shade in our experienced environments. Dave’s oil paintings examine concepts of light and shade in an attempt to bridge the gap between the unknown and [...]
Frances Gray
Frances Gray considers herself a designer, not an artist. But she loves to play and create outside the confines of client briefs, and as such her passion for paper play came about. In a digitally dominated world, Frances prefers to return to hand-generated methods of production and often works with paper combined with illustration techniques. [...]
Mike Rowland
Completing his BA – Fine Arts (Painting) in 2008 at Monash, Mike continues working toward his goal of becoming an established Melbourne-based artist. Working predominantly with charcoal and graphite on paper, he chooses imagery based upon the idea that getting back in touch with the natural world can give a refreshed and much simpler sense of [...]
Jade Janssens
After graduating from Monash University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Visual Communication, Jade is currently working as a full time graphic designer in Melbourne. Her passion from mixed media and collage is evident in her unique style and approach to design / illustration. Demonstrating extraordinary skill, Jade carefully combines images found within her environment [...]
Taj Alexander
Originally from Tasmania, Taj has been establishing himself as a creative director and designer in a multitude of art and design disciplines. His work ranges from large scale graffiti frescos to refined typography and creative identities, to printmaking and illustration. “I see myself as a creative scientist with a boundless vision for the future. I am currently [...]
Rhiannon Mowat
We are excited to announce another talented artist we have on board for our exhibition - Rhiannon Mowat! Rhiannon is an illustrator, a reader and a daydreamer. Her inspirations come from a lifelong love of stories, music and a general obsession with words. Combining what she has learnt through a Bachelor of Arts in Writing and [...]
Hilde Thomsen
Hilde is a Melbourne-based Illustrator and artist from the fjords of Norway. Her work is fresh and full of satire. Hilde has a unique voice in her illustrations and manages to capture the humour and energy in any subject matter. Using ink and a splash of watercolour, she creates contemporary illustrations with a raw twist. [...]
Ned Culic
Introducing another exciting artist we have on board for our exhibition - Ned Culic! From colourful and whimsical to subtle and serious, Ned’s memorable illustrations offer warmth, humour, style and originality. One of Australia’s best known illustrators, Ned began his career as a Graphic designer in Melbourne. Over the years he has created images for some of the [...]
Bronte Cullis & Toni Long
Bronte and Toni studied alongside each other at Monash University whilst majoring in painting. It was there they discovered a shared interest in space, geometry, form, line and repetition; however it wasn’t until after graduating that they began to work collaboratively. Their work begins with a spark; one colour, shape or element of a decorative motif from [...]
Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray is a Melbourne based freelance graphic designer and also a talented illustrator. A recent graduate from Monash, his work aspires to communicate ideas that are both immediate and visceral. Andrew’s graphic design is mixture of clever, concise, tongue-in-cheek humour, and visually aesthetic – [...]
Jacinta Sobey
Working as a full time graphic designer, Jacinta amazingly manages to find extra time to pursue her love of colour, pattern and design through her exciting new textiles range Pom by Pomegranate. This label has allowed Jacinta to explore new screen-printing techniques and continue to develop her fine textiles skills. All Pom by Pomegranate products are hand printed and made with [...]
Laura O’Connor
After graduating with a Bachelor of Visual Communication (Hons) majoring in Illustration, Laura decided to make the bold move from her hometown Wellington, New Zealand to Melbourne, Australia to soak up the diverse culture and creative atmosphere. Currently working as a freelance designer / illustrator, Laura enjoys drawing portraits and creating artwork for her younger audiences. Her [...]
Joel Noon
Picking up his first camera at the age of 8, Joel Noon has always had a strong passion for photography. Preferring to shoot with a Nikon D7000, Joel has a variety of lenses including his current favourite the 50mm @ f1.4 for it’s crisp, clear and high quality output. “I love the feeling of freezing a moment, [...]
Chloe McColl
Completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2008, Chloe has returned to Monash University this year to finish her honours year in fine arts and further pursue her interest in jewellery studies. Her current collection features fragments of weathered porcelain washed up on shore from an old shipwreck just off the coast of her hometown. [...]
Kirsty Eckard
If you’re a fan of whimsical accessories, adorable necklaces and brooches, then you’ve probably already heard of or seen the handiwork of So Little Time Co. From the iconic ‘dish & the spoon’ of the classic Mother Goose nursery rhyme, to other childhood favourites like ‘Incy Wincy Spider’ and ‘Humpty Dumpty’, So Little Time Co. draws [...]
Liz Gridley
Liz Gridley is an artist / designer who has an ongoing fascination with human flesh, manipulation and figurative painting. Starting from a design background, Liz combines both worlds in her creative thinking. “Creating a synergy between the painted surface, physical materiality and illusionistic perspective. I want the audience / client / public to connect, decipher, fall [...]
Levene Wong
We are proud to announce another talented artist exhibiting at our Launch – Levene Wong! Levene is currently a Melbourne based Illustrator. Her background is in multimedia and animation and her experience in these fields enables her to use her illustrations on many different platforms, including 3D and interactive flash games. [...]
Tali Gal-on
Say hello to another artist we have on board -Tali Gal-on! The Melbourne based animator, designer and illustrator is a talented digital artist and has been ‘drawing since she could hold a pencil’. Tali’s work concentrates on storytelling, particularly in distilling the magical way we looked at the world as children. [...]
Melanie Matthews
Introducing Melanie Matthews- another wonderful artist we have exhibiting in our Launch! Having completed a Diploma in Arts: Illustration at Chisholm Tafe in 2009, Melanie now freelances as an illustrator and designer, creating ‘artwork for books, toys, online games, puzzles and lots of other fun things.’ Melanie specializes in digital illustration, using painted and also photos of [...]
Emily Green
Through observations of organic textures and forms and congruous colour palettes, Emily Green’s jewellery designs and artwork reflects her love of colour and the aesthetic of Melbourne’s inner north. Emily is originally from Perth and studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts at The University of Western Australia. She has been in Melbourne since 2005 is currently studying [...]
Samantha Norman
A graduate from the University of Southern Queensland in 2006, Samantha Norman is a realistic figurative painter who now resides in Melbourne. Her paintings are drawn from a female perspective of male and female nudes, usually in isolation. Norman’s paintings are so sought out for, erotic art collector Alex Mackay purchased her entire university portfolio and toured [...]
Dawn Tan
Melbourne based artist Dawn Tan is a recent graduate of the Victorian College of The Arts, teacher at the Harvest Workroom and a ‘self-confessed foodie with a penchant for all things yummy and beautifully packaged.’ With a distinctive whimsical and cheerful illustrative style, Dawn’s recipe and food-packaging watercolor paintings are gathering quite a following far and wide. Recently Dawn’s splashes [...]
Twoone
Twoone is a Japanese artist who has become a remarkable part of the local street art scene in not only Melbourne but worldwide. We recently visited his solo show ‘Before it fades out’ at No Vacancy and are beside ourselves to have him showcasing his skills at our launch / exhibition on August 12th. (We already have reserves for some [...]
Becky Chi
Talented Becky Chi is the wonder-woman behind the baking venture – Blossom Baking. If one refers to Picasso as a master of the paintbrush then you could almost say Becky is a master of the piping bag (well the cake-decorating sector anyhow). Earlier this year Becky was kind enough to bake delicious Valentine’s Day cupcakes [...]
Sayher Heffernan
If you’re looking for a talented photographer who has a keen eye for composition and design then look no further than our good friend Sayher Heffernan. Having worked in the print design industry for an extensive six years, Sayher has also been honing his photography skills by shooting for several magazines at Pepper Publishing. Over [...]
Yuria Okamura
We recently heard of the Yuria, via our friend Jacinta, over at Pomegranate She’s going to be a part of our launch party (save-the-date emails coming soon!) and we wanted to share her upcoming gallery event in June. Her paper drawings have won her the Siemens RMIT award for Fine Art. Stillness in Silence, Shapes [...]