Journal
The Asian grocery store is one of my favourite places to find design inspiration. From colour combinations and layouts, to illustration styles to packaging materials, there’s always something that piques my interest.
Along with colour-blocking enthusiasts the world over, I was utterly drawn to IKEA’s latest collaboration with Dutch design duo Raw Color.
One of my favourite things to do is browse museum, gallery and library archives - they’re great for design inspiration, local history, or simply feeding my curiosity.
My two shop streams (Found by Van Low and my candles) have given me so much joy but it’s time for my next chapter…
A few things on the web that I can’t help but share: IKEA Archives, Meeting Sofie, Mahjong tiles, and Pinterest predictions.
I was so honoured to be interviewed by Creative Women’s Business! Have a read to find out what inspires me, what I do in a creative rut, how my career began and the one app I can’t live without.
When I started candle-making, a lot of things made sense: colour combinations, experimenting with shapes, crafting things by hand with love. However, I learnt a lot of things the hard way…
It’s been just a couple of months since I launched Found by Van Low / my online shop of curated vintage homewares. Aside from the process of sourcing, cleaning, styling, photographing and listing the objects online, one of my favourite things has been organising the packaging.
A few things on the web that I can’t help but share: Menu Archive from the New York Public Library; The Dispatch newsletter from At Claude’s; and Winona Ryder’s photographs of Winona her hometown.
The aesthetic of 1960s and 1970s design is some of my favourite - the colours, typography, shapes and overall kitsch-factor are like sugar to my eyes.
Just a few hours from Sydney and filled with small town charm, antiques and scrumptious pastries, this array of villages is full of personality and makes for a perfect day-trip out of Sydney.
A few things on the web that I can’t help but share: Window Swap; Liziqi; Céline Sciamma; Céline Sciamma and Bong Joon Ho; and Sharon Choi