The Mouse Collection Yesteryear Idle Hands

Melbourne-based creative workshop Idle Hands have introduced the Mouse Collection. Their kickoff always make of shelving as well as storage, it was created inwards reply to the demand for skillful storage solutions equally an essential for every interior. Made upwards of 3 functional pieces; a shelving unit, entry tabular array as well as shoe rack, the collection embodies a feel of calm through its simplicity, alongside a ready clean yet distinctive blueprint aesthetic. 

Interested to uncovering out to a greater extent than most Idle Hands as well as this beautiful novel range, I asked founders Kieran Meegan as well as Rickie-lee Robbie a few questions. 

Can y'all tell us most your backgrounds as well as the path that led y'all to the launch of Idle Hands? 

Rickie as well as I started Idle Hands when the shipbuilding yard I was working at inwards Williamstown was near down. I'm a metallic fabricator past times merchandise as well as had worked equally a Shipbuilding for most vi years. Rickie trained equally a printmaker at the Victorian College of the Arts, as well as had ended upwards working inwards arts administration inwards galleries as well as museums. We decided to start Idle Hands together equally a way of using my skills equally a metallic fabricator inwards a creative way. Looking for a creative outlet, nosotros likewise came to bring a shared involvement inwards blueprint as well as furniture. 

Do y'all bring specific roles inside the concern or is it to a greater extent than of a collaborative process?

When it comes to the blueprint procedure nosotros piece of employment inwards a to a greater extent than collaborative way, though mortal volition unremarkably come upwards up alongside a concept as well as and then nosotros volition refine it together. I'm inwards the workshop most days fabricating products but likewise doing custom pieces for people as well as other businesses. There are thus many other aspects of running a business, similar social media, photograph shoots as well as other admin which nosotros piece of employment on together. It actually makes it easier to bring mortal to bounce ideas off, as well as nosotros likewise motivate each other which is great. 

The novel Mouse Collection has a rattling clean, understated aesthetic. What was the inspiration behind this design?

The aesthetic for the Mouse Collection came most through both the manufacturing procedure as well as the 'mouse hole' shape. With every blueprint nosotros endeavor to larn the most of the stuff - steel is a potent as well as durable production but it tin likewise live heavy thus y'all desire to eliminate whatever unnecessary bulk. The way the shelves are folded creates strength, as well as the circular bar is potent but subtle. The 'mouse hole' shape was the unmarried characteristic chemical ingredient that nosotros wanted to incorporate. We were interested inwards the way that the shape creates negative infinite making it quite graphic without beingness overly decorative.

All pieces are created inwards your Melbourne workshop. Why is it of import to y'all to continue manufacturing local?

We actually remember at that spot is a infinite for locally made products inwards Australia. That's non to say that nosotros are against imported products. There are a lot a slap-up international slice of furniture companies selling inwards Australia, yet y'all practise run across a lot of imported products that are of a pathetic quality. It's these type of products that encourage people to purchase to a greater extent than frequently equally they don't last. It tin likewise live hard to know if at that spot is an ethical furnish chain when y'all are purchasing from big international companies. When consumers purchase locally made products at that spot is to a greater extent than transparency as well as y'all tin guarantee the quality. Coming from the manufacturing manufacture I actually value the skills that other local businesses offering us as well as the community is actually supportive. It gives modest businesses a hazard to develop as well as innovate without having to invest a lot inwards overseas production.

How does sustainability play a portion inwards your processes?

A big portion of sustainability inwards slice of furniture blueprint is most the lineament as well as longevity of a product. We brand products that volition last, as well as beingness made from steel agency that they tin ultimately live recycled i time they are no longer inwards use.

Photography past times Lauren Bamford

Made from durable pulverisation coated steel, the Mouse Collection comes inwards a make of colours including Matt Black, Pearl White, Classic Cream, Manor Red as well as Deep Brunswick Green. A beautifully cutting drinking glass overstep is an added chemical ingredient of the entry tabular array which is available inwards tinted, clear, frosted as well as translucent finishes. Because Idle Hands manufacture every especial themselves, customisation is available to conform each unique space. 

For to a greater extent than information take in idlehands.design. 

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