We talk to three Melbourne-based artists about how they took a leap of faith to turn their passion projects into full-time jobs.

We spoke to five incredible companies who are all committed to using their products to reverse some of the damage done to the environment while also promoting designs we actually want to use.

After a decade-long journey towards sustainability, Sussex is the first Australian tap company to be certified as a carbon neutral organisation, offering carbon neutral tapware, in partnership with Climate Active.

First born in Denmark in 1952, BoConcept brings luxury Scandinavian design to the forefront of Australian interior design.

With the brief to become the ‘new neighbourhood local’ Bergman & Co took inspiration from Italian diners for Poodle Bar & Bistro.

Having recently covered her Hill House Pool artwork installation, we decided to check in on artist and designer Alex Proba after our last pre-pandemic profile.

Based in Portugal’s coastal Albufeira, textile artist Vanessa Barragão is inspired by the crisis of the natural world around her.

Step into the world of self-confessed colour-addict and multi-disciplinary designer Tekla Evelina Severin.

In grand installations evocative of a Renaissance painting, florist Vivien Hollingsworth uses the temporality of flowers, inspired by fine art practices.

Inspired by interior design and the people around her, Vianney Hunter captures personality in bespoke candles for Hunter Candles, handcrafted in Sydney.

Using the framework of a family home in the quiet Melbourne suburb of Elwood, FIGR Architecture invite retreat aesthetics that brings together sustainable and dynamic design.

Inside a 100-year inner-city terrace, Concrete Blonde is artfully deceiving from the façade, as a generous, modern family home unfolds within a 5 metre wide block.