The Room

Grandfathers Axe’s collection of seating works best with pleated pants and a fine scotch ala Donald Draper and Roger Sterling. Lovingly restored by Ed, Jarrad and their friends, these pieces of furniture bare the names of greats like Hans Wegner, Borge Mogensen and Nills Moller.

Aesop need no introduction from our humble selves, but here goes: Aesop launched in Melbourne in 1987 and since then have continued to roll out beautiful stores filled with the most beautiful products for your skin, hair and body. We are very appreciative to have them back on board for hotel room round two.

ffiXXed’s creative approach crosses over fashion, art and the occasional interior. Headed by Australian artists/designers, Kain Picken and Fiona Lau, ffiXXed’s custom linen and floor rugs will provide guests with just the right amount of warmth and design for even the coldest Melbourne winter’s day.

Mel opened Utopian Slumps in 2007. Today it stands as one the of the city’s most respected curator-run dealer galleries.  Utopian Slumps represents a stable of 10 artists including Dylan Martorell, Jake Walker, Misha Hollenbach, Nathan Gray and more. Some of whose work will be gracing the hotel room’s walls. [Image Credit: Mark Rodda]

What began as a humble Prahran market chocolatier has become one of north-side’s most delicious residents. Monsieur Truffe’s handmade chocolates are complemented by classic pastries, hot drinks and chocolate appreciation classes. Monsieur Thibault Fregoni is also soon to open a sister store on Lygon Street.

If you have ever questioned whether the bowl in front of you is for use or display, quite possibly you are looking at something designed and made by mud australia. Lovingly hand crafted from the best materials available, mud’s jugs, bowls, plates and platters centre around functionality and the beauty of natural lines.

Since 1978, Dedece have brought the very best interior design products home to Australia.  Their Flinders Lane boutique is impressively dressed with the likes of Vola, Adelta, Minotti and more and their Tom Dixon floor and table lamps will be shedding the right kind of light on the Lost & Found Hotel room.

Thonet make the stuff you think you have seen before but can’t recall where. You know those classic cafe chairs? That quintessential old-school hat stand? That’s them. Established way back in 1819 by a German craftsman, the family have disbursed globally, and thankfully, that includes Melbourne.

Cecilia Fox is a floral studio powered by the heart and hands of Melanie Stapleton. Following on from her collaboration with designer Tim Fleming for Lost & Found 2010, we are again excited to have Melanie’s seasonal, simple, unexpected and always beautiful arrangements on our dining table.

According to CIBI, the three elements required for enjoying our personal environment are style, food and living. We think they’ve got it right. Using these elements, CIBI, meaning “a little one,” live in Collingwood where their cafe and studio play home to a diverse range of Japanese wares.

Daniel Barbera’s furniture designs are the result of both handcrafted and industrial processes. Whether created for interior or exterior spaces, they are made to last a lifetime. His circular marble table with bronze legs will be sitting pretty as the Lost & Found Hotel room’s dining table.

To speak with a plum in your mouth indicates pomp, extravagance and class. To speak with a Plumm in your mouth is indicative of simplicity, elegance and glass. Endorsed by everyone from Jamie Oliver to local sommelier Matt Skinner, we are pleased to have the Plumm Vintage and stemless range in the room. But remember, you break it, you bought it. Kidding.

Mr Kitly is a slice of Japan in Brunswick and the next best thing to a two-for-one Jetstar ticket. Part gallery, part shop they exhibit local artists and sell pottery, books, plants, jewellery, textiles and tea. A tactile and multi-sensory experience that shouldn’t be missed, they also have an online store if you’re interstate.

Too often furniture for the architecture and design community is timely rather than timeless. Well, not these guys. Living Edge supply furniture that is equal parts creative, comfortable and classic. Guests will be pleased to have their selection of lighting set the perfect mood.

Humble Vintage are back on board to provide guests with a ride they would like to call their own. Since 2009, local bon vivant, Matt Hurst, has been equipping locals and visitors with good looking bikes. He even provides maps and custom guides to Melbourne.

Magnation stock magazines. And lots of ‘em. 4,000 titles in fact, from the niche to the very essentials. Magnation’s mission is to achieve global magazine domination, and with stores popping up all over town we think they are well on their way. We are very lucky to have a selection of their local and international reading material.

Functioning as a mail-order service and roaming bookshop, World Food Books provide Melbourne and beyond with a healthy intake of art journals, monographs and artist editions. If there is a group of people you would want stocking your bookshelves, it’s definitely these guys.

Shelley Panton’s collection of handcrafted pottery makes you feel warm inside.  But don’t be fooled by each piece’s cute imperfections and homely feel, these pieces are fired at 1300 degrees making them tough as nuts. We are honoured to have Shelley back on board to dress the room up with her decorative bowls.

We just think alpacas look cute and feel soft. Leave us with an alpaca and its crazy fur and all we could do is hopefully coerce it into sleeping on our feet. But thankfully there are St Albans, the experts who have been turning natural fibres into the most beautiful throw rugs since 1951.

Nicholas Gardner will soon leave Melbourne for the Royal College of Art. But before he does, his Northcote-based private practice have designed and constructed our hotel pot plants. Some lucky cactus is going to enjoy his selection of the finest timber, marble and brass.

‘Your origins are just as important as your future.’ After a few proseccos it almost brings us to tears. Dal Zotto’s philosophy has been guiding them for 25 years now. Based out in the King Valley, the family make Italian-style wines and continue to pioneer prosecco in Australia.

What Yarra Valley Dairy do to milk is like water to wine. From the 200 cattle milked twice daily on their farm, comes the most incredible collection of handmade cheeses. We are so grateful to have them on our cheese board again this year.

Print is not dead for Xavier Connelly. Print is alive and well at his printing and publishing business, Dawn Press. Xavier uses a Risograph printer, a rare specimen in the Southern Hemispehere, to print for some of Melbourne’s best artists and magazines.