dry, short, mostly true.
field notes from a tiny studio drawing the everyday bits of australia.
field notes · for visitors
once a week every street in sydney wheels its bins to the kerb. red lid for rubbish, yellow for recycling, green for the garden. nobody agrees which night it is. everybody’s neighbour knows.
for the ibis it’s a progressive dinner. for us it’s the whole brand. if you see a lid propped open by a beak, that’s not vandalism, that’s our mascot at work.
field notes · melbourne
we went to melbourne to draw the trams and stayed for the hook turns. turning right from the left lane is the most melbourne thing that exists, and we drew it so you can explain it to your mates in sydney with a tote bag.
the free tram zone is real. tapping on is also real. we leave the rest to you.
field notes · the harbour
every postcard shows the bridge from the same angle. we asked what a bin chicken would see, and the answer was obvious: a very large hook. so the ibis hangs off it like a coat.
best viewed from the ferry, with a pie, while a seagull looks at the pie.
how we work
six pairs, no exceptions. it started as a printing budget and became a personality. two colours make a drawing work harder: one line has to carry the joke.
it also means everything in the range goes with everything else. buy three, they’re a set. buy six, you’re a collector. buy all of it, we should probably talk.
we acknowledge the gadigal people of the eora nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which we draw, print and pack. we pay our respects to elders past and present, and to all aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples.
