Printink studio in North Melbourne – photographs courtesy by Paul Barbera / Where They Create.
Today is a bit of a first. My somewhat sporadic column in The Age Melbourne Magazine is BACK today after a bit of a hiatus (Angus Holland was very apologetic – he’s had a lot of content shuffling to deal with in the past few months!). To mark this auspicious occasion, and to make the most of this wonderful ongoing opportunity to promote local design in an actual NEWSPAPER (amazing!), I have decided to do my best to link The Design Files’ interview content once a month with my Melbourne Magazine page! How brilliantly organised is that? We’ll see how long it lasts.
If you already have The Age, perhaps you will have spotted the ‘Printed Matter’ story, which rounds up the very best in locally printed design! Of course many of the studios mentioned will be familiar to you guys – Spacecraft, Ink & Spindle, Bonnie and Neil… and the very talented peeps at Printink, who design and print the Tinker homewares and wallpaper range!
It was kind of hard to find someone in this mix who I hadn’t already interviewed (Stewart Russell – tick, Ink & Spindle – tick), but then it hit me – JASON CESANI – the perfect candidate! In actual fact, this interview really is very long overdue… I met Jason last year when he took on a custom and somewhat mind-bending large scale print job for me… and it was then that I realised just how brilliantly talented and experienced he and the Printink team truly are.
Printink is run by Jason and fellow print lovers Nadia Husiak and Lisa Carroll, who met many moons ago while studying textile design at RMIT. They offer a completely bespoke printing service for custom one-off printing, and in fact they print for many fab local designers you probably know such as Aunty Cookie and Castle. Tinker is their own range of beautiful homewares, which can be purchased from their website and stockists Australia-wide.
Like pretty much every local creative I seem to meet these days, in addition to being extremely talented, Jason is also exceptionally NICE. Truly. So sweet and patient. I’ve found myself dashing in to Printink’s North Melbourne studio on more than one occasion with some flustered last minute request, and he’s always so chilled and helpful and kind of zen about every challenge he’s ever faced with! It’s very much appreciated by all you work with Jason!
ps) special thanks to super talented photographer Paul Barbera, for allowing me to share some of his shots of the Printink studio. For many more beautiful shots please pop over to Where They Create.
CLICK HERE for the full interview and many more pics
