Artist Ruby MacKinnon grew up in a household where painting the walls with water was a normal Sunday-arvo activity. Coming from a line of artists, designers and teachers, it’s little wonder she ended up as a designer, illustrator and hand-lettering

When it comes to photography, today’s guest, Dan Soderstrom, is a bit of a jack of all trades. He’s shot everything from portraits of folks in their rental homes to touring musicians and really, really, really ridiculously good-looking food – and along th

Pey Chi, aka Peggy Chin, is the crafty lady lighting up your Insta feed with bright and bubbly characters (often of the four-legged variety). The 2019 Good Stuff finalist is a textile designer by trade, but also dabbles in ceramics, zine-making and illust

Imagine a sleek diving board made from paper-thin white marble and steel, only it’s couch height and built for the sole purpose of holding your bowl of popcorn or glass of wine. That’s the project Daniel de Groot entered into the Good Stuff awards in 2018

This week, we're bringing you a ripper chat with Shantel Wetherall – the presenter and producer of the Hey Aunty! podcast, and a finalist in the 2019 Good Stuff awards. Hey Aunty! features “fireside chats with black women, fems and non-binary siblings wh

Emily Dynes is a triple-threat director, photographer and composer who you may remember as a finalist from the 2019 Good Stuff awards.  As a graduate filmmaker, Emily’s first short film was screened at a world-famous festival – not to mention the string

Did you know a conventional plastic toothbrush can take up to 600 years to break down? Yikes! Joel Hanna is a co-founder of Big Little Brush, a venture selling sustainable bamboo toothbrushes that take only a year to decompose. On top of the eco-friendl

We’re talking to Kate Forsyth, co-founder and creative director of Good Day Club – a vintage furniture hire and event styling business based in Melbourne. Kate is a self-confessed expert at stacking unstackable chairs, and designing and styling the raddes

Ruby was a music finalist in the 2019 Good Stuff awards, impressing the frankie team with a gritty, heart-wrenching tune called “Your Mum”. The South African native (who now calls Australia home) plays a bunch of instruments, including classical piano and

You’re listening to our new bite-sized podcast series, Long Story Short, where we introduce you to 10 excellent entrants from the frankie Good Stuff awards.