Design A Space: I'm a Fan.
On holiday in Melbourne, I first hunted this place down because nancybird's website said their bags and wallets were stocked here. When I got to Design A Space, I found their bags on a giant cascading display of hooked bags at the front of the store, but I couldn't see their wallets anywhere. I poured over every nook and cranny, searching... finding amazing things that I really wanted to buy, but none of them were nancybird's wallets. So I asked the lovely lady at the register, who immediately ran out the back and brought back a whole container full of wallets for me to spend the next fifteen minutes pouring through. PERFECT.
Once I'd finally decided on the wallet I wanted (with some assistance I was grateful for), I then did another round of the store and grabbed a couple of other things that had caught my eye: a beautiful cloud ring and a lairy printed scarf with horses on it. LOVE IT.
I love that Design A Space is kind of like a curated gallery for designers to BYO. Each little cube is full of someone else's wares, the store is just there to hold them all together. A beautiful big space on bustling Chapel Street, perfect for browsing your life away. read more