New shop sign

We felt it was time we updated our look with a new logo and sign. Our logo is inspired by a flow diagram showing our design process from spark of inspiration through to display in the store! We'll be updating our blog and shop over the next few weeks.

New artwork and wrapping paper

We love those little numbats! We are now selling this framed print ($130) Also we are printing our own wrapping paper $5 for an extra large sheet which perfectly wraps the largest of our serving boards.

Workshop wood pile

...ready to be turned into lampbases

Corporate Gifts - products Made in Perth

We now have a corporate gift catalogue! We have worked on custom products for visitor centres and retailers as well as specific corporate projects such as CHOGM. Many of our products can be personalised with your project or logo. Please email sales@futureshelter.com for a copy of our catalogue and pricing.

Saturday position available

We are currently looking for someone to join the Future Shelter team as a casual Saturday sales and production assistant. There is a possibility for more hours in the lead up to Christmas.

Hours
9.30am - 5pm Saturdays

Duties include helping customers, using the till and making sales, taking orders and answering the telephone. Small production jobs include packaging products, making simple products such as badges and magnets. Keeping the shop clean, tidy and well stocked.

Skills preferred
Computer literate
Good customer service manner
Excellent organisational skills
Close attention to detail

and

An interest in locally made design (of course)

Please email your C.V. and references to sales@futureshelter.com before October 1st.

iPad stands

If you visited the Perth Upmarket this weekend you would have been the first to see our new iPad stands. Made in Australian Oak they make reading those recipes in the kitchen much easier, turns your iPad into a Photo viewer and is generally a very handy place to keep your iPad!

New Whale shark T

New whaleshark T being printed today ready for the Perth Upmarket on Sunday.

Numbat Mug

At the shop we've become really batty for numbats! You can just imagine our delight when we pulled these guys out of the kiln. Anyone else out there share our affection for these critters? If you do, nab yourself one at our shop or come to Perth Upmarket on Sunday 8th September. This is a limited run on Japan made mugs so get in quick!

Installation of our window mural for Aspects, Kings Park

This years theme for our mural was "50 years of flower power" a celebration of the Kings Park Wildflower Festival. We wanted to create a retro but modern design. As usual Ian and Adam successfully completed the jigsaw puzzle of elements that make up this layered design.

To see the finished installation you'll have to take a trip up to Aspects in Kings Park, Perth.

A new adventure - a visit to Stoke-on-Trent

 These mugs coming to you soon!

We thought we'd share a bit of our recent adventure overseas. As you are aware we make most of our products in house with the exception of the T-shirts. However we have always had quite a passion for ceramics (and an extensive collection of retro pieces). We tried to find manufacturers of quality fine bone china in Perth but alas we couldn't find anyone. We are not quite at the the scale of making our own ceramics just yet so we took a visit to Stoke-on-trent, the home of fine bone china.

We have our own kiln and decal making facilities in our studio so we will be getting this factory in Stoke-on-trent to make our blanks for us and we will decorate them here in Perth. We thought you'd like to see inside the factory as much as we did! They are one of the few remaining factories in Stoke that still manufacture in the UK. Although their will be a few kms to get them to Perth, we felt we really wanted to be part of this ongoing history.

We also visited the Potteries Museum and came across this plate that made us thought of our very own mining-based country :)