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Ten ponchos and a coast for oilskin | From the ...

Workshop Edition 002 sold out in a day. What the core version is, how it differs, and ten favourite places on Tasmania's west coast for The Design Files.

A Cold War cape and a sheet of cardboard | From...

Some months ago I sent out a request for input on what we might consider using the last metres of oilskin for. I received a lot of feedback, with one...

Ten days under the Q flag | From the workshop #12

In the last newsletter I mentioned July as our best month ever. August just blew through that record. Thank you so much - I don’t know if we are developing...

Shipping containers and bankruptcy sales | From...

I'm tired this week. July was our best month ever, and August is tracking similarly. On shipping containers, bankruptcy sales, and a change to how Kohutt buys materials and makes...

Monozukuri, the pot and the potter | From the w...

Firstly, a week or so ago on the 31st of July, I was sitting at my computer and looked at our ecommerce stats - I realised we were just $1000...

Why factories won, and sewing never needed one ...

This one picks up where the last newsletter left off - decentralisation, and what Kohutt is becoming.  "Cottage" used to mean something specific: a cotter's home, a peasant farmer's hut,...