Lunch Lady

Tip 1. If you want to make rainbow or striped chalk, allow each layer to set slightly before pouring the next one. For swirly chalk, layer the colours and then take a bamboo skewer and run it through the liquid plaster.

I was inspired to create something beautiful and organic that families need. A simple but playful product that appealed to my personal taste.

Inspired by the Girl Guides, this ingenious muffin trick works a treat in any campfire.

We didn’t really see ourselves as coffee roasters in the beginning because our café was our home. This changed after we opened our second store and realised where we wanted to take it. From there we had to really learn and grow.

It’s no secret that Mexico is dealing with more than its fair share of issues these days. Home to an ongoing war with its numerous drug cartels that has claimed somewhere in the vicinity of 100,000 lives, it’s a country that is living the Narcos nightmare in real time.

I’ve always been interested in design and it started out as a purely functional design project – how do I solve the problem of tampons falling out in my handbag? But it quickly evolved into something far deeper as I discovered the synthetic ingredients used in traditional tampons; I realised there was a direct correlation between the ingredients in tampons and their effect on our bodies and environment.

Four quick, yummy sandwich ideas to get you through this week.

Michael Allpress was inspired to start Allpress Espresso after witnessing the specialty coffee revival in Seattle during the late 80’s. This is where he first learned about specialty coffee and was inspired to bring it back to New Zealand. He started the country’s first coffee cart and later began roasting coffee in the back of a garage.

These balls are the easiest, simplest lunch box treats. They take about 15 minutes to make, store beautifully in the fridge and double as an awesome travel snack too.  And if your kid’s allergic to almonds, you can use sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, macadamias, cashews or walnuts as replacements.

In the periphery it was also a trip to India, hanging out at Spitalfields Markets in London, cloth nappies, and seeing artists and activists working in commercial projects. We wanted to create a business model that supported positive change but also managed itself financially… aka super idealistic, but it has worked!

This cake has the most simplest ingredients, even when they’re all mixed together you can still taste each one of them. It is best enjoyed with a cuppa and a friend, or as a treat when visiting your fam this Easter, or taken to a music festival, which is what I will be doing. Come say hi if you’re at Boogie and get a slice!

Graphic design was the path I chose at University, and a few years after that whilst studying for my masters I took my first trip overseas to India and that changed my life. For someone who’d barely travelled out of Victoria, spending those months in India totally blew my mind. It changed the way I thought everything and how I wanted to spend my days. That’s why Obüs was born. Travel has remained the central inspiration behind what we create.