Pressed and Folded design and publish a sophisticated range of greeting cards, wrap papers and prints which are created with a passion for illustration, pattern and traditional printmaking techniques. In 2016 Malissa and James Brown launched their first ever greeting card range at Top Drawer...

Gingko design is certainly going from strength to strength. Back in early March we shared with you their story about the Book Lights and the Octagon Lamp, while promoting the R Lamp. Since then they’ve added to their book light series and produced two new leather Mini Smart designs – one black...

Rosie Made A Thing creates funny, design-led greeting cards featuring quirky characters & cheeky humour. Inspired by the ridiculous side of everyday life. And 2 or 3 glasses of wine. They made us laugh out loud here at Live Wires so we hope they make you smile! In 2008 Rosie Harrison left...

In collaboration with Art Angels, a UK card company, Live Wires has produced a wonderful 950mm long fold-out card designed by Laura Carpenter. Called “Our Places”  This card depicts some of New Zealand’s most significant buildings. All of the buildings are named on the...

I’m not sure there is anyone quite like Emily McDowell – she founded Emily McDowell Studio back in 2013 after a decade in advertising. A cancer survivor herself, she found that after her good friend died the platitudes returned to irk her, so she started designing cards that in her words “speak...

Justinas Bruzas founded CandleHand in 2015 after learning the craft of candle making from his dad. He had no artistic training, but found candle making to be a fun and creative activity that was very different from number based computer sciences that he was studying at the time. Coming up with...