Australian Giftguide

Life Instyle launches Ready to Wholesale program personAustralian GiftGuide Team calendar_monthSeptember 17, 2026 Designed for brands preparing to exhibit at Life Instyle, the boutique trade fair has introduced its Ready to Wholesale program. Launched for the first time in Melbourne last month, the program is designed to help brands that are typically B2C expand their audience and gain the tools to confidently get into B2B through exhibiting at Life Instyle.

New Aussie homewares studio launches personAustralian GiftGuide Team calendar_monthSeptember 17, 2026 New homewares studio Quiet Utility is entering the Australian market with the Walter Vase, a discreet fruit fly solution designed to stay on display. The studio aims to create considered solutions for the practical products we usually hide.

Trend alert: blue takes centre stage in 2027 personAustralian GiftGuide Team calendar_monthSeptember 16, 2026 The Dulux colour forecast for 2027 is a vibrant exploration of the colours shaping our homes, celebrating joy, individuality and everyday rituals at a time marked by rising living costs and the rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence.

Popular toy celebrates its 25th birthday personAustralian GiftGuide Team calendar_monthSeptember 15, 2026 Bilibo is celebrating a major milestone this month after entertaining kids all over the world for the past 25 years. Created by Swiss designer Alex Hochstrasser as part of his diploma project at the Zurich University of the Arts and launched in 2001, Bilibo has become a modern classic of open-ended toy design.

Ambiente consolidates product areas personAustralian GiftGuide Team calendar_monthSeptember 15, 2026 Geopolitical uncertainty, trade conflicts and mounting cost pressures are challenging the global consumer goods industry more than ever. However, despite these challenges, current registrations for Ambiente, Christmasworld and Creativeworld 2027 are almost on par with the previous year.

Ikea unveils its smallest-ever Australian pop-up personAustralian GiftGuide Team calendar_monthSeptember 15, 2026 Ikea has unveiled its smallest-ever Australian pop-up in Melbourne created by globally renowned miniature maker and model builder, Christopher Robin Nordström, better known as @TokyoBuild. The handcrafted miniature terrace celebrates Melbourne’s unique life at home rituals, passions and possessions.

Cookware & Tabletop By J Style When you mention Japanese ceramics, the first things anyone says is ‘oh, I love all the tiny bowls’. J Style hears this so often that on the team’s latest trip to Japan they went hunting for just that—tiny bowls and plates for all your tiny treats. Tiny dishes can be used for condiments, snacks or desserts, but many people just love to collect tiny bowls as an object in themselves.

Find out what’s new this spring with Giftguide’s latest issue personAustralian GiftGuide Team calendar_monthSeptember 14, 2026

Manila FAME sets the stage for a new era of global design personAustralian GiftGuide Team calendar_monthSeptember 4, 2026

Cookware & Tabletop By J Style J Style is rolling in adorable puppies with their new collection of ceramic dog mugs and dog glassware. New puppies are appearing with every shipment from Japan, but of course it’s the ‘oodles’ that are stealing the show. The Toy Poodle puppy mug sold out and had to be restocked almost immediately, with Pomeranian, Yorkshire Terrier and Maltese mugs not far behind. Wait lists are available for your favourite breed of puppy mug.