It’s not often that a forester and law graduate get together to make soap. But that’s exactly what Tom Karstensen and Andrew Bell have gone and done. And quite successfully, we might add. Tom and Andrew are the brains behind Man Stuff, a Christchurch-based company specialising in ‘Manly Grooming Products for Manly Men’ including artisan soaps, shaving bowls and Badger hair shaving brushes …
Sharing a space with Rekindle (the local initiative where reclaimed timber gets turned into beautiful furniture), Shop Eight is an instant classic. You’ll find plenty of reasons to linger over your flat white here …
ArtBox is a project set up to provide studio and gallery space for local artists in the central city. The brain child of Martin Trusttum from Creative Industries at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, the complete plan will see 18 ‘boxes’ combined into four buildings that will act as a hub for people to socialise and engage in the arts …
The Physics Room is a contemporary art project space located centrally in the Old Post Office (OPO), alongside tenants C1 Espresso, Christchurch Art Gallery and Alice in Videoland (among others) …
Continuing on from its success with the Fashion Atrium, Ballantynes has re-located its fashion-forward subsidiary, Contemporary Lounge, back to its home on the first floor of the legendary department store (the concept store makes a welcome return to the grandmother of Christchurch shops after a year spent in a container shop in Re:START) …
The champion of public art in Christchurch, SCAPE Public Art is responsible for some of the rather large installations you may see scattered around the city …
Live music fan? Keen to support your local scene? Well, Chambers Sessions is a monthly concert series held on a Saturday evening, offering up fine local music in a relaxed and intimate setting. Where you ask? At Chambers241 Gallery on Moorhouse Avenue …
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