Leif

The beautiful store that Anna & Stuart opened in 2010 is reason enough to make the trek to this most idyllic of Greek islands. They will soon open the shutters for the coming season where Leif will be on hand, bookmark their journal and get ready to go green...

We made it into the Mar / Apr issue of Vogue Living. Very nice to be sharing a DPS full of serious bathwear. 

Since naming our product we've discovered that Leif is alive and well and generally found living in Northern Europe. Leif Kamann was the first to discover us while Leif Erikson did the very same for North America long before Columbus set sail.

Good to see the explorer gene remains, hope you like your product Leif!

We received some very kind words recently in the press and on blogs. Here's how Leif featured on thedesignfiles.net, follow the links at right to see how we've popped up elsewhere online.

We're looking to run cute little travel sizes when funds allow. Leif Minis, hopefully coming to a hotel or airline near you soon...

The week before Christmas and our initial order was still nowhere to be seen... Ten days after leaving Melbourne all eventually arrived. We rushed product out to some of the Sydney stores that had put their hand up long ago. Thanks to Ariel, Becker Minty, Koskela and Shelf/Life for keeping their doors open for so long.

We sent a very early sample over to Wallpaper* magazine at the beginning of 2011 where it found itself shortlisted as ‘Best New Grooming Product’ in their annual Design Awards. A few days before the year was out we finally managed to get product into store.

Leif made its first public appearance back in August 2011. Corporate Culture kindly allowed us to place some product (only the hand wash had been run) on display so the many visitors that passed through their Sydney showroom during Saturday InDesign could take a look. If money wasn't an issue you'd buy everything in the store, if it is then you might settle for something more affordable except Leif wasn't yet for sale. Many thanks to Lauren for sitting us next to some amazing design icons!

Hidden within this womb like pic is the packaging that our hand balm was poured into. Our filling partner has asked that we don't show pics of their factory (which is super clean) but they didn't mention the warehouse... Special thanks to Christine, Lisa, Alicia and all involved in Leif's production.

As Container we create custom packaging for quite a few local brands but Leif is our own. Here's the view from the studio where it all began. Actually, it's taken so long to bring Leif to life that the initial idea wouldn't have been formed here, it would have begun in the studio before... and perhaps even the one before that.