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F!NK & Co.
Principal Designer Robert Foster
Queanbeyan, NSW

Design and manufacturing company F!NK & Co. was established in 1993 by metalsmith and product designer, Robert Foster (b.1962). Since 1997 the company has been jointly run by Foster and his partner Gretel Harrison (b.1968), who is responsible for the company’s innovative marketing, sales and distribution. Using bold colour and a distinctive formal language, F!NK transforms utilitarian items into objects of pure pleasure. The company distributes to retailers in Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Foster originally trained in gold and silversmithing at the Canberra School of Art, and has mentored and supported many young Australian designers. His approach to design and manufacturing is shaped by his deep knowledge of materials, backyard-shed resourcefulness and a mad-scientist-like obsession with risky experiments. Not surprisingly, F!NK has become renowned for innovative production methods. Each product is produced in relatively small batches, and each is individually hand-finished in the F!NK workshop.

Contact
F!NK & Co.
mail@finkdesign.com
www.finkdesign.com

Stockists
Museum of Modern Art, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
RG Madden, Melbourne, Sydney
Object Store, Sydney