Motivo

Name: Motivo
Address: Grd floor Seasons Hotel 572 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, AU
Telephone: +61477110076

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31/10/2026

Now this is a statement. Our lacquered backgammon set in Orange Croc, bold, glossy and impossible to ignore, the kind of piece that starts a conversation before the dice do.

Pre-orders close end of November for delivery before Christmas, and once the window closes we can't promise anything. To order, get in touch, the link is in our bio.

Who's bold enough for orange?

31/10/2026

Closing the round on a high. Hartley & Tissier's handwoven flatweave runner in a knockout pink, hard-wearing, beautiful and made for a staircase that deserves a moment.

Hartley & Tissier is available through MOTIVO in Victoria, via .

Would you dare a pink stair runner?

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30/10/2026

The detail that makes the game. Our Palm Beach Blue mahjong mat, lacquered and crisp, the perfect companion to a set or a lovely thing in its own right.

Pre-orders close end of November for delivery before Christmas, and once the window closes we can't promise anything. To order, get in touch, the link is in our bio.

Are you team blue, or team green?

30/10/2026

A lamp with real presence. Legato Studio's 'Patience' lamp, sculptural and hand-formed, here in the softest pink. Quiet craft that glows.

Legato Studio is available Australia-wide through MOTIVO.

Where would this sit in your home?

Lighting

30/10/2026

Fabric Friday. This week it's checks.
Worth knowing why a good check feels different.
This week: a CW Stockwell design that comes in a ridiculous number of colourways. George Spencer's check stripe, which is a check and a stripe at once and somehow not confused about it. A woven check from the Guell La Madrid range, all bluey golds. Stoke Lane's pink, which you can have in basically any colour and size. And the stunning Jennifer Shortk green that can be paper-backed for walls if you want it everywhere.
All in the Prahran showroom. Full collections through the link in bio.

29/10/2026

Backgammon, but make it furniture. Our lacquered backgammon set in Tortoiseshell, rich, warm and made to sit out long after the game is done. A proper object, not a box in the cupboard.

Pre-orders close end of November for delivery before Christmas, and once the window closes we can't promise anything. To order, get in touch, the link is in our bio.

Who would love this under the tree?

29/10/2026

Quiet pattern, pretty pink. George Spencer's hand-printed design in a soft hot pink, the kind of considered, useful pattern that works just about anywhere.

George Spencer is available through MOTIVO in Victoria, via .

Where would you use it?

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29/10/2026

Part two of the London visits. Jennifer Shorto, and the Holland & Sherry showroom where the range hangs.
The new raffia collections are the thing I can't stop thinking about. Imagine those paper backed and run up a wall. All that texture at full height, catching light across a whole room instead of in a showroom piece. We're going to push for it.
Then I got to visit Jennifer herself, which was one of the best hours of the trip. Her whole practice starts from objects. She found an 18th century suzani at the back of a cupboard years ago, started collecting, and has never really stopped. Seventeenth century French brocade. West African strip woven cloth. Kimonos. The fabrics come out of that collection, woven in the UK and printed in France and Italy with family mills, some of them hundreds of years old.
There were wallpapers we hadn't seen before and I have already asked about them. The gold one. The blue with the cheetahs.
Jennifer Shorto is an Ascraft brand, in Victoria through Motivo. Full collections through the link in bio.

28/10/2026

Mahjong is having a moment, and this is the set we'd leave out on the table. Our lacquered mahjong set in Ikat Green, the same pattern language we've worked in across linen for years, now in high-shine lacquer. It looks like part of the room, not something you pack away.

Pre-orders close end of November for delivery before Christmas, and once the window closes we can't promise anything. To order, get in touch, the link is in our bio.

Who's the mahjong player in your life?

28/10/2026

A lovely line-up. Kushaan's 'Bukhara Painted' in Blush, one of six gorgeous colourways, an ikat full of joy and energy.

Kushaan Textiles is available Australia-wide through MOTIVO.

Blush or bolder, which would you pick?

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Address

Grd Floor Seasons Hotel 572 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, VIC
3004

Telephone

+61477110076

Website

http://www.motivo.net.au/

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