There are gatherings that stay with you. Not because of what was planned, but because of what emerged — the quality of conversation, the unexpected ease, the feeling of being exactly where you should be.

Back in March, we opened our studio doors to a gathering of people we love and admire — interior designers, makers, artists, and close industry friends from Adelaide, Melbourne, and Belgium — to celebrate two things at once: the arrival of Designs of the Time’s new Azimuth collection into our studio, and the space itself, still finding its rhythm as our new home.

Azimuth is a collection that resists easy description. Named for the navigational arc between where you stand and where you are looking, it carries that same quality of being in between — earthy and ancient, yet entirely alive. Desert sands, clay whites, saffron and spiced ochre, deepening into burgundy and olive. Linen, wool and cotton woven with deliberate imperfection, the subtle irregularities of an authentic hand. Rust and indigo that shift with the light. Every fabric inviting the pause of a hand reaching out to touch it — that instinctive, wordless recognition we have always loved about this collection.

The studio was layered with Azimuth — draped across surfaces and furniture, lived in rather than presented. In this context, the textiles felt less like product and more like atmosphere. Alongside them, works by longtime Fabrikate collaborator and artist Jacob Logos quietly held their own space — loose, unframed, mixed-media pieces reflecting intimate moments through the same earthy tonality as the collection. Texture meeting texture. Art and fabric in quiet dialogue.

What made the evening especially significant was the presence of the Puylaert family — the founders of Designs of the Time — who travelled from Belgium to be with us. To have the people behind these textiles, whose story we have carried with such care and conviction, standing within the walls of our studio was something we will not forget. There was a recognition between us that required few words — a shared understanding of what craft means, and why it matters. It felt like the beginning of something that has already been years in the making.

None of this would have been possible without the James Dunlop Group, whose belief in bringing Fabrikate and Designs of the Time together has been instrumental from the very start. Their role as connector and communicator continues to be one we are deeply grateful for.

Fabrikate now holds the Azimuth collection in our studio as Australian ambassadors for the brand — not simply as a resource for designers, but as a place where these textiles can be understood slowly, experienced in context, and shared with the intention they deserve. For those who weren’t with us that evening, we welcome you to come and see them.