Creative Studio of
Marta Buda and Douglas Johns
Level 3, 85 Victoria Street
Te Whanganui a Tara, Wellington
Aotearoa, New Zealand
hello@studiobestwishes.com
Two practices. One studio; a shared space for making things with care. Prompted by a keen sensibility towards craft and artistry, Marta Buda and Douglas Johns have established a studio where their practices intertwine - textile craft and design alongside brand building and visual communication. Best Wishes is not racing towards the future. It is interested in the continuity of tradition, of human-centred design practices crafting shape and meaning, and in helping people and brands create things for the real world.
Marta Buda is a textile designer and maker, with an affinity for fashion and object curation. Her work is provoked by a sensitivity for the relationship between maker, concept, and product, and a desire to preserve a human quality within contemporary design.
Douglas Johns is a designer and creative working in brand building, identity, packaging. He loves to create tactile brand experiences. With a background in hospitality and food and beverage, his reference points are found in the things that make spaces warmer, products, and looking after people.