With its own factory, ALLOY is in the unique position to be able to develop one-off designs to match any brief. From the luxurious to the utilitarian, ALLOY has collaborated with many high profile clients to create something truly special. Along with the ability to precision machine any metal to our unique design, ALLOY also has full capability to machine engrave stainless steel and paint-fill any item you wish to mark permanently. Our state of the art CNC engraving machine is one of only three in Australia and produces any font, picture and logo with accuracy and consistency. All we need is your graphic file.
A small selection of our custom design clients follow.
Autore South Sea Pearls
Pearl emporium Autore South Sea Pearls approached ALLOY in 2001 to re-design the luxurious packaging for its highly sought-after individual pearl strands and unique pearl jewellery. Pearls are regarded by Autore as 'the diamonds of the sea' and ALLOY's brief was to create a casing that reflected this mantra but in a thoroughly contemporary way. Designed to be as bewitching as its contents, Copper was selected for its unique natural hues, providing a modern edge to the 'glory box' charm of the casing. A highly polished pearl shell was embedded in the de-bossed copper lid with its textured surface visible from the inside and designed to complement the unique gems cocooned in a soft, creamy suede.
As a special project Autore was also seeking a highly original and high quality casing design for the much publicised Ian Thorpe Collection of unisex pearl neck pieces. Developed in consultation with Ian Thorpe, ALLOY came up with a simple round, hinged brushed stainless steel design which, when opened out, looks suspiciously like a pair of swimming goggles.
Finished off with Ian Thorpe's rambling signature engraved on the lid, the stainless steel container was then housed in a silver-grey draw-string Lycra bag. Any reference to Thorpe's famous swimming costume was purely deliberate and designed to give the traditionally staid pearl a contemporary shake up.
Coca-Cola
ALLOY recently collaborated exclusively with Coca-Cola to produce the best bottle opener you could get your hands on. Designed as promotional item for Coke distributors, including pubs, bars and clubs, the sleek, stainless steel speed-opener was designed to fit comfortably in the barman's back pocket and snugly in the hand so it would become an easy to use 'must have' behind-the-bar item. It's no coincidence that the ultimate barman's 'tool' should take on the shape of a wrench.
Kingsley's Crab & Steak House
Kingsley Smith, the man behind the renowned Kingsley's Crab & Steak House - Woolloomooloo Wharf restaurant, commissioned Jonathon Worner to design a branded stainless steel steak knife exclusive to the restaurant as well as a series of brass table lamps to reflect its no-nonsense style. Since then, Kingsley's has also made use of the copper 100x10mm stack mosaics in its restaurants in Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne.
