About Us
Hardwick & Cesko (H&C) is an innovative lifestyle brand committed to offering unique, heart-warming, high-quality & environmentally aware design & products.
Melanie Hardwick
Melanie has over ten years experience in public relations, design, buying, sales and community research. She combines her passion for communities and their role in creating social and environmental change with her love for homewares and furniture. Melanie is co-founder of Hardwick & Cesko.
David Hardwick
David Hardwick, founder of Hardwick & Cesko, is now working full-time at Fantastic Furniture as a Senior Buyer.
David has extensive experience in designing and developing product for some of Australia's best known furniture brands and retailers. After completing the Bachelor of Design degree at the well re-knowned College of Fine Arts (UNSW) David worked with architects designing furniture schemes for interior and outdoor spaces. David started his career in the furniture industry as a designer for Fantastic Furniture in 2001, working closely with manufacturers both in Australia and Asia to develop new product & store fixtures. He became a senior buyer before starting Hardwick & Cesko in 2006, designing products for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers both in Australia and abroad. His latest development the ‘Unfold’ desk won best prototype at the Vivid furniture competition was runner up in Launch Pad and has been exhibited in London as part of the London Design Festival. See more at:
davidhardwick.com.au
PaperCut Art
Hardwick & Cesko are excited to present a divine gift for your loved ones. These exclusive artworks are individually hand drawn, and expertly cut out of the finest of paper. We collaborate with our paper artist to produce whimsical timeless one-off artworks. We want our designs to touch the heart and last a lifetime, as our philosophy is all about designing products that have a place in your heart not just your house.
Paper-cutting is an ancient folk art which can be traced back thousands of years in Chinese, Japanese, Mexican and many other ancient cultures. Traditional PaperCut artworks are designed to evoke the happiness of festivals, children, and animals, while demonstrating an affinity with nature.
They make the most perfect wedding gift, or a delightful gift to yourself. Treat yourself and the ones you love.
About the Artist
Ning has been practicing the art of Paper-cutting for 17 years. Self-taught in her home village in the north of China, Ning speaks of her love of the visual vocabulary present in paper-cutting that has been developed over many years and by many influential practitioners. The artist plays with scale by using tiny silhouettes of humans dancing, playing instruments or interacting with animals which are often juxtaposed with over-sized trees brimming with animal life. This speaks volumes about the respect held for the natural world and humanities symbiotic relationship with it. The almost primitive forms are enhanced by the monochromatic nature of the medium and help to maintain simplicity, despite the intricacy of the artworks.
