THE CREATIVE JOURNAL

Musings from our Sans Beast world on innovative materials, style, creativity + purpose-led business.

INSPIRATION: International Women's Day 2025

We're celebrating International Women's Day 2025 with musings + inspiration from women who inspire us. Some of our favourite women share their thoughts on creativity, running a business, raising a...

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NEWS: Ethics, Value + the Sans Beast Approach

Cathryn shares what goes into a Sans Beast bag, what value means to her – and ultimately, why creating pieces without animal products is important to the Sans Beast brand. ...

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INSPIRATION: 7th Birthday Reflections

To mark our 7th birthday, our founder Cathryn shares her reflections on creating - and sustaining - a vegan bag brand.   "I left an executive level role in fashion...

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INSPIRATION: Behind the Sans Beast Logo

'What's with the upside down A?' We often get asked about what our logo means - discover the design journey to developing our distinctive 'Ox'.

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IN CONVERSATION: Martha Butler, Loving Earth Chocolate

We recently chatted to Martha Butler, co-founder of Loving Earth - the Melbourne based chocolate makers with an unswerving focus on ethical sourcing + organic, vegan ingredients.  Even their chocolate wrappers...

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EDUCATION: A Missive on Materials

Sourcing materials is a major part of creating our vegan handbag collections at Sans Beast.  With our core mission to use no animal products, we take a look at the range of biobased...

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INSPIRATION: 2020 - Sans Beast Captain's Log

An overview of 2020 + the lessons learnt for Sans Beast, from the perspective of our founder Cathryn.  It's been one hell of a ride + we feel we've come...

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IN CONVERSATION: Nick Pearce, HoMie

Nick Pearce is Co-founder + CEO of HoMie, a Melbourne based retail brand that uses its profits to provide training + employment opportunities for youth experiencing homelessness. We  caught up...

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