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...

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. ...

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...

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'.

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...

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...

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...

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...