KNKG / FOUNDER STEFAN GEHRIG
“When I was searching for a Melbourne based freelance bag designer and came across Simone, we had a small, established gym bag company. Our products were selling reasonably well, but we wanted/needed to compete against the top brands in the world. We needed to take our bag designs and development to a much higher level. Simone was able to produce products that have helped turn our brand into one of the top gym bag brands in the market.
We've been working together for over 4 years now and it's been great. Super professional, very knowledgeable with a great network in the softgoods space. Simone was able to jump into the mindset of our (gym and fitness) customer immediately and produce great designs and then iterate through prototypes and into production. Simone has designed all of our best-selling bags from scratch!
I would absolutely recommend Simone. Well, as long as it doesn't mean she’s too busy to fit me in too!!”
SANS BEAST / FOUNDER CATHRYN WILLS
“I’ve known Simone for 10 years, both as a team member at MIMCO + a freelance designer. When I established Sans Beast, I sought a freelancer who understood handbag design, construction + costing. I knew Sim had this knowledge given our working history – combined with the added bonus of sharing a shorthand language on design + business.
Simone was integral in supporting the build of our first few collections + I’ll always be grateful for this. We continue to work with Simone on repairs + construction advice, and enjoy visiting her artisan atelier in Brunswick.
Sim is an intelligent, efficient, pragmatic + caring collaborator, with an ability to move skillfully between handmaking + briefing volume makers from afar. I couldn’t recommend her highly enough.”
life on mars / FOUNDER tina funder
“I found Simone via Google search. I was searching for leather makers and designers and simétrie kept coming up. So I reached out.
I was looking for a designer to develop my technical designs in order to launch LOM Australia.
Working with Simone was super-efficient. She’s very talented and personable. I love everything simétrie stands for in terms of locally-made, female founded, artisan craft and expertise.
I love the final designs I got from Simone.
I would 100% recommend Simone and simétrie and I have recommended and mentioned Simone many times already and will continue to do so.”