Clever People Market
Presented by Swensk Australia Pty Ltd
DETAILS
Free, no booking required
Swensk
shop 1/230 Little Collins Street, Melbourne VIC, Australia
DATES
Thu 15 May 10am – 5pm
Fri 16 May 10am – 5pm
Sat 17 May 10am – 5pm
Sun 18 May 10am – 4pm
For four days, Swensk will transform into a marketplace where our clients become the creators, makers, and sellers. The Clever People Market is an exclusive opportunity for our community to discover and purchase products made by people who shares the design values of Swensk—from artisanal goods and fashion to design objects and creative services.
The market is part of Clever People, a broader program celebrating creativity, craftsmanship, and independent thinking. Alongside the market, we also host Clever People Talks, featuring discussions with designers, entrepreneurs, and makers who are reshaping industries through innovation and sustainability.
See below links to events happening over the course of the market
Thursday 15th May
Clever People – Writing in Motion
Clever People – Talks – Living outside the system
Friday 16th May
Clever People – Meet the Maker: How to make art on leather
Clever People – Talks – Building Mork Chocolate
Clever People – Talks – Scaling Wellness
Saturday 17th May
Clever People – Artful Doer
Clever People – Talks – Designing the Future of Cultural Spaces
Clever People – Talks – The innovation of technology for the Cultural sector
Sunday 18th May
Clever People – Mobile Hyper Kitchen
Clever People – Cooking with Tess
Clever People – Talks – Creativity Multiplied: How AI Can Scale Entrepreneurial Ambition
Participants
Lucianne Tonti
Lucianne Tonti, fashion journalist, sustainability advocate, and author of Sundressed: Natural Fabrics and the Future of Clothing, a book exploring regenerative textiles and the future of ethical fashion.
Jane Matthews
Co-Owner Swensk, and the founder of Dorothy Street, a consultancy specializing in operations and financial services.
Mats Ekström
Mats Ekström, Swensk Australia, is a Business developer and Co-owner of Swensk. With a background in curated Scandinavian fashion, Mats has spent over a decade redefining the role of a fashion retailer and challenging conventional industry practices.
Liam Wallis
Liam Wallis is the founder of HIP V. HYPE, a Melbourne-based firm pioneering sustainable, design-led urban development. With a background in architecture and construction, he challenges conventional models, integrating climate resilience, circular economy, and net-zero principles into real-world projects.
Jen Booth
Jen Booth, founder Jenuine Leather, is a leather artisan and co-worker at Swensk, known for her handcrafted leather goods. Since 2012, she has been creating pre-made and custom pieces from her workshop, blending traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design.
Josefin Zernell
Josefin Zernell is the co-founder of Mörk Chocolate, a Melbourne-based company focused on high-quality drinking chocolate. Trained as a chocolatier in Sweden, she started Mörk in 2012 with Kiril Shaginov, later opening the Chocolate Brew House in 2015. Her work centers on sustainability, craftsmanship, and redefining how chocolate is experienced.
Matthew Green
How can design and entrepreneurship transform wellness? Matthew Green, founder of BodyGuide, explores how health-tech and movement-based solutions can scale without losing authenticity. With insights from his book I’m Sick of Being Sore and the BodyGuide app, he challenges misconceptions about pain, aging, and injury—advocating for movement as medicine and empowering people to take control of their health.
Daniel Pollock
Daniel Pollock, artist and creator of Monsieur Finger, known for his distinctive, thought-provoking card designs that blend art, wit, and social commentary. Daniel is also the creative force behind Jane the Agency and “My Name Is Jane”. Through portraits and personal stories, “My Name Is Jane” turns a common name into a global narrative—one that is both intimate and expansive.
Michael Parry
Michael Parry, Director of Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation (MAP Co), leading Australia’s largest cultural infrastructure project, including The Fox: NGV Contemporary and Arts Centre Melbourne’s revitalization. With leadership roles at ACMI, Powerhouse Museum, and Creative Victoria, he integrates design, technology, and research to shape public spaces.
Nic Whyte
Nic Whyte is a Creative Technologist & Founding Principal of Art Processors, which he co-founded in 2011. With 25 years experience in systems and service design for the cultural sector, he blends creative technology with intuitive interfaces to transform audience engagement. His innovations at Mona include ‘The O’ and a radical new library system. He’s also recently launched the spatial publishing platform Pladia. Nic challenges conventions by leveraging data, simplicity, and intuition to discover hidden opportunities in the intersection of technology and human experience.
Michael Trudgeon
Michael Trudgeon, Design Director at Crowd Productions, an innovator in future-oriented spatial and product design, specialising in adaptive, flexible environments that integrate advanced technology and sustainability.
Tess Stomski
Tess Stomski has spent over a decade shaping hospitality, tourism, and food experiences, from Japan’s luxury resorts to the beaches of Noosaville. She built and sold two hospitality brands, wrote the award-winning cookbook Harvest Niseko (2016), and now manages Sandy Beach Resort, creating spaces that bring people together. With a love for collaboration and a knack for turning ideas into thriving projects, she’s always looking for ways to make business more interesting, engaging, and human.
Chris Heywood
Chris Heywood is the Head of Creative ANZ at Techtronic Industries, where he leads innovative initiatives that integrate advanced technologies into creative processes. With a background in both technology and design, Chris focuses on how artificial intelligence can enhance entrepreneurial ventures by streamlining workflows and amplifying creative output.