Manapan in the news AGAIN.
If you would like more information on how Manapan can contribute to your own unique project, drop us a line at : sales@manapanfurnture.com.au
August 13, 2019
If you would like more information on how Manapan can contribute to your own unique project, drop us a line at : sales@manapanfurnture.com.au
Manapan Furniture recently undertook it’s largest project to date… In collaboration with Foolscap Studio, our Team were involved in the conception and design; and ultimately the creation of the beautiful pieces you see here. The majority of the work was conducted in our Milingimbi...
Press Release… Manapan Furniture Lead Craftsman Josiah Baker has headed to Europe for the first time East Arnhem Land business, Manapan Furniture, is set to showcase in Milan, Italy this week at the internationally renowned Salone del Mobile.Milano Furniture Fair. The week long exhibition...
500 kilometres east of Darwin is a remote island called Milingimbi. It’s the largest of the Crocodile Islands, and Yolngu people have lived on this land for over 40,000 years. These days, around 1200 people occupy the area, including an Aboriginal-owned, high-end furniture business, Manapan...
Read our full article in the Australian based publication, Smith Journal. Click to view the article here, or click on the images below for a snippet of the article.
Check out our recent feature article in the April 2018 issue of Virgin Australia’s in flight magazine, Voyeur. Read Full Article
It is stifling hot and the humidity is 100 per cent. Ceiling fans take the edge off the heat. However, for the Indigenous cabinetmakers, working from a shed on remote Milingimbi Island, in Arnhem Land, a new high-end furniture enterprise called Manapan, has given its...
At Manapan, we have been a busy bunch with regular visits up to the far North of Australia and now, making regular updates to the website. Our new section – Manapan Signature Coffins – has seen local orders in the NT for local tribes people, and recent...
Arnhem Land makers and Melbourne based designers are collaborating to produce a range of high-end furniture. You can check out the edition to the Australian Wood Review hard copy from the AWR website or check out the full article here: ManapanMeansTogether_AWR
The original article published in the Age was a great boon for the work that we are doing for the indigenous Millingimby community.. For decades, the street was dotted with factories, but now apartments are starting to appear, along with a cafe and a striking...
East Arnhem Regional Council recently took receipt of the first deliveries of furniture from Manapan Furniture, a local indigenous furniture business based in Yurrwi (Milingimbi). The order which included bed side tables, bed frames, & entertainment units, was received in Yurrwi, Ramingining & Galiwin’ku, fulfilling...
Manapan is a unique Australian furniture company. It was set up to develop skills and employment and what we have created is a place where exquisite furniture is produced.
Manapan collaborates with some of our leading Australian furniture designers and creatives.
in the foyer of a corporate office or in the sitting room of a luxury apartment. I also wanted the furniture to incorporate indigenous Australian art.”
The biggest employer of Aboriginal people in Australia, it gives us the support we need to develop a sustainable business.
Our dream is to see the children and grandchildren of the team working here now, working here in the future. We have great support from the local school with work experience programs.
Rob Crisfield is our master craftsman. For many years Rob had his own furniture manufacturing business in Melbourne before he headed up north.
himself in the local community and gained their respect.
initially using traditional techniques with minimal machinery and the tools he had gathered.
Manapan is a business owned and operated by Yolngu, the indigenous people who have lived in Arnhem Land for over 50,000 years.
having traded with the Macassan and Chinese for over 500 years before the European settlement of Australia.
