bttb was founded by Corina Baldwin in 1998 and is now one of Australia’s premier boutique event companies. bttb sets out to achieve something different with each event and seeks out the most promising design industry up-and-comers to collaborate with.

bttb are renowned for their forward thinking designs and have worked closely with Joost Bakker on projects at major events such as the Melbourne Cup Carnival.  Joost’s designs and ideas reflect bttb’s own approach to the environment. After visiting Joost’s home in Monbulk, Corina Baldwin and Joost discussed the idea of a temporary space showcasing his sustainable building techniques. From this discussion, Greenhouse was born.

bigger than ten bears
Corina Baldwin, Director
+61 3 9429 9277
cbaldwin@bttb.com.au
www.bttb.com.au

Lexon Construction is a family-run commercial and domestic building business which has operated throughout Australia for over 30 years. Lexon specializes in seeking innovative and efficient building methods to deliver excellent results that are cost-effective and timely. Lexon met Joost in 2005 and discovered that Joost’s passion for designing an environmentally sustainable home matched Lexon’s passion for finding innovative solutions to construction challenges. Lexon worked closely with him to create the amazing masterpiece that is his house in Monbulk. The collaboration was a great success and The Greenhouse is based on this design.

Lexon Constructions P/L
+ 61 3 9818 3098
jonathon@lexon.com.au
www.lexon.com.au

Jason Chan and Anthony Herzog bring an eclectic array of skills, interests and experience to Seamstress. Jason is a fifth‐generation restaurant owner and also runs the award‐winning Batch Espresso on Carlisle Street, Balaclava. In 2005 he was named The Age Barista of the Year and was part of the winning team at the 42 Below Vodka World Cocktail Championships.

Anthony Herzog is well known in the Melbourne restaurant scene. He is a trained chef and worked in a two Michelin star restaurant in Basle, Switzerland before completing a BA in Hospitality Business Management and an Advanced Diploma in Wine Marketing at the Le Cordon Bleu Institute‐affiliated University of South Australia. He has numerous cocktail awards to his name.

Seamstress has just been named “Best New Bar” and awarded “Best Beverage Selection” at the 2008 Australina Bar Awards.

Seamstress Restaurant & Bar
113 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
+61 3 9663 6363
bookings@seamstress.com.au
www.seamstress.com.au

Widely known as the chef and owner of the critically acclaimed restaurant Vue du Monde, Shannon Bennett is highly regarded also for his appreciation of the quirky, interesting and artistic. No wonder then, that in moving Vue de Monde into the CBD in 2005 and meeting Joost, that a collaborative relationship was quickly formed.  Joost and Shannon have cooked up many ideas since then, inspiring each other and pushing boundaries.

The food philosophy at Vue de Monde has always involved using ingredients that are ecologically produced, and recently this approach has extended through to the whole operation. Shannon’s businesses are on an exciting journey, beginning with an assessment of environmental impacts, to become environmentally responsible, sustainable entities.

Shannon’s involvement in designing the menus for Greenhouse by Joost reflects their shared vision – a respect for natural resources presented with creativity and flair.

Vue de Monde
Normamby Chambers
430 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
+61 9691 3888
vuedemonde@vuedemonde.com.au
www.vuedemonde.com.au

Born into a dynasty of Dutch flower growers, Joost is a discipline-crossing creative who constantly draws on his ‘horti-culture’ to make artful commentary on the world’s wasteful ways. Working exclusively with the discard of human activity he has fashioned such extraordinary forms that the word ‘rubbish’ has risen from the scrap heap.

www.joost.com.au