Dinosaur Designs

Specialties

Handmade Resin and Sterling Silver Jewellery and Homewares

Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy design each piece of Dinosaur Designs jewellery and homewares in our Sydney studio. Each prototype is then hand sculpted in clay and is characterised by its uneven lines and finger smoothed surface of the design which gives each piece its handmade feel. The prototypes are then cast in resin before being sanded, drilled and finished by hand to give the unique finish for which Dinosaur Designs has become known and loved. Many of our pieces of jewellery also include Australian silver, gold, chrome and semi-​precious stones.

History

Established in 1985.

More than 27 years after co-​founding the company Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy still use their idiosyncratic way of looking at the world to create resin and sterling silver jewellery and homewares which surprise and delight and that become cherished and loved by their owners. They have also collaborated with Louis Vuitton and Paul Smith and had work exhibited at London’s Victoria and Albert museum. Pieces have featured in Carolina Herrera runway shows and have been worn by Kate Winslett, Rachel Weiss, Elle Macpherson, Hillary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Anna Piaggi, and Alicia Keys

Meet the Business Owner

Louise O.

Business Owner

Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy met while studying painting and drawing at art school in Sydney, Australia.

Originally selling hand painted fabrics and jewellery, Dinosaur Designs now sells a large, constantly evolving range of handmade resin and sterling silver jewellery and resin homewares in their seven stores in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and New York and through stockists world wide.