Push Pull is a design practice based in Sydney (Bidjigal) exploring craft, material culture and ecologically-sensitive design. Established by Eloise Rapp, the studio shows new ways for the design industry to make, use and interact with materials, demonstrating care for local economies and ecosystems.

As both a practice-led laboratory and research space, Push Pull is primarily concerned with the rich potential in existing and worn textiles. It challenges extractive systems of production by asking how these resources can be reimagined and revalued, with each unique project demonstrating a tangible opportunity for change.

Rooted in traditional craft and experimental making, the studio investigates hand-driven processes such as natural dyeing, surface design and engineered textiles as both methods of production and tools for critical inquiry. Push Pull’s approach is part of a broader conversation about embedding resilience and care across fashion, textiles, interiors and public spaces. The results of these enquiries are rich and expressive studies in the transformational quality of hand-making.