Design
Some of the best small businesses in the city can be found in the CBD's laneways, alleys and arcades.
The Paperback Bookshop
The quintessential bookshop where you can buy all the books you're looking for — as well as all the ones you weren't.
Pollon Flowers
Tucked away into Flinders Lane, Pollon Flowers is a green glade among the brickwork.
Ziggurat Design
A colourful store selling everything from handmade leather bags and coin purses, to bright umbrellas and satin pillowcases.
Metropolis Bookshop
A quirky book haven tucked inside Curtin House.
Obus
Supplying Melbourne's people with prints, pastels and pretty dresses.
Gewurzhaus Herb & Spice Merchants Block Arcade
Spice up your life and your cooking with an unrivalled selection of herbs and spices.
Melbournalia
The most Melbourne thing to ever pop up in Melbourne.
Lucy Folk Jewellery
The Melbourne-based designer combined her love of travel and skills as a goldsmith to create this nomadic lifestyle brand.
L'uccello
A small store overflowing with vintage haberdashery and fine goods, this is a craft-maker's haven.
Top3 by Design Emporium Melbourne
This design store stocks more than 1000 products — but only three of each type.
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