About Melbourne Third-Wave Coffee Modern
Melbourne's third-wave coffee scene — born in Fitzroy laneways and Collingwood warehouses — created a visual language that fuses Japanese restraint with Scandinavian editorial clarity. The aesthetic is eucalyptus green, kraft-paper warmth, and provenance-dense typography: a Tuesday morning at Market Lane distilled into design tokens.
Learn more about the Melbourne Third-Wave Coffee Modern style
- Origin
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Era
- 2008–present; visual identity consolidated 2015–2018
- Key figures
- Mark Dundon · Jason Scheltus · Bowen Holden · Salvatore Malatesta
- Movements
- third-wave coffee · single-origin direct-trade · cafe-as-tasting-room
Melbourne Third-Wave Coffee Modern design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
Cormorant GaramondHeadings
InterBody
JetBrains MonoMono
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