inSync design

12/10/2026

A gift with a little character.

Wearable art, designed and handmade in my Melbourne studio.

When you’re choosing for someone else, think about the shapes and colours they already enjoy wearing. A familiar detail can be a lovely place to begin.

Explore the collection at insyncdesign.com.au.

20/09/2026

26/08/2026

“I love it. But I don’t know if I could wear it.”

I’ve heard this from women for nearly twenty years.

And I’ve always found it fascinating.

Because often, the piece they’re questioning is the very one they were drawn to first.

So when did we become afraid of being noticed?

And why, just as we become more confident in our own taste, do we sometimes become more cautious about showing it?

I’ve been exploring this in my latest Creative Reflections.

It’s about jewellery, but really it’s about something much bigger: getting older, knowing what you like, and giving yourself permission to show a little more of who you are.

Perhaps we don’t need to become bolder.

Perhaps we just need to stop asking, “Can I wear this?”

And start asking, “Do I love this?”

My latest Creative Reflections is now on Substack. I’d love you to come and read it. Link in the bio.

19/08/2026

The X2 Stillness Brooch Set is two forms and total freedom in how you wear them. And when I paired it with Wendy Voon’s Striped Wrap for the first time, I genuinely stopped and looked in the mirror. The merino gives the brooches something to land on. It just works.

This special collaboration and wrap giveaway is available till 25 August, and the two collectors with the highest spend each receive one of Wendy’s wraps as a gift, worth $295.

Link in bio if you want to see everything together.

19/08/2026

There’s a brooch sitting on my desk that I made years ago. I don’t wear it every day. Some weeks I forget it’s there. But I never put it away.

I’ve been thinking about why that is. About the objects we reach for, not because they were special when we got them, but because they kept proving themselves, quietly, over time. https://irissaarisaacs.substack.com/p/the-things-we-reach-for?r=9xv1i&utm_medium=ios

04/08/2026

We talk so much about what women lose as we get older.

But at 57, I’m becoming far more interested in what age gives back.

Less second-guessing. Less need for approval. More trust in my own voice. More freedom to experiment, change my mind and become more fully myself.

I’ve noticed this in my work.

After more than twenty years of designing and making jewellery, I no longer expect every idea to become a successful piece. Some designs come together beautifully. Others teach me something and lead nowhere.

I used to find that unsettling. Now I understand that it isn’t a failure of the creative process. It is the creative process.

Perhaps that’s one of the gifts of ageing. Doubt doesn’t disappear, but it no longer gets the final say.

I’ve written more about this in my latest Substack, What Age Gives Back. You’ll find it through the link in my bio.

What has age given back to you?

27/07/2026

Beauty isn’t a formula.

For years I’ve believed that beauty isn’t found in a single colour, material or shape.

It emerges when every element belongs together.

That idea has quietly guided every piece I’ve designed for inSync, but I’ve never really put it into words until now.

This is the second essay in my new series, Creative Reflections, a place where I share the thinking behind the work.

I’d love to know…

What makes something truly beautiful to you?

✨ Read the full reflection via Substack - https://substack.com/Iris Saar Isaacs/note/c-302653072?r=9xv1i&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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08/07/2026

Canopy has now opened beyond my collectors list.
Softly asymmetrical earrings, made in Melbourne and designed to feel bold without feeling too much.
Available in raw stainless steel, matt gold and black.
For the next three days, use CANOPYGIFT for $10 off your Canopy earrings.
Find your finish.

18/06/2026

I opened the Archive this week, and it feels a little like opening old studio drawers.

Inside are the pieces I won’t be making again.

Discontinued designs.
Final colours.
Last pieces from the studio drawers.
A few old collector favourites.

Many of these pieces hold beautiful memories for me, but the collection needs room to keep moving, and new work needs space to emerge.

Some Archive pieces have already found their collectors. A few are still there, quietly waiting to be discovered.

If there is something you have had your eye on, or a piece that has stayed with you, this is a lovely moment to return to it.

Once the Archive closes, these pieces won’t be made again.

Thank you, as always, for collecting my work and giving these pieces a life beyond the studio.

23/05/2026

Day two at The Big Design Market.

So many familiar faces. So many new ones.
Watching the jewellery find its people never gets old.

We’re here in Melbourne until 6pm today.

Come try things on.
Come say hello.
Come find the piece that feels like you.

Iris x