Prop and Installation Design

Elevate your next campaign with something bespoke and meticulously made by hand. Whether you’re looking for playful, tactile props for a photoshoot, a series of handmade promotional products for your next PR campaign, or an entire installation of craft-based artwork for an event, we can provide a full-service experience tailored exclusively to your brand. Get in touch to commission some props.

Our projects have included:

Prop collections for brand campaign photo shoots and commercials
Props, sets and costume pieces for editorial spreads
Props and costumes for music videos
Event installations & stage sets
Visual merchandising props and installations for retail spaces
Small-scale props for product photography shoots
Novelty props and costume pieces for talent and public appearances
Community art projects
Promotional props/objects for PR Mailout campaigns

Gorman Playground Props

Bespoke, handmade photoshoot props designed for the Gorman Playground Winter 2022 campaign. We used our signature cardboard prop construction techniques to produce this playful collection.

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Peter Alexander Props

We’ve worked with Australian sleepwear brand Peter Alexander several times to create a series of colourful, oversized, handmade props for their campaigns and catalogs

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Supergroup Stage Set

We designed a glitzy stage set for the Melbourne leg of Australian singer-songwriter Georgia Mooney’s Supergroup tour. Inspired by retro game shows, the set was entirely made by hand.

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UNO Piñatas

100 bespoke handmade piñatas for UNO’s 50th birthday celebrations in Australia. Each piñata was entirely crafted by hand and filled with custom confetti, created as part of a promotional PR campaign.

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Bailey Nelson Window Installation

Window installations for eyewear retailer Bailey Nelson’s Summer window campaign. Our colourful, cut-out designs were inspired by dioramas, and some of the best elements of summer, and featured in 4 shop windows across Sydney and Melbourne.

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Here's what our clients think

“Kit was an absolute pleasure to work with on the concept for our Summer 2019 campaign. She worked to the brief and created a fun, colourful, quirky window for selected stores across the brand. Handling everything from start to finish, Kit made it easy to get this up and running in a very short amount of time. It's a busy time in retail in November and Kit helped make it a little bit easier by handling the sourcing of materials and installation of this window to ensure it looked exactly how we imagined. I look forward to working with her again!”

CJ Campbell, Visual Merchandising Coordinator, Bailey Nelson
“Kitiya was a pleasure to work with installing a bright, playful and multi-layered response to our Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition Disney: The Magic of Animation. Kit was incredibly thorough and professional, providing two concepts with detailed drawings that facilitated swift approval among stakeholders. She was able to problem-solve and adjust her designs on the day of install and the result was a stunning celebration of shop product adding colour and vibrancy to our retail frontage. ”

Anaya Latter, ACMI Brand Manager
“Kitiya was a delight to work with on our Knit Con 2022 project for Pinterest. Her keynote talk on the Importance of Handmade in a Digital World left a huge impact on our guests and left them feeling inspired & confident to go out and work with their hands more. I would recommend Kit to anyone, she would be an asset to any event and really brought the fun and colour! ”

Montana Cooper, Project Manager, Our Friends Electric
“Kit was an absolute pleasure to work with on the concept for our Summer 2019 campaign. She worked to the brief and created a fun, colourful, quirky window for selected stores across the brand. Handling everything from start to finish, Kit made it easy to get this up and running in a very short amount of time. It's a busy time in retail in November and Kit helped make it a little bit easier by handling the sourcing of materials and installation of this window to ensure it looked exactly how we imagined. I look forward to working with her again!”

CJ Campbell, Visual Merchandising Coordinator, Bailey Nelson
“Kitiya was a pleasure to work with installing a bright, playful and multi-layered response to our Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition Disney: The Magic of Animation. Kit was incredibly thorough and professional, providing two concepts with detailed drawings that facilitated swift approval among stakeholders. She was able to problem-solve and adjust her designs on the day of install and the result was a stunning celebration of shop product adding colour and vibrancy to our retail frontage. ”

Anaya Latter, ACMI Brand Manager
“Kitiya was a delight to work with on our Knit Con 2022 project for Pinterest. Her keynote talk on the Importance of Handmade in a Digital World left a huge impact on our guests and left them feeling inspired & confident to go out and work with their hands more. I would recommend Kit to anyone, she would be an asset to any event and really brought the fun and colour! ”

Montana Cooper, Project Manager, Our Friends Electric
“Kit was an absolute pleasure to work with on the concept for our Summer 2019 campaign. She worked to the brief and created a fun, colourful, quirky window for selected stores across the brand. Handling everything from start to finish, Kit made it easy to get this up and running in a very short amount of time. It's a busy time in retail in November and Kit helped make it a little bit easier by handling the sourcing of materials and installation of this window to ensure it looked exactly how we imagined. I look forward to working with her again!”

CJ Campbell, Visual Merchandising Coordinator, Bailey Nelson
“Kitiya was a pleasure to work with installing a bright, playful and multi-layered response to our Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition Disney: The Magic of Animation. Kit was incredibly thorough and professional, providing two concepts with detailed drawings that facilitated swift approval among stakeholders. She was able to problem-solve and adjust her designs on the day of install and the result was a stunning celebration of shop product adding colour and vibrancy to our retail frontage. ”

Anaya Latter, ACMI Brand Manager
“Kitiya was a delight to work with on our Knit Con 2022 project for Pinterest. Her keynote talk on the Importance of Handmade in a Digital World left a huge impact on our guests and left them feeling inspired & confident to go out and work with their hands more. I would recommend Kit to anyone, she would be an asset to any event and really brought the fun and colour! ”

Montana Cooper, Project Manager, Our Friends Electric
“Kit was an absolute pleasure to work with on the concept for our Summer 2019 campaign. She worked to the brief and created a fun, colourful, quirky window for selected stores across the brand. Handling everything from start to finish, Kit made it easy to get this up and running in a very short amount of time. It's a busy time in retail in November and Kit helped make it a little bit easier by handling the sourcing of materials and installation of this window to ensure it looked exactly how we imagined. I look forward to working with her again!”

CJ Campbell, Visual Merchandising Coordinator, Bailey Nelson
“Kitiya was a pleasure to work with installing a bright, playful and multi-layered response to our Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition Disney: The Magic of Animation. Kit was incredibly thorough and professional, providing two concepts with detailed drawings that facilitated swift approval among stakeholders. She was able to problem-solve and adjust her designs on the day of install and the result was a stunning celebration of shop product adding colour and vibrancy to our retail frontage. ”

Anaya Latter, ACMI Brand Manager
“Kitiya was a delight to work with on our Knit Con 2022 project for Pinterest. Her keynote talk on the Importance of Handmade in a Digital World left a huge impact on our guests and left them feeling inspired & confident to go out and work with their hands more. I would recommend Kit to anyone, she would be an asset to any event and really brought the fun and colour! ”

Montana Cooper, Project Manager, Our Friends Electric
“Kit was an absolute pleasure to work with on the concept for our Summer 2019 campaign. She worked to the brief and created a fun, colourful, quirky window for selected stores across the brand. Handling everything from start to finish, Kit made it easy to get this up and running in a very short amount of time. It's a busy time in retail in November and Kit helped make it a little bit easier by handling the sourcing of materials and installation of this window to ensure it looked exactly how we imagined. I look forward to working with her again!”

CJ Campbell, Visual Merchandising Coordinator, Bailey Nelson
“Kitiya was a pleasure to work with installing a bright, playful and multi-layered response to our Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition Disney: The Magic of Animation. Kit was incredibly thorough and professional, providing two concepts with detailed drawings that facilitated swift approval among stakeholders. She was able to problem-solve and adjust her designs on the day of install and the result was a stunning celebration of shop product adding colour and vibrancy to our retail frontage. ”

Anaya Latter, ACMI Brand Manager
“Kitiya was a delight to work with on our Knit Con 2022 project for Pinterest. Her keynote talk on the Importance of Handmade in a Digital World left a huge impact on our guests and left them feeling inspired & confident to go out and work with their hands more. I would recommend Kit to anyone, she would be an asset to any event and really brought the fun and colour! ”

Montana Cooper, Project Manager, Our Friends Electric

Frequently Asked Questions

All of our projects are bespoke, and made/assembled by hand, and as such require more time to produce than your average design project, prop rental, event hire, or sourced styling piece. We require a minimum of 3 weeks lead time to design and build your project. For interstate clients, we recommend allowing an extra week for courier times, just to be safe.

Ideally, we encourage you to get in touch at the start of the campaign or event production process - ideally as soon as creative has been signed off - so we can get to work straight away on your project build.

That being said, we understand that sometimes things come up, and last-minute requests are occasionally necessary. If this is the case, please email us with your urgent requests and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Given the bespoke nature of our projects, our costings for our prop and installation services can vary significantly from project to project. As an example, the projects showcased on this page range between $4000 - $15,000. Given the custom nature of our work, we encourage you to get in touch with us with your project idea, so we can work together to create a design solution that fits your budget.

Our in-house prop and installation design services include:

- Cardboard construction

- Papier-mâché

- Plush, fabric-based construction

- Papercraft

- Piñatas

- Sewing and embroidery

- Puppets and plush characters

… and other craft-based techniques

In addition, we work with a team of trusted fabricators for the following design services:

- Digital and hand painted signwriting and installation

- Aluminium and steel fabrication

- Foam carving

- Light boxes and displays

- Scenic painting

Absolutely! Once the project is completed, the work is yours!

We’re big on sustainability here at Kitiya Palaskas Studio, so if you have no need for the props or installation after the project ends, you can choose to opt-in to our Loop-de-Loop Sustainability Program. We work with a range of community partners to re-house props, installations, and excess materials to give a second life. Find out more about Loop-de-Loop here.

Most definitely! We love working with clients all over Australia, and the world!

Depending on your project scope and deliverables, we can either courier straight to your door, and/or travel to your location to install the project. In some cases we have even completed the entire build on-site at the client’s location. Just get in touch with your interstate or international enquiries and we’ll get the ball rolling!

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Prop and Installation Design

Prop collections for brand campaign photo shoots and commercials

Props, sets and costume pieces for editorial spreads

Props and costumes for music videos

Event installations & stage sets

Visual merchandising props and installations for retail spaces

Small-scale props for product photography shoots

Novelty props and costume pieces for talent and public appearances

Community art projects

Promotional props/objects for PR Mailout campaigns

Gorman Playground Props

Peter Alexander Props

Supergroup Stage Set

UNO Piñatas

Bailey Nelson Window Installation

Here's what our clients think

Frequently Asked Questions

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Prop and Installation Design

Prop collections for brand campaign photo shoots and commercials

Props, sets and costume pieces for editorial spreads

Props and costumes for music videos

Event installations & stage sets

Visual merchandising props and installations for retail spaces

Small-scale props for product photography shoots

Novelty props and costume pieces for talent and public appearances

Community art projects

Promotional props/objects for PR Mailout campaigns

Gorman Playground Props

Peter Alexander Props

Supergroup Stage Set

UNO Piñatas

Bailey Nelson Window Installation

Here's what our clients think

Frequently Asked Questions

How much lead time do you require for a custom prop or installation commission?

How much do your props and installations cost?

What techniques do you use?

Can we keep the props/installations after the project is complete?

We are not located in Melbourne, can we still work with you?

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