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SAMMY-ROSE SCAPENS IS ONE HALF OF A COOL NEW BUSINESS AND A FULL-NOISE TALENTED, CREATIVE TYPE.

Designer, writer and mum of two Sammy-Rose Scapens grew up between Tauranga and Christchurch in a wonderfully artistic family, with parents who encouraged individuality and innovation. She was regularly left to her own devices to make up her own games, and a lot of her time was spent with her head in a book, then debating with her parents about what she’d read. All this instilled in her an ability to imagine and think outside

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