Our Story.

CommonKind is the culmination of years of thinking and hours of conversations between Kelly Olatunji and Olive Riley. 

We met at Massey University a decade ago and mused CommonKind into existence through a passion for community and textiles - particularly wool. With the drive to do something outside of ourselves, we went about setting up a social enterprise. 

CommonKind aims to fill a need for fun, bright, snuggly homewares that collectively share joy and warmth. 

With our get one, gift one model, your purchase also pays for a specially-designed-for-kids Common blanket, distributed to children through community organisations in Aotearoa. After all, everyone deserves access to warmth.

Our objective will always come back to sharing joy and warmth, so we’re building a business that is open to opportunities to connect and collaborate, dedicated to social benefits that can ripple out far further than the business itself.

Click the links here to discover the concepts behind our Common and Kind blankets.