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Text: Jill Greig Images: Georgia Perry
Georgia Perry is a designer with a penchant for clarity and colour. The content of her multidisciplinary work is varied, but connected by her recognisable aesthetic: a sense of simplicity, and a light and bright execution. Ahead of Georgia’s involvement in ‘A Touch of Class’ for Sydney Design Week, Jillian Greig caught up with her to talk about the creative process, girls in design and hot dogs. Continue reading…
Posted by: Laila Sakini
Our friends at Grolsch have recruited our old mate Jonny (interviewed here and here) to test drive their new bicycle collaboration with fellow Dutchians Vanmoof. With eco friendly solar powered lights and room for 24 Grolsch Swingtops in the front, this looks like a pretty sweet ride to us… !! Check out some more pictures of this handsome collaboration here…
Text: Fleur Mitchell Images: Greedy Hen
Greedy Hen is power duo Katherine Brickman and Kate Mitchell. Two insanely creative women who produce everything from video art, tour posters and album cover – and that’s only the beginning. No matter what the medium, their work is distinctive and instantly recognisable. Greedy Hen is defined by a subtle balance of naivety and old world weirdness, coupled with a darkly humorous, witchy vibe. It’s sort of like Victorian decoupage turned upside down and back to front, with a home spun, handmade touch that is present in everything they create.
Greedy Hen took time out to let Fleur Mitchell pick their brains and talk about, amongst other things, super-fiction, dream projects and the power of teamwork. Continue reading…
Text: Emma Capps Images: James Nelson & Tokyo Bike
On the morning of a recent, glaringly beautiful Autumn day, I had the pleasure of speaking with Yuki Sugahara who, along with her husband, runs the year-old Tokyo Bike shop in Surry Hills, Sydney – a place so beguiling and nuanced that I’m still reflecting on what it is that makes this bike shop so singular.
The first permanent Tokyo Bike outside of Japan is tucked away on Marys Place, beside the bricked shoulder of the Beresford. Walking down the narrow lane, one is met with a thread of varicoloured bikes – sand brown, jeffer red, saffron, blue gray – indicating Tokyo Bike’s entrance. Available in four different models, the bikes all share their lightness of frame, the clarity of their design, and a smaller-than-average wheel circumference, which, combined, make for graceful, easy-to-ride, comfortable bikes. Continue reading…
Posted by: The Blackmail
A little while back we reported on Perks And Mini’s first collaboration with US street wear giant Stussy. The collection is available this weekend from P.A.M’s new Sydney store located in the old Monster Children Gallery space and at Someday in Melbourne. View the look book shot by Peter Sutherland here.
P.A.M Sydney
Suite C 20 Burton Street
Darlinghurst
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Our boy Tristan is talking at Carbon, a conference being held in Melbourne later this month about how to make killer shirts. There’ll also be some other sweet forums with dudes like Lister, Bobby Hundreds, Futura and the Asuza legends.
Carbon
A Festival Of Contemporary Style, Design & Culture
April 29 – May 1, 2011
Federation Square, Melbourne
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Daniel Askill‘s new exhibition furthers his exploration of ritual in a modern context. He began this investigation with his 2004 short film, We Have Decided Not to Die, followed by a 2009 solo show, Artefacts From The Fifth Ritual. Modern Worship marks the next phase in Askill’s body of work, and in his progression towards a future feature-length film.
In this exhibition, Askill explores two major events of the last decade – the atrocities of 9/11 and the death of the ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson – and could be considered a response to J.G. Ballard’s The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race. Ballard’s experimental essay explores how the mass media landscape transforms human events into hyper-reality and, of course, money. A re-contextualising or less conventional interpretation of these grim events may help us view them from a new perspective.
This exhibition will centre upon a large-scale projection of a striking slow motion video tableau, a looping installation that draws on elements of pop culture, Hollywood spectacle, global disaster, idolatry and what constitutes a religion. Further works including sculpture, small screen video and photographic editions question the way modern events are portrayed in the media, and the multiplicity of delivery as it pervades and infects the private mind of the individual.
Gallery A.S. is Joseph Allen Shea‘s new roaming gallery project, presenting both local and international art through a series of impermanent exhibitions in selected venues across Sydney and beyond.
Daniel Askill MODERN WORSHIP
Wednesday April 20, 6 – 9:00pm
Gallery A.S. at The Christian Science Church
Cnr Liverpool Street & Forbes Street, Darlinghurst
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Misha and Shauna also known as Perks And Mini (P.A.M) are about to release their first collaboration, a spotty capsule collection, with US street wear giant Stussy. Shot here by the amazing Peter Sutherland and styled by Beth Fenton (stylist extraordinaire from London), the look book includes model/ artists Ari Marcopolous, Keegan Mchargue, Julia Chiang, Clara Cullen.
The collection will be available from Someday in April 2011.
Click to view the collection…
Posted by: Tristan Ceddia
Chances are if you are into jewellery and you like a bit of fashion you have seen the wares of Toby Jones kicking around. His designs have a DIY appeal, though on closer inspection you realise these every day objects are meticulously made from precious metal. They are distinctive whilst minimal and suggests a touch of class… just the way we like it. Tristan Ceddia chats with the people’s champion Toby Jones. Continue reading…
