November 2010
Text & Images: Sarah Larnach
You don’t get much cooler than being hailed as a pop musician, and all the while not acting obviously ‘pop’. Wearing a dress made of balloons to an awards is acting pop, wearing jeans to an awards is not acting… case in point, see Ladyhawke wearing jeans to the New Zealand Music Awards, and not having a costume change for her live performance, and then scooping the pool.
Between tours of the U.S. and Australasia, Pip was taking it easy and keeping below the radar. I didn’t have the heart to interrupt her well-earned exile into Liberty City, but finally I accosted her on the eve of her first New Zealand show with a few lighthearted questions. Continue reading…
Text: Melissa Loughnan Images: Misha Hollenbach
As one half of clothing label PAM and the driving force behind art/music super group The Changes, Misha Hollenbach has exhibited nationally and internationally, touring Italy during Milan Design Week and at such venues as Mu Gallery, Eindhoven and V1 Gallery, Copenhagen. After years of exhibiting collaboratively Misha has just launched his first solo show and is about to embark on two more. Melissa Loughnan catches up with Misha between installs. Continue reading…
Text Adriana Giuffrida Images: TV
For the past few years people have been watching TV develop their finely tuned approach to fashion design. With each season they capture us with their imaginative and wearable pieces, and their ability to create collections with a focus on different textiles that capture our attention. Ingrid Verner and Monika Tywanek have their formula on lock down, and compliment each others strengths within these areas, and together they make a formidable team. TV’s current collection Army Dreamers saw the inclusion of perforated textiles, a rich colour palette and moody prints, making their avante-garde clothing accessible to all who want to get their hands on clever maxi dresses, bike shorts and mustard denim jackets. Adriana Giuffrida speaks to one half of the team Ingrid Verner on the inspiration behind Army Dreamers and the importance of creating these ideas in Australia. Continue reading…
Text: Oliver Georgiou Images: Collider
At first glance it would be close to impossible to tell that any of Sydney based Collider’s work was made in Australia. From humble beginnings in co-founder Daniel Askill’s bedroom at his mother’s home in Sydney at the turn of the century, he and partners Andrew Van Der Westhuyzen and Sam Zalalns have built their very own design and film media empire. Catering to a huge spectrum of clients including BMW, Hummer, Cadbury, UNKLE, Placebo, Dior, Nike and Lexus – Collider are producing work with an authentic A-grade international edge. Oliver Georgiou caught up with Daniel Askill over the phone to get the inside word on how it’s all happened. Continue reading…
Text: Louise McClean Images: Bridezilla
When thinking of any name which includes the word ‘zilla’ in it, there’s an instant association with untamable, powerful forces, dealt to the world indiscriminately and ferociously; such is the power of the Sydney’s five piece band Bridezilla who have been certainly making themselves known in the last couple of years, and in no small way. Playing festivals like Australia’s Big Day Out, Homebake, Laneway, Splendour in the Grass, All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Nick Cave and most recently, New York’s All Tomorrows Parties festival curated by the Flaming Lips, has put them next to some of the world’s most inspiring and prolific local and international artists like Animal Collective, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco and Cold War Kids to name a small few.
Starting out in 2005 and still in school, four girls – Holiday Carmen Sparks, Daisey Tulley, Pia May Courtley and Millie Hall, formed Bridezilla’s beginnings, with the instrumental combination of guitar, saxophone, violin. Later on with the addition of the drums which are played by Josh Bush, the five have come together to make wonderfully unique, powerful but romantic melodies which are emotionally charged and laced with moody ambience. Continue reading…
Text: Tristan Ceddia Images: Franks
Whilst visiting New York a few months back, my girlfriend stumbled across these great swim shorts called Franks. While she neglected to return with a pair, she directed me to the Opening Ceremony website, where I could view them online. Drawn in by the simple design of Franks shorts and their great yardages, I decided I needed a pair for summer. After Google failed to grant me any more information on the brand, I got a friend visiting the States to pick me up a pair. To my surprise, Franks ended up to be a local label from Melbourne and stocked all around Australia. Knocking on summers door, I visited Franks founder Tim Garbis and art director Patrick Crea to find out more about the brand. Continue reading…
Text: Gabriel Knowles Images: Tristan Ceddia
As time marches on the gap between small and large scale endeavours gets bigger and bigger. While we can now knock a zine up from our bedrooms or head down to the printers and get thousands of posters hot off the press at the drop of a hat you can’t get a short run of books printed without breaking bank. But now with stencil printing gathering pace in Australia again after a few decades under the radar the possibilities of print are opening up once more. Gabriel Knowles finds out how Sydney based group Blood & Thunder are pushing the limits. Continue reading…
Text: Phil Kemball Images: Daniel Boud
There are some bands who’ll do anything for a slice of the limelight, for better or worse. The Red Riders are the antithesis of those bands. For better or worse they’re happy to shy away from what people have got to say about them and go about their business making music. In fact they’re so keen not to know what other people are up to they’ve based their second album, Drown In Colour, around not knowing. Phil Kemball catches up with colleague, mate and frontman of the Red Riders, Alex Grigg to discuss what he’s been up to and why he hasn’t been blogging. Continue reading…
Text & Images: Kashi Mai Somers
Earlier this year Matthew Hurst started The Humble Vintage, Melbourne’s special vintage bike hire. Six months on he can use Creative Suite, dink two bikes at a time and can appreciate the natural benefits of biking around even more. Kashi Mai Somers rode his special café’s route and chatted with him along the way, finding out how these sweet bikes are better than their mountain cousins and which ‘culture’ is important to Matt. Continue reading…
Text: Jill Greig Images: Harold David
It was the 1980s when designers such as Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto, first sparked fashion and portrait photographer, Harold David’s interest in Japan. But it was not until 2006, when David toured his last portraiture exibition, Tracksuits of St Marys, through Matto and Fujieda, that the he was finally able to experience Japanese culture first-hand and find inspiration for his next portraiture series. Shot during 2008 and early 2009, Uniform by Harold David portrays rubbish collectors, policemen, gardeners, nurses, house cleaners, bus drivers and even archers, in a completely new aesthetic context. Continue reading…
