art and design

HOT: Cibi, 45 Keele St, Collingwood

January 22, 2010 ⋅ 11 comments

I have two friends who are a couple. J is Asian and would like nothing better than a bowl of rice or noodles for breakfast. B is Anglo and in the morning the most substantial thing he can deal with is eggs and toast. I think I’ve just found the perfect place for them to [...]

HOT Chat: Leyla Acaroglu of Eco Innovators Showcase

January 17, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

(All photograph thanks to www.flickr.com/photos/fernando/) Just before Christmas I stumbled upon a very cool pop up shop housed in a newstand pillar – the Eco Innovators Showcase. ‘What a creative idea’, I thought ‘I’d like to know more about who’s behind it’. So today, we have a HOT Chat with Leyla Acaroglu, the brains behind [...]

HOT: Suzuki Night Market, Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

January 13, 2010 ⋅ 12 comments

For me summer in Melbourne heralds long bright evenings, Moonlight Cinema and the Suzuki Night Market at Queen Victoria Market. Evidently I’m not alone as the night market has become a bit of a summer institution for young and old alike and in peak time (between 6-8pm) the crowds swell to almost uncomfortable levels. Nevertheless, [...]

HOT: 84 Smith Street, 84 Smith St, Collingwood

January 12, 2010 ⋅ One comment

I love to catch up on my window-shopping at 84 Smith Street. This vintage collectables and furniture shop has a constant rotation of eye-catching items in its storefront, from a plastic drinks-serving robot to mid-century Danish dining chairs to old-fashioned metal filing cabinets. Wendy Dracoulis and her husband only sell pieces that they like and [...]

HOT: Melbourne by Delicate Mayhem

January 9, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

When RM and I moved in together we discovered several things: 1. I had a lot of kitchen gadgets and shoes; 2. He had a lot of books and electrical cords; and 3. We both had too much artwork and not enough walls to hang them. Given our shared tendency to buy photographs, prints and [...]

HOT: Melbourne Design Market, Federation Square carpark, Melbourne

December 11, 2009 ⋅ 12 comments

One of my favourite entries in Melbourne’s design market calendar is the twice-yearly Melbourne Design Market held in the unprepossessing carpark of Federation Square. While some of the stalls remain the same every time, I still like to go because there’s always something new to see and buy. Here are some of the stalls that [...]

HOT: Blondes to Brunettes + RMIT Fashion Friendship launch, 479 High St, Prahran

December 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As a commercial lawyer, it was relatively easy for me to follow the conveyor belt from law school to summer clerkships to a full-time job in a law firm. I don’t imagine the transition for the creative industries is as easy (unless you’re very lucky) – it can be a relentless and sometimes dispiriting slog [...]

HOT: Marche Rouge Christmas Shopping Event, Salon 205, Level 2, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne

December 3, 2009 ⋅ 13 comments

With Christmas only 22 days away, Melbourne is ramping up to a frenetic hive of shopping activity. With sales and markets sprouting up almost daily, it’s getting difficult for me to keep up! One of the most aesthetically pleasing shopping experiences that I’ve attended recently has been Marche Rouge, a small pop-up market in the [...]

HOT: Markets in the Garden, Royal Botanical Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarraf

November 28, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

The Garden Markets is a small market held over summer which is held near the Observatory of the Royal Botanical Gardens. The grassy spot is lovely for a stroll amongst the 100 or so stallholders, none of whom I’d seen before (and I go to a lot of markets). The products ranged from jewellery, fashion, [...]

HOT: Lady Melbourne party for Peppermint Magazine, Shop 5, Georges on Collins, 162-168 Collins St, Melbourne

November 24, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

It’s not every day that you have the chance to meet a member of royalty. So I was delighted to accompany Alex (Eco Fashionista) and her sister to a very special occasion – an afternoon tea party hosted by renowned fashion blogger, Lady Melbourne (aka Phoebe Montague). The celebration: Lady Melbourne’s debut as the covergirl [...]

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