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HOT: Magnolia Square, Malvern Town Hall, cnr Glenferrie Rd and High St, Malvern

August 6, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments
HOT: Magnolia Square, Malvern Town Hall, cnr Glenferrie Rd and High St, Malvern

I’d been really looking forward to my first trip to Magnolia Square, a temporary market in Malvern Town Hall full of beautiful handmade things. Evidently, all of Melbourne’s yummy mummies had the same idea and it could easily have been mistaken for a pram convention. I felt like I was missing an accessory! To get [...]

HOT: Tessuti Fabrics, 141 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

July 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
HOT: Tessuti Fabrics, 141 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Sydney’s venerable fabric shop Tessuti Fabrics have recently opened their first Melbourne store in amongst the galleries, artisans and designer ateliers of Flinders Lane. It’s a light and airy space containing a rainbow spectrum of fabrics, buttons, threads and finishings on every wall, plus an inviting wooden table piled with further inspiration in the form [...]

HOT: Visible Markings, Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Ln, Melbourne

July 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
HOT: Visible Markings, Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Ln, Melbourne

My favourite of the three exhibitions that Craft Victoria are hosting as part of the State of Design festival is Visible Markings. In a dimly lit room various pieces of armoury hang with ghostly stillness. However, the breastplates, collars and neckpieces have been constructed out of unexpected materials – knitted wool interspersed with leather, oak, [...]

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