Keyword results: Design
There are only so many discordant renditions of 'Achy Breaky Heart' that even the most persevering of souls can endure. So after sharing a home for three years with the infamous, and slightly bedraggled, Ding Dong Dang karaoke parlour, innovative art space Gaffa has moved to the big end of town.
The new premises on Clarence Street in the CBD will house four galleries, Australia's largest jewellery studio, an industrial design project space and a café, spread over three levels in a 19th Century police station.
For a number of years now, we've been telling you what we like via the internet. We tell, you read, and then you spend your life savings on postage trying to get yourself a picnic rug with sleeves and the latest issue of Apartamento and a pair of wooden bike handlebars, all at the same time. But not for much longer.
A million miles away from the over done gloss of Jamie, Nigella and co., Cookbook is that rare breed: the kind of recipe book you won't feel compelled to hide behind the rice cooker when guests come over.
Divided into three courses with accompanying colour code, typeface and linocut artwork by Ned Culic, Jon Campbell and Tin & Ed, Cookbook showcases twenty-four favourite home-style recipes from local food luminaries such as Neil Perry of Rockpool.
Description:
Interior design and interior decoration graduate exhibition for Design Centre Enmore. You'll get to see what these talented monkies have been up to for all these months. Drinks and bites provided.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: Fun
What:
Billy Blue Graduates 2009
Where:
Global Gallery, 5 Comber St, Paddington
When:
Wed Dec 9, 5pm
Runs until Dec 19
How much:
Free
Description:
What a fancy website. Things are flashing at me all over the place. Oh, now I see some information. It tells me that Billy Blue traditionally centre on communication design. That's advertising, digital media and branding. The 2009 graduates exhibition not only marks 23 years of interaction between the design industry and young Australian designers, but also the shift into new focus areas such as commercial and residential interior and branded fashion.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: Networking
What:
Finders Keepers Markets
Where:
CarriageWorks, 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh
When:
Fri Dec 4 6pm-10pm, Sat Dec 5 10am-8pm
How much:
Pennies
Description:
After the financial crash the obvious choice for a new system of economic organisation is finding and keeping. Take these here markets, for example - here you can find art, design, clothing and accessories from emerging Australian designers and, for a small token of your appreciation, take them home for keeps.
Event: Markets
Stimulus: Shopping
Those blissful summer Sundays in the park have edged their way back into our lives, as days lengthen and shirt sleeves can be worn bove the elbow without the prickle of goosebumps. We go wherever there is a spot of sun and a mossy patch of green, and we lie there insolently until the very last sliver of light drains away into darkness.
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