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Secluded in the increasingly interesting back streets of Chippendale, is the wonderful world of fashion designer Konstantina Mittas. Both design studio...

Catcall is a new alias for Catherine Kelleher. You may have seen her over the last few years screaming her lungs out with bratty punk band Kiosk but...

It’s like a fable. Not too long ago - around the time computers went from stigma to necessity, or when THE OC’s Seth Cohen won his dream girl...

When Christopher Guest - writer of THIS IS SPINAL TAP and WAITING FOR GUFFMAN - releases a new film, you can’t help but feel both excited but...

In a wacky twist of concept heaven, Spank Rock have taken Diplo’s ‘Fabric 32’ as the end point of their anticipated mix on the...

Music Lover? Check. A little bit nerdy? Check. Ever wondered how music and memory work together? Wondered why all teenagers since 1997 enjoy the song...

You can tell that Puf'n'stuff is unimposing and slightly less pretentious than other vintage clothing stores, because firstly, they don't actually pretend...

There's no longer any reason to be JALOUSE of the Kiwis and the Melburnians, because now you can shop at mag nation online.

THIS IS A MAGAZINE...

Taking risks can pay off, or at least that's what we've been told. If you're unfamiliar with this line of thinking, then a visit to Duffy's Bistro will...

We feel pretty dubious about all this hipster anthropology shit, but this book has some serious credentials. Photographer Peter Beste apparently spent...

The American media only invented "the teenager" as recently as the '50s. Yet those melodramatic, erratic, sexy sexy young thangs have come...

By mid 2004 it seemed that if a band was touted as the "next big thing from Williamsburg" it would be a sure sign to avoid them. Amongst the...

"Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady, all you other Slim Shadys are just imitating, so won't the real Slim Shady please stand up, please...

Ifyou would say you love reading about sad people not expressing theirfeelings properly, what you're really saying is that you like Canadianfiction. And...

Some so called ‘Japanese' eating establishments would have you believe that a typical Tokyo salary man sits down at a long, sleek, communal wooden...

Word association: when I say "hunger strike", do you think "brimming with cinematic possibilities"? Maybe not. Turner Prize-winning...

These three old-time mags are classics. LEVEL pretty much made us want to start doing a mag; those early RAYGUN (although illegible) were a designer’s...

Hosang Park's strange aerial images (like this one) depict fabricated city spaces that are utterly lifeless. His use of a bird's-eye view distorts things...

All hail the disguised blessings of hegemonic music distribution companies and impossible commercial rental prices in our fair city. For, without them...

Explosive, celebratory and flamboyant, there's also an eeriness to Melbourne artist Nathan Gray's strange creations - the latest of which can be seen...