If you’re walking down St Marks somewhere in the east village of New York, you might stumble past a little store where the seats are for ‘fat girls only ‘ blacks or jews. Read the rest of this entry »

If imitation is considered the highest form of flattery then having your GUI made into cupcakes has to be the pinnacle of success as an interface designer.

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There is nothing worse than getting ready for bed and not wanting to get in because your doona cover is just too unattractive for words. ‘No more!’ say Andy and Peta of Hells Blankets. With their online quilt cover company these talented young kittens have been helping people feel at home in their abode for over a year now. They also stock cushions, sleeping masks and pillow covers. The quilt covers are a limited run so get in there and buy something purdy for you self now y’hear?

There is only one thing funnier than a really old person saying F words, and Kick Ass has it. An 11 year old girl dropping the C bomb on a bunch of drug dealers before running them through with a sword…

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The Fun Theory is an automotive companies initiative to change people’s behaviour for the better. The group convert a staircase into a functioning piano keyboard and observe whether it will make people choose the stairs over the escalator.

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Are you like the rest of us at We Make Stuff Good and have a bunch of random tid-bits, a pile of odd earrings, and an accumulation of treasures that you can’t bare to throw out because ONE DAY you will get around to fixing them up and making something amazing out of them?

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Hipster Bullshit almost sounds like the kind of celb knockoff crap sold in most Melbourne ‘fashion’ stores, but it would be too honest a label for such things. The name is a parody of the up-market,  second-hand style boutiques aimed at the ‘arty’ crowd. Two girls, fed up with the ‘independent’ fast fashion have created Hipster Bullshit,  truly unique, affordable and sustainable range of jewellry.

Theses fine ladies, one Aussie and one Quebecian will be at the at Rose Street and Bowen Street markets over the next few months if you want to get your hand on these super cute and fanciful pieces.

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Aside from being a ‘crumbed sausage’ on the beach this is the most touched I have ever been by sand. Kseniya Simonova,  drew a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. If you’re a little impatient, skip forward until the 3 minute mark where her work, and the story become really dynamic.

‘The Great  Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.’ – Kseniya Simonova

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Sleepover is a 10-hour musical lullaby designed to be experienced while drifting in and out of sleep. Bring your pillow, sleeping bag, teddy bear and sweets, and spend the night in the gallery while the work is performed.

Artist Kris Keogh will be performing this amazing musical experience as a part of the Next Wave festival happening in Melbourne now.

Who: Kris Keogh
What: Sleepovers plus a 10 hour lullaby
Where: Head Quarters, Rear 55 High St, Northcote. (Behind the Lupa store)
When: Saturday the 15 May. 9pm onwards.

The Social Studio presents its second series of design talks throughout May and June 2010 with local designers discussing their work and backgrounds. The Studio is an amazing community project where industry excess clothing is re-configured into original clothing by refugees. They also have a shop and a cafe, it’s goodness all round and worth supporting. It’s a great opportunity to support a good cause as well as learn from Melbourne’s most successful designers.

Both Nicole Fausten and Lina Didzys inherited their parents’ post World War II European frugality, only using recycled materials for their challenging, wearable and empowering pieces.

Inspired by surrealism, the energy and attitude of the 80’s street culture and the punk ethos, a name is a label was born overseas while the two friends were travelling. All a name is a label products work to breathe new life into recycled objects while demonstrating new possibilities to the wearer.
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