Now I don’t know who Well Dressed Vandals are but I just checked out their range of t-shirts and thought they looked too good to keep a secret!

The 2010 Perth International Arts Festival includes a wide variety of events. Artists from Perth and the Great Southern play a special part in the festival, bringing a unique voice to the celebration through theatre, visual art, food, film and crochet!

Two giant digital origami tigers playfully celebrate Chinese New Year on the forecourt of Customs House, Sydney from 11 February –14 March 2010.The crouching digital tigers combine ancient lantern making methods withcutting edge digital design and fabrication technology, bringing east andwest together through tradition and innovation.

The big cats are a collaboration between multinational architecturalpractice Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) and Customs House to mark the lunar year of the tiger and raise awareness about the endangered status of tigers.

Instead of giving up former editors of I.D. Magazine have created a wonderful new project; Sight Unseen that is definitely worth checking out.

Sight Unseen takes readers inside the worlds of design, art, fashion, food, photography, and other creative disciplines. Through revealing interviews, first-person accounts, and behind-the-scenes documentation of process, Sight Unseen uncovers the stories, inspirations, and obsessions of people who love to make things.

This exhibition taking place from the 24th of to the 7th of March is curated by Sarah King. It toys with the concept of a museum store selling Australian only design, which does not really have a museum attached to it, yet presents the work in a museum like context. It aims to encompass as much good Australian design as possible, across all levels of production, from handmade work to pieces in production by local and European manufacturers – and cover all types of design; furniture, objects, graphics, architecture, craft, etc.

The first solo exhibition by ‘Ears’ @ Oh Really Gallery that includes a collection of sketches, photos and paintings made by Ears.

OPENING: 6-9PM THURSDAY 25TH FEB.
55 enmore road,
Newtown, Sydney

www.earstotheground.net

3things, the fresh initiative from Oxfam Australia, are hitting up festivals and events in the coming months and they need your help! First up, 3things are heading to Tropfest and Future Music Festival, followed by a heap of fashion, music and arts events throughout the year.

They’re looking for dedicated Street Team volunteers – people who are witty, charming and cheeky, love talking to strangers, and are between 16 – 26yrs of age. Check out the Oxfam Projects page at www.3things.org.au or send an email to 3things@oxfam.org.au for more info.

Photographer Mike O’Meally is throwing two exhibitions of his photos from behind the scenes of Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are. First one is in Sydney at China Heights on the 20th of Feb and second in Melbourne on the 25th at the Lamington Drive Gallery. All proceeds are going to Children’s Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation.

Read about it at www.buronorth.com

After sharing a building with infamous Sydney karaoke den Ding Dong Dang’s for 3 years Gaffa has moved to the big end of town with new 3 story premises at 281 Clarence Street in the CBD. Gaffa now houses 4 gallery spaces, the largest jewellery studio in Australia, a jewellery store, an industrial design project space and a café. Gaffa director Kelly Robson said she is thrilled by the move and is planning an innovative program for 2010. She says, “Gaffa has always been dedicated to supporting cross-platform collaboration across design and the visual arts and this new significantly larger site will bring more artists not only together but to new and larger audiences.”

Read all about Gaffa Gallery →