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Bruno Dutot and the Edgecliff Oucha

Bruno Dutot and the Edgecliff Oucha

The hybrid, half-way place that is the eastern Sydney suburb of Edgecliff has been home to French artist Bruno Dutot’s notorious wall mural for almost 20 years now. The mysterious painting has a spirit that is at once urban and cold, as it is whimsical and romantic, a fitting compliment to ...

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Julie Doye - The Design Doyenne

Julie Doye - The Design Doyenne

Wicked pavement artists, Julie Doye, is a woman of many talents most notably her pop-art portraiture style. Inspired by the counter-culture art that emerged in the 1960’s and 1970’s, Julie will be attending the Friends of the Federation event this Friday night at TheClub. With her work hanging in Paris Hilton’s ...

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Spring Awakening - Sydney Theatre Company smells like teen spirit

Spring Awakening - Sydney Theatre Company smells like teen spirit

Ahh adolescence, the budding spring of adulthood! The flowering of love and awareness... of incest, masturbation, child abuse, bondage, unplanned pregnancy, rape, abortion and suicide. Those were the days. This is the teenage experience in late-nineteenth century small-town Germany, or is it the teenage experience in 2010 emo, punked-out Sydney? Or ...

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The Cullen Hotel Experience

The Cullen Hotel Experience

The young Will Deague, son of Demolition Dave Deague an Australian art patron, is CEO of the Art Series Hotel Group, an innovation in the local hospitality and art scene.  The new boutique hotels, six in total, to be opened over the next two years in this country are each ...

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Pink Leopard looking for designers

Pinkleopard.com.au is giving Australia’s up and coming, independent fashion designers a kick start. They’re looking for fashion designers to submit their designs to be featured and sold on Pink Leopard. So if you’re an up and coming designer looking for an avenue through which to sell your gear, get in touch with them.

27.09.07. filed under Fashion & Lifestyle. No Comments →

Illegal Fame 4 – Out Now!!

Illegal FameThe fourth issue of Illegal Fame has finally dropped! You can pick it up at your favourite Australian Hip-Hop store in the next day or so. (WA heads early next week).
56 Pages, Full Colour Magazine. Australian Graffiti Mag.

Lewps was nice enough to send me the last issue of illegal fame and I have to say it really looks hot, the colours are sharp and so is the artwork in it, so go pick up your copy today!

click here for more info

27.09.07. filed under Fashion & Lifestyle, General, Illustration. No Comments →

Illustration of João Ruas

I’m in love with the painted illustrations of Brazil’s João Ruas.

27.09.07. filed under Illustration. 1 Comment →

Urban Myths & Modern Fables

25 September – 26 October 2007

Urban Myths & Modern Fables is an exhibition of new work in contemporary art by artists of Indian and Pakistani background, working in Australia and the international diaspora. The exhibition has been curated by Haema Sivanesan and is hosted by the UTS:Gallery.
For more information click here

Image: Hitesh Natalwala, It suddenly struck her, fate had taken a turn for the worse, 2007

27.09.07. filed under Events & Exhibitions, General. No Comments →

Interview with Glen Martin of Plain Clothing (shirty07 comp winner)

Shirty07 was an exciting and enjoyable experience for most (maybe not for certain grumpy journalists) and definitely for Glen Martin of Plain Clothing who came away with the first prize for the one off competition on the night.

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25.09.07. filed under Interviews. No Comments →

Smoking Skills – anti-smoking ad comp

I’m not entirely sure what this campaign is about, (perhaps an Arabic speaking reader can let us know?) other than it being an anti-smoking campaign of sorts, but the concept is pretty neat, and executed well. View the larger versions here, here and here.

26.09.07 UPDATE:

It is actually a competition sponsored by an Arab Political Magazine called “Alhayat” which means Life in Arabic. I think it is Lebanese and it is published in London. The competition is not launched officially yet because the site is not activated really, but the idea seems clever enough. It is an Anti smoking Ad so they designed the posters in a way that combines visually the idea of smoking (the open cigarette pack, the ash tray) and the pencil representing metaphorically the concept of creativity and design.

Thanks to Mohammed and Katerina for the explanation!

24.09.07. filed under General. No Comments →

Chalk the Walk – Saturday 22nd September

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24.09.07. filed under General, Inspiration. No Comments →

you have Made It

madeit.com.au

If you dont already know about madeit.com.au then now is a good time to find out, why not click the header and buy or sell some goodies!

Madeit is an online community where you can buy, sell and talk independent. Buy unique independent goods or sell your own. Visit the directory for Australian independent designers or talk independent in the community forum.

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22.09.07. filed under General. No Comments →

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