The Design Files Open House FILM ! – directed by Jessica Leski (if you can’t see the above preview, view on Vimeo here)
DEAREST readers! I know this is a good 2.5 months post event, but we don’t care, we are still SUPER excited to share with you a short film about The Design Files Open House event we staged in December last year!
Whilst many of you might have seen the website, many photos and lots of lovely coverage which we were super lucky to receive late last year, nothing quite beats the moving image to give a real indication of the buzzing atmosphere and general exhaustion levels :)
IF you can’t see the film above, please view it over here on Vimeo! I hope you don’t mind hearing my annoying voice for 3 whole minutes because that is what you are in for, people.
MASSIVE thanks to my dear friend Jessica Leski who whipped up a friendly little film crew at a moment’s notice to come and shoot this footage, and put this special little film together for us. (You might recall Ms Leski is responsible for The Ball – a beautiful film (blogged here), which was nominated for an AFI this year (!!) – and is now available to download on iTunes!)
Film Crew
Edited and directed by Jessica Leski
Shot by Edward Goldner
Additional Camera – Ash Koek
Stills – Sean Fennessy
Thanks also to the very talented local bands who have generously allowed usage of their music for this film. DO show you support by checking them out! -
Music by
This sweet little film will premiere on the BIG SCREEN tonight at Rooftop Cinema, just before The September Issue! Is it sold out yet? I have no idea! Tickets here if not. See you there!
I am struggling not to do the whole epic Open House thankyou list again… sponsors, staff, volunteers, friends, husbands, boyfriends, family – you know who you are – THANKYOU! Massive thanks in particular to Jenny Butler for doing the longest hours ever, and big props to Esther Navarro-Orejon from The Project Agency - our chief collaborator on this project.
If you would like to see a few silly shots of the film crew and general behind the scenes Open House madness, there is a little gallery on our Facebook page!
And now I promise I shall never again harp on about TDF Open House. At least… not ’til next time! :)
beautiful Lucy! – wish I had been there xxx
this really really made me wish I had flown to Melb for it! The concept is brilliant but it’s the execution that deserves a round of applause, you can see all the hard work, but I hope you still want to do it again!! those bins!!
this was great! I enjoyed coming so much – great atmosphere the day I was there.
super sad to have missed this…
you’re an inspiration lucy. mx
Looks like an amazing and FUN day full of creative ideas and people.
Fingers crossed there will be more openings like it in the future as I would love to be part of it, experience it… etc…
Bring it to Sydney!
L
What a great idea! Looks great!
What a talented bunch of people you are! I’m so sorry I missed it. I hope you have the energy/time to do it again?
What a gorgeous short film, amazing idea and stunning execution Lucy! And I too sadly missed this event as I was away. So I hope you’re planning a second one, I would love to be involved! x
What an amazing event Lucy. Congratulations. Loved the short film. Beautifully put together and the music was great. I hope you have another event like this. We would love to be involved.
Loved it Lucy. next best thing to being there.
And, btw, your voice is not annoying!
Nice job!!
Hey, looks great. Sorry to burst your bubble though, I went to a pop up shop in a house for Real Living magazine sometime in 2006/2007 in Carlton. Pretty similar concept, showcasing emerging designers wares in a home setting.
Naw it’s beautiful! So weird to hear your voice and see you in “animated version” after reading the blog for so long! Love the idea :)
Great video. Gave a really good feel of the event and was fun to watch! Congrats again on putting the open house together – what a feat!
Thanks for all your lovely comments and wonderful support guys! You make these crazy projects possible – thankyou thankyou thankyou !!
what a mad occupation I have.
:)
Hi Lucy – loved the Open House but I have to say it isn’t a totally new concept, but your focus on local artists is a new twist.
A very dear friend of mine was doing something similar in her home – every year for over 12 years – organised pre Christmas and post gift fair, called simply, The Shop’. It looked amazing, beautifully merchandised, her entire home was taken over for about a month and family life had to continue around the chaos. Orders and deposits were taken and everything was available and delivered before Christmas… it was so much fun and we looked forward to her skill in sourcing some amazing things. Eventually Sadly she passed away unexpectedly in 2010.
It looks amazing! I’m kicking myself that I couldn’t make it :(
I’m in awe of this whole concept and think you did an absolutely incredible job of pulling this off – congrats! I love the film too and think it captured the spirit of the day beautifully. I hope you guys can do one in Sydney soon! xx
Congratulations – for what looked like a wonderful event, and also for providing a consistently stimulating and beautiful blog which is always a very welcome start to my days!
finally got the time to watch- it’s fabulous Lovely Lucy!
well done!
great job! It is so beautiful.
Lucy! Loved the film! and great to hear a voice to the name and face ;) Super excited it turned out so well and I have to say … you and the team involved rock!
debx
So wondeful to see you, hear you, get to know you better through this short clip. Well done Lucy! B x
God makes me so sad I don’t live in Melbourne!! Looks like a lot of fun (and hard work!).
It was a wonderful experience – the attention to detail was outstanding. Can’t wait for the next one.
Great video. The house was fantastic and an amazing venue for your ‘pop-up shop’. Hope it was a financial success (as I know it was a PR success).
So when are you going to do one in sydney…..!?
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Oh Lucy that video is fantastic! So nice to actually feel like i’m in the space as opposed to just looking at the stills. I hope it’s something you do again I would love to visit next time x