Thursday, January 19, 2012 
Ok dudes I have a confession to make. This is very selfish of me, but I must admit I did purchase a bunch of these GORGEOUS new letterpress cards from local print studio The Hungry Workshop last night…. just in case they sell out today! Hee hee. Well there are quite a few of you reading these days, and I just wasn’t sure how many of these beautiful new paper goodies Simon and Jenna might have in stock… better to be safe than sorry!
ANYWAY. HOW CUTE!?
Of course with February looming, The Hungry Workshop have created a few fab new Valentine’s day cards – including the gorgeous collab with Beci Orpin pictured above (LOVE that lime green and pink combo!). I am also seriously loving the brilliant ‘Flanno cards‘ – inspired by our national costume. :) SO GREAT! Perfect for any occasion really, and equally suitable for blokes or ladies. Great cards are so hard to find when you actually need one, so I reckon when you see gorgeous handmade stationery you have to snap it up – Valentine or no Valentine!
The Hungry Workshop have been super busy since their move from Brisbane to Melbourne mid last year – lots of excellent varied projects to peruse on their website and blog, do stop by and have a look around. (I love THIS random project!)
Fabulous new letterpressed cards from The Hungry Workshop – made in Melbourne, and only $6.00 each – how do they do it!?
Craft TV – Films about local creatives produced by Bandit Films for Craft Victoria. Above – Nicholas Jones.
Ok so clearly I’ve been living under a rock. I am still coming to grips with the fact that I am 6 MONTHS BEHIND with this news. Anyway…
Sometime around mid last year Craft Victoria launched a great new section on their website – Craft TV! Here you can view a collection of great short films about local makers, designers and Craft Victoria members. At present there are just a handful to view – featuring a few of our favourite local creatives including designer Emily Green, book sculptor (and possibly Melbourne’s most photographed man!?) Nicholas Jones and glass artist Phillip Stokes.
I think my fave is the Nicholas Jones film – it just feels so very ‘Melbourne’ as Nick walks through the city laneways and up to his studio in the Nicholas building. The film beautifully captures Nick’s unique character, but also presents such a wonderful snapshot of the bustling creative hub around Flinders Lane in the CBD. (Long live the Nicholas Building artists’ spaces – always under imminent threat of development!)
The videos featured currently were produced by Bandit Films for Craft Victoria, and can be viewed here on the Craft Victoria website or their Vimeo channel.
We hope there is more Craft TV in the works for 2012!
Craft TV featuring colour-loving local creative Emily Green
Good morning and HAPPY NEW YEAR dear readers! Wowsers 2012 already… the treadmill starts up again!
Melbourne still feels a little sleepy this week, and I have a sneaking suspicion many of you may still be on holidayyyyy… so we’re kicking things off with a project that has certain summer holiday-ness about it. (Truth be told I really should have covered this one before Christmas. Whoops it got a little crazy back there, sorry Matt!).
The Casual Cyclists Guide is a new and very cute publication written by Matt Hurst of The Humble Vintage, with contributions by many super cool and super witty bike-loving Melburnians including Oslo Davis, Penny Modra and Max Olijnyk. These are multitalented and VERY ENTERTAINING PEOPLE, people. They are people who know how to write, draw, and ride bikes.
Billed as a collection of ‘routes, rides, rants and raves about the city and the bike’, The Casual Cyclists Guide is as entertaining as it is densely informative, and at just $19.95 makes the sweetest gift for any local cycle enthusiast. It’s not really a guide book – I actually reckon it’s more of a cultural snapshot of Melbourne bike culture in 2011/12, covering a great variety of topics, from lycra and bicycle maintenance to architecture and art openings. I think some good citizen or sociologist should definitely squirrel a copy away in a time capsule so that future generations have a good understanding of the hipster scene in Melbourne at this time!
Grab a copy here, or from good local bookshops, like Readings.
Monday, December 12, 2011 
Images from Melbourne retailer Turner & Lane‘s Christmas Catalogue. Photography – Lachlan Moore, styling – Andrea Moore.
Images from Melbourne retailer Turner & Lane‘s Christmas Catalogue. Photography - Lachlan Moore, styling – Andrea Moore.
Turner & Lane is gorgeous Melbourne homewares and gift store founded roughly 7 years ago by two local ladies – Susie Lane (formally the buyer for Minimax) and Libby Turner. Since then, the business has steadily outgrown three shops, most recently relocating to a larger space in Malvern rd, whilst maintaining a smaller boutique in Domain Road, South Yarra.
With an eye for quality, detail and unique brands sourced from across the globe, Turner & Lane pride themselves on offering a range that you won’t have seen in every homewares store in Melbourne.
Turner & Lane have just launched a seriously STUNNING Christmas Catalogue which you can check out online here! (The pics in this post are from the catalogue – so pretty huh!?). Whilst they don’t have an online store just yet, they do accept phone orders and will deliver Australia wide. BUT if you’re in Melbourne it’s well worth visiting in person to take advantage of the exquisite year-round gift wrapping service! Gotta love that, especially at this time of year (how did Christmas get to be 2 weeks away? Seriously).
Turner & Lane – Malvern
1391 Malvern Road, Malvern
Ph. (03) 9821 0012
Turner & Lane – South Yarra
159 Domain Road, South Yarra
Ph. (03) 9820 0654
Photography - Lachlan Moore, styling – Andrea Moore.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 
I’m loving these vibrant, oversized and intensely abstract new paintings by young Melbourne artist Marc Freeman. They’re so full of buzzing energy… there’s something almost psychadelic going on here!
Marc Freeman works from a studio at The Shakespeare Grove Studios in St Kilda, also known as ‘The Veg Out Studios’ in the St Kilda community gardens. He graduated from RMIT In 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Art, and undertook a residency at the School Of Visual Art in NYC in 2005. Since then Marc’s star has been on the rise – he’s been included in many group shows and has been shortlisted in the Metro Gallery Art Prize, the Baker-Ranch Contemporary Prize and the Williams Town Contemporary Art Prize. Marc was lucky to gain representation by the Nellie Castan Gallery earlier this year.
The works you see here form part of Marc’s current solo show From on High at Nellie Castan Gallery in South Yarra, which ends December 17th. Check it out people.
Nellie Castan Gallery
Level One, 12 River Street
South Yarra
Ph. (03) 9804 7366
Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Saturday
12.00 – 5.00pm or by appointment
Marc Freeman – looking serious :)
Friday, December 02, 2011 Hunter / gatherer and popular food blogger Rohan Anderson joins us in The Design Files Open House kitchen today at 1.00pm!
JOIN US for an informal cooking demonstration as Rohan creates homemade pesto and roast tomato pasta with goats cheese in our kitchen, using homegrown and locally sourced ingredients. YUM!
FIRST IN, BEST FED!
Rohan Anderson cooks at TDF Open House
TODAY Friday Dec 2nd – 1.00pm
Rohan Anderson blogs at wholelarderlove.com
Catch Rohan’s new online cooking series soon at www.abc.net.au
