3D Notepad
RB: Can we write a 3D review within a 2D template?
NS: We aren't writing in 3D. We're just reviewing the 3D experience, in 2D... hmm.
RB: But will people be able to get a feel for the experience? I mean, reading this now, everyone is probably going "ho hum". But if they were wearing the glasses and I was writing this on a 3D drawing pad, they would be like "HOLY CRAP.
Official Festival Selections
Dragging one's ass out of bed might be necessary for the film festival, even if you do it Schembri-style in a pair of trackies and a matching snarl. But there is another option (not for you, Schembri, you've made your bed so, um, you know).
Our friends at Siren Visual released a little guide outlining their particularly bizarre and awesome porn-meets-samurai-meets-nerd catalogue.
Badges by Stitch
"I thought I was being punk'd when they said I could have a stall", responded designer Michael Pham when I asked him whether it was a pain in the ass to get a space at the Melbourne Design Market. The one-day-only event, put on by the Melbourne International Design Festival, houses stalls offering everything from jewellery, to lighting, to gadgets and Pham's badges.
Etat Libre D'Orange perfumes
Got a score to settle with your Nan? Need to deodorise your car? Why not get a bottle of Hotel Slut? Etat Libre D'Orange perfumes are either cashed-up punk like Vivienne Westwood, or try-hard punk like Richard Branson when he reminds people how he used to hang out with Malcolm McLaren.
Choose from aromas such as ‘Don't Get Me Wrong Baby, I Don't Swallow' and ‘Jasmine and Cigarette' - which receives the ThreeThousand prize for best Frenglish blurb.
Wax letter seals
There is nothing more regal or romantic than a wax sealed letter. Jane Austen tried countless times to come up with the literary equivalent, and despite coming close even she couldn't quite match it. They say wax seals are as old as writing itself, apparently they were used by the Pharaohs to keep correspondence top secret.
Johnny Benchpress tracksuit pants
Trackies: daggy pants that individuals wear for comfort, usually when feeling unhealthy and unwholesome from the night before. Fortunately, the three local Melbourne lads behind Johnny Benchpress refuse to accept that trackies are for the undignified and assure us that they have some street cred.
Think Jodhpurs but thicker, made of cotton, and with way less shimmer going on.
Dr Bronner's Magic Soaps
Emanuel H. Bronner might have been mad as a brush, but he were surely clean. "Enjoy only two cosmetics, enough sleep and Dr Bronner's Magic Soap to clean mind-body-spirit instantly uniting One! Absolute cleanliness is Godliness! For facial packs, scalp and soothing body scrub, add dash on bath towel in sink of hot water.
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