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.
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.
Tatebanko
Things go in and out of fashion right? Fondue, disco, tie dye... ahem, and other things that aren't from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Like Tatebanko. This is a forgotten Japanese art of diorama that was quite the pastime in the Edo period (1603 - 1868). We can just imagine the Tokugawa shogun indulging in a Tatebanko session before whipping some eastern barbarians.
Spring Court Shoes
"They're turning kids into slaves, just to make cheaper sneakers. What's the real cost cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper? Why are we paying so much money for sneakers when they're made by little slave kids?" ‘Think About It' - Flight of The Concords.
NO MORE must we a) support child slavery b) pay so much money for sneakers.
Spring Court shoes
"They're turning kids into slaves, just to make cheaper sneakers. What's the real cost cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper? Why are we paying so much money for sneakers when they're made by little slave kids?" ‘Think About It' - Flight of The Concords (1.26).
NO MORE must we a) support child slavery b) pay so much money for sneakers.
Pantone mugs
If you are colourblind you can forget about a career in aviation. Make-up? Also not for you. Lollypop person? Ten points for good intentions. Assisting Patricia Field? OK yeah, but c'mon.
In all, it's slim pickings. And who would have thought Pantone - those Nazis of the spectrum since 1962 - cared? But they're throwing you a bone in the form of Pantone mugs, stamped with the code of their colour.
Nooka watches
If you want to know the time there are two options - analogue or digital. Sundials look sweet but aren't that practical, and trying to chart the sun's axis makes for fried eyeballs.
In 1997, however, another mode of clocking time appeared. It all happened when designer Matthew Waldman was staring at a clock in a London hotel.
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