Keyword results: Design
'The incredible lightness of Usuhari glass' exhibition opening
What:
The incredible lightness of Usuhari glass exhibition opening
Where:
CIBI, 45 Keele St, Collingwood
When:
TONIGHT! Thurs Mar 11, 6-8pm. Exhibition runs until Mar 20.
How much:
Free!
Description:
You like beer right? A friend once admonished me for drinking beer from the bottle - "you don't drink wine from the bottle do you?"... ahem... His point being, beer should be accorded the same respect, has history, specific characteristics, etc, blah. Anyway. To fully respect your beer, you need to drink it from ultra-thin Usuhari glass, hand blown by some wizened old men in Tokyo.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: Japanese culture
The Narrows presents PHASE IV
Graphic design and film have been inextricably linked since the first opening credits rolled. Saul Bass was the man behind some of the most distinctive opening credits of all time, like Psycho, North By Northwest and The Man With The Golden Arm.
When Bass stepped to the director's chair, things got wonderfully weird.
Show Pony Design Market
What:
Show Pony Design Market
Where:
The Carlton Hotel (front balcony and Palmz Rooftop Bar), 193 Bourke St, Melbourne
When:
Sun Feb 21, noon-6pm
How much:
Free entry!
Description:
This Sunday and every third Sunday of every month until the year 4058, the Carlton will be hosting the Show Pony Design Market! Another design market! Yeah! You love design markets! There's gonna be locally made jewellery, design objects, products (products! You love products!), paper, furniture, lighting art, and like-minded people like you, who just wanna buy, eat, drink, whip out their balls, and party down like there'll never be another design market ever again.
Event: Markets
Stimulus: Cheap Treasure
Fabrics!
The Snuggie is a disgrace to all things woven and spun. Now here's a list of things to throw, wrap, wipe or wear that are versatile, yet classy, and are much more likely to get you over the line with the in-laws than an offensive fleecy straightjacket this Christmas.
Fabric 1: Obus tea towel and napkin sets (pic)
Details: Four napkins for $40, two tea towels for $45, or one tea towel and two napkins for $45, Obus, great for drips and spills and generally looking stylish.
Order of Melbourne Design Market #2
What:
Order of Melbourne Design Market #2
Where:
The Order, Lvl 2, 401 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
Sun Dec 20, noon-5pm
How much:
Free entry!
Description:
The Order of Melbourne Design Market has so much going on. A rooftop barbecue; local designers including Emma the Shoemaker, Limedrop, 100s and 1000s, Dani M Designs, Chinnychinchin and more. Yes! MORE. They got bands including the Castanets (USA), Aleks and the Ramps and Tiger Saw starting at 7pm.
Event: Markets
Stimulus: Be the next Princess Mary
Pushka By Bower, redesign launch party
What:
Pushka By Bower, redesign launch party
Where:
Pushka, Presgrave Pl (off Howie Pl, off Lt Collins), Melbourne
When:
Fri Dec 4, from 4pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Pushka's great isn't it? The goldfish! The toilet out the back. That little cut-out newspaper ad on the wall that says "Wanted: someone to travel back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring own weapons. Safety not guaranteed I have only done this once before.
Event: Expo
Stimulus: arts and craft
Colab-YARR-ation
What:
Colab-YARR-ation
Where:
Inside Out Gallery, 473 Malvern Rd, Sth Yarra
When:
Sat Dec 5, from 7.30pm, one night only!
How much:
Free!
Description:
A mobile gallery of sorts, the t-shirt is the most accessible vehicle for creative ideas. Who can forget such classics as ‘I'm with stupid', ‘Damn Seagulls' or the bastardised work of the once great Ed Hardy? Micah from garage t-shirt label YARR! assembled a rag-tag bunch of local artists including Tim Hillier, Andy Murphy, Nate Gamble and Danny Young to create their own t-shirt, which will be displayed alongside framed prints of their design.
Event: Launch
Stimulus: Textiles
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