Framed – restore the ride

Move over Victoria’s Secret, take a hike John Galliano and get lost Akira, the RMIT kids are here with an electric new wave of designer pieces...

Fitzroy Gardens is undeniably one of Melbourne's daytime delights. Ice cream vans. Peaceful Falun Gong practitioners. A greenhouse and statues. I once...

Affordable is to art what Andrew G is to fashion. By all accounts it should work, but it clearly doesn't. Well, we're here to deliver you some good...

Some people go to galleries to meet people. But with all those wide-open spaces it can be awkward approaching your quarry casually. This scenario would...

Tucked away above Russell Street, Kanga Kanga stocks - in their words - "Cool Asian Magazines". Visiting the store is like taking a crash course...

If there was ever a patron saint for the art of bravado, the title would undoubtedly befall Florence Broadhurst.

Best known for her flamboyant wallpaper...

In the land of leavened bread, the one-holed delicacy is king. B-nugs. Jewish Doughnuts. Freaky Crullers. Holy Scones. Love Muffins. Whichever way you...

Teacher says oral sex OK!

In The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children) takes an average North American town and adds an...

Welcome Powershovel, the Japanese camera brand that has created, fact, the first 110mm fish-eye lens camera. ‘Demekin', is small enough to fit...

The relationship between art and craft is in many ways similar to that of rock and pop. They are similar, competitive yet distinct, and one is clearly...

There’s more to being a Slayer fan than obsessing over serial killers, satanism and warfare, collecting box sets and feuding with Megadeth. If you’ve...

Attention to detail at The Signet Bureau extends beyond the hand finished fabrics and sharp leather shoes. It glows from the street, where its logo, designed...

A safe distance from the spruiking dog fights of Lygon Street’s main drag, I Carusi’s unassuming exterior, hidden amongst the warehouses and...

Bigger than Fraggle Rock, more reliable than a pyramid scheme, Pyramid Rock is a festival on NYE.

What kind of a festival? Well, it’s more beer...

"But it's not a movie, it's just my stupid life."

In Martin Bell's phenomenal new book (already named "the most awesome book ever made"...

There’s an episode of Seinfeld where Kramer has this idea to make acoffee table book about coffee tables. Everything is going well untilhe spills...

Conceived on a Tram, published by Sleepers, is a book put together by Melbourne illustrator Paul Oslo Davis. You may know him from his A3, one page...

As ‘alternative’ fashion is continuously embraced as mainstream around Melbourne, it’s becoming difficult to dress without looking like...

In June of 1922, Ireland erupted into civil war. Accounts of the situation since have been occupied by tip-toes through the roses and clover or zealous...

For many, who have been put off horns and all things Gypsy by the likes of The Cat Empire, Beirut's debut album Gulag Orkestar is less about imitating...