Friday
Aug062010

Degraves Street Underpass


The Platform Artists Group (click here) exhibits in Degraves Street underpass throughout the year. The content is always varied in its subject matter and execution. Walking through yesterday I noticed this intricate little installation featuring thousands of hand drawn paper tags, each featuring a tiny little face. They are all hung on lines of fishing wire, which allows them to spin gently as the air circulates.

Thursday
Aug052010

Gertrude

Gertrude Street is great, Its a bit like Hoxton Square in London. It walks a fine line between the diverse gritty-edge-mixed-crowd and the fancy-boutique-alternative-chic kind of place, if you know what I mean! It has the trendy pub, the odd fancy restaurant and the old favourites like Industria and the Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, seen above (click here). The photograph above was taken shorty after the artist installed it, I've tried to do some research into who or what it is, but the website is still awaiting an update - perhaps it a modern take on the hills hoist (click here). 

Friday
Jul302010

1976_1977_1985

I have a thing for all design books, especially old award annuals. On a recent browse these D&AD beauties popped up from 1976, 1977 and 1985. Having returned home and spent a few hours flicking through them it becomes apparent how much the world has actually changed. The two annuals from 76 & 77 both contain a vinyl 45 single containing winning soundtracks. All three are printed mainly in black and white, aside from the wrap, the dividers and a small front section. The photographs of the juries are hilarious - jump suits, mutton chops, quiffs, fat role necks - everything has been back in and out of fashion at least twice. The work is still great, if not a little bit simpler than we are used to seeing these days - times and people change I guess - perhaps things were a lot simpler back then? The pieces for Walls Sausages and Clarks Polyvelt's really stand out for me -  having grown up on the bangers and having had a new pair of Polyvets every year of primary school, they really take me back.

Thursday
Jul292010

Two hundred million dollars

(click above)

Wednesday
Jul212010

Trust & Time