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Sydney Architecture Festival - 6th Oct

"The 2008 Sydney Architecture Festival is focussed on Circular Quay - the Gateway to Sydney. Held on Monday 6 October, World Architecture Day, the Festival will feature architectural tours of the city; activities at the World Heritage listed Sydney Opera House; talks, exhibitions and kids activities at Customs House; tours of Cockatoo Island and much more."

The 'Conversation Corner' informal talks event looks really interesting. There's a new speaker every 15 minutes. This event will be held at Customs House, 1st floor, from 10am - 4pm.

These include:
10:15am Sacha Coles, Aspect Studios & NSW AILA Vice-President - Inspirational Landscape Architectural Projects;
11:15am Ken Maher - Central Station precinct project;
3:30pm Richard Francis-Jones - Circular Quay precinct project;
3.45pm Frank Stanisic - 2008 Aaron Bolot Award for Multiple Housing and more..

'Magazine Monday' is an architecture magazine and book exchange event that will be held in the forecourt of Customs house. This also sounds like a cool event to check out. You can buy titles with a gold coin donation, with the proceeds going to the Architects without Frontiers and Emergency Architects.

W: http://www.sydneyarchitecturefestival.org

Newtown Designers Market - Sunday 21st September

"Launching on Sunday 21 September, from 9am at the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, the NEWTOWN DESIGNERS MARKET is the newest platform for exciting young designers to sell their creative wares. All products sold will be either handmade or produced in small limited runs.

NEWTOWN DESIGNERS MARKET is an extension of Ku-türe.com, a leading online store specialising in one-off fashion, jewellery and accessories. The creator of Ku-türe is Caroline Turner and here she is extending her love of all things special to the markets. This time she is taking her sister, Liz along for the ride. Fashion Design graduate, Caroline, works as an event manager while Liz, an ICU nurse has long nurtured the desire to give outlet to her own creative talents.

Products sold at the markets range from fashion, jewellery, accessories, and stationary to art/sculpture."

Launch date: 21 September, 2008
Ongoing date: 3rd Sunday of each month
Location: Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, 1 Bedford Street, Newtown. Opposite the station.
Opening hours: 9am – 3pm

W: http://www.newtowndesignersmarket.com

COFA Spring Fair - Sat 20th September

The COFA (University of NSW College of Fine Arts) Spring Fair 2008 highlight events include the following:

* Fine Art & Design Markets: Current students and recent graduates show off their talent and sell their wares in a vibrant marketplace atmosphere. Check out an amazing range of affordable, genuine handmade artworks and clever gifts including original paintings, prints, photography, jewellery, handmade greeting cards, screen printed T-shirts and fashion accessories.

* Art Exhibitions including RELUME at COFAspace, Colour in Art - Revisiting 1919 at the Ivan Dougherty Gallery and student works on display throughout the campus.

*Open Studio Tours: Let our friendly staff guide you through a stunning student exhibition and see artworks being created as you watch. COFA staff and students will be on hand to chat about the many dynamic degree courses we offer, @ F Block, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm.

and much more...

When: Saturday 20th September, gates open at 10am
Where: COFA UNSW, entry via the Greens Road entrance

W: http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/newsevents/events/event_0185.html

Verge - Night Markets and Zine Fair - Thu 11 Sep

Sydney University are running the Verge Night Markets and Zine Fair as one of the events of the Verge Arts Festival.

"Twilight cocktails, live music, food, busking, records, and zine swap!

The Verge Night Markets and Zine Fair will promenade across campus embodying the quick and grunge of the Inner West and uni community. This year the event features the Great Busk-Off which will see audiences vote for their favourite buskers on the spot and winners collecting a hefty donation for their efforts.

Bring your zines to trade, browse the markets and soak up some Spring evening tunes."

Thursday 11 September 2008, 6PM - 10PM
Manning Rd and Festival Bar. Free entry.

W: http://www.vergeartsfestival.com/Whats_On/Night_Markets_and_Zine_Fair.aspx?t=7&d=309

Sydney Design 08 - 8-24 August

Sydney Design is presented by the Powerhouse Museum.

Events include the popular Young Blood: Designers Market. This year, it will be held alongside the 'designboom mart' international market, which brings designers from around the world to discuss and sell their products.
When: 14 August, 6.00pm–9.00pm, 15 August, 10.00am–6.00pm, 16 August, 10.00am–6.00pm, 17 August 10.00am–6.00pm at the Powerhouse Museum.

The Workshopped exhibition will also be on again, Workshopped has been exhibiting new Australian design — from prototypes to production pieces — in high-profile commercial settings for seven years. This year Workshopped returns to Chifley Plaza in the CBD.
When: 12-23 August. Open: Daily 9.00am – 6.00pm. Ground floor, Chifley Plaza, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney.

The Object Gallery will present the 'How you make it exhibition'. This exhibition explores the work of eight contemporary fashion designers, who not only create new garment forms and new ways of wearing clothes, they also develop entirely new design systems. Featuring work by Simon Cooper, Paula Dunlop, Ess. Laboratory (Hoshika Oshimi and Tatsuyoshi Kawabata), FORMALLYKNOWNAS (Toby Whittington), Anthea van Kopplen, MATERIALBYPRODUCT (Susan Dimasi and Chantal McDonald), Project (Kara Baker and Shelley Lasica) and S!X (Denise Sprynskij and Peter Boyd).When: Until 24 August. Object Gallery Project Space, 417 Bourke St Surry Hills.
Open: Tues-Sun 11.00am – 6.00pm

Birgit Lohmann, CEO and editor-in-chief of the international online design publication designboom will give a talk titled: Does originality still exist?
When: 17 August, 2.00-3.00pm at the Powerhouse Museum.

For the full festival program, go to: http://www.sydneydesign.com.au/sd08/

MOST - Marrickville Open Studio Trail - 26 July

"The Marrickville Open Studio Trail (MOST) returns this Saturday 26 July 2008 as part of the 2008 Sydney Biennale, providing an opportunity to peek into the lives of over 100 artists, where they work and exhibit. Audiences will follow a trail of open studios across the Marrickville area and explore the world of local contemporary art.

MOST will run from 10am to 4pm, providing an important opportunity for local artists to promote their work, engage with new audiences, and discuss and sell their work.

Participating artists will be encouraged to provide artworks for sale and demonstrate how their studios works.

Studio Location Maps can be collected on the day at the Sandringham Hotel Art Market (387 King St, Newtown) from 10am or from any of the participating studios.

Participating studios include -

* Addison Rd Gallery Upstairs Studios - My Le Thi, 1st Floor, Addison Road Gallery Upstairs Studios (end of 1st Floor) 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville
* Addison Rd Centre Artist Studios - 142 Addison Rd Centre Marrickville
* Alpha House Artist Co-operative - 226 Union St Erskineville
* Amy Jones - 6/1 Gladstone St Newtown
* Astrid Dahl Studio - 66 Railway Rd, Sydenham
* At The Vanishing Point - Contemporary Art - 565 King St Newtown
* Brett Hayes - 11/12-22 Newington Rd, Marrickville (Entrance located at back of building)
* Christopher Downie & Jeanette Landstedt - 36 Shepherd St Marrickville
* Crash Corporation - 4 Harnett Ave, Marrickville South
* Dimitri Kuznichenko - 28 Floss St Hurlstone Park
* Diamando Koutsellis - 1/5 Fairmount St Dulwich Hill
* Edith Artists - 9 & 10 Edith St St Peters
* Factory 49 Inc (Showroom) - 49 Shepherd St Marrickville
* Gallery 110 on Crystal St - 110 Crystal St Petersham 2049
* Gilbert Grace - 6/69 Constitution Rd Dulwich Hill
* Irminsul - 146 Edinburgh Rd Marrickville
* Jenny Kyng Studio - 39 Cook Rd, Marrickville
* Lennox Street Studios - 111 Lennox Street Newtown
* Maggie Stein - 11 Clara St Newtown
* Mary Street Studios - 75 Mary St St Peters
* Matthew Syres Photography - 8/10 Cambridge St Enmore
* Morna Molesworth - 803/31 Station St Newtown
* Mosaico Art & Design Studio - Ground Floor 111 Lennox St Newtown
* Painting the Roses - (Upstairs) Studio 3, 199a King St Newtown (cnr of King & Egan Sts - enter via Egan St)
* Preservation Australia - Unit 10A Level 3 32-60 Alice St Newtown
* Rosedale Street Gallery - 2A Rosedale St Dulwich Hill
* Shepherd Studio - 12 Shepherd St Marrickville
* Silver Street Studios - 114 Silver St Marrickville
* SNO Contemporary Arts Projects - 1st Floor, 175 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville
* Splinter Workshop - Building 1 Factory 1 Level 2 / 75 Mary St. St Peters
* Stone Villa Studios - 19 Railway Rd Sydenham
* Studio 109 - 109B Marrickville Rd Marrickville (Entrance Meeks Rd)
* Tooth Studios - 67 Sydenham Rd Marrickville
* Tortuga Studio - 31 Princess Highway St Peters
* Ultimo Project - Addison Rd Centre, Hut 24/ 142 Addison Rd Marrickville

Please ring 02 9335 2281 or coevent@marrickville.nsw.gov.au for more information."

W: http://www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au/community/artsandculture/most.htm

LTC: Entrepreneurs who break through barriers - Thu 27 March

This month's Last Thursday Club's topic is: Entrepreneurs who break through the barriers.

"Today’s fast-moving business environment means high performers push to the top while many get left behind.

Get the ammunition you need to punch through to the top at this month’s LTC event. Naomi Simson, founder of RedBalloon will show you how to build a business that breaks barriers to achieve the best possible outcome.

Dr Adam Fraser has studied high-achieving people for over 13 years to discover cutting-edge methods that you can use to sustain peak-performance at work."

W: http://www.lastthursdayclub.net/

Hope Street Markets Autumn 2008 - 17 & 18 May

The Hope Street Independent Design and Art Markets will be on again Saturday 17th May from 11am - 6pm and Sunday 18th May from 11am - 5pm.

The markets are expanding and this time they will be held at the Paddington Town Hall, Corner of Oxford St and Oatley Rd, Paddington.

They're currently accepting stallholder applications. If you're interested, then you need to get your application in by Friday 11th April.

W: http://www.hopestreetmarkets.com/

Semi-Permanent - Sydney 4 & 5 April

The Semi-Permanent event is on again at the Bayside Auditorium, Darling Harbour.

The Sydney speakers will be: Pixar, Spencer Platt, Lifelounge, Alex Trochut, Anthony Lister, Debaser, Ben Frost, Superfad, The Directors Bureau, Sixty40, Amy Sol, and North Kingdom.

Dates and cities are: Sydney 4 & 5 April, Perth 8th April, Brisbane 12 April, Auckland 15 & 16 August.

For more info on the speakers and the event go to: http://www.semipermanent.com/

Jessica Porter's artwork featured on CG

Jessica Porter recently (Nov/Dec 2007) held an exhibition titled 'Forgot to Remember' with Fil Molitor and Kate Beckingham at the Somedays Gallery in Surry Hills, Sydney.

"Jessica’s work is driven by a desire to understand human behavior. She is stirred by the force within us to assume that what we know is right and best. Jessica is preoccupied with finding the truth and meaning underlying things and she weaves this into her work. Through use of symbolism, abstraction, and illusions, her work often hides a secret tale.

She thrives on creating images that ask the viewer to question what they see and prompts them to consider a new perspective. Surrounded by stereotypes and hasty judgments, Jessica is moved to show viewers that what they see may not be what others see. Her work forces the viewer to make up their own mind about they see. Truth is in the eye of the beholder."

Jessica's artwork is striking and bold. Have a look at her work from the 'Forget to Remember' exhibition, illustrations she did for the Total Cardboard journal, and some of her other artwork.

W: http://www.chaosgeneration.com/gallery/jessica

Hope Street Markets - Feb 1-3

The Hope Street Markets are on again at 182 Campbell St, Surry Hills.

The markets feature independent designers selling their products including: artwork, jewellery, clothing, zines and more. For a list of designers being featured at the upcoming market go to:
http://www.hopestreetmarkets.com/designers.php

Opening times are: Fri 1st Feb 6-9pm, Sat 2nd Feb 12-9pm, Sun 3rd 12-5pm.

W: http://www.hopestreetmarkets.com/

Sydney Festival Jan 5-26

The Sydney Festival 2008 will be held between January 5-26.

"For three weeks each January the Festival offers a rich program of around 80 events involving upwards of 500 artists from Australia and abroad covering dance, theatre, music, visual arts, cross media and forums...

Sydney Festival also presents a number of quality, free outdoor events such as the long-running Domain Concerts which attract up to 100,000 people a time. From 2008 the Festival will take to the streets with a new free event entitled Festival First Night, a large-scale celebration of music and performance which will draw up to 200,000 people into in the heart of the city..."

W: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au

Events listing page: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/events.htm

Anne Wendlandt of Enna

Anne Wendlandt of Enna-online is a designer, craftster and shop owner. Her illustration work and the products she makes is beautiful, colourful, and cute. Her physical store is in Hannover, Germany.

Decor8 interviewed her recently: "She has an etsy store, a DaWanda shop, and a store on her website. In addition to all of this, she creates many things by hand, she's a talented illustrator, and a graphic designer along with a shop owner, so Anne is a busy lady.

What does Anne design? I guess a better question is, what doesn't this girl do? :) She does so much. She crafts earrings out of polymer clay that she then hand paints, she designs postcards, pillows, shirts, hoodies, and onesies for baby, plates, iron-on patches, wrapping paper, softies, marketing materials for her business, her website, the signage on the window of her shop, the list goes on and on. She is inspired by so much, she certainly doesn't want to limit herself to just one thing. .."

Anne Wendlandt interview on Decor8's blog: http://decor8.blogspot.com/2007/10/meet-anne-wendlandt-of-enna-hannover.html

Anne Wendlandt interview on etsy 29/11/07: http://www.etsy.com/featured_seller.php?featured_user_id=5035742

Enna store's website: http://www.enna-online.com/

Thread Den - Melbourne

Love the idea of Thread Den in Melbourne.

"Thread Den is a sewing lounge and clothing retail space. Owned and operated by local designers and sewing enthusiasts, we are committed to providing an outlet for locally made and unique clothing...

Thread Den is equipped with sewing machines and overlockers for casual in-store hire. Mend, alter, or re-fashion your clothing; try your hand at making something new; or meet with friends to work on your projects together. There will always be friendly assistance available. For all your special projects, Thread Den have a great range of vintage fabrics and sewing accessories available for sale...

Thread Den aims to become a hub for local emerging designers and fashion enthusiasts..."

Upstairs, 16 Errol Street, North Melbourne, Access via Webbs Lane

W: http://www.threadden.com/

akira fabric sale - dec 6-8

Fashion designer akira is having a sample archive fabic sale from 6th - 8th December from 9am - 5pm.

Address: Suite 5 Level 1, 2-12 Foveaux St, Surry Hills.

Source: SMH Nov 29, p19 of the Essential Style section

Akira's website: http://www.akira.com.au

More Ikea stores in Sydney maybe

In an SMH article, it says that KAustralia's Ikea boss, Kent Nordin "wants Sydney eventually to have four Ikea stores, all bigger than the 25,500 square metres at Rhodes.

The next store will be built in the city's south-east, possibly on the old Tempe tip, on the Princes Highway. The company is also considering areas around St Leonards, in the city's north, and Liverpool, in the south-west..."

W: http://smallbusiness.smh.com.au/starting/sales/ikea,-i-conquered-905833888.html

Dulwich Hill Street Fair - Dec 2

The Dulwich Hill Street Fair will be on Sunday 2 December, 10am - 4pm.

"This year's theme is 'Creating Community', which celebrates the creativity, diversity and character that makes locals so proud to be part of this unique community.

Marrickville Road and Seaview Street will pulse with excitement, bringing you entertainment, children’s activities and rides, demonstrations and workshops, and a wide range of stalls featuring arts and crafts, homewares, clothing, plants, food, jewellery and accessories, information, giveaways and much more.

W: http://www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au/community/events.htm

11th Japanese Film Festival 2007 - Nov 29-Dec 8

The 11th Japanese Film Festival will be on in Sydney starting November 29th. For more infomrmation about the films that will be showing at the George St cinemas, go to the website.

W: http://11thjff.jpf-sydney.org/

Asimo's Australian tour

Asimo is the humainoid robot developed by Honda. He's currently touring Australia. He's at Darling Harbour today and then he goes onto Parramatta, then onto Brisbane.

In the performance, Asimo shows some of the things he can do including shaking someone's hand, kicking a soccer ball, carry a drinks tray and putting it down on a table, mimicking some dance moves, and talk.

W: http://www.asimo.com.au