Archive for August, 2009
Featured Designer: On the Phone to Paris
Jessica shares some insight into her label ‘On the Phone to Paris’ with FK.
Tell us about your label ‘On the Phone to Paris’
On the Phone to Paris is a collection of feminine, vintage inspired, leather fashion accessories. It took me a…
Featured Shop: I Like You
Petina shares about her Melbourne shop ‘I Like You’ with FK.
Tell us a bit about ‘I Like You’ and what we can expect to find in your store?
I Like You is a little world where you can find some of our favourite things: Vintage Melissa and Camper…
Featured Website: Australian Design Unit
Part magazine, part bulletin, part business resource, ADU is a publication and archive about design and creativity published to encourage the formation of a new community of designers — one that is confident and successful in business, adventurous and free-thinking, informed and generous with knowledge, and able…
Featured Designer: Klei
Ben shares some insight into the Klei world with FK.
Describe your work.
Klei is a collection of jewellery and ornamental vessels, our work is split 50/50 between production pieces and one off works. We have a clear aesthetic that is not trend driven, we’re drawn to a muted…
Featured Designer: Materialistic
Angie shares some insight into the world of Materialistic with FK.
Tell us about Materialistic and what inspired you to create it.
Materialistic creates original hand screen printed pieces for the home in bright graphic colours. The range includes teatowels, napkins, table cloths, wall canvases, cushions, canvas bags, T-shirts,…
Featured Shop: Pigeonhole
Johann shares about his Perth shop ‘Pigeonhole’ with FK.
Explain the Pigeonhole story, how did you get started and what inspired you to open your shop/s?
I used to design fashion accessories during uni and sold it to stores in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. It just kind of happened…
Sydney Applications open today!
The time has come for us to open our Spring/Summer Sydney markets applications! We can’t believe its all about to start again! These markets aim to be our best ones yet with new improvements and goodies planned to come your way.. Our first significant change is our…
Featured Event: False Narratives by Kate Scardifield
“False Narratives is a new body of work by Kate Scardifield, which explores ingrained historical constructs through a language of silhouettes, intertwining references to 17th century medicine, Victorian garmentry and the practices of modern-day surgery.
Drawing on J.G Ballard’s idea of the marriage between reason and nightmare…
