We Are Lost & Found

MATERIAL BY PRODUCT

editor — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:45:58 +0000

The Lost & Found Hotel Room has been built to showcase a selection of work from Melbourne’s creative community. Despite being a temporary space, within its walls we hope that people, objects and ideas find a home. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that this Tuesday Lost & Found is hosting the MATERIALBYPRODUCT PARTA&B presentation for Melbourne Spring Fashion Week which follows on from designer Susan Dimasi’s intimate “in house” shows at their North Fitzroy studio. The event is invite only but we will post pictures from it in the not too distant future.

WIN – MELBOURNE FESTIVAL & CHAPTER MUSIC

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:24:02 +0000

LA-based electronic experimentalists Lucky Dragons are into public engagement and weird and wonderful music-making devices. They’re bringing their collaborative performance to town for the upcoming Melbourne Festival – playing one night only at the Toff, supported by Crayon Fields frontman and Chapter Music charge Geoffrey O’Connor. We have a double pass to the gig to give away. And for one runner up, we have a bumper Chapter Music CD pack. To enter, tell us who you’d like to make music with. Email us (use the link, don’t reply) including your preference (tickets or CD pack) by 5pm, Monday 29 August.

THE TOFF IN TOWN
LEVEL 2, 252 SWANSTON STREET, MELBOURNE.
TEL: 03 9639 8770

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL RUNS CITY WIDE
6-22 OCTOBER

RETAIL – NORTHSIDE RECORDS

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Northside Records is all about afro-haired owner Chris Gill, Melbourne’s single biggest proponent of soul music and the world’s friendliest boombox owner. Soul’s not just Marvin Gaye and big hair, he insists. “As my mum’d say, it’s a broad church”. At Northside you’ll find everything from funk, dub, reggae and hip-hop to electronic, disco, and psych. Chris is also a supporter of vinyl in general, assisting lovers of the classic collectable with Diggin’ Melbourne – a free map of the city’s more than 50 vinyl stores. Drop in to pick up your copy and get digging.

236 GERTRUDE STREET, FITZROY.
TEL: 03 9417 7557

STELLA MOZGAWA
Greville Records, for the love of God! My first few trips to Melbourne would usually revolve around Chapel Street and excessive spending at Greville. After three days I would be living like a pauper. The Chapel Street Bazaar is great for obscure (but often overpriced) bits. Polyester Books for books and bootleg conspiracy theory DVDs.

CAFES/RESTAURANTS – THE RESURRECTION

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:21:55 +0000

Not everyone who loves the annual St Jerome’s Laneway Festival knows that it’s named after a now-demolished drinking hole that once lay hidden among the wheelie bins in Melbourne’s Caledonian Lane. As of this month, though, St Jerome’s has been resurrected! In fact, it has even been re-named The Resurrection. Trading his cosy city hovel for a Lygon Street terrace, Jerome has ditched the milk crates for a more refined fit-out featuring lots of creatively recycled materials. There are a few fancy new menu items (including slow-cooked beef cheeks on mash) but enough toasties and longnecks lying around to ensure the new Jerome’s still feels like home.

135 LYGON STREET, EAST BRUNSWICK.

STELLA MOZGAWA
Vegie Bar on Brunswick Street is a staple for me, even though I’ve since shed my vegetarian commitments. The smoothies are insane. Mezzo on Little Bourke! Yu-u for delicious Japanese fare. Yum yum yum yum – that’s not actually a place. I’m just getting excited! Weird.

NIGHTLIFE – THE BUFFALO CLUB

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:20:56 +0000

The Royal Antediluvian Order of the Buffaloes (RAOB) might sound like a stuffy aristocratic organisation, but its history is a lot more bohemian than you might think – in late 18th century Britain you had to be either an actor or artist earning a living ‘treading the boards’ to join. With the re-opening of Melbourne’s Buffalo Club Grand Ballroom, the only board-treading prerequisite is dancing until you’re too exhausted to continue. There’s always a stellar rotation of DJs on hand, and past live acts include Geoffrey O’Connor, World’s End Press and BROUS.

22 SUTHERLAND STREET, MELBOURNE.

STELLA MOZGAWA
The Corner is one of my favourite venues in Australia. Hi-Fi bar is equally worthy. I’d love to explore the vast Polish vodka selection at Bimbo Deluxe again, crawl back to my alcoholic roots. Unfortunately, my knowledge of drinking holes is usually bound to the show and surrounding areas. I do secretly enjoy the rock piggery at Cherry on ACDC lane. It’s a good place to bring the out-of-towners – I would know because I was initiated there during my first trip from Sydney.

ART – ARI GIGS

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:18:53 +0000

Independent, artist-run galleries are not known for their high-falutin’ champagne openings. Large openings? Yes. Lager? Also yes. (Maybe the word is low-falutin’…) The point is: two of Melbourne’s newest ARIs have taken things a step further this year by booking bands to go with their exhibitions. The artists behind Richmond’s Paradise Hills host regular live shows in their warehouse space, while the appropriately named Dear Patti Smith is becoming a home for sound art projects – and album launches between exhibitions.

PARADISE HILLS
1-9 DOONSIDE STREET, RICHMOND

DEAR PATTI SMITH
LEVEL 2, 181 SMITH STREET, FITZROY
TEL: 03 9417 2293

STELLA MOZGAWA
ACMI is an obvious choice but whenever I’m in Melbourne I can’t seem to stop myself from going. A few years ago there was a brilliant Kubrick exhibition and it spawned a very costly and long-winded obsession which continues to this day. In terms of smaller and independent galleries, I love Blindside, Death Be Kind, Guildford Lane and Tolarno.

GUEST EDITOR – STELLA MOGZAWA

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:16:48 +0000

This issue our guest editor is Stella Mozgawa, the one clutching the drumsticks in LA-based all-femme band Warpaint. They recently brought their guitar-riffing shimmery haze to Australia for Splendour in the Grass, playing three sold out sideshows in Melbourne. Originally from Sydney, Stella has a soft spot for this side of the state line. She took time out from the tour bus to tell us where she likes to be when she’s in town, not to mention sharing her obsession with Stanley Kubrick and smoothies.

WIN – MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:27:52 +0000

The Office, 30 Rock, American Dad and Letterman writer Steve Hely is responsible some of the biggest belly laughs we’ve ever wheezed. And he’s in town this month for the Melbourne Writers Festival! We have a double pass to give away for Steve Hely’s Friday Night Live event at MWF on 26 August. And for one runner up, we have a copy of Steve’s book How I Became a Famous Novelist. To enter, tell us a good joke. Email us (use the link, don’t reply) including your preference (tickets or book) by 5pm, Monday 8 August.

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL
25 AUGUST – 4 SEPTEMBER
CITY WIDE.

EVENTS – WOMEN OF LETTERS

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:26:56 +0000

Women of Letters celebrates an era when people rushed to their letterboxes to find something other than bills, when envelopes were sprayed with perfume and words still had vowels. That being said, all the quill-sharpening and wax-stamping in the world has never been able to make up for genuine wit and clarity. Luckily, Melbourne’s much-loved literary ladies Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire are very well equipped in that particular department. Watch out for them each month at the Thornbury Theatre, joined by some of our best comedians, musicians and writers.

THORNBURY THEATRE
859 HIGH STREET, THORNBURY.
MONTHLY EVENTS
TICKETS $15 PLUS BOOKING FEE.

JO WALKER
One of my writers at frankie (and friends in real life) Justin Heazlewood is a musical comedian who goes by the name of The Bedroom Philosopher. His Head Sex and Bed Socks tour is playing Geelong on 18 August and Melbourne on the 20th, and as well as being a very snazzy dresser he is funny as all get out – so that’s one for the calendar. I’ll also be counting down the days till the next Fitzroy Market on 3 September – ace coffee, bric a brac, clothing and general good times.

RETAIL – PERIMETER BOOKS

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:25:34 +0000

Melbourne publisher ERM Books has opened the bookstore of their dreams, and ours too! True to its name, you’ll find Perimeter on the edge of the city (it’s called Thornbury), but the books on its shelves are all up and in it. They’ve got Cosmic Wonder, Rainoff, Nieves, The Narrows and more, bridging art, photography, architecture and design. The printed matter is supplemented by an enviable assortment of stationery and a mini gallery exhibiting work by artists with an interest in printed form. Owners Dan Rule and Justine Ellis have even built their own cabinets and display tables. So, you know, the place looks beautiful too.

748 HIGH STREET, THORNBURY.
TEL: 03 9484 8101.

JO WALKER
The prospect of a day of shopping makes me a bit ill, so I tend to go to places I know will have awesome stuff and good people behind the counter – get in, get out, breathe into a paper bag, etc. I always drop past Meet Me At Mikes for a poke around when I’m on Brunswick Street. It’s a bit of a crafty wonderland. Grandfathers Axe has lovingly restored vintage furniture, which fulfils my retro lusts, and Gewürzhaus in Carlton is like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory for spices and herbs. Ooh – and Frankston Savers! An undiscovered delight!

CAFES/RESTAURANTS – WOOLY BULL

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:23:47 +0000

Mitch Marks, John Douglas and friends have always day-dreamed about a one-stop cafe/comic-book/record shop – and last month they opened one! Named after the 1965 hit ‘Wooly Bully‘ by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, the cafe serves up tasty Supreme coffee, hard-to-find single-issue comics and rare vinyl (including plenty of local garage punk) all at the same time. Well, not at exactly the same time. Keep your gin-cured salmon bagel off that Boomgates 7-inch. The fit-out, by Jess Johnson of Hell Gallery, feels fifties in a friendly rather than a frou-frou way – and Errol Street gets edgier by the month.

104 ERROL STREET, NORTH MELBOURNE.

JO WALKER
With eating out, I think I might be the equivalent of a cheap drunk. Anything yum and under 20 bucks and I’m there. Tibas on Sydney Road is my local – lovely food AND a plastic mosque clock that plays calls to prayer. CIBI, a Japanese-style cafe in Collingwood, is one of those great places that just leaves you with a big grin as well as a full tummy. And The Retreat in Abbotsford for cosy, stick-to-your-ribs pub food. They filmed The Sullivans there!

ARTS – MIS-DESIGN

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:22:13 +0000

Hey did you ever finish reading Infinite Jest? Oh don’t worry, hardly anybody has. The good news is – now you can experience it! Inspired by David Foster Wallace (the 20th century’s greatest novelist-slash-tennis-fan), US artist Adam Kalkin will be turning the Ian Potter Museum of Art into a working tennis academy. It’s part of a larger exhibition project called Mis-design, which will involve artists from Tim Fleming to the Pacific Women’s Weaving Circle infiltrating pretty unexpected venues across the city. Why? Because they’re examining the role of art in an increasingly commercial world. DFW would definitely have approved.

IAN POTTER MUSEUM OF ART
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
SWANSTON STREET, PARKVILLE.
TEL: 03 8344 5148.
OTHER VENUES CITY WIDE,
24 AUGUST – 6 NOVEMBER.

JO WALKER
I’m such a wordy person. It’s a terrible affliction: when I go to a gallery I spend most of my time reading the labels rather than looking at the pictures. But there are certain places around Melbs that I know can float my artistic boat. I love Outré in town for cutesy retro stuff (I bought a Gus McLaren statuette there recently – I’m in love with it), and if I could become a hobo and live at Lamington Drive I would. Being a printy lady, I am also enamoured of Sticky Institute. Makes me nostalgic for my own zine days. Sob!

GUEST EDITOR – JO WALKER

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:19:07 +0000

This issue our guest editor is real-life editor Jo Walker, the lady at the helm of the straight-talking, craft-loving, Australian fashion and culture bible frankie. As well as putting together the bumper bi-monthly edition, she’s working on some top-secret frankie side-projects, contemplating buying a motorbike and enjoying the last cosy days of winter. Boots, jackets, scarves, mulled wine, hot chocolate – and the steam that comes out of your mouth on frosty mornings: these are Jo’s favourite things. But she took time out from the cold this week to tell us what she loves most about Melbourne.

WIN – POP CRAFT TOTE BAG

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:11:48 +0000

Right next door to Harvest Workroom, Pop Craft is a pop-up shop specialising in high-quality Australian and Japanese yarn and hand-made clothes and accessories from local designers. They’re doing all sorts of workshops as part of the State of Design Festival, including ‘Make a Mini Teepee‘ with Leila Sanderson and ‘Weaving Fabric‘ with Maryann Talia Pau. We have one limited-edition hand-screen-printed tote to give away! To enter, tell us what you would tote around in it. Email us (use the link, don’t reply) including your answer in the subject line by 5pm, Monday 16 July.

CAFES AND RESTAURANTS

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:10:46 +0000

The Social Studio, a growing refugee community education centre and fashion design hub, has recently uprooted its in-house cafe and moved it next door. The new space is called The Cutting Table, and you can cut your breakfast or lunch there six days a week! Following the loose theme of ‘African burger joint’, chef Enza and her team specialize in beef, fish, chicken and vegie burgers – served with home-style African potatoes. After a cup of fair trade coffee you can pop next door and browse the new Social Studio collection – also made on the premises.

128 SMITH STREET,
COLLINGWOOD.
TEL: 03 9417 2143.

STEPHANIE DOWNEY
A new crop of establishments has reaffirmed my loyalty to North Melbourne. Beatrix is a tiny cafe offering great coffee, delicious food and a cabinet of irresistible home-made pastries and cakes. Drink Bulgarian wine and listen to records in the cosy dark wood bar at The Crimean, a restaurant taking inspiration from the Eastern European cuisine surrounding the Black Sea. I’m excited to have record store/cafe Wooly Bully now open on my street.

RETAIL – HERR BLICK

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:09:32 +0000

A session in the chair at Herr Blick‘s new parquet-floored barber studio – above the old Victor Horsley Chambers on Collins Street – is basically 60 minutes of indulgence. A craftsman of the follicle, Steven Blick runs a single-scissor, appointment-only, no-nonsense traditional barber service – for ladies as well as gents. But you don’t have to stop at a chop. The new Blick salon is also a place to buy furniture by Grandfather’s Axe, vintage posters courtesy of Galerie Montmartre, and curios and ephemera from Wunderkammer.

SUITE 13, LEVEL 1,
12 COLLINS STREET,
MELBOURNE.
TEL: 03 9005 4612.

STEPHANIE DOWNEY
Edgeley is a tiny, exclusive dress shop offering spectacular hats and beautifully tailored clothing, designed and made behind a gauzy curtain by the adorable Alice – seamstress extraordinaire. Alice sews some of my samples and does a perfect job. Dagmar Roussett has a colourful collection of unique knitwear, prints and beautiful jewellery, as well as a series of night-time French classes I really want to attend. Alice Euphemia has an impressive range of locally designed, exclusively Australian made labels (including Dress Up!)

DESIGN – MIFF

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:08:23 +0000

As the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) turns sixty this year, they’re taking the opportunity to look back and reflect. Showing at ACMI as part of State of Design, the exhibition MIFF 60 features an incredible fifty-nine years’ worth of festival programs from the MIFF archives – like a flipbook of every dominant post-war design trend ever. But this year’s festival isn’t all about looking back – with films such as Japanese love epic Norwegian Wood, voyeurism doco Shut Up Little Man!, and the Australian premier of Spike Jonze’s Scenes from the Suburbs on the program, there’s plenty to look forward to as well.

20 JULY – 7 AUGUST, CITYWIDE.

STEPHANIE DOWNEY
MIFF begins on my birthday – the best present. I’m really looking forward to Richard Ayoade‘s new film Submarine, and also Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Werner Herzog. I love the chance to see films at different spots during the festival – such as The Forum – and I try to see as many films as I can find time for. ACMI‘s program is always diverse and inspiring. I recently saw some beautiful films by Kelly Reichardt, and caught the end of a Rainer Werner Fassbinder retrospective.

ARTS – NATHAN COLEY AND STATE OF DESIGN

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:07:10 +0000

What happens when you cross art and architecture? Okay, Gaudi for one. But Nathan Coley is on the list too. The Turner Prize-nominated Scottish artist loves to examine the absurdity in our built environment and (despite his lampooning of ‘architect speak’ in a video work narrated by Cate Blanchett) Coley’s Appearances exhibition at ACCA is part of this year’s State of Design festival program. Check out the in-gallery events including a Pecha Kucha night, a live broadcast of ‘The Architects‘ radio show – and a screening evening celebrating type design in credit sequences throughout film history.

ACCA, 111 STURT ST,
SOUTHBANK.
TEL: 03 9697 9999.

STATE OF DESIGN RUNS CITYWIDE,
20–31 JULY.

STEPHANIE DOWNEY
Currently on display at Craft Victoria is the beautiful Windowgarden installation by the ever-extraordinary BLESS, one of my favourite conceptual design/fashion brands, alongside another installation called Solidarity Thing by Antuong Nguyen and the talented Pageant designers. Recently I loved Martin Bell‘s new work at the launch for new underground mag Higher Arc. I have unconditional love for ACCA – I have fond memories of seeing amazing work by the likes of Gillian Wearing, Rosslynd Piggott, Sophie Calle and Nan Goldin.

GUEST EDITOR – STEPHANIE DOWNEY

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:05:44 +0000

This issue our guest editor is Dress Up designer Stephanie Downey. From one collection to the next, Stephanie makes subtle and beautiful clothing that can lady-fy even the most reluctant of fashionistas. Right now she’s working on next year’s winter collection and seeing as much of the MIFF program as possible. She’s even making her own short film – in collaboration with local directing duo KROZM – to launch Dress Up AW12 in September. Watch this space, because it soon will have Stephanie’s new website and online store in it.

WIN – THIRD DRAWER DOWN X KIOSK

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:58:39 +0000

KIOSK, the utilitarian travelling design store from New York, now has a permanent pitstop in the wings of Melbourne’s beloved Museum of Art Souvenirs, Third Drawer Down. We have one Third Drawer Down x KIOSK prize pack – including a limited-edition tea towel designed by Australian artist Tom Polo and a Juniper Utensil Set from Sweden – to give away! To enter, tell us what you keep in your third drawer down. Email us (use the link, don’t reply) – including your answer in the subject line by 5pm, Monday 27 June.

93 GEORGE STREET,
FITZROY.
Tel: (03) 9534 4088.

CAFES/RESTAURANTS – EASY TIGER

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:57:20 +0000

Recently joining Gigibaba, Huxtable and Boire at the ‘Paris End’ of Smith Street, Easy Tiger‘s take on mod Thai has quickly established it as a neighbourhood favourite for lovers of ginger, chilli and lemongrass. From street hawker snacks to the Sunday banquet, chef Jarrod Hudson loves exploring the cuisine’s complexities, combining traditional flavours with a fine-dining approach. The Tiger’s simple timber interior is accented by a bright lime window seat, coloured drinking glasses perched on backlit shelves, and an evolving wall mural by Melbourne artist Tai Snaith.

96 SMITH STREET,
COLLINGWOOD.
Tel: (03) 9417 2373.

RAPH RASHID
If friends come in from out of town I always take them to Curtin House – The Toff, Cookie and Rooftop. For coffee, I hit up Seven Seeds. A couple of my favourite food spots are Mankoushe on Lygon Street and Salateens Chicken on Sydney Road. A bit of fried chicken and a drink from Izakaya Den is always a good move.

NIGHTLIFE- COLLINGWOOD SKIPPING CLUB

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:55:43 +0000

In light of a New Year’s resolution to get fit, Three Thousand‘s Penny Modra began the much anticipated Collingwood Skipping Club earlier this year. The club meets on the last Tuesday of every month at the Rancho Deluxe hot rod workshop, and the rules are simple: all are welcome, BYO individual ropes, large ropes, water and orange quarters are supplied, and you’d better love early-nineties hip hop, because that’s all that blows from the boombox. If you can’t double dutch, that makes most of us. It’s mainly about putting the frivolity back into fitness.

34 BUDD STREET,
COLLINGWOOD.

RAPH RASHID
Last time we went out partying we hit Favela Rock at Miss Libertine and the monthly Wax Museum jam at the Croft Institute. My favourite live venues, for their sound systems, are The Prince and Revolver. I am into a whole bunch of different music and I really enjoyed the Happy Mondays nights that went down at the Rooftop last summer. Beach House were amazing.

RETAIL – GEWÜRZHAUS

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:53:27 +0000

Gewürzhaus (‘spice house’ in German) is the kind of place that can beef up your spice rack. Here you’ll find a range of more than 300 products and 120 unique blends of aromatic herbs, spices, salts and sugars ready to be self-scooped into gold-leaf paper bags. There’s an assortment of kitchen utensils to woo even the most reluctant of chefs, and a wealth of culinary advice from sister-owners Maria and Eva Konecsny – always on hand to advise about Tonka Beans or where to sprinkle Alaen Hawaiian Pink Salt.

342 LYGON STREET, CARLTON.
Tel: 03 9023 1028.

RAPH RASHID
My world in Melbourne revolves around food and music. I still check records from Wax Museum and Northside Records. All our furniture is vintage and Beci is an avid collector of knick-knacks, so we spend a lot of time at places like the Junk Company, Guy Mathews and Grandfather’s Axe.

ARTS – TWENTY BY THIRTY

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:51:26 +0000

Twenty By Thirty is Melbourne’s smallest artist-run gallery. “Yeah, right,” you say. “We’ve all got problems. How small?” Twenty by thirty centimetres. “Oh.” Founded a few years back, this hole-in-the-wall gallery has been on hiatus since the cafe it was attached to closed down. This month, though, it has re-opened – exhibiting a tiny maze by Melbourne artist Daniel Dorall. Why now? Because the people behind Richmond’s Der Raum have just opened their new drinking spot, Bar Americano, at the Presgrave Place address.

20 PRESGRAVE PLACE, MELBOURNE.

RAPH RASHID
I love checking shows out at Hell Gallery in Richmond and Utopian Slumps in the city, but I still get super excited about interesting graffiti. The attitude and approach of writers has changed over the years and I love seeing a cool piece or tag. There are a few writers who have taken their graffiti philosophies and flipped them into a completely different medium and I am really drawn to these guys. I’m always on the lookout for new work by Dan Moynihan and Brendan Huntley.

GUEST EDITOR, RAPH RASHID

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:15:23 +0000

This issue our guest editor is Raph Rashid, the man behind Beatbox Kitchen‘s ejecting tape deck window. Having tried his hand (and succeeded) in the t-shirt, hip hop, and publishing games, Raph is now known for grilling Melbourne’s best burger – and also for bringing the long-awaited Taco Truck to town. Right now he’s working on some new recipes, shooting a follow-up to Beyond The Beat and, most of all, spending time with his family – his wife Beci Orpin, and their two little men.

Rue de Fleurus has nice signage

editor — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:49:04 +0000

Today I walked along Gertrude Street and I saw a great restaurant called Rue de Fleurus. Look at the nice signage! We got 2 x spaghetti in a bag plus a beer. Go there when you need some comfort time. This is the address – 153 Gertrude Street.

CIBI inside Aesop

editor — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:22:45 +0000

CIBI are inside Aesop‘s Flinders Lane store for the month. Zenta and his CIBI-ites have set up shop to sell some of the beautiful homewares usually reserved for their Collingwood store. They are also offering green tea to all visitors. So the next time you’re deciding on a serum or cream, sip a green tea slowly and enjoy the company of two of Melbourne’s best retailers.

Paul Barbera, ‘Where They Create’

editor — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:44:30 +0000

Daniel Barbera is the maker of our beautiful dining table. Last week his brother, Paul Barbera, launched the long-awaited print version of his website, Where They Create. Talk about a family we wish we were born into.

Paul Barbera’s photos capture the studios and homes of creatives. They remind us that the places behind the people are often as interesting as the people themselves.

Complete with interviews with his subjects, Where They Create is on sale just up the road from us at Metropolis Bookshop, Level 3, 252 Swanston Street.

We went to LongPlay

editor — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:43:07 +0000

Last night my girlfriend and I went to LongPlay which is on St Georges Road and a bit out of the city. The cultural concierge recommended it when we said we liked eating tapas. We shared a ceviche (which is this Mexican type of fish dish) and a risotto plus some bread and oil. The wine list was good and so were the staff. The best bit was we got to sit inside some big wooden booths, kind of like we were in a film or a game. We recommend!

Bunny and pirate at Manchester Press

editor — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:59:52 +0000

Barista at Manchester Press made us a bunny rabbit and a pirate’s face in our latte and flat white! Manchester Press is just down Rankins Lane (was very close to our hotel room) and they do great bagels.

MIFF

editor — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:09:15 +0000

Every year, when the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) program is announced, most of us seriously consider taking a two week hiatus from work and investing in a festival pass. Now in its 60th year, the festival has quite a following so concierge has been encouraging guests to book early.

Some recommendations from us include Beginners directed by graphic designer Mike Mills, The Future directed by Miranda July (Mike Mill’s wife whose pillows were in last year’s Lost & Found hotel room), Melancholia, Wasted Youth, The Eye of The Storm (set in St Kilda and pictured here) and more. You know what? The whole program is beyond. Just take that hiatus and go to everything.

Full program and ticketing here.

Beans there, done that: Hoboken

editor — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:56:14 +0000

While it’s hard to go past the Captains of Industry breakfast wafting up from just one floor beneath the hotel room, we recommend that guests stretch their legs and walk a few blocks to visit Hoboken. A recent addition to Hosier Lane (Movida, Movida Next Door, Misty, City Lights Gallery), make sure you try the red beans with rice with greens, feta, red onion relish and drizzled with hot sauce.

Habitus Living

editor — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:59:36 +0000

Lost & Found Hotel Room was recently featured in Habitus magazine’s online portal, Habitus Living. View article.

Denim. As in double denim.

editor — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:46:38 +0000

‘Denim’ is an exhibition curated by Melbourne artist Dell Stewart opening at Brunswick-based shop and gallery and Lost & Found collaborator, Mr Kitly, on August 4. A predominantly local line-up is complemented by a selection of interstate and international artists and designers. Visit Dell’s blog here for some fresh perspectives on an everyday article of clothing.

‘Denim’ ARTISTS:
Julie Floersch (Brooklyn), Max Olijnyk (Melbourne), Jen Bartholemew (Melbourne), Mona Electric (Melbourne), Lyn Balzer & Tony Perkins (Sydney), Renilde Depeuter (Antwerp), Penelope Durston (Melbourne) Dell Stewart (Melbourne), Maricor/Maricar (London), Brett Day Windham (Brooklyn) John Brooks (Melbourne)

Picnic and hedges at NGV

editor — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:30:37 +0000

The weather was nice today so we went on a picnic. Concierge recommended the back garden at the National Gallery of Victoria – which is where they keep a lot of sculptures. The best part about it was the hedges that run all the way through the garden because they are a perfect height and make you feel like you’re in a garden all of our own.

Warpaint

editor — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:32:28 +0000

We can’t put our finger on it exactly but there is something about Warpaint’s sound that makes you want to break things. With this in mind, listening to Warpaint while staying in the hotel room is strictly forbidden. However, you can listen to them if you go to one of their upcoming shows at The Corner Hotel. The first show is sold out and the second show is selling fast so be quick and keep an eye out for an upcoming issue of Lost & Found guest edited by Warpaint’s drummer, Stella.

Nice bikes in Melbourne

editor — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:35:56 +0000

Today it finally stopped raining so we took the Humble Vintage bikes from the hotel room for a ride to Fitzroy/Collingwood which is north of the Yarra. There were lots of people out riding! And everyone seems to have a really nice looking bike in Melbourne. Our favourite bike spotting of the day was this guy at De Clieu (a nice cafe on Gertrude Street!) who we sneakily took a photo of. He was very tall and stylish, much like his bike. Tx

BLESS Windowgarden Exhibition

editor — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:11:04 +0000

While BLESS aren’t from Melbourne their recent exhibition, ‘Windowgarden’ hosted at Craft Victoria, was done in collaboration with local fashion/art duo Perks and Mini (PAM) who filled their perspex “inverted patios” with all sorts of strangeness.

Perks and Mini are Shauna Toohey and Misha Hollenbach, and Misha is the artist responsible for the ‘Donutz’ hanging on the northern wall of the Lost & Found Hotel Room as well as the neon sculpture that glows mysteriously in the corner of the room.

‘Windowgarden’ runs until July 28 and a section of BLESS clothes and accessories are also available in the Craft Victoria shop, all exhibition details can be found here.

Vogue Living

editor — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:17:54 +0000

We’re pretty chuffed to be featured in Vogue Living‘s July/August edition.

Riding along the Yarra

editor — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:06:36 +0000

We took the south side of the Yarra to get to the Abbotsford Convent – this was a kind of round about way, wouldn’t recommend unless you want a very long ride! Along the way we came across this place called Kanteen. We got corn cakes for breakfast and sat outside in the sun on the benches pictured in this photo. When we finally got to the convent we had Japanese at Kappaya (onigiri set) and a pot of beer at Handsome Steve’s House of Refreshment.

House Wear Exhibition

editor — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:53:00 +0000

‘House Wear’ is a multidisciplinary exhibition that addresses the condition of impermanence in everyday life and its effect on contemporary design. After setting up the Lost & Found Hotel Room this is definitely a topic that caught our attention and we are looking forward to seeing the responses of artists, writers, architects and designers as they explore how this relationship affects the way we live, and the impact of nomadic behavior on our perception of house/home. Contributors include Dylan Martorell, Sibling, Tin&Ed (former designers of Lost & Found publication) and ffiXXed who designed and produced the Lost & Found Hotel Room lounge area rug and cork floor runner with those amazing built in pot plant holders. Opening on July 28 as part of State of Design Festival, all exhibition details can be found on the State of Design website, here.

Lots of leaves at the CIBI shop

editor — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:59:06 +0000

Everyone in Melbourne talks about CIBI and now we have been there ourselves. The traditional Japanese breakfast was delicious, the staff were so nice and the whole place was very cosy. In the shop they had this autumn leaf installation – have a look at the photo!

CIBI is 3. Happy birthday to CIBI.

editor — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:32:28 +0000

Our favourite Japanese cafe and homewares store, CIBI, is turning 3. To celebrate, they will be hosting CIBI Exhibition Vol. 7 ‘What-Who-Why’ opening on Thursday 28.07.2011 (6pm-8pm) and running until 07.08.2011. CIBI are the providers of the incredible cutlery by Kobo Aizawa used in the Lost & Found Hotel Room’s dining area (pictured).

Sneak peek inside the Melbourne Club

editor — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:39:13 +0000

Walked down Little Collins Street yesterday and this little doorway was open. We got a sneaky peek inside a very posh garden, which a local told us was part of the Melbourne Club (Melbourne’s oldest gentlemen’s club and very exclusive).

Things to do, places to go, people to see…

editor — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:15:27 +0000

We had a great time working with Jonathan Zawada to develop the stationery for the Lost & Found Hotel Room. Our brief to him was to develop a “cultural checklist” that Lost & Found guests could use to plan and document their time in Melbourne. His response was this beautiful sun-inspired notepad design that we then had produced by local Melbourne specialist Risograph printer, Dawn Press.

NIGHTLIFE – GASOMETER

admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:29:09 +0000

You don’t ask your doctor to drive you to the airport, so why would you ask a non-musician to pour you a beer? Gasometer’s proprietors not only know how to run a bar (decades of experience between them), they also run their own record label. Recently rescued from the grips of its Irish-themed pub heritage, the Gas has quickly established itself as the watering hole of choice for discerning northsiders, with regular live music events, a delicious American home-style menu, and the most legit staff in town.

484 SMITH STREET,
COLLINGWOOD.
TEL: (03) 9417 5538.

MASATO TAKASAKA:
My band recently played a gig at Shock of the New, a night devoted to kraut-rock-synth-no-wave where you’ll find DJ Simon Kapitolina (Ana Nicole drummer and sonic architect mastermind) spinning the latest modernist synth sounds. It’s on the first Saturday of every month at Gasometer. After a hard day’s work staring out the window of my studio, my favourite place to have a beer and more beers is Felice’s (go for the awesome David Lynch meets Goodfellas / The Godfather vibe!).

RETAIL – MR KITLY

admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:26:30 +0000

Brunswick’s Mr Kitly is Japan’s newest Australian outpost. Tucked away up a flight of flower-carpeted stairs you’ll find Bree Claffey’s shop – also a gallery and indoor garden! Functional forms such as Takahashi Kougei‘s timber objects and Bridget Bodenham’s ceramics share the shelves with printed matter rarely seen at this end of the Pacific. Browse your way from plants and pots to jewellery, textiles and tea, not to mention the constant line-up of inspiration in the gallery space. In June Mr Kitly will host an exhibition of Bleemweaver‘s latest hand-woven bags and scarves.

MR KITLY
381 SYDNEY ROAD,
BRUNSWICK.

MASATO TAKASAKA
I’ve never been to Paris, but I imagine what it’s like when I visit Guy Mathews Vintage Industrial Furniture. When I’m stuck for ideas, I’m usually lost and found upstairs at Brunswick Street Bookstore browsing the art and design magazines and books. St Helier’s Street Store and Gallery at the Abbotsford Convent is another hidden gem – I like the old-school milk bar feel of the mixed lollies in jars and they serve great coffee to boot.

EVENTS – VIENNA: ART & DESIGN

admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:17:14 +0000

Thanks to Arthur Fonzarelli, many people these days know how to be cool. But who came before him? The artists, rebels and coffee addicts of early 20th century Vienna, that’s who. In its 150th anniversary year, the NGV brings us its eighth Melbourne Winter Masterpieces blockbuster: Vienna: Art & Design. Starring Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos, the show will be a window onto the time and place when young people threw out the rules and invented modernism. As the Fonz once said, “You ain’t nobody until you do what you want!”

NGV INTERNATIONAL
180 ST KILDA ROAD MELBOURNE.
TEL: (03) 8620 2222.
18 JUNE – 19 OCTOBER

MASATO TAKASAKA:
GRATUITOUS PLUG! I will be in a forthcoming show with S.I.B.L.I.N.G. architects at Craft Victoria. It’s a project devised by Antuong Nguyen to be shown alongside international designers BLESS and local designer-artists PAM as part of the State of Design Festival, which is a collaboration between fashion designers, artists and architects.

ARTS – SHAUN GLADWELL

admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:10:38 +0000

Shaun Gladwell once graced the pages of Skatin’ Life magazine, as a forefather of freestyle – the redheaded stepchild of skateboarding. These days, he channels that creative energy into making video art – the best in the biz. The piece that took him to the big leagues was Storm Sequence, a slow-motion take of Shaun freestyling at the beach. In the first of a series of major commissions of Australian and international artists at ACMI, Mr Gladwell is debuting Stereo Sequences, a suite of new work exploring duality, parallels and mirroring. And freestyle.

AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR THE MOVING IMAGE (ACMI)
FEDERATION SQUARE, MELBOURNE.
TEL: 03 8620 2222.
1 JUNE – 14 AUGUST 2011

MASATO TAKASAKA:
TCB, Neon Parc and Sarah Scout are always interesting – small spaces doing BIG things! Tristian Koenig is literally doing big things with his big space which has just opened, soon be joined by KALIMANRAWLINS – another exciting addition to the Melbourne art mafia scene. The Sutton Gallery Project Space shows experimental projects by emerging and established artists, and the Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) is a really inspiring place to go (not just because I showed some work there).

GUEST EDITOR, MASATO TAKASAKA

admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:06:37 +0000

Our guest editor this issue is Australian artist Masato Takasaka – sculptor, PhD student, and part-time sushi chef. His self-referential, back-to-the-futurism practice of remaking old things into new has seen him show at Heide Museum of Modern Art, ACCA, and MoMA’s PS1 Contemporary Art Center in New York. He continues to live the prog-rock dream, making noise on the guitar and keyboard with his no-wave astro-gaze band Ana Nicole (who, he says, sound like “Joy Division without the suicide”), but he took a few minutes out to tell us what he loves most about Melbourne.

Giving us Donutz

editor — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:24:20 +0000

Usually, when someone “gives you donuts”, its a bad thing. These ‘Donutz’ on the other hand, courtesy of artist Misha Hollenbach and Utopian Slumps Gallery, are a hilarious and surreal addition to the Lost & Found Hotel Room walls, brightening things up even on the greyest of winter days.

Good Weekend

editor — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:50:23 +0000

Thanks to the good people at The Age and Good Weekend for the above snapshot.

Lost At E Minor

editor — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:42:52 +0000

A long lost friend, Lost At E Minor put together a nice update on our hotel. View article.

Rainbow spotting across from ACMI!

editor — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:33:44 +0000

Rainbow spotting across the road from ACMI!

Nice pins

editor — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:56:53 +0000

Some nice pins for guests to use when attaching things to our guestbook cork board. Mr Jonathan Zawada was the man behind the flag theme. He even made a flag for the hotel room, which hangs at the room’s entrance.

Our venn diagram

editor — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:20:50 +0000

Last year we were traditional with our approach to guest booking (it was but a humble book!). This year, designer Jonathan Zawada created a venn diagram to use as a guest book for the hotel room.This picture of the bread friend map by Alexandre Bettler was used as inspiration.

Our venn diagram consists of three circles on a cork board and it leans against one of the walls in the kitchen. Guests are pinning business cards and hand written notes with tips on where to go for a cultured, challenging or comforting experience in Melbourne. Highlights are Journal Canteen in the comforting circle, Federation Square’s book market in cultured and ‘Revolver is open 24 hours’ in challenging.

Lifestyle News Global

editor — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:11:17 +0000

Thank you to the kind people at LS:N Global and The Future Laboratory for the kind and lengthy feature on the Lost & Found Hotel Room in their ‘Innovate’ column. View article. [Note: This article is viewable only to subscribers of LS:N]

Jonathan Zawada

editor — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:41:43 +0000

As you may or may not know, Lost & Found sheds its skin regularly for a new one. Jonathan Zawada, a guest of last year’s hotel room, is a graphic designer and practicing artist working out of Sydney. Jonathan is our designer for Lost & Found Volume 6 and he did some of the weirdest, most beautiful pieces in the hotel room. Here he is pictured in his Sydney home with wife Annie.

The transformation

editor — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:22:15 +0000

The room has changed so much. Look at the photo of Hannah showing us through an empty shell and then look at this.

Dawn Press

editor — Sun, 15 May 2011 09:19:19 +0000

Print is not dead for Xavier Connelly. Print is alive and well at his printing and publishing business, Dawn Press. Xavier uses a Risograph printer, a rare specimen in the Southern Hemispehere, to print for some of Melbourne’s best artists and magazines.

Broadsheet Melbourne

editor — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:40:10 +0000

Some kind words courtesy of Broadsheet Melbourne. View article.

Yarra Valley Dairy

editor — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:56:38 +0000

What Yarra Valley Dairy do to milk is like water to wine. From the 200 cattle milked twice daily on their farm, comes the most incredible collection of handmade cheeses. We are so grateful to have them on our cheese board again this year.

Any time Thibault. Any time.

editor — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:00:05 +0000

Last week concierge went on a taste test in preparation for guests. We met with Thibault, owner of Monsieur Truffe, Smith Street and scored some chocolate and hazelnut treats. Any time Monsieur Thibault. Any time.

Dal Zotto

editor — Tue, 03 May 2011 03:46:15 +0000

‘Your origins are just as important as your future.’ After a few proseccos it almost brings us to tears. Dal Zotto’s philosophy has been guiding them for 25 years now. Based out in the King Valley, the family make Italian-style wines and continue to pioneer prosecco in Australia.

Nicholas Gardner

editor — Tue, 03 May 2011 03:39:01 +0000

Nicholas Gardner will soon leave Melbourne for the Royal College of Art. But before he does, his Northcote-based private practice have designed and constructed our hotel pot plants. Some lucky cactus is going to enjoy his selection of the finest timber, marble and brass.

Sydney Morning Herald – Weekend Edition

editor — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:10:25 +0000

A little bit of Lost & Found greeted readers of the Sydney Morning Herald‘s Weekend Edition.

St Albans Textiles

editor — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:34:00 +0000

We just think alpacas look cute and feel soft. Leave us with an alpaca and its crazy fur and all we could do is hopefully coerce it into sleeping on our feet. But thankfully there are St Albans, the experts who have been turning natural fibres into the most beautiful throw rugs since 1951.

Shelley Panton

editor — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:30:37 +0000

Shelley Panton’s collection of handcrafted pottery makes you feel warm inside. But don’t be fooled by each piece’s cute imperfections and homely feel, these pieces are fired at 1300 degrees making them tough as nuts. We are honoured to have Shelley back on board to dress the room up with her decorative bowls.

World Food Books

editor — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:48:45 +0000

Functioning as a mail-order service and roaming bookshop, World Food Books provide Melbourne and beyond with a healthy intake of art journals, monographs and artist editions. If there is a group of people you would want stocking your bookshelves, it’s definitely these guys.

Magnation

editor — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:47:35 +0000

Magnation stock magazines. And lots of ‘em. 4,000 titles in fact, from the niche to the very essentials. Magnation’s mission is to achieve global magazine domination, and with stores popping up all over town we think they are well on their way. We are very lucky to have a selection of their local and international reading material.

Humble Vintage

editor — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:45:31 +0000

Humble Vintage are back on board to provide guests with a ride they would like to call their own. Since 2009, local bon vivant, Matt Hurst, has been equipping locals and visitors with good looking bikes. He even provides maps and custom guides to Melbourne.

Living Edge

editor — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:43:59 +0000

Too often furniture for the architecture and design community is timely rather than timeless. Well, not these guys. Living Edge supply furniture that is equal parts creative, comfortable and classic. Guests will be pleased to have their selection of lighting set the perfect mood.

The Thousands

editor — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:50:12 +0000

Lost & Found Hotel was featured nationally in The Thousands City Guides.

Square One

editor — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:50:57 +0000

Here is a photo of the Lost & Found Hotel Room space above Captains of Industry as we first saw it. Looking forward to seeing the transformation.

Mr Kitly

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:37:37 +0000

Mr Kitly is a slice of Japan in Brunswick and the next best thing to a two-for-one Jetstar ticket. Part gallery, part shop they exhibit local artists and sell pottery, books, plants, jewellery, textiles and tea. A tactile and multi-sensory experience that shouldn’t be missed, they also have an online store if you’re interstate.

Plumm

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:35:03 +0000

To speak with a plum in your mouth indicates pomp, extravagance and class. To speak with a Plumm in your mouth is indicative of simplicity, elegance and glass. Endorsed by everyone from Jamie Oliver to local sommelier Matt Skinner, we are pleased to have the Plumm Vintage and stemless range in the room. But remember, you break it, you bought it. Kidding.

Daniel Barbera

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:32:58 +0000

Daniel Barbera’s furniture designs are the result of both handcrafted and industrial processes. Whether created for interior or exterior spaces, they are made to last a lifetime. His circular marble table with bronze legs will be sitting pretty as the Lost & Found Hotel room’s dining table.

CIBI

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:23:53 +0000

According to CIBI, the three elements required for enjoying our personal environment are style, food and living. We think they’ve got it right. Using these elements, CIBI, meaning “a little one,” live in Collingwood where their cafe and studio play home to a diverse range of Japanese wares.

Cecilia Fox

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:19:35 +0000

Cecilia Fox is a floral studio powered by the heart and hands of Melanie Stapleton. Following on from her collaboration with designer Tim Fleming for Lost & Found 2010, we are again excited to have Melanie’s seasonal, simple, unexpected and always beautiful arrangements on our dining table.

Thonet

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:16:53 +0000

Thonet make the stuff you think you have seen before but can’t recall where. You know those classic cafe chairs? That quintessential old-school hat stand? That’s them. Established way back in 1819 by a German craftsman, the family have disbursed globally, and thankfully, that includes Melbourne.

Dedece

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:14:19 +0000

Since 1978, Dedece have brought the very best interior design products home to Australia. Their Flinders Lane boutique is impressively dressed with the likes of Vola, Adelta, Minotti and more and their Tom Dixon floor and table lamps will be shedding the right kind of light on the Lost & Found Hotel room.

Mud

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:12:58 +0000

If you have ever questioned whether the bowl in front of you is for use or display, quite possibly you are looking at something designed and made by mud australia. Lovingly hand crafted from the best materials available, mud’s jugs, bowls, plates and platters centre around functionality and the beauty of natural lines.

Monsieur Truffe

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:09:49 +0000

What began as a humble Prahran market chocolatier has become one of north-side’s most delicious residents. Monsieur Truffe’s handmade chocolates are complemented by classic pastries, hot drinks and chocolate appreciation classes. Monsieur Thibault Fregoni is also soon to open a sister store on Lygon Street.

Utopian Slumps

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:00:57 +0000

Mel opened Utopian Slumps in 2007. Today it stands as one the of the city’s most respected curator-run dealer galleries. Utopian Slumps represents a stable of 10 artists including Dylan Martorell, Jake Walker, Misha Hollenbach, Nathan Gray and more. Some of whose work will be gracing the hotel room’s walls. [Image Credit: Mark Rodda]

ffiXXed

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:51:44 +0000

ffiXXed’s creative approach crosses over fashion, art and the occasional interior. Headed by Australian artists/designers, Kain Picken and Fiona Lau, ffiXXed’s custom linen and floor rugs will provide guests with just the right amount of warmth and design for even the coldest Melbourne winter’s day.

Aesop

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:50:44 +0000

Aesop need no introduction from our humble selves, but here goes: Aesop launched in Melbourne in 1987 and since then have continued to roll out beautiful stores filled with the most beautiful products for your skin, hair and body. We are very appreciative to have them back on board for hotel room round two.

Grandfathers Axe

editor — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:26:59 +0000

Grandfathers Axe’s collection of seating works best with pleated pants and a fine scotch ala Donald Draper and Roger Sterling. Lovingly restored by Ed, Jarrad and their friends, these pieces of furniture bare the names of greats like Hans Wegner, Borge Mogensen and Nills Moller.

Arts Victoria

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:53:52 +0000

Arts Victoria has been a key partner in the Lost and Found project since 2006. From Artist Run Initiatives, to theatre, contemporary music to independent publications, Arts Victoria supports Lost & Found as a showcase of the lesser known aspects and incredible variety of Victoria’s Arts.

Tourism Victoria

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:52:19 +0000

Since the beginning, Tourism Victoria has worked closely with its project partners to create and curate Lost & Found – an insider’s guide for culturally conscious people living outside of Melbourne. Whether through the publication or the hotel room, Lost & Found opens doors and always greets readers and guests with open arms.

Right Angle Studio

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:43:46 +0000

When Right Angle Studio helped produce the first edition of the Lost & Found Publication, they had no idea that four years later someone would be sleeping in it. Obsessed with cities and the people and places that make it great, Lost & Found is a dream that Right Angle hopes to never wake up from.

Jonathan Zawada

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:42:52 +0000

As a guest of last year’s hotel room, we were pleased to invite Sydney-based artist and graphic design Jonathan Zawada back to design of Lost & Found Volume 6. Elegant yet eccentric, we hope that his interpretation of Melbourne is as inspiring for our guests as it is for us.

Six Degrees Architects

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:26:01 +0000

You don’t need forensic skills to notice the fingerprint that Six Degrees have left on the Melbourne since they first built Meyer’s Place – the city’s first small bar – in 1993. Their resourceful design approach continues to turn ridiculous ideas into realities.

RETAIL – ACMI Store

admin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:50:04 +0000

Whenever Wile. E. Coyote felt like chasing the Roadrunner, he bought his weapons from the ACME store. If you’re not a desert predator, however, we recommend the ACMI Store. Hidden just inside the door at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), it stocks piles of cinephile booty – from books and film-still postcards to rare films on DVD. Right now they’re collaborating with Craft Victoria on a range of products celebrating the history of the moving image. Or get a clapper board. If you’re not going to bag yourself a bird, you might as well look like you belong on set.

ACMI

Fed Square,
Melbourne.

Tel: 03 8663 2227.

ARTS – LMFF Cultural Program

admin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:48:06 +0000

Some say fashion is art. Some say art is fashion you don’t have to dry clean. Either way, visual art plays a big part in the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF). As part of this year’s LMFF Cultural Program, the temporary independent fashion hub Penthouse Mouse has invaded a bigger warehouse than ever, with large-scale installation work by 17 artists including Dawn Tan. Aphids will present a new multimedia performance work inside FUR Hairdressing salon. And check out photographer Lyndal Walker‘s La Toilette D’Une Femme – documenting the going-out preparations of the ladies of Fitzroy.

LMFF, until 20 March, citywide.

STONE’S THROW – Wye River General Store

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:39:29 +0000

A couple of years ago local bon vivant Dave Sharry (of Riverland Bar and Wall Two 80) got together with some friends, drove down the Great Ocean Road and bought the Wye River General Store. Now, after an impressive makeover by six degrees, the restaurant is serving some of the best food in town for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Actually, save for the pub, they’re serving the only food in town. But we swear on a tank of petrol there’s no shirking going on here. Add pork belly and pickled octopus salad to your beachside diet.

35 Great Ocean Road, Wye River. Tel: 03 5289 0247.

ARTS – The Art of the Picnic

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:38:27 +0000

Making it in the art world is no picnic, but neither is having a picnic. There’s always a lot of pesky background work to take care of before the cork pops. But every weekend this summer the classy folk at NGV are eliminating the effort with their new Art of the Picnic pack. You get a nice soft rug and cushions to collapse upon amongst the Rodins and de Koonings in the Grollo Equiset Sculpture Garden, plus a selection of gourmet treats by head chef Terry Clark. Oh, and some good bottles (for that other kind of art ‘opening’).

Available Sat–Sun 10am–5pm until 31 March.

NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne. Optional bookings Tel: 03 8620 2444 or

email: picnic@ngv.vic.gov.au

RETAIL – The Golden Age: Vintage Made To Measure

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:34:03 +0000

If, like most people, you have whiled away many nights watching Mad Men, no doubt at some point you have dropped eyes from screen to self and thought: I look dreadful. It’s true. Your jeans are no match for Betty Draper’s dresses. Time to get yourself to The Golden Age: Vintage Made To Measure. Just opened at the top of Melbourne’s GPO, this shop/studio is a haven for mid 1930s to late 1950s tailoring. Not only will you meet seamstress Karlee Slater – the dictionary definition of a lady – but also you will find vintage patterns, fabrics and some razzmatazz deadstock items from as far back as the ’20s.

Level 2.5, Melbourne’s GPO.

350 Bourke Street, Melbourne.

Tel: 0401 302 550.

ARTS – Guildford Lane

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:32:37 +0000

Not so long ago, the pretty cobbled thoroughfare of Guildford Lane echoed with the sounds of Harleys and Hondas, home to the mechanics of the city’s unofficial motorcycle hub. These days, the lane hums with a different buzz thanks to a bundle of Melbourne’s newest art spaces. The tri-level Guildford Lane Gallery is the longest established of the bunch, while new kid on the block Utopian Slumps relocated from its Collingwood digs earlier this year. Fehily Temporary is a unique artist-studio-meets-gallery inside someone’s apartment and, across the lane, Guildford’s newest resident Beam Contemporary sits directly above dedicated video art gallery ScreenSpace.

EVENTS – Melbourne BikeFest

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:28:10 +0000

The people who helped bring us the Melbourne outpost of New York’s annual Bicycle Film Festival have busted out on their own to create a very local celebration of all things bi-wheeled. Held over four days, Melbourne BikeFest will gather swap meets, scavenger hunts, exhibitions, discussions and design ideas together under one bike-shaped banner. Browse the world’s best bicycle accessories in the pop-up ‘Bike Shop’, collect some impressive knee scabs at ‘Bike Play’, and believe the hype: a few well-placed wheel nuts can change the world.

24–28 November, 2010.

ARTS – The Compound Interest: Centre for the Applied Arts

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:25:58 +0000

Now open in Collingwood, the Compound Interest: Centre for the Applied Arts is a whole square kilometre of art projects. The cosy cardboard gallery Lamington Drive recently departed its George Street location to re-emerge inside this warehouse, which is also home to Idlewild letterpress studio, the Modern Motor Cycle Company, a new incarnation of Speakeasy Cinema, and the soon-to-be-unveiled PinUP (an architecture and design gallery run by Fleur Watson and Martyn Hook). Did we mention the geodesic chill-out domes and a baseball batting cage?

15–25 Keele Street,
Collingwood.
Tel: 03 8060 9745.