As I was surfing on the web I ran into this project, Barrio Chino in Sydney designed by Mandy Edge. I got really excited to see that one of my favorite spots in NY had expanded to Australia. It did not even occur to me that it could be a complete rip off of one of New York City’s dining institutions, just seemed like a no brainer. The lower east side is full of Aussie’s  who frequent Barrio Chino(...) Read More about Barrio Chino, Sydney (108 words)

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22-year-old, Australian artist Hilton Owen had his first solo show at age 17 and has kept his momentum going with 8 more solo shows under his belt over the last 5 years. His distinct abstract figurative style sets him apart and makes him a definite “one to watch”.

“I paint what I see around me. The physical union of individuals with objects that occur in my paintings suggests that (...) Read More about Hilton Owen’s Abstract Art (72 words)

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I just came across this really cool furniture reincarnation project called Nine Lives by Tonia Bell. Nine Lives, believe that everything has value—combine this idea with instinct, creative reuse, followed by an appreciation of the raw and imperfect, and you’ve got the Nine Lives vision of reincarnation. Im sure at some point many of you have thought to buy a flea market piece of furniture or picked up a discarded one(...) Read More about Nine Lives Furniture Reincarnation Project (62 words)

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The sun has risen on neon again and if there’s one thing Australian culture knows how to handle, it’s neon.  And it smells like a frangipani-musk, sunshine synth-remix bouncing off Ken Done-adorned walls. In the 1980s and 90s high intensity color partied day and night in the form of two-tone neoprene wetsuits(...) Read More about Alexandra Blak Jewelry (180 words)

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Dani Marti is a Spanish-Australian contemporary visual artist based between Scotland and Australia. He is a trained painter and though he refers to these works as paintings they seem more like sculptures to me. Using rope as his rope he creates large-scale woven art. He describes his tactile abstract works as (...) Read More about Dani Marti’s Tactile Paintings (76 words)

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What an amazing styling job by Jillian Davison for this gorgeous editorial inspired by the 60s/Jean Shrimpton era. ‘Shape up’ photographed by Luke Irons for Harper’s Bazaar Australia September 2011, model Jemma Baines wears the autumn looks with class. Girls here is some great inspiration for your fall shopping!

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Here is a tour de force brought by Australian multi-instrumental musician Wouter De Backer. You can call him, Gotye. The fragment of indie-pop band, The Basics has stepped into single hood and is mingling with one of the strongest vocalists currently putting out tunes, Kimbra. The picked guitar and tip toeing xylophone lead into piercing vocals comparable to Sting, and overlapping harmonies that makes hair rise.
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Australian creative agency Collider created this really cool concept for the album artwork of Chillout Sessions XII. A homage to Frank Lloyd Wright and Neutra and the lifestyles their buildings accommodated, Chillout Sessions XII takes us to a fusion of time periods somewhere between the 50s and the 80s in the filtered

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A new Australian luxury publication has seen the day: Collection Magazine. A new mag offering readers a new experience. An experience not available through the monthly, trend driven glossy magazines. Collection exemplifies the tangible; touch, engage, frame, keep. Since the launch on March 10th 2011 readers have been tearing, collating, filing, sticking and tacking the finely perforated pages of Collection high-fashion editorials.

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