tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64100167379611158622012-01-23T21:29:27.716-08:00DESIGNS FOR LIVING LIGHTwho did thathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948582029967459028noreply@blogger.comBlogger871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410016737961115862.post-77933856324277918502012-01-23T21:26:00.000-08:002012-01-23T21:29:27.729-08:00

cutting edge avian architecture; psychedelic "tech-spiration" for educators; high voltage nature strips...  creativity abounds in Studio 1:1 - the fresh dutch design duo who's cleverness you'll wish upon yourself.  melding old and new seems to be the knack and enviro friendly, community minded creations- the result.   case in point is the ICT Experience Center De Verdieping - the, once

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award winning designer, Caroline Olsson takes a bow for these beautifully simple pieces.  skog lamps take their name and form from the skog (forest) surrounding Magnor Glassverk, the glassworks in norway where each lamps bulbous crystal foliage is mouth blown.  a variety of shapes, sizes and colours sit atop smooth wood turned oak (err.. not the 'skogs' skog, i trust).  mix n match is key. 

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eleven days into Twelve, friends, and hopefully the figures on your bank statement have begun to shed their festive red outfits in favor of some more conservative black attire.  it's a tough time for the purse strings so i'll let you in on some pure, unadulterated window shopping to quell those retail impulses.  productLOVE.  no shopping cart in sight- just a little known treasury

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lumber lovers, fanciers of fine design, sustainability patrons...  if you're reading this, then i 'spect you're either one or all of these?  count amongst us are the two charming canadians who run Wood Design, a blog styled global directory of top notch timber work...  "we celebrate the craftsmanship, creativity and ideas behind inspirational artists and furnishings we believe in, curating an

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advocates of the avant-garde, the ingenious Gerard Reinmuth (of tassie based, multi award winning architectural firm terroir) and Anthony Burke (associate professor and head of the school of architecture at UTS) will be the provocateurs of some serious bricks and mortar banter next year.   from t-square toting students to revered draftsmen,  the world of architecture will unite at the 2012

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spunky frock chic, lou whiting, officially rocked her brand oyster+pearl last tuesday.  for edgy threads in natural fibres, lou shucks open her studio at 147 liverpool street, hobart.  no pics - just a must visit!

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turns out you can say merry festive without assaulting your home with the trusty spangled thread each year.  artist Ryan Todd and theology specialist Veronica Bennett have made this possible by combining talents and coming up with these three rather fetching sisters.  each celebrates authentic christmas cheer via their distinctive habits.  check out wallpaper* for more details on this clever

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one of my favourite windows, celebrating a season I didn't realise was little over a week away (!), poses alluringly at 51 balfour street in launceston. if you haven't already unloaded your wallet at ecoco, then a pre-christmas visit to this gorgeous store is a must. Di Loone has sourced the friendliest of eco homewares, jewels, clothes, stationary, luscious lotions (and grandeliers) that

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  allowing just enough time to recover from the yuletide hysteria, Life In Style is back and we will again be gracing the ceilings of sydneys hordern pavilion from the 23rd to the 26th of feb.  mosey over to their blog for an insight into the veritable feast of first class design on offer next year.  we'll see you there, oui?

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once again, the baroques broke out their sunday best and flaunted curves at the swanky MyState 'balcony' marquee at BOFA film festival. forty films with a conscious were screened during the second annual 'Breath Of Fresh Air' film fest in inveresk last month. post flick, celebrities and cinephiles rubbed shoulders and sampled some of our finest local fare in the luxe tents created by the

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  bringing festive cheer to all, without deploying the tinsel, our stylish friends at Twenty21 have illuminated their tree in Fitzroy with our sumptuous, new red flocked baroque!  their eclectic furniture and homewares store pays homage to quality 20th century design, as well as showcasing contemporary brilliance, like that of fellow apple islander and award winning furniture maker, Laura

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flavour tasmania at bowerbird bazaar, adelaide...thanx to pretty stationery empress, alicia, for the illumination. A Typical Type A has blogged all the visuals for your perusal right here.

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State of Green does a background check and discovers the "divining" influence on the genies....  cast your peepers over their kind words here.

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queuing at coles...flick thru - ok, buy - 'home ideas mag' for covetable wooden wonders. yes, the popular 'bloom' is rubbing print with torches and salad servers. necessary stuff.

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isis st pierre, naturally gorgeous, supernaturally patient, entered into the fray with the grandeliers...here's a few unedited pics from the day.

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ARTAS designed st helens child+family centre, ARTS TAS funded hallway sees my last day of installing 36 illuminated modules. tomorrow. tres cool east coast facility sports trappings that will be hard to leave...snooze room top of my list.   'enlighten' public art installation the idea with the fish and birds thru the entry tunnel : connected to corresponding coloured time-delay

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genie and baroque grandeliers had a flocking treatment for 'apron design' on 23+24 september. velvety jewel colours - the new black - will glow with the signature blackwood and tas oak. don't know flocking? think spray-on velvet. sooo 80s

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'The Richest Man in Babylon' was written in 1926. Dale Carnegie's 'How to win friends and influence people' published in 1937. James Tuckerman, Anthill. This clip is more than a year old. Does age diminish the value of a lesson? OR Fly-on-the-wall, instructional, highly analytical, with empowering moral...a bunch of stoners start dancing...has the narrator ever gone to a party? Stephen Wilson,

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  well, ok it was yellow...and illuminating the winning flaxen room on The Renovators in August was the baroque grandelier. love yellow. now love tina + nathan...the design team. must get a tele.

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  selected as finalist in tasmanian wimmen entrepreneur. yes, that would be me...according to roget's : tycoon, magnate, enterpriser, impresario...right up there with carlos slim helu. 8th wonder of the world.

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one of the single largest events of Sydney Design...opening nite of Workshopped 11...52 national designers. 52 covetable designs. a supersized Hoop Grandelier illuminates a tiny patch at the hill street design precinct, surry hills.  Tasmania is verily well represented. Go look... melbourne's 'life in style' trade show at the royal exhibition building in carlton gardens. 4 days

who did thathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948582029967459028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410016737961115862.post-28299011316402532652011-06-29T22:18:00.000-07:002011-06-30T18:56:53.537-07:00

morrissey, frontman of english 80's band, says he chose the name The Smiths, ''because it was the most ordinary name and it was time that ordinary folk of the world showed their faces.'' the old dart may have the grips on 'ordinary' but australia has the extraordinary smiths. married today in their hometown of brisbane...on loan from University of Tasmania...matty + jojo.

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now in its eleventh year, WORKSHOPPED has become a permanent and widely anticipated ehxibition during Sydney Design. co-presented with the Powerhouse Museum, Workshopped 11 showcases 52 designers from across Australia...including 8 from Tas. exploring the influence of chaos in design...yep, i thought it said ‘cows’ in design but i managed to be picked...phew; go see at Hill Street Design Precinct

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channel 10's new series the renovators..."where renovation and real estate meet like never before!"(their words) airs mid july. as will the grandeliers (OMG...yep, the catchcry of the excited...me). head stylist peri mooney selected 4 grandelier styles for the show's renobots to access during their renovation challenges. i'll be glued...

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thanks to Portland Monthly Mag's inclusion of the bloom grandelier...a bunch are on their way to frank lloyd wright's birth state. s-s-supercalafragalisticexpealadocious! while he didn't coin this minefield of consonants and vowels it's handy to keep in your pocket for mary poppins moments like these. now i'm going to piffle about shoes!

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the grandeliers chronology of appearances in published media just joined the TARDUS as this article was published in april. so skip the timeline and spot the sleeky products contained within. amara holstein, selector of the 20 new designs for the times, entrusted 4 pages of print to eco-friendly products that engage "classic values of longevity and craft". for a close up of the moon, or andi

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notice the resurgence of geometrics? shaping away from familiar woodland critters, creepers and love-worn designs, tho not returning to the homogenised '90s where sanitized formulas ranged the streets; but to a new breed of design that unites characterful intimacy with strong lines. yup, discovered that myself designing the new hoop grandeliers. which this month's inside out includes with fresh

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lighting up page 34 of the current (australian) house&garden is a selection of nine pendant lights...from the very french 'wire 5' to an anything-but-nannerish crocheted globe. assembled by super stylist jess hanson her 'nine by design' is a contemporary collection with a timeless take. and my new hoop grandelier collects the number 9 ticket. c-ooool. Australian House & Garden, June 2011

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i would never be a politician. or a celebrity. all those probing questions. or a proctologist...say no more. while it was 'fun' being interviewed by ainsley pavey from Brissy's Courier Mail, it was funnier reading the published version....did 'abberton' really say that? i can see the benefits of mono nomenclature. tho, v happy to be included in my home town bugle and equally so that ainsley

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the new LOOP and LACE grandeliers are having their hero shots photographed after easter. pucci-esque chair, black tutu and the glow of a grandelier. sounds simple, is simple...just took a long time to surface in the snowstorm that is my brain. looking forward to frittering images here and the singular on my website.photos : photobat

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As the saying goes, “One man’s trash is another man's treasure”. If you love fossicking in second hand shops trying to find the ultimate treasure, or you have a household of goods ready to be tossed, you won't want to miss the first nationwide Garage Sale Trail on Sunday 10 April 2011. Find your local treasure shop or list yours here. (words, jenny tranter, stateofgreen.com)

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In the US's Portland Monthly Amara Holstein writes, "ONE BRIGHT SPOT of our current economic doldrums is that designers are looking back to classic values of longevity and craft. So forget all the mass-produced plastic—this year, the focus is on locally made, eco-friendly, and well-considered goods for the home." That'd be Tom Dixon on the left and Bouroullec Bros on the right. And the Bloom

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the round bloom grandelier is on a popular run...hey, no protests from this quarter. sunday's herald sun mag displayed the bloom in 'sunday loves'. what happens for the rest of the week? more loving? o, yes, sydney morning herald's homestyle section picks a bloom this thursday. spread the glow.

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please beam me to milan next month for salone del mobile. now in it's 50th year, wallpaper* said, "the world's most important design fair". where a flock of nearly 300,000 sparkled in 2010. could i just be happy that the grandeliers are appearing in italian style mag, Eco Design's first issue on sustainable design? published in april. during the fair. ah, yes.

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and gold stars to studio tonic's designers sarah and neroli for their tranquilising fitout of wakefield street dental in adelaide. part of their brief asked for a modern, warm and approachable reception. tick. and sarah asked for the grandeliers. tick. smile...

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12 hours later we exited Life In Style, Sydney...last minute faffing started our extended first day but well worthwhile for the grandeliers. great fun to be back in the hometown with just one blip, dropped my phone in the toilet. er, pre-toilet thanks. mac man confidently informed me to stick the drenched instrument in rice. be assured, fried iphone only thing on the menu. ok, the whistle just

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deadline intelligence eludes me. often. so it's a revelation that i'm set for sydney's "life in style" expo this thursday... i'm convinced something's missing. hope it's not this...the first of my grandeliers new designs. cerebral frizzle is mine! image credit: peter whyte, tasmania

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Slovenia's EcoGuerilla picked up the US's inhabitat.com blip about the Grandeliers. Interesting because? The coverage and causes posted by EcoGuerilla (Association for Environmental Communication and Development of Green Communities) are Brobdingnagian. Can I use an adjective about an imaginary country to describe the work of a tangible one? Compelling...no matter where you live.

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thanks to stylish stylist jess hanson, australian house + garden for amping up the baroque grandelier in a 'grainy' setting for the January issue.

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a whole raft of clever clogs are in the 'flat stack fold' workshops (er, and me) facilitated by the bodacious mel kershaw of the design centre, launceston. i'd generally prattle on about fellow workshopper and Cygnet native sally brown but words fail...go look. pic from sally brown.com.au website. husk bowl.

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happy new days for 2011. ok, did december 25 just blur into january 19? all that facebook poking had to lead to something ...and that's these cool, literally, bulbs from sinfin (aussie company) which will be poked into the new grandeliers launched next month at life in style, sydney. next month?! pinch me! i see the deadlines, but can't feel them. facebook? must update.

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garlands aplenty to orianna fielding banks for unearthing her "ultimate eco-objects of desire" from around the world then bouncing them into the green stratosphere via findingeco.wordpress.com. eco-icon finder, designer, author, broadcaster, retailer and verdant gal...orianna's eco-icons are fearsome and i feel, well, electrified being on her list. i'd love to perch in shigeru ban's paper tea

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more gold stars to georgina freeman (dick from dick + dora) for organising the apron design market at seaport, launceston last friday and saturday. after a week of porridge the weather turned tropical and the third estate arrived. appreciating the parade of fluttering white marquees that revealed a perfectly balanced range of designer products and produce. thanks george.

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not a twist on tantric but the renaissance of brilliant (me thinks) uk designer, sarah arnett. creator of bewitching designs for the fabrics in her range of spunky wimmens wear. keep a tab on the launch of her new label, modern love. images from saraharnett.co.uk

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from march 25 next year, "Ten Days on the Island, Tasmania’s state-wide biennial multi art-form festival will be unleashed across the island. a unique event in australia, Ten Days is the premier celebration of culture in tasmania. with almost 250 events in 99 venues in over 50 locations...theatre, dance, visual arts, music, film, opera, literature. with artists and performers from island cultures

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very happy to be virtually in melbourne. my new 'round bloom' grandelier appeared in the age's 'epicure' section. more speeches!? thanks to kerrie o'brien, the age's journo and nic macisaac of magnolia square for her pr. better update my website with new products. ouch.

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on the morning of our big shift we were offered space at deloraine craft fair's 30th event. beginning 10am the next day! lucky grandeliers but tragedy for Pollen 8 losing their products in a warehouse fire...wishing them the best. this is my belated thankyou to the commitee, the deloraine rotary club, volunteers, paula catchpole, nikki atkins and john dare (fair director)...a truly special

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spending a few weeks in north-eastern tasmania with the scant possessions from our recent move...and, yep, still glowing with that monkish feeling! the sun finally warmed last sunday so spirited over to musselroe bay, here, here and here. turquoise waters! where were we? on the way to 'remote paradise' read the sign pointing towards ansons bay on the...o, wait, i can't say because it's our secret

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magnolia square doyennes, nic + metka, staged a fabulous malvern event in late october. this time james was despatched to tout the grandeliers...and he still talks about all the prams. i really wanted to be there but instead volunteered to stay and pack the house and studio. go figure! howevery, the ladies managed a cluster of baroque grandeliers for the impressive stage. encore.

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transported the new round blooms to bowerbird bazaar, adelaide for their first airing. extra large is dangling at 80cm wide in dark blackwood...better in 3D. and the small round bloom a mere 36cm wide and interchangeable o'course as a pendant light or floor lamp. all up on the website soon...i hear!

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adelaide's design market, bowerbird bazaar, was mega-watt! stylish coordinators jane and rebekah gathered nearly 7000 south australians to hunt thru the high calibre output of 65 national makers...from designer products to produce. i was more than happy illuminating my 8 square metres of the Queen's Theatre for 3 days. then recover with a day in mclaren vale sniffing luscious reds...somebody

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i love my parents - all 3 of them. so i'm sure this fab triangle understood (?!) that shortening my visit with them to participate in the first flat stack fold workshop was a number 1 notion. rockstar (also ethical) designer alexander lotersztain of derlot indulged our group of 9 with hunderds of ideas. and then critiqued. i was speechless (really truly!) the creative talent in tasmania - and in

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Ah, the abundance of spring. Some shed skins but i'm jumping out of mine thanks to eco-stockist and it appears PR torchbearer Jenny Tranter of stateofgreen; since meeting in July at design made trade, Melbourne she has impressed. Not only because her feature of my grandeliers syndicated online to bindarri and new international eco magazine ecoluxemag.com (read here); Jenny is dynamic – her emails

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so yesterday i said, "i heart melbourne". well, i'm as shallow as a carpark puddle. i love shoes today (and every other). fortunately the innovative johanna preston of preston zly design is spiking spring with 'metropolis' an inspired range drawing on german expressionist film and architecture. snare them at signet bureau, gertrude street, fitzroy. ok, the idolatry stops here. (photos james

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i heart melbourne! no kidding...guess that's why i skip to the fab plethora of design events hosted there. on the circuit for the grandeliers is magnolia square at malvern town hall. another stunning old structure eyeing contemporary craftspeople for 3 days from 21 to 23 october. as the organisers say, "a curated market place showing the best", from fashion to food; and homewares to hot craft.

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october 8-10 the grandeliers are dodging over to the city of churches for bowerbird bazaar. thanks to ben from klei, who reminded me of this extracurricular design show. designers from all over oz take part in this fabulous event. thoroughly looking forward to sampling south australia; design, food, wine...o, and churches. one on every corner! (images courtesy bowerbird bazaar)

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want to save your legs? use your fingers. shop at state of green for excellent future-friendly, designed products for your palace. every room and every body is catered for by an incredibly cool range including aussie designed creations (the grandeliers are there! hurrah). i'm wanting the calaphant robots...and that's just for entree...

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melbourne’s longest-running and most popular arts festival has supported and presented some 50,000 artists to more than 2,000,000 people at hundreds of venues across melbourne and victoria, since 1982. and this year it's PLUS ONE. me. as the urban sprawl continues its inexorable outward creep, Fringe Furniture looks at the encounters between the city and its others. through Fringe Furniture

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i was never in a marching band, rock band or even a church choir. though, I relish a good drum drubbing – especially metaphorically. guess that’s how I arrived at unashamedly endorsing green magazine. Its validation of the union between design and sustainability is unflinching.so getting a nod to my grandeliers in july’s issue, during melbourne’s state of design, was as if the government had

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after creating the Baroque Grandeliers (above) the next best thing to do? add beautiful extras. so inbetween expo + social hours (cheers!) i've been customising this style; next week see the images here and on my website (almost almost there). for Grandeliers dressed to impress these are the options: gold or silver leaf; a range of printed designs from ye olde to yo modern; painted or limed; and

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aloha from melbourne! there's a range of temperature spikes going on in this bewitching city during the design made trade expo; cool weather, warm visitors and hot design products. there's surely a surplus of style at the royal exhibition building and with just 2 days til curtains it's a worthwhile visit. my grandeliers are looking very Scandinavian in their unadorned state. while the royal

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jemima and bec are firing up their pocket gallery at salamanca arts centre with two exhibition openings. both showings will be covetable and affordable. 'rainy days' features scads of mini ready-to-hang works (10cm x 10cm) in varied mediums. then crave one-off finger ornaments in 'a winter's ring'. get on to cube + rebecca roth gallery for july 14 opening. but scurry cos finishes july 29. o, btw,

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At last the Grandeliers are aligning! They'll be illuminating space at Melbourne's design:made:trade, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens from Wednesday July 14 til Sunday 19. And the New Gallery, University of Tas's Newnham Campus from Thursday July 15 to August 29

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I was recently in Australia's easterly most point to pocket lots of vitamin D before our winter set in. so i was lucky enough to see Byron Bay's artsCape biennial 2010. an environmental thrust themed all sculptures featured in Clarke's Beach Reserve. Thumbs up to some verily witty work.http://artscapebiennial.orgAustralian creator of the sometimes maligned (i love) 'silver shish kebab', Bert

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Roll up! From July 12 to August 30, the University of Tasmania's NEW Gallery (on the Newnham campus) hosts an exhibition showcasing work of emerging Tasmanian designers. Titled 'Objects of Design', the event promises to blend talent from varying design fields that demonstrate an interest in materials, form and concept. (Could be crowded!) An opportunity to further advance the Grandeliers and for

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There's two supernatural products brightening my winter days : toot-toot...my Nero eco-resin Grandeliers and Asa Westlund's wooden footwear! The first darkly reflects illuminated surroundings like a side-show mirror. Asa's bewitching handpainted clogs 'made modern' are thoroughly covetable. And comfortable. Like the Grandeliers they're original and available in a range of colours.

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In march the 24/7 rebecca roth and jemima boyer unwrapped their jewel-box gallery, cube + rebecca roth, in salamanca arts centre. as well as bec and jemima's sought after jewellery, the street front gallery features covetable art from aussie talents. so good lucken, m'ladies and thanx for swinging my grandelier in the window. also check out my petite version illuminating the corner.

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The Sustainable Building + Lifestyle Expo at the Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart on 27 + 28 March sees WDT toting new surface designs and Grandeliers. Slacker! Think I could post images. Aw, geez...that'd mean more work. Barely had time to type this...busy as a hairy goat. Drop by if you're keen to see green things.

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Here's Sydney's very own blended-name, glam duo Berri. Stylish Ben and Kerri happily nupt'd in December with (surely) the help of my perspex slotted bouquets. Oooh, clear one for the showstopping bridal table and black for their disciples. Perfectly polished styling of this wedding could've been a showcase for Kerri's interior design business, Lotus. Hey, she does have great taste! Chose my

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Mortified to admit (so why write this?) that I strayed to tom jones' concert. That ole progenitor of the sex bomb appeared in a halo of grey curls and fronted towering digital flames...which gave me an idea. Nup, not to throw the requisite knickers on stage but to use interactive lights in my upcoming installation at the very old, very beautiful Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart. Thanks to a

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That famous froggy, Kermit, announced, "It's not easy being green." Yet the ill effects of formaldehyde leaching into living spaces could soon find us somewhere between blue and yellow. As most commercial pressed timbers - ply, mdf, particleboard, etc - contain levels of formaldehyde it was interesting to source the healthiest. So, January wasn't all beer and skittles, I searched out even

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It appears i tripped to the 'black hole' leaving behind the laptop and other techy accoutrements! Or reality : simply overwhelmed by the festive season and neglected my blog (to my peril!) but not my dog. Of course i have a new year's resolution!

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Group Two Design's chandelier is made by the malleable nature of a particular LED Linear lighting strip cast into translucent resin. These clever Canadians have essentially created a 'substance' of a light fixture using essentially light alone...inspired by the galaxy. Their words. So what am I doing distracting myself with OP's chandeliers when Niche is looming. Um...

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A Sydney gal pal and her 'broom' are tossing the bouquets early and printing table coverings with my colourful (what else?) 70s-inspired centrepiece. Their syrupy celebration won't totally be devoid of plants - the design's being printed with corn-based inks. Well done, little hayseeds.

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The Grandeliers schwing into Launceston on November 27 for the last Niche fair of 2009. Held over 3 days at the Arts Academy with scads of bewitching Tasmanian-designed products on offer...it's the place to elbow in for unique xmas pressies. Yar, too early to expose that word - sorry. Included in the Grandeliers line-up are the NEW and verily 'green' FSC timber + felt and timber + crochet lamps.

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Thanx to y'all for great feed-forward on the Grandeliers. And if you're using a sniffer dog to find them on this blog then scroll to the bottom and check out 'older posts'. I'm typing this and shining up the lens for happy snaps of the 'Candeliers'...o, I hear groaning but I've got a theme to stick with...they're small flat-paks for tea lights. Aawww.

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I forgot to have children but a lot of glowing Hobartian wimmen haven't...as evidenced by oodles of round tums at the spring 'mothers market'. So impressed by the number of ladies in waiting I simply had to google this multiplication boom. Aunty reports Oz has one of the highest birth rates in the Asian region! Er, enough reason to hold a market in the incredibly beautiful St George's Church '

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Lovely Queensland buddy Dr Contessa (aka lynne) Ridgway and her squeeze Deputy Smith had a knees up for her recent birthday with some 4-legged youth in Malaysia. Ever the care-pair they especially took one of the elephants into their XL hearts - oops, bedtime...more tomorro.

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So the afternoon spent on Carlton Bluff inspecting curious spiny lizards and plentiful casuarinas resulted in a print that looks like neither. Yet is influenced by both. Must've been sunstroke! This design is available to print on wallpaper, fusion laminate, glass or film...and WDT ply lamps.

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Taswegians do glory in the best seasons...even capricious days. Recently, Mt Wellington materialised with a snowy thatch while 1000+ metres below we were dusting off the bikinis. Such a long time between vitamin D this past winter that I was fortunate to be in two blissful places all before lunch. The, um, 'surf' pic from Carlton Bluff opposite Carlton Beach is where I doodled scenes from nature

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After consecutive weekends of rain there's radiant sunshine for the market's first spring Sunday. Holly, Shannon + Bec, the three verily talented Hobartians who organise this uber-quality design market, also exhibit with 30 other creative locals. Each desirable and delicious is hand-crafted in Tasmania. Drop in tomorrow for more than a browse. Masonic Temple, 3 Sandy Bay Road Hobart 10am til 3pm.

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Try as i might to lead an uncluttered design life the rush to touch radiant, polychromatic pattern overwhelms. Thankfully, there's sane and sombre moments where fetchingly muted tones appear. These sobering colours make an appearance late October in a capsule collection of urban wear...created to meet layered lifestyles. Based on asymmetrical shapes in natural fibres with some pieces showing a

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Yep, early days to get animated since the sun just went down on the '09 DMT expo. But the Grandeliers are accepted for 2010 Design Made Trade in Melbourne from 15-18 July...and ideas are flickering around the grey matter already...ergh, pass me a torch. Clock the extraordinary products displayed this year www.stateofdesign.com.au/designmadetrade

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Publicly exposed my long-awaited (by me) Flat-Pak Grandeliers to Hobart two weeks ago at the Market. themarkethobart.blogspot.com My hyper-flap generated enough power to run the low-energy bulbs all day...who needs alternative energies when there's a deadline?! Thoughtfully, the market peeps gave enthusiastic feedback which kept me beaming...which in turn caused verbal incontinence! Yadda yadda.

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