Side Project zine launch

Side Project is a new Perth-based quarterly zine about making things, living a creative life and fitting it in around all that other stuff by three ladies who all love craft, design and art. They share a passion for creativity and have put this magazine together over lots of meetings with cake and cups of tea.
If you’ve ever admired another person’s creative skills but felt lost as to how to get there yourself, Side Project is here to help. The zine and blog are brimming with craft projects, tutorials, inspiration and creative advice for the time-poor dabbler to the seasoned artisan.
No matter what your profession or daily routine, carving out time to create something beautiful for yourself is an important part of a balanced life. Take a break, have a cup of tea, flip through the zine and be inspired to start your own side project.

Join the Side Project team for the launch at 6-8pm, Friday 21st November at
Beau Est Mien (458 William St, Northbridge).
www.sideprojectmag.com

Style and Focus blog

Style and Focus is an exciting new blog that is Perth based. It concentrates on creatives that have taken their style and designs to the next level. “We have called ourselves a ‘blogazine'!”, says Jody, as we show original images and writing, much like the magazines that we freelance for. The articles will continue to grow in their focus and style to bring together all aspects of what makes beautiful homes. 

Photography By Jody D’Arcy. Produced and styled by Jo Carmichael

The blog is a collaboration between photographer, Jody D’Arcy and stylist, Jo Carmichael who have an eye for beautiful things and want to source and share with their readers some serious eye candy. Their backgrounds include work for publications such as Inside Out, Home Beautiful, House & Garden, Country Style and Scoop magazine. From all their combined experience, they want to showcase people they have come across (all proudly sandgroper talent), beautiful things they have discovered, style and design hints, tips and forecasts and project it all onto one special blog to share. They focus mainly on the home and garden and all its trimmings, discovering the people behind the design and things they love. 

Jo and Jody specialise in creating beautiful and thoughtful styled images for websites, advertising and online stores. Their clients range from architects such as KADA, online stores like Bowerhouse and builders such as National Estate Builders. If you are stumped on how to showcase your products and style, Jo and Jody can round it up, story board, create sets and photograph it for you for all your business needs.

Their vision is to connect, grow and support Perth burgeoning talent base, fostering all that is original and beautiful for example, Made on the Left stallholder, Fluid Ink. 

Fluid Ink Letterpress

So be sure to check them out! Sign up to their newsletter, like them on Facebook to follow what they are up to. It will also give you a fresh insight into what’s happening on your own doorstep. 

	NORTHBRIDGE O-DAY - THIS SUNDAY! Northbridge is OPEN this Sunday for O-Day with over 100 things to do, see and collect around the 'hood. From backstage tours to treasure hunts, to workshops and performances, O-Day lifts the lid on all things Northbridge. Get adventurous, get creative and get very busy - how much of the O-Day program can you complete? Explore the massive FREE program at the Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge Piazza and everywhere in-between. Stumble upon curious delights as you browse designer markets, grab a tasty treat from one of the delicious food stalls, hunt down your free magnet set and pick up some new tips and tricks from one of the many workshops. Dance in the dark, learn some circus secrets, yarn bomb a Vespa scooter at the Montage Pop-up shop or beam yourself into a movie on the big screen... who knows where you will find yourself. Fill in your O-Day guide throughout your adventure, collect stamps as you complete activities and once you have enough points visit the info booth to get your free souvenir book bag. When the sun goes down the fun is not over, party on at one of the many O-Day after parties! Download your O-Day Guide here or pick it up on the day from participating venues. Northbridge O-Day is bought to you by City of Perth, Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority and OnWilliam.

Creative Short Courses at Central

Get your creative juices flowing by doing a creative short course at Central.

Learn a new skill, explore a passion and get that right brain firing with courses that span everything from music to digital media and 3D design, to fashion and health including Shodou: Japanese Calligraphy, Corsetry Design & Production, Ceramics: Design & make tableware, Furniture Making for Women - Make a Hand Dovetailed Box and lots more!

Enrolments are open now with workshops starting February 2013. Places are limited and on a first in first serve basis, full payment required to confirm place. For more information about the courses, visit the website or email enquiry.art@central.wa.edu.au .

The Artful Business Conference

Are you a micro business owner, entrepreneur, artist, writer, designer?
Are you incredibly creative and desperate to make a successful business out of your passion, or grow your already booming business?

Spend the 5th & 6th September learning, connecting and sharing experiences to take that next step in your business.

The Artful Business Conference is bringing together six superstar speakers to offer you skills and tools to build your business - Russell Allert (Baked Social Media), Jess Van Den (Epheriell, *bespoke* zine), Lisa Walsh (The Market Mill, Cookie Dough Biscuits), Megan Auman (Designing an MBA), Tara Gentile (Scoutie Girl), Jennifer Lee (coach, author, and artist).

They will cover topics such as social media, branding, pricing, profit and more. They will discuss, in detail, ways to get comfortable with making money from your art, what creative types need to have in their business plan and even how to set up your online shop.

The conference is being held in Brisbane but you can buy a virtual pass and watch it all live online!

See the program, buy tickets or visit the website for more information.

Pop-up Gallery

A free exhibition space for all visual artists to display their work for the month of August. It's in the old Xile shop, right next to Saba at Shop 20, The Colonnade Subiaco, 388 Hay St, Subiaco.

Submissions started coming in on the weekend and the second bump in will be from 12pm - 4pm Sat 11th & Sun 12th August.

All types of work welcome - photography, graphic design, paintings, charcoal, anything you can hang, plus sculptures for the floor area. It must be suitable for public viewing. No size restrictions!

Work will be affixed using either blu tac on the walls or pins on the partitions. Please put your name and contact details with your work just in case someone wants to know more about you.

There will be a little area for people to sit and hang out and performances by a talented artist or group every day that it is open after the initial bump in.
See the Facebook event for more information.

Creative Short Courses at Central

There are over 35 exciting workshops in art, fashion, jewellery, textiles & design technology starting August, 2012. Places are limited and on a first in first serve basis, full payment required to confirm place. Enrolments are closing soon so apply now!


Courses include:
Urban Art - Use a brush/roller to create street art graffiti-style images. Larger pieces and stencils will be used and applied with a sponge/roller.


Tattoo Design & Illustration - Learn how to design tattoo illustrations, that are thoughtful and look amazing with the curves and shape of the body.


Repairing Furniture: what's old is new again - Gain the skills and knowledge to save and give new life to furniture which has been damaged or is getting a little wobbly.

Bag It: Designer Printed Bags - Sew a bag and screen print it with a design of your own.

Corsetry Design & Production - Learn how to construct a boned and underwired corset.

For more information about the courses, visit the website and download the schedule and enrolment form and scan and reply to enquiry.art@central.wa.edu.au or fax to 9427 1973. 

Melbourne Design Market applications open

Do you have a product, idea, or something savvy that should be in front of the people who matter? Do you feel like taking your products on an interstate trip (and hopefully not bringing them back)?

Well, applications for "THE Melbourne Design Market" are now open!

The market is on Sunday 29th July from 10am – 5pm at Federation Square undercover carpark for the eighth year.

The Melbourne Design Market's selection process for prospective stallholders is highly curated to ensure the quality and diversity of products on offer to shoppers maintains the highest standard.

If you have high quality design products or a design-led business, then go to www.melbournedesignmarket.com.au to apply by 30th April.


Please note that all traders are required to have credit card/eftpos facilities and stall costs start at $550. This is big time, people!

Montage Pop-up Shop

As part of the City of Fremantle’s new ‘Renew Fremantle’ initiative, a group of 12 local handmade designers have joined together to create Fremantle’s latest ‘pop-up shop’ in Adelaide Street, Fremantle called “Montage”.
The initiative sees the City of Fremantle providing vacant retail spaces, rent-free, for local artists to showcase their talents with the aim of invigorating and revitalising otherwise ‘dead retail areas’ of the city.
The shop showcases handmade designs including jewellery, art, accessories, stationery and homewares.
Montage will be open from the 8th to 25th of February at 4/64 Adelaide St, Fremantle and trading 10am – 5pm seven days a week so drop in to support local handmade!


The 12 local designers of “Montage” are as follows: 

BHO by Rebecca Fogarty

cocoapod by Renee Garabedian

eeva margita by Niina Aoki

iheartcharlie by Libby Gardiner

lorgie&me by Kamma Spring

Modern Homewares by Helen Truscott

Neddynibbles by Karen La Greca

Osier by Lauren O'Brien

Osmosis by Annie Rawle

Petrafanella by Peta Galloway

riley and fynn designs by Marisa Simeone

Tall Rabbit by Nicole Moffat

For further information, visit www.montagecollective.blogspot.com 

Semi-Permanent Design Festival 2010

Hey, it's that time of the year again, hoorah!

The Bakery is relaunching with a bang!

To buy tix and get in on the action ; clicky

The 5th Semi-Permanent Perth Conference returns to The Bakery with a new format and killer line-up of speakers.

This years speakers include graphic designer Leif Podhajsky, super cool creative agency Tin & Ed, stylin urban creative Beastman, renowned photographer Claire Martin plus more speakers and side events to be announced shortly.

Each ticket purchase to Semi-Permanent include a copy if the 2010 Semi-Permanent Publication and entry to the Official After Party feat. Chico Mann & guests.

For more information on Semi-Permanent speakers & side events, log onto www.semipermanent.com

xx The Team

Four key words: small, local, open, connected

Worth a listen...

Design for Social Innovation

The design of products has greatly improved over the last thirty years. Even though cars and many of the white goods we use are much more environmentally friendly today, we are still consuming at a rate that's unsustainable. Ezio Manzini discusses how designers and design researchers can do a lot to empower social innovation for sustainability.

Ezio Manzini

Designer, engineer, architect, educator and author; Professor of Design at the Milan Polytechnic where he's Director of the Unit of Research Design and Innovation for Sustainability and coordinator of the Master in Strategic Design.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2010/2941139.htm

Tuesday Ten :: 15 Dec 09

All handmade. All from WA.

Enjoy!

LINKS

1 :: 2 :: 3 :: 4 :: 5 :: 6 :: 7 :: 8 :: 9 :: 10

*If you'd like to be featured in a Tuesday Ten forward a link and a pic to Lauren, or comment on this blog post with a link and a picture link.

Tuesday Ten :: 1 Dec 09

Hi All, and welcome to one of many new "segments" we will be running on the MOTL blog!

If you'd like to be featured in a Tuesday Ten forward a link and a pic to Lauren, or comment on this blog post with a link and a picture link.

All handmade. All from WA.

Enjoy!

LINKS

1 :: 2 :: 3 :: 4 :: 5 :: 6 :: 7 :: 8 :: 9 :: 10

CORRECTION: It appears I made a boo-boo, sorry! "two" is actually by an artist who works over east and in new zealand. Won't happen again :)

TAFE Photo Grad Show 2009

If you love supporting up-and-coming WA student-artists, and have a real hankering for photography, make sure you head on down to Central TAFE for their Grad show this year, its sure to be a ripper!

Spanking New Poster :)

Well, the time has arrived... Poster time!

Here's a first look at our promotional material for the Christmas Market!

Please let us know what you think in the comments!

Perth's Design Students are graduating!

So it's the sticky end of the academic year...
There must be some relief and jubilation for our next wave of Design students out there!
Check out the new talent:

DESIGN me...

2008 Graduates Exhibition for Central TAFE's Furniture and Industry Design students

QV1 building foyer, 250 St. Georges Tce. Perth

Open to public from 18th - 21st November 08

PLUS...

Curtin Design Graduation Exhibition

Building 201, Level 3 corridor and Level 4, room 18.
Curtin University
Bentley

14 - 18th November 2008

Now on facebook & Poster revealled

We love social networks, and wanted to make sure that Made On The Left joins in on the fun.

Come and join our facebook group

Come and join our facebook event - Made On The Left Market

We will reveal our other links to myspace and flickr shortly. Be sure to tell everyone about us!

Oh - and we are excited to reveal our poster for the Made On The Left Market which is happening on July the 12th - only a few short weeks away now!!! Keep your eyes peeled around Perth for the posters!