Last night type devotees of Perth were treated to an entertaining typographic / choronologic talk by the talented Commercial Type duo Paul Barnes & Christian Schwartz. My favourite quote of the evening (re typeface ‘Graphik‘ utilised in Wallpaper et al): “Graphik doesn’t get in the way of Karl Lagerfeld”. Paul & Christian are heading to [...]
It’s no news that Charles & Ray Eames were the most creative, prolific and inspiring design duo, ever! Their surname has even passed into cliché-ic use on eBay as a search term for all things mid-century. I’ve just watched their amazing short film Powers of Ten, which explores the scale of things from micro-organism to [...]
There were tales of last-minute spit and polish, a bomb-scare evacuation, and the artist even hanging his own paintings, but the opening of Outré Gallery Perth on Friday night went off with a Shebang! It’s a great thing to have Shag ~ aka Mr Josh Agle ~ in Perth again, and he was at his [...]
Any committed retro-loving, cocktail-drinking guy or gal would be a devotée of the talented über-hip artist Josh Agle, aka SHAG, and his world of stylish minxes and debonair dudes. There’s a fab opportunity right now to see Josh’s paintings and rare prints in the Birds & the Beasts Exhibition at the Breadbox Gallery in Northbridge, [...]
