Posts tagged with Australia
September 17, 2010 | New Events | 
by Andy |
The Nightlife Exchange Project involves 14 countries around the world filling crates with the best of their local nightlife and exchanging their country’s crate with another. It kicked off in Australia with artist and China Heights curator Ed Woodley giving the Aussie crate a good lick of paint at Sydney’s Darling Harbour [pictured], and the crate will be making it’s way around the country before enjoying a send off party in October. Read more
July 7, 2010 | New Events | by Zolton |
Australian illustrator Eamo has a new exhibition running at The Gorker Gallery in Melbourne featuring, among other works, this limited edition print — Shrimp — ten per cent of the sales of which will go towards the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. [See more Australian art and culture at The Colour]
May 6, 2010 | New Products | by The Urban Grocer |
Vintage tram and bus destination rolls are the new must-haves for any design-savvy hipster living in Australia. Dating back to the early 1900s, these simple yet domestic icons represent a time when print was in. Happily, it still is: this time, on tea towels thanks to Bus Roll Tea Towels. Read more
April 23, 2010 | New Fashion | by Andy |
During a recent visit to Australia, I picked up one of these Das Monk tees. I figured I’d bring a little piece of Down Under-style back to America with me. They’re a sweet fit and run just a touch longer than a few other brands I’ve worn, so they pair well with fitted jeans. save yourself an airfare and grab one from our online store.
April 20, 2010 | New Illustration | by Zolton 
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The work of Australian artist Eamo is a fun explosion of colour, all wrapped up in mischevious themes and personalities. Read more
April 14, 2010 | New Photography | by Alison Zavos |
Thom Kerr is one of Australia’s most exciting fashion and advertising photographers, having exhibited in Japan, Italy, and New Zealand. In 2008, he was featured on the hit reality television show Germany’s Next Top Model. Read more
March 26, 2010 | New Photography | by Alison Zavos |
Vee Speers was born in Australia and has been living in Paris since 1990. Her most recent work, The Birthday Party, is a series of short stories linked by the theme of an imaginary birthday party. In a conceptual and technical departure from her previous work, it is partly a self-portrait, sometimes woven with threads from her own childhood. Read more
February 11, 2010 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
Nothing says I Love You like a bottle of wine with your face on it. At least that’s what the clever kids of Australia’s The Creative Method believe. And so was born the idea of BYO: Build Your Own Label with your face on it, that is. Originally conceived as a unique gift for this creative design agency’s clients, BYO has been turning a lot of heads — or faces, as it were. Read more
January 28, 2010 | New Design | by Clare Hillier |
You can search high and low, but sometimes the inspiration you’re chasing is in your own backyard. One site keeping it local, is Re:Collection. This online archive of Australian graphic design from 1960-1980 well and truly covers off the three I’s — inspiring, intriguing and influential. What more could you want? Read more
January 25, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Zolton |
You know you’ve made it in Australia when you have a song featured in a BMW commercial. Yup, The Presets have done that, and more. We asked Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes to write about the songs that have helped shape — in some small way — The Presets sound, finessed so superbly on their latest album, Apocalypso. They started with the Stereolab song, Super Falling Star: ‘Stereolab are one of my favourite bands. I love this song especially, it’s so washy and dreamy. Our old band Prop opened for them a few times when they toured Australia years ago. This song is from the album Peng!, which is a great record’. [Read the rest of The Presets' Secret Playlist]
January 17, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Zolton |
We recently unveiled our latest website, The Colour, a reader submitted collection of beautiful Australian-themed images. The Colour features the best in new art, photography, illustration, music, products and fashion, and it all comes with a Down Under flavour. Check it out and let us know what you think. And be sure to use the site to give props to your favourite Aussie creative talent. That’s right, who who said Men At Work was Australia’s greatest cultural export? [Visit The Colour now]
January 14, 2010 | New Film | 
by Xavier Toby |
For a small country so close to Australia, so many of us know way too little about East Timor. Balibo makes it clear that the small nation was invaded by the Indonesians over thirty years ago, while Australia let it happen. This well paced, passionately acted portrayal of the events centres around the death of five young Australian journalists. Experienced Australian journalist Roger East tries to find out what happened to them, with the help of Jose Ramos Horta, who is still a pertinent figure in East Timorese politics. Anthony Lapaglia gives a spirited performance as East, who at one point comments, “Thousand of little brown people die; nobody back home (in Australia) is going to care. But five Australian journalists are killed and that’s front page news.” Which helps explain why their deaths were kept covered up for three decades. [read about more Australian pop culture at The Colour]
January 9, 2010 | Cool Websites | by Zolton |
Drum roll please. Louder. LOUDER. Ok, that’ll do it. After several months of work, and numerous strong coffees, we’re pleased to unveil our latest website, The Colour, a reader submitted collection of beautiful Australian-related images. Yup, The Colour features the best in new art, photography, illustration, music, cool products and fashion, and it all comes with a distinctly Down Under flavour. Please check it out and let us know what you think. And be sure to use the site to give props to your favourite Aussie creative talent. Who said Crocodile Dundee was Australia’s greatest cultural export? [Visit The Colour now]
December 17, 2009 | New Events | by Katrina Whitehead |
I was lucky enough to attend the recent launch of the new Australia and New Zealand Guidebook by Mr & Mrs Smith. And let me tell you, if luxe travel is your thing, this is the book. Travel guide publishers have copped a bit of flack recently — especially after Thomas Kohnstamm wrote his hedonistic, “tell all” book Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?, in which he alleged that most of the content he wrote for Lonely Planet’s Brazilian guidebook was either fudged, or written in a drug-induced stupor. However, with Mr & Mrs Smith, Kohnstamm’s version of travel writing couldn’t be further from the truth. Read more
October 1, 2009 | New Music | by Zolton |
I love the subtle acoustic finger-picking which weaves delicately into the wistful storytelling lyrics on the track, Brown Shoes, by Australian songwriter Ange Takats. In the tradition of local female-fronted acts such as Blanche DuBois and New Buffalo, Takats creates a sparse instrumental base, the repetitive guitar motif providing the perfect accompaniment to her elegant and timeless vocals. The artwork for her album — Aniseed Tea — on which this track appears is equally as impressive, the work of Brisbane artist, Danielle O’Brien. Read more
With his Newspaper Blackout pieces, writer and artist Austin Kleon uses a marker to black out all but a few select words printed in the New York Times, carving out little poems from the articles of the newspaper.
Ever wondered what superheroes would look like commuting on push-bikes, just like regular everyday Joes? No. Well, Mike Joos did, and we should be eternally thankful. Read more
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
A Chicken Growing Up! is a great blog on which science illustrator Mieke Roth posts one ink drawing a week of a chicken as it matures. Read more
I’ve heard whispers that Kings Of Convenience, the Norwegian duo of folkloric proportions, have split. I hope they’re unfounded, but like all good rumours, where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Perhaps Erland Oye is enjoying the unlimited scope of his solo career too much? And then there’s his new submorphic guitar pop project, The Whitest Boy Alive, to keep him occupied. The whitest boy alive? Indeed he is. But damn the guy can sing.
I’m not a watch wearer, but if I was, then I’d be rocking the wickedly cool new range of Diesel timepieces. The Basel 2008 collection is a sparkling, futuristic, retrotastic anagram of style, character and precision — of the digital variety. My favorite? The 1980s-themed watch above, with its ‘silver metallic leather cuff’ and ‘reflective shine’. Read more
We have a Contribute Section through which you can post onto LAEM under your name about your favourite pop culture discoveries. So help spread the good word about those talented peeps doing talented things. They win. You win. We win!
This cool black unisex t shirt by UK label Client is made in England, printed in Berlin, and beautifully packaged in East Berlin cartonage, especially designed for Client. Read more
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