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unplug the x-box and do yourself a favour

I harbour fantasies about being a contestant on the SBS TV show Rockwiz - you get to hang out at The Espy hotel in St. Kilda, flirt with the lovely Julia Zamiro, meet an Australian music legend or two and generally have a good time. But I dread the first part of the show where Julia asks contestants to come clean about the first [...]

Prototype in the public domain

With Chantal Kirby and Susan Dimasi at the helm, Melbourne-based fashion label MATERIALBYPRODUCT have quietly gone about creating award-winning collections “designing appropriate fashion for our culture, our time and our place (globally)”.
The label’s philosophy is informed by sustainability as much as it is by traditional fashion design. In keeping with this down-to-earth “eco-couture” aesthetic, they, and i quote them directly, “continue [...]