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Schulim Krimper: Mid-Century Artist & Master Craftsman
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In Conversation with Mardi Doherty
Category: In Conversation
We chat to Mardi Doherty, director of Melbourne interior design practice Doherty Design Studio....
Cartier: Making Sparks Fly
Category: Brisbane
Though tobacco has been around for thousands of years, consumption underwent a rapid transformation in the early twentieth century...
Women Leading the way in Australian Contemporary Photography
Category: Prints & Multiples
From a once male dominated arena, female photographers have been at the forefront of Australian contemporary photography for decades....
Speaking of Icons
Category: Luxury
Chain lined hems, quilted lambskin, camellia flowers; when we think of Chanel...
Collaboration, Association, and the Designer Bag
Category: Luxury
The advent of the designer bag seems to have had its origins in the 20th Century...
The Other Aalto
Category: Modern Design
Despite being less well known than her husband, Aino Aalto was an important part of the modernist design movement taking place in Finland in the early...
Is There Such a Thing as ‘Chippendale Style’?
Category: Decorative Arts
The short answer to the question posed above is ‘no’....
Appropriately Appropriated
Category: Art
Appropriation involves the intentional repurposing of existing and often iconic imagery to create new meaning....
Skulls, Lobsters & Geometry: Three Artists who Altered the Course of Fashion
Category: Art
Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí’s commercially minded approach to art, lifelong interest in costume, and...