Famous Sydney design school
Whitehouse Institute of Design has expanded south to Melbourne, officially opening its Bourke st
campus in style on Monday night with an impressive runway show.Operating for over 20 years in Sydney and with
impeccible industry credentials, Whitehouse Institute is clearly set to
establish itself in this city.
I think everyone wants to be involved in the world of art and culture in one way or another – unfortunately for me I am rather creepy when I dance, couldn’t ever pen a song, and am never asked to join family games of pictionary because, well… I’m just plain rubbish at drawing. It’s for these reasons that I go to exhibitions and gigs – to at least be able to enjoy the product of someone else’s genius. It is refreshing however, when an artist decides to use people off the street as inspiration for his/her creations.
It was only ever going to be a matter of time before black went to bring it back. The old cliché ‘blah is the new black’ gets bandied around so much its lost its meaning in any sense other than the ironic. But if Duran Duran is the new black, what’s up with black, I hear you cry? Well, like any self respecting original sidelined by a useless throwaway, it’s gone and got itself its very own exhibition, Black in Fashion at NGV, confirming that, in this town at least, black will always be exactly where it’s at.
I’m familiar with fashion trends spreading like wildfire: the military jacket, the skinny jean, the gladiator style sandal. But every now and again, it’s a brand or label that becomes more fashionable than the clothes it produces. Right now, it seems the city trendies have all been making the pilgrimage to American Apparel and bringing out the cash much faster than it takes most of us to wriggle into a pair of skin-tight lamé leggings. I find myself walking down the street having a serious bout of déjà-vu as the same highly identifiable clothing passes me by, and I’m left wondering ‘Who sent the memo?’
name: Sir Swindle aka Liam O'Shannessy
location: Merri Creek Tavern
band:the Swindlers instrument: the Ted Egan Fosters beer box, bass guitar and dabble with the banjo string
i like: my girlfriend
i dislike: narcissistic weak minded people
when i was young i: wanted to be angus but could only play malcom's part
fave childhood tv show: rage
the swindlers sound: not too shabby according to the old fella next door
Opening this Thursday night and running all April is acclaimed graphic artist Jonathan Zawada’s new exhibition of work ‘Boolean Values’. The show examines how our perceptions of the world are shaped by digital technology, particularly through both the universality of the digital experience and the overload of information available.
It was only ever going to be a matter of time before black went to bring it back. The old cliché ‘blah is the new black’ gets bandied around so much its lost its meaning in any sense other than the ironic. But if Duran Duran is the new black, what’s up with black, I hear you cry? Well, like any self respecting original sidelined by a useless throwaway, it’s gone and got itself its very own exhibition, 
