Flea Market at The Society Inc!

I would very much like to keep this to myself but.... well good things are meant for sharing. The Society Inc. is holding yet another flea market this Saturday!  It was scheduled initially for the 4th but was postponed to this Saturday because of unfavourable weather conditions then. There will be pre-loved goods, textile, porcelain, lamp shades. tableware, stylist-wares, small furniture pieces & other flotsam & jetsam... basically treasures to be found!!

If you like Sibella Court's style of decorating & treasure troving, be sure not to miss it. Sibella is a well known stylist that has been featured in numerous magazines in Australia as well as overseas. She also curated Anthropologie's 'The Lighthouse' installation & has styled some of their catalog shoots. (I've been missing Anthro since I got back.. sigh.. that's another story)

I will be there bright and early..  but as they bring goods out throughout the morning, it may be OK to go a bit later. It will be a struggle for me to get up early on a Saturday  morning but this may be an exception. I am psyching myself up already!

The Society Inc. is located at the corner of Alexander & Stewart Street in Paddington.  

Here's some photos from Sibella's shop/apartment upstairs (as seen in InsideOut) for you to get a sense of her style. Enjoy!

By The Quirky One

pyd. market design finds...

I was only too delighted to find out about pyd. design market when I picked up the event card while getting my regular caffeine fix on Dank Street. This was the 3rd pyd. design market but it's definitely my first since I just got back to Sydney after a 3-year hiatus.

pyd. design market did not disappoint. There were 80 designers exhibiting in the building (according to the pyd. website). Now.. ON to the art/design wares that caught my eyes! :)

Gnomes anyone? 

One of the stalls that caught our attention immediately was Multiple Box - an online gallery that carries limited editions of prints, photography, multiples and objects by Australian and international artists. Absolutely love the blue pig on the floor!!  Keith was (as usual) attracted to the eponymous gnome. (Ducks & pigs don't go well together, maybe?) Well.. Wilbur will be the ONLY house-pet for now. lol.

The work belongs to a German artist, Ottmar Hoerl, who creates installation from these quirky creatures that looked like oversize toys. All the individual pieces were all one of the many pieces in his art installation in interpretation of a subject or deliverance of a message. I looked him up and am absolutely fascinated by his work! I will digress if I cover more of his work here.. so.. back to the design market...

Insphere Furniture

Meet furniture designer Murray Wilkinson from Insphere Furniture

Don't you just love those hair-pin / paper clip like table/stool legs?

Meet Murray Wilkinson, the furniture designer behind Insphere Furniture. I was drawn immediately to his stool & coffee table as I absolutely love those hairpin / paper clip like legs. Manufactured as flat-packed,  one can assemble the pieces quickly without tools and be able to take it apart again easily. Therefore, if you're constantly on the move (i.e. moving from rental to rental), this is a piece that you will be able to take along easily. The stool and the coffee table are adorable and I love the option of being able to choose colour of the table / seat with the legs. I was told that customizable shelves are in the making too!

Cardboard wonders - Zeppo Chair

Think cardboard is uncool? Think again. Frank Gehry's cardboard chair is a great example. 

Decorated Zeppo Chair with the designer, Cath Ertler in the backgroud

Now.. think miniature cardboard chair and you get cardboard Zeppo chair by Cath Ertler, a Tasmanian-born, Sydney-based designer. The Zeppo chair comes flat-packed, so children can assemble and decorate, paint or draw on the chair. It will definitely be a limited edition chair once your kid is finished with it. :) Apparently the chair can withstand weight of normal adults so Keith & I test-drove the product. At the end, it was so nice that we thought it would be a great Christmas gift for one of our friend's boy. 

We were quite disciplined at the end and only bought Christmas presents for our friends and nothing for ourselves. Purchase reserved for another day. :)

By The Quirky One

Design Market in Sydney & Melbourne this weekend!

If you are after limited editions or eclectic range of homewares, design objects, art, jewelery or fashion accessories, make sure you head down to pyd. design market in the pyd. building, Waterloo Sydney or Mark it @ Fed Square, The Atrium Federation Square Melbourne this weekend. 

It's exciting when there are avenues to bring together independent designers, artists, craftsman to showcase their wares. Great place to pick out gifts for Christmas. I had a peek at the pyd. design market  this morning and it is pretty exciting! More on that in future posts. 

by The Quirky One