‘Private Party / Public Sale’ is a series of exhibition parties at the new mixed-retail space ASTA PUBBLICA featuring new designs, made locally from either re/used, re/cycled natural or local materials. To join us at the next one please email tiani [at] decodemedia.com.au.
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The first party featured a double bill of new product collaborations:
> LACED BOOKS by Ross Gardam and Keith Melbourne
> SLIP TOGETHER shelves and tables from Emu Concepts and Ecoresonance/Good Human
Exhibition Party: Friday 29th May 6 – 9pm by invitation
Public Sale: Saturdays 10 – 4pm weekly
LACED BOOKS
LACED BOOKS a collaboration by Ross Gardam and Keith Melbourne
Objects of beauty with a sense of history, the millions of old books in circulation unfortunately have little or no application today. Whilst they are of a higher quality than todays mass-produced books, their content is often of little relevance,and they are generally found collecting dust in second hand stores or destined for landfill. Laced Books became an exploration of how to reinterpret these objects, giving them a second life. With the original content removed the books have become beautiful enclosures for a variety of modern day objects. From 9 to 5 Keith Melbourne & Ross Gardam are independent product designers engaged in commercial projects. Laced books was conceived as a collaborative hands-on project for fun, a creative exploration outside normal commercial limitations. The Laced Books project produced plenty of laughs and a limited edition run of 50 individually numbered copies.
SLIP TOGETHER
SLIP TOGETHER a collaboration by Emu Concepts and Ecoresonance/Good Human
The first two pieces of the SLIP TOGETHER range have come about through playful model making and prototyping sessions in a workshop studio at the very shared and sharable Irene Collective in Brunswick and helpful CNC machine piloted by Alex Earl at Monkey CNC in Collingwood following a brief from Asta Pubblica for ’shelves and tables’.
