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M e l b o u r n e’ s m o s t c r e a t i v e
people have transformed
their drawings,
illustrations and plans
int o ac tiv iti es for c hi ld r en
of all ages.
Plant
In the spaces draw their
faces with
Anna
Va r e n d o r f f
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Monster mask with
Alpha 60
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Melissa shoe shop with
Edwards Moore
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Make a carton with
Esther Stewart
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Magic paper fortune teller
w i t h L u c a s G r og a n
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Attack Melbourne with
Heath Killen
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Lulu her
with Kirra
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with
Kim
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your
pothead
Jaeger
Paper doll with Chorus
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Colour in with
tin&ed
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Goldy Apple with Paul and
Uriah
of Coöp
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Peas Doood with
Andrew Ashton
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Biographies
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Give
bone
Jamison
Wa t e r b o t t l e v a s e w i t h
Leah Jackson
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Created by Office for Good
D esign for Melbourne Now
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Edwards Moore
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Build your own
Melissa shoe shop
2. The Shoes
Colour in your favourite shoes from the
Melissa range to suit your new seasons
fashion colour scheme. Cut out them out
and then stick them into the coloured
display to make your own unique shoe
shop.
1. The Shop
Choose colours for the display lighting
and colour in the display bubbles, the
colour of the lighting changes throughout the day so choose as many colours
as you like.
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Make a carton
Cut, Colour, Fold
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MAKE A MONSTER
AT TACK MELBOURNE!
1 — Select and cut out your monster from the parts above
2 — Add in any extra parts you’ve found or illustrations you’ve made
3 — Find an old postcard showing the city of Melbourne
4 — Paste your monster into the scene
5 — Send it to a friend with a story about the Melbourne monster invasion!
Give Lulu her bone!
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Plant your Pot Head!
K i m J a eg e r
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Carefully cut out your Pot Heads and
colour them in.
2. Choose your favorite plant for each
one.
3. Stick a Pot Head over the top of the
green squares.
4. Now complete the background where does your Pot Head live?
In your bedroom? In your garden?
At the beach? The Zoo? You decide!
Don’t forget you can use the left over
patterned backgrounds to complete
your scene!
5. Have fun!
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Cactus
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Monstera
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Strap fern
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Fern
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Ficus
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Tape marked points together to
form belt, wrap around waist
Taped starred seams together
Fold on blue dotted line
Cut around all black dotted lines
INSTRUCTIONS - HOW TO
DRESS YOUR CHORUS DOLL
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The Lab skirt and Customer coat will be available for
sale as part oth The Lab collection from Feburary 2014.
www.thisischorus.com
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LAB SKIRT
CUSTOMER COAT
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Goldy Apple
MAKE
ME!
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B i og r a p h i e s
ESTHER STEWA RT
Esther Stewart is a visual artist living and working in
Melbourne. Her work springs from the contrasting of form
and colour, shifted and repositioned to produce clashes and
illusory effects. Her paintings mimic the lines of architectural
spaces and topographical mapping, eschewing conventional
perspective.
Stewart completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
Victorian College of the Arts in 2008, completing first class
honours in 2010 and graduating from a Master of Cultural
and Arts Management at the University of Melbourne in 2013.
Solo exhibitions include Geometric Colour, Craft Victoria,
Melbourne, 2013; Makin’ Plans, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne,
2013; Carton, Rearview, Melbourne, 2011; and Futurity,
TCB Arts Inc, Melbourne, 2010. Recent group exhibitions
include SUB12, The Substation, Melbourne, 2013; painting/
sculpture/floor work/wall work, curated by Renee Cosgrave,
Stockroom, Kyneton, 2013; Group Work, Mr Kitly, 2012; Obus
Wall Project no.6, Craft Cubed Festival, 2012; Debut 2010,
Blindside, Melbourne, 2011;House Me Within a Geometric
Quality, Platform Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, 2011;
and Annual Manual: A Guide to Australian Design Now, Object
Space, Sydney, 2011. Esther was finalist in the Incinerator
Moonee Ponds Sculpture Awards in 2010; and the Craft
Victoria Fresh! Awards in 2010.
EDWARDS MOORE
Edwards Moore was founded in 2009 & has established
itself as a design studio based on innovation and conceptual
thinking with an international perspective. Both directors
– Ben Edwards & Juliet Moore are qualified architects and
passionate about design & the human experience. Edwards
Moore work on differing project types from small scale
objects to large scale building projects & infrastructure. They
believe that architectural and artistic thinking can apply to
various types of projects and have an ambition to bring ideas
to life, to inspire & delight.
ANNA VARENDORFF
Anna Varendorff’s practice employs objects of use and
interaction both small and large scale. Her work is concerned
with inclusivity, play and interrupting historical narrative,
predominantly using the mechanisms of jewellery, installation
and spatial sculpture. She is currently completing her
Masters of Fine Art at Monash University. She has exhibited
extensively around Australia and overseas.
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it as an opportunity to establish a model that allows freedom
of thought and creativity, that is neither locked to a cyclical
calendar nor the derivative nature of established fashion
systems.
Each project, Chorus work with a new creative
collaborator in a different way, exploring, stretching,
reinventing ways to approach design process. The debut
collection – The Wardrobe - Chorus asked friends and
ecstatic surface designers Pinar&Viola to consider the
reinvention of classic fashion print motifs, the outcome
was applied garments that were Chorus’ exploration into
the merging and twisting of fashion archetypes. The second
collection due for release early 2014 – The Lab - brings to life a
set of characters from an imagined world. The Doctor, Patient,
Factory worker and Shopkeeper ensembles are refinements
of costumes designed by Chorus for a live performance
staged by artist Lucy McRae.
LE A H JA C K SON
Leah Jackson is a Melbourne-based ceramicist. She
completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons) with a major
in Ceramics at the ANU School of Art in 2003. Recent solo
exhibitions include: Interiors, Mr Kitly Gallery, Melbourne;
An Epic Romance, Craft, Melbourne. Select recent group
exhibitions include: Aesthetics Room, curated by Kim
Brockett at Mr Kitly Gallery, Melbourne; Chinatown: the
sequel, curated by Liv Barrett at ltd los angeles, Los Angeles;
and Rock Solid, curated by Meredith Turnbull at Pieces of
Eight Gallery, Melbourne. Jackson’s practice encompasses
both the functional and the sculptural. The domestic space,
and film, television and theatrical set design are continuing
influences in her work.
H E A T H K ILLE N
Heath Killen is a designer and writer. Over the past 8 years
he has worked with some of Australia’s top design studios,
including Trigger, The Nest, and Right Angle, as well a clients
such as Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Opera House, and
Paramount Pictures. In 2010, he was signed to the illustration
agency Jacky Winter, where he still accepts commissions
from clients around the world. Recently he worked as
managing editor of design magazine Desktop, where he
explored issues such as ideological design, Australian
identity, design in Asia, and cities. His work with Desktop was
recognised by publications such as Eye Magazine, Magculture,
and It’s Nice That. Heath loves cold weather, and recently
switched from coffee to tea.
TIN&ED
tin&ed was formed in Melbourne by Tin Nguyen and Edward
Cutting. Formally trained as graphic designers, their work has
evolved to include illustration, photography, installation and
video. Their approach to image making is highly collaborative
and their work has been commissioned by cultural institutions
as well as commercial organisations.
CHORUS
Having met in textiles class in high school Cassandra Wheat
and Louise Pannell have traversed dance floors, continents
and fashion terrain together and view Chorus as a natural
continuation of these adventures. The pair count a Masters
in Milan, designing for Viktor & Rolf in Amsterdam, visual
merchandising in London, and years of experience in the
Australian fashion industry as lessons learnt. They are
now industriously applying these lessons to Chorus - taking
K IM JA E GE R
Kim Jaeger grew up on the south coast of NSW in a small
seaside town. She spent some time living overseas and
then moved to Melbourne in 2006. Kim has always made
art. She has had solo and group exhibitions nationally and her
artwork is housed in private collections throughout Australia,
New Zealand and the UK. Kim is interested in the idea of
functionality in art. She loves collaborating with others.
K IRRA JA MISON
Kirra Jamison is an Australian artist born in 1982 in Sydney.
Kirra grew up in Byron Bay and is currently Melbourne based.
Selected solo exhibitions include, Love me two times, Linden
Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2011); Surrender
Star, Firstdraft, Sydney (2010); Slow down, you move too fast,
Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne (2009); Dreamweaver,
B i og r a p h i e s
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane (2009); Crying Wolf, Museum
of Brisbane (2007);Pretty Faults and Petty Concerns, Ryan
Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane (2006). Group shows include The
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
(2011), Recent Acquisitions, New Castle Regional Art Gallery
(2008),neo goth back in black, University Queensland Art
Museum, Brisbane (2008), Fresh Cut, Institute of Modern,
Brisbane (2006). In 2011 Kirra received a new work grant
from the Australia Council and in 2007 she was the recipient
of an Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts
Scholarship.
ALPHA 6 0
From a rose farm in Canberra where they spent their
childhood, to being synonymous with Melbourne fashion,
complimentary brother-sister duo- Alpha60 designers Alex
and Georgie Cleary have come along way since they emerged
on Australia’s fashion scene. Launching their Melbournebased label in 2005 alongside a Vivienne Westwood
Retrospective at the National Gallery of Australia,
the Alpha60 collection has flourished into a unique, inimitable
label known for its fresh take on classic styles and cuts,
reflecting a ‘sophisticated quirk’ unique to the brand. Since its
inception, Alpha60’s achievements and accolades have been
many and varied including solo shows at Australian Fashion
Week, L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, two time finalist of
The Tiffany and Co Designer Award, showrooms in both Paris
and London and collaborations with Sportsgirl, ASOS and
Polaroid.
P AU L & U R IAH OF COÖP
Coöp is the design studio of Paul Marcus Fuog & Uriah Gray.
The studio undertakes a variety of projects from small artbased briefs to expansive design contracts. Positivity and
experimentation are at the core of the studio’s practice.
Constraints are explored in optimistic and creative
ways resulting in inventive new directions. Coöp’s work is
always current and often personal - informed by observation
and a curiosity of contemporary culture. Collaboration
with other designers is a constant source of renewal and
inspiration.
LU CAS G R OG AN
Lucas Grogan is a Melbourne-based artist who works
across various media, including painting, installation and
needlepoint.
ANDREW ASHTON
Andrew Ashton was raised in the suburbs of Sydney in 1970s.
Andrew is a leading communication and creative specialist,
writer and artist, based in Melbourne, Australia, with twenty
years experience. Renowned for delivering intelligent,
unique and crafted solutions, Andrew works with business,
government, philanthropists, thought leaders, marketers,
artists, and educators to connect with audiences, exceed
goals, and exploit the possibility of creative thinking.
Andrew teaches communication design at Monash
University, chaired the 2012 Australian Design Biennale, co
produced the inaugural Nite Art event in 2013, is a member of
Alliance Graphique Internationale and always on the back foot
with two young sons Will and Henry
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