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Sharky Looking Good in DQ post

Check out the comprehensive article by Alice Blackwood featured on the DQ magazine blog about Fringe Furniture 2011 featuring among other things...Sharky. Photo credits DQ blog taken by Katie Harmsworth, courtesy of Fringe Furniture.

 

 

 

Fringe Festival Fun - Fringe Furniture Exhibition until the 08.10.11

It has been an amazing experience being a part of the Fringe Furniture Exhibition 2011. There are many talented people involved and the best thing is that the Abbotsford Convent has provided us (as 5 of us were Mentorship recipients) with the opportunity to glimpse into the heads of design practitioners Zaishu, Justin Hutchinson Design and Volker Haug Lighting.

Big fat CONGRATULATIONS to the winners below!

Award for Sustainable and Waste-Wise Design
Sponsored by Banyule City Council

WINNER
AIR
Dale Hardiman and Andre Hnatojko

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Convergence
Thom Lentini

Lighting Design Award
Sponsored by Rob and Winsome Martin

WINNER
Spring Collection III
Sally Mill

HIGHLY COMMENDED
CHEW&STICK
Andre Hnatojko

Emerging Designer Award
Sponsored by Craft Victoria

WINNER
Tri
Elizabeth Bowtell

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Here, Now, Gone
Claude Marcos

and

Child’s Stacking Stool
Gemma James

Best Design Addressing the 2011 Fringe Furniture Theme Award
Supported by ISM Objects

WINNER
Spring Collection II
Sally Mill

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Here, Now, Gone
Claude Marcos

For the first time, Fringe Furniture has partnered with Abbotsford Convent to show its wares, and the exhibition will run until 8 October.

Fringe Furniture
Dancing in the Dark: Small Solutions to Big Problems
Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford
22 September – 8 October, Thursday – Sunday 11:00am – 5:00pm

Fringe Festival Fun - Crowd Play

If you were minding your own business, hanging around in the Melbourne CBD on Wednesday the 21st of September, you might have been privy to the phenominon that is CROWD Play

a show put on as part of the Melbourne Fringe festival, it defies description, check it out here. Flailing about like a five year old is fun. You should try it.

2 days till Fringe Furniture opening night!

I am very proud to be exhibiting my Sharky table lamp in some very good company in Fringe Furniture 2011! The space is taking shape and is all ready to rock and roll on Wed night! This is a photo of my plinth...

Exert from Fringe Festival...

Opening night this Wednesday!

Our excitement about the opening night of Fringe Furniture and the Festival itself is only equalled by one emotion right now and that’s panic about what to wear.

It probably doesn’t matter anyway as we are certainly going to be overshadowed by the brilliant designs on display at the Abbotsford Convent and positively eclipsed by the rest of the art that will be all over this city from Wednesday.

Want to join the celebrations? Pop your glad rags on and come down and join us in opening the 2011 Melbourne Fringe Festival with Fringe Furniture – Dancing in the Dark: Small Solutions to Big Problems. We’ll be at the Abbotsford Convent, 1 St. Heliers Street from 6-9pm.

Abbotsford Convent Fringe Furniture Mentorship Program

I have been selected to be one of five Abbotsford Convent Fringe Furniture Mentorship recipients. I am stoked to say the least and will be making the most of the unique insight into three amazing Melbourne based design practices.

Mentorship program
23 August - 6 September 2011

In 2011 registered Melbourne Fringe Furniture designers had the opportunity to apply for the Abbotsford Convent Mentorship program. The program will run in a three seminar series. Six Fringe Furniture designers have been selected and will receive a workshop from the participating businesses: Volker Haug light, Justin Hutchinson Design and Helen Punton from Zaishu Design. This will allow the mentoree to be educated in the overall process of professional design practice in the Melbourne and international sector. melbournefringe.com.au 

Website live

Check out my new website at www.georgilewisdesign.com

State of Design

The State of Design festival in Melbourne is bringing everyone one out of the woodwork. Encompassing a number of events, workshops and exhibitions I’ve been soaking up the buzz and inspiration this year.
Most notable was Design Made Trade which I attended with my cousin Matt who is also a designer. So many brilliant people doing brilliant things. Stand outs for me where The Mod Collective, David Knott and Mule Furniture. I didn’t take any photos at DMT, but I did take a few photos when I attended Melbourne’s Open House Architecture sideshow, where architecturally significant buildings sometimes not open to the public become pieces of art to be beheld. Stand outs were the Pixel building (even though I didn’t make it in time to see inside, I’ve read the press releases and I’m impressed) the Myer Mural Ball room, mostly for it’s deco re-surgence furniture and last but not least, the AMAZING rainbow we saw on our way home.

 

Harmonica Rocking Chair

This guy is one I’ve been working on that has taken a life of it’s own. The thought process has really pared down the design to create a rocker that has strong yet light features. I will be making a prototype out of wood in the coming months. See the progression of my ideas below.

 

Brunswick loves me too!

I heart Brunswick...for many reasons, the most recent of which being that I walked out my front door this morning to a view of a geurilla veggie garden adorned with an Elvis icon.

New Prototype Sneak Peak

It’s been a long time between drinks (or between publicising new designs rather) for Georgi Lewis Design. However there are twelve new prototypes in the pipeline including pendant lights, clocks and wall freezes and here is a sneak peak.
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It will be much better for me to display photos of the finished product rather than explain this cutting list to you, so look out. I’m excited.