Melbourne designer Megan Park has just opened the doors to her second stand alone boutique on Gertrude Street in Fitzroy.

The suburb holds a close affinity to the designers heart, as she not only resides there with her family but her studio and team are based there also.

Park is a collaborator and long time supporter of fellow artists and creatives whose work can be seen in the store.

- Point of sale paper piece and rear wall light box by Melbourne artist Geoffrey Nees

- Furniture, glass pendant and wall lights by Melbourne designer Suzie Stanford

- Design, project realisation and architect - Park’s husband and business partner Anthony Cox

To view the new store and artist work visit 164 Gertrude Street Fitzroy

The freshly launched Season 2 of the AT_SALON2 program is on the heels of the very successful inaugural showcase at ANITA TRAVERSO GALLERY. This next season promises to be a continuation of the diversity and quality of unique artworks on offer.

Season 2 of AT_SALON2 is now on until 19 July 2014 at ANITA TRAVERSO GALLERY, 7 Albert Street, Richmond.

Gallery Funaki, a Melbourne jewellery gallery and store, is currently undergoing a refurbishment, and will relaunch with a new exhibition “New Edition” featuring the works of Australian and international bespoke jewellers.

New Edition is a curated group exhibition by Gallery Funaki Director, Katie Scott, which explores the wide space between the hand made and the mass manufactured. Jewellers include David Bielander, Gijs Bakker, Jiro Kamata, Lousje Skala, Lucy Sarneel, Manon van Kouswijk, Marc Monzo, Nel Linssen, Renee Bevan, Ribbonesia, and Thanh-Truc Nguyen.

New Edition heralds a new era for Gallery Funaki, with the Gallery recently undergoing a refurbishment by Architect Kate Abernethy. The new design maintains the elegance & simplicity of the original design, whilst providing a fresh & adaptable gallery space for the presentation of the constantly evolving international contemporary jewellery movement.

For further information visit:
http://www.galleryfunaki.com.au/gf/exhibitions/new-edition

Gallery Funaki will re-open on Monday 22nd April at 6pm with the new group exhibition. The gallery is located at 4 Crossley Street, Melbourne, make sure you get along!

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We’re excited to bring our members our first Designer Melbourne exclusive offer.

Art Nomad, Melbourne’s leading Virtual Art Gallery, is offering a "Swap It or Return It“ for the same value as your purchase price on any artwork over the value of $7,500*.

Swap It- Art Nomad are allowing you to swap or trade your purchased artwork for another anytime during the 12 month period and they guarantee your full price paid as an exchange/ trade-in value*.

Return It - For all original artworks with a price of $7,500 or more, if you change your mind in 12 months time and decide investing in art is not for you, Art Nomad will allow you a once off opportunity to return the work and obtain a full refund of the price paid*. 

For further information on the offer visit:
artnomad.com.au/designer-melbourne

*Terms and Conditions apply. For a limited time only. Please contact Art Nomad for further information.

Opening on Thursday 6th December at Ausin Tung Gallery, 164 High Street Prahran is an exhibition of exclusive, limited-edition functional interior design pieces by the world renowned British-born and Hong Kong-based designer Michael Young. The exhibition will run until the 22nd December 2012.

Don’t miss the opportunity to see pieces as diverse as sophisticated highly polished cast aluminum chairs, transformed newspaper based furniture and a marble grave. 

Michael sees the work not as Design but as Industrial Art where some of the highest levels of manufacturing have been employed. His decision to centre his practice in China and the integration of the sophisticated manufacturing techniques available there have resulted works that are not only consumer products but works collected by galleries and institutes around the world.

For further information visit acaf.org.au

We love that fashion label Saxony blend art and fashion for unique in-store exhibitions. If you are near Saxony’s QV store tonight (15th November) make sure you call in for opening drinks and to see the work of photographer Teru Kuwayama. The exhibition opens at 6:30.

About the Exhibition
Since Alexander the Great, invading armies and peaceful migrations have brought in diverse peoples to this Central Asian crossroads. As a result, Afghanistan is a country of ethnic minorities. The current conflict began in October 2001 and has seen more than 40 nations engaged in a coalition now focused on nation building and democratisation.

Teru Kuwayama is a photographer from New York.  In this exhibition he shares with us images photographed over a decade of travel in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kashmir.  The photographs reflect the spiral in chaos across disputed borders, and people who have endured cycles of warfare, disaster, and the chronic amnesia of the outside world. 

For further information about the artist visit Saxony’s Exhibition Page.

Artist and designer Dale Hardiman has produced his first commercial product, a series of biodegradable homewares. 

The hand crafted Polly range has been created using biodegradable non-toxic wax with each piece unique in shape and colour as a result of the creation process. Coloured pigments are stretched and folded throughout, then hand moulded over forms leaving one side a perfect finish, and the other textured by the pressing and hand shaping process.

For further information visit dale-hardiman.com. The Polly range is available through Dagmar Rousett on Gertrude Street. Make sure you also check out Dale’s Klag chair which we featured earlier this year.

An intriguing blend of geographic shape and biological forms by jeweller and artist Charles Wyatt. Charles began working in his family’s jewellery shop at the age of 12 where he developed a passion for fine craftsmanship. Moving to Melbourne in 2008 to extend his contemporary practice and went on to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Gold and Silversmithing) at RMIT University where he received the Maggie Fairweather Gold and Silversmithing Award. 

Jewellery and art available from Pieces of Eight Gallery - 28 Russel Place Melbourne.