THINGS THAT I THINK ARE TOTALLY FAB:
- the scary lift in the nicholas building
- shanghai
- books that have differently-sized pages
- sticky institute on elizabeth street
- my devastatingly chic eco-critical literature teacher at uni
- library labels with stamps on them
- james baldwin
- juergen teller
- the word ‘trite’
- lists!
- old packaging labels
- kpop album ephemera
- my deeply unoriginal pinterest feed
- the colours of flowers on the sides of the road
- the shapes of leaves and vines and branches
- colours fading with age and sun exposure
- sitting in the melbourne central-emporium overpass connector and people-watching like it’s a fashion runway
- clairo’s valentino styling
- puddles that form in serendipitous shapes
- shaun tan’s pitcture books
- mindy seu’s CV (an entire spreadsheet!) - jumaana abdu
- are.na: don’t actually know how it works yet but i’m very keen to learn
MY FAVOURITE PUBLICATIONS:
- DAZED&CONFUSED - the perfect balance of beauty and bite. great journalism that’s delivered through really effectively organised channels and formats
- DREAM BABY PRESS (warning: sexual content) - has such a fun, compelling concept and content strategy. love the list-style interviews and archival features
- 1GRANARY - i always learn something new!
- LOOM LITERARY MAGAZINE - a just-launched journal star-studded with local legends. i love the curation of writing and i love the front cover
- PULP - usyd’s student magazine (met them at the student journalism conference!) such an edgy and experimental publication and such good design inspo
- POLYESTER ZINE and JORDAN THERESA - really accessible critical lenses into pop culture. jordan theresa’s analysis of reality tv in particular is super interesting
- FASHION NEUROSIS with Bella Freud - my favourite youtube series of all time. such a novel format and yet such thoughtful, meaningful videos. bella freud’a interview style is so gentle but so incisive
- TERRAIN - devastatingly cool eco-literature intitiative. i love their bookstore in fitzroy and their crazy website
- FUNKY BUT FRAGILE substack by Tori Bravo (specifically her “cool things to do in melbourne”) - for when i get bored of Broadsheet
- OUR GRANDFATHER STORY - keeps me in touch with my hometown :) i love how intentional and meaningful all their short- and long-form content is