Oxford St Markets | 27th June 2009

Local designers, jewellers, artists, home decor, vintage and collectibles, baked goods, local farmers produce, plants, music and entertainment - what more could you want?
Held on the last Saturday of each month, the Oxford Street markets have become a Perth institution. For winter they've moved into the Aranmore Hall (corner of Oxford and Franklin Sts), with the farmers market set up outside.
Runs from 9 until 4pm, free parking available.

Made on the Left | Saturday-Sunday 25-26th July

Made on the Left is planning a full weekend of design goodness at the Hyde Park Hotel from July 25 to 26 and is calling for stallholder applications.

Made on the Left, formed in 2008, creates events and activities to promote independent art, design and fashion from around Western Australia. The association has already held three successful markets, two in Perth and one in Bunbury, in the past 12 months. The market is expanding to two days in July to meet demand.

Successful stallholders must feature their own designs at the markets, with all products either handmade by the designer or fully produced in WA. Applications can be downloaded from www.madeontheleft.com and submitted by June 20.

About Made on the Left: it's a not-for-profit association founded by independent designers in 2008 to support Western Australian creative talent. The association aims to support all WA-based creative designers, artists, craftspeople and independent labels, by sharing information and creating events.

Submit art for second Semi Permanent book 2009

SP will be in Perth on October 13th, after doing Sydney and Brisbane earlier this year.
They'll be releasing a second book for 2009 and submissions are open. It will be released at SP Melbourne in October.
Check out the website for submission guidelines, entries close 10th August. May 5 pieces per person.

ECU Grads Exhibition | 12th -14th June

SHAKING UP THE SHOPS!
ECU's final year interior and spatial design students redesign retail spaces along Beaufort St, Northbridge this weekend.
Exhibition opens Friday 12th June at 6pm. It continues over Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th between 2-6pm. See the Spectrum Project Space for more, 221 Beaufort St, Northbridge.

Kris Sowersby talk | Tuesday 16th June

Kris Sowersby is touring Australia for AGDA (Australia Graphic Design Assoc.). He'd be well worth checking out - fantastic typeface designer. He's from NZ but we can't hold that against him - some great things come out of NZ (like snow and... snow!). Sowersby's typefaces combine historical knowledge with contemporary craftmanship & finish.

In a 2007 interview with I Love Typography, Sowersby was asked how he got started designing type: "There was a point at design school when I realised that I loved drawing letterforms, so much so that I would prefer to make typefaces than become a graphic designer. I think it was when I was drawing/copying Bembo letter by letter, trying to understand how it was put together. I noticed that the arch of the ‘n' subtly curves into into the right-hand stem-all the way down into the serif. For some reason that struck me as being quite amazing. It is a detail that would seem rather innocuous, yet lends so much warmth and character to the overall printed impression. I still have that sketch, I wrote "cheeky Bembo!" next to it.

www.agda.com.au/news/national/224/register-now-for-kris-sowersby---international-speaker-tour