
SHIFTAZINE is about celebrating what is out there, already in your life, right in front of you. SHIFTAZINE aims to give some useful insights, to pose some questions, and to make you look at everything differently. Hopefully, it will help shift the contemporary perception of beauty and aesthetics. SHIFTAZINE is created by Jacqueline Hill and is associated with DESIGNASAW.
21 April 2018
03 April 2018
The weight of creativity
Once it could said that Redfern Street in
inner Sydney was always a little on the thin side
for a place to take a coffee and have a chat with
friends or locals.
And then a shift occurred in the
hood.
An explosion of cafes, restaurants, and
wonderful new stores full of beautiful pre loved
things appeared.
The cafe COFFEE, TEA & ME opened in
2011, helped changed the sense of the hood for the good,
better, best.
The first inventive cafe furniture of
Coffe,Tea and Me, was a delight.
Interesting people
taking theircoffees, sitting on the most charming pre
loved, pre used objects that work very well _
An old wooden ironing board serves as a table for four, bicycle seats that have been placed on top of stools, kindergarten tables and chairs
all offer you a place to sit and watch the hustle and bustle of the street.
An old wooden ironing board serves as a table for four, bicycle seats that have been placed on top of stools, kindergarten tables and chairs
all offer you a place to sit and watch the hustle and bustle of the street.
Now
one can find small tables made of old bathroom scales
anchored securely to metal legs.
Yet another charming, witty simple idea.
Yet another charming, witty simple idea.
Coffee, Tea & Me 93B Redfern Street, Redfern Sydney.
e:www.coffeeteaandme.com.au t:02 9008 7121
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29 March 2018
Why make it straight?
Walking through the back door of this unloved 1940’s dark
brick block of flats we find ourselves in a calm serene nest.
Is this the space of a bower? Full of shells,
flowers and feathers, discarded plastic items, lamps, chairs of an eclectic
nature and a beautiful piece of Murano glass.
As long as we’ve known Melissa, and we’re known her for a
long time, she’s always had ‘An eye’ for detail.
For those beautiful things
that others would look past.
Each room has emerged from an unloved or discarded piece
that she found, felt and fitted.
Its about the landscape of the room which captures our delight and interest, rather than the outlook from the windows, as most rooms look onto a mirror image block of flats.
So the afternoon we visited the winter’s sun was filtering
through the windows filling the space with a sweet calm light.
In the kitchen
calico white curtains cut uneven like a cityscape framed the succulents that
sit on the window-sill.
The main bedroom had the most captivating solution to a
broken fly screen – with inexpensive nylon black lace stitched onto it. The effect was seductive.
When we enquired about the interesting, inventive window
treatments Mel had created, her response was “Why make it straight?”
She is absolute correct.
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21 March 2018
Good Vibrations : Harmonious Orange
15 March 2018
Tarlo and Graham : A Rosie Touch
Shiftazine
loves Melbourne…especially Fitzroy. When Shiftazine’s feet hit the pavement of
Gertrude Street after a too long an interval, it was like being home.
The
store fronts, the contents inside the store fronts, the ‘too many things to
love’ stuff that jammed the fashion stores, let alone the galleries,
the cafes, object’art and tat stores, all filled shiftazine’s giddy glaze.
the cafes, object’art and tat stores, all filled shiftazine’s giddy glaze.
It was
like wearing rose tinted glasses, as even the posters on walls, the wallisms,
and the graffiti are all worthy of a gallery exhibition.
There is
one store amongst the kaleidoscope of this area that stands alone in its sense
of style and curation.
Tarlo
and Graham sits closer to Smith Street than Brunswick Street.
It occupies a fine Victorian building, which has seen better days, but still generates a sense of grandeur.
It is what is within the ever-changing landscape of this establishment that excites and inspires.
It occupies a fine Victorian building, which has seen better days, but still generates a sense of grandeur.
It is what is within the ever-changing landscape of this establishment that excites and inspires.
Behind
the counter a delightful rosy haired woman, called Rosie greets you.
It is
her eye and deft touch that takes these disparate pieces from past times
and
combines them into a tableau of the contemporary.
It is
not just the object, full of its own history, that will bring the ambience to a
space, it's the way one creates a dialogue between the arrangements of objects
and furnishings,
and Rosie has that touch.
and Rosie has that touch.
Tarlo and Graham 202 Gertrude St,
Fitzroy VIC 3065 Phone:(03) 9417 7773
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07 March 2018
International Womens day : She always felt safe
In 2018
women all around the world are still striving to ensure that this statement
will be a matter of fact rather than a shared wish.
It is up
to us, the women of this world, to make this so.
But we look to the males of this world to make our task easier by becoming our partners in this incredibly important, essential shift in attitude.
But we look to the males of this world to make our task easier by becoming our partners in this incredibly important, essential shift in attitude.
Happy
International Women’s Day sisters and brothers.
Peace, respect and love to all of us.
Peace, respect and love to all of us.
The
beautiful ceramic featured in this article and the inspiration for it was
created by Myfanny Gullifer.
You can
see more of Myfanny’s wonderful work at King Street Gallery, Sydney.
21 February 2018
Life is a series of moments embedded with Joy
Our lives are a series of moments which turn into memories and lessons and insights that become embedded within us. Joy is spread through those memories.
Celebrate the tiny things that bring you Joy on 25th November every year.
But maybe it would be cool to celebrate Joy whenever we think about it or experience it.
14 February 2018
"old school" is not a crime
There is something about a lovely, ‘old
school’ sink and tiles that speak to me on a hot, hot day. ‘
'Old school’ anything can possess a charm that simply cannot be reproduced.
'Old school’ anything can possess a charm that simply cannot be reproduced.
It saddens me
greatly to see these beautiful domestic objects get ripped mercilessly out of
houses during renovations, and just thrown into skips.
Never or rarely given a chance to live on, functioning as they were designed to.
‘Old’ is not a crime.
Never or rarely given a chance to live on, functioning as they were designed to.
‘Old’ is not a crime.
12 February 2018
Just can't forget Berlin: Colours of Berlin No.6
It is
impossible to forget Berlin.
The constant kaleidoscope of details one observes makes me think that Berlin is more like the Solar System than a city.
The constant kaleidoscope of details one observes makes me think that Berlin is more like the Solar System than a city.
And just
like the Solar System, there are different culture planets that all orbit
around the heart of this amazing place.
Each
culture planet is a world unto itself and thus, there are many ways
one can
perceive a ‘treat’.
Take for
an example, both bubble gum from some slightly worn gum dispenser marked with the
going dialogue of the street all over it,
or a
selection of delicate, old school sugary hits, served up in a refined tea room
or café, deliver the same desired effect of reward and treat,
depending on the culture planet one is from.
depending on the culture planet one is from.
The most
amazing thing about Berlin is that these culture planets live side by side, cheek
by jowl, overlapping forever.
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