Beers 'n Ideas in October

This month we have:

Craig Allchin from Six Degrees coming to talk about the project he's been working onto activate Sydney's Laneways. Following on from last month's heavy-ish debate on the proposed changes to the NSW Liquor Licensing Act, Criag's got some ideas about how much that could affect us, as designers and lovers of holes in the walls.

Michael Lugmayr from Toko, a multidisciplinary design studio originally harking from Rotterdam, now based in Surry Hills. Us B n' I ladies saw these guys present at Semi Permanent this year, and they made such a lasting that when we saw Michael at the Hollywood a week ago, we balled him up and made him agree to share with the rest of you.

Now I've looked at the weather forecast, and we're looking at a balmy 23 degrees on Tuesday, so no excuses!

Think of it as tonic stave off the the onset of the "real week" after the long weekend goodness.

Trust me, you'll love it.

Kate, Michelle, Christie, Annabel and Adele

Where have you been?????

Beers 'n Ideas started in Melbourne originally, but in its Sydney incarnation, it's essentially a series (2 or 3 per night, once a month) of very loose, informal presentations by a variety of people involved in all aspects of design (and culture)...... We want to use it as a forum for cross-pollination in design, a way to excite us all about what we do.


Some people/topics that have been presented to date:

• Sam Crawford from Architects without Frontiers, talking about a proposed orphanage/adolescent education centre in Malawi
• Jeremy Somers from People Like Us Collective - online T-shirt design company that commission artists and designers for their ranges
• David Royle, who bought a coach and is completely kitting it out as a new movable home
• Kate Hogan (me) - Interior Designer at Group GSA, with a rundown from this year's Milan Furniture Fair
• One Fell Swoop - amazing emerging fashion label from Perth
• Students from the Whitehouse Institute of Design, presenting their Furniture Design pieces
• Bronwyn from Karolina York Print Studio, showing their work and discussing their trials and tribulations as a new business in the design industry
• Kimmie Neidhardt, one of the creatives behind the new Tooheys Extra Dry ad (the guy who grows clones of himself on a farm - quite a cool ad, as far as beer ads go)
• Robert Barton - one of the guys behind the amazing Rooftop Cinema in Melbourne
• Photographers and graphic designers WILK and Simone Mandl, previewing their current exhibition LIGHT BRIGADE, showing at the Chalkhorse Gallery
• Architect and sculptor Chris Fox, discussing his work, featuring an installation in Townsville that reflects on his infamous ancestor, Captain William Bligh
• Jonathon Larkin - People Like Us Collective and intern to Clover Moore, discussing the proposed changes to the NSW Liquor Licensing Act
• Dave Gravina - Digital Eskimo, and co-founder of Raise The Bar - citizen action group lobbying for the changes to the NSW Liquor Licensing Act
• Elvis Di Fazio - photographer, stylist, print-maker, t-shirt designer - this man does everything.
  

People talking in October and November:

• Craig Allchin from Six Degrees Architects,discussing the project he's been working to activate Sydney's laneways once the liquor act is revised (fingers crossed!!!)
• Jeremy Hughes from Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, the architects behind the new Carriageworks complex at Redfern
• Michael Lugmayr from Toko, a multidisciplinary design studio originally harking from Rotterdam, now based in Surry Hills
• Aaron Nicholls from Format Furniture, recently returned from living in London, talking about the state in design in London and Europe.
• Brianna Pike and Anna Harves from Six Hands graphic and print studio
  

So you know a little more about us, here's a quick run down:


The group is made up of:

• Adele Winteridge (ex Futurespace, now Interior Design lecturer at the Whitehouse Institute)
• Christie Coleman (ex Haworth, now Director of Ground Floor Collaboration)
• Michelle Gilmore (ex Haworth and Wovin Wall, now Director of Ground Floor Collaboration)
• Annabel Hammond (ex Kann Finch, now account manager at Interstudio)
• Kate Hogan (Interior Designer with Group GSA)