Ben Landau

Ben Landau is a young designer working in experimental, exhibition, event and theatre design. He creates unique experiences for users and audiences – from delightful puppet encounters to informative exhibitions and engaging theatre pieces.

Ben works from the perspective of the user, to understand how to best inform, connect with or entertain them. He hopes to travel and work with creative companies of various disciplines, in Australia and abroad.

my scrap, 2010, various materials

I’m in the process of moving, de-cluttering my life, and ultimately getting rid of the op shop junk, the side of the road ‘finds’ the bits and pieces I couldn’t bear to part with. I’ve distilled this collection of beautiful objects down to a few, from which I’ve taken a small token, almost a glimpse of the whole object, and framed it as an object itself.

I hope to lessen the emotional impact of my culling, and offer a $2 physical peep show into my discarded detritus.

www.benlandau.com

Brittany Veitch

Brittany Veitch is a felt and soft sculpture artist trained as an Industrial Designer. Brittany makes handsewn toys under her label, The Vibrant City, which was launched in 2007. In 2009, Brittany collaborated with Ben Landau to present Bio-Accessories at the City Library niches as part of Craft Victoria's Craft Cubed festival program. In the same year Brittany was part of Veni, Vidi, Vici, a group exhibition at C3 Contemporary Art Space with Katie Jacobs and Rohani Osman.

Pardon My French!, 2010, felt, chain, thread

French profanity, curse with style. Hand-embroidered felt speech bubbles in black, de rigueur for Melbourne chic, slung from gaudy gold chain.

Pardon my French! is a tongue in check expression of fashion frivolities mixing cheap material, commonly associated with mass production, with traditional craftsmanship skills to bring a subtle quality to what is an essentially crude trinket.

Emblazoned in finely detailed hand stitching, Zut!, a French expletive, pays homage to Paris, France, an icon for fashion.

And so to this folly, say oui oui, and curse to your heart’s content.

www.thevibrantcity.blogspot.com