Something intriguing and archetypal about these charming drawings of houses by ceramic artist, Keiko Matsui.
At Gaffa, 281 Clarence Street, Sydney.

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An exhibition and lecture series about the relationship Japanese people have with characters.
Japan: Kingdom of Characters, The Japan Foundation, Chifley Square, Sydney, 8 April – 28 May.

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One of a series, Atmospheres, by French photographer Pierre Raimond.

The quietness of these pictures makes me keep returning to them again and again. Another instance of how much can be contained within a photograph — as a place of reflection — without it shouting or making a message so obvious that it’s all over after the first viewing.

Six shots by Pierre will be featured on a set of postcards for the weaving cooperative / clothing label, Eastern Weft.

Vieux Arbre, © Pierre Raimond, Soliloques.

Series of plan-printed A0 posters for a month-long viewing of a beautiful folio on the works of architect, Glenn Murcutt, published and designed by 01 Editions, Sydney, with writing by Kenneth Frampton, Juhani Pallasmaa and David Malouf.

Poster design: Graeme Smith
Folio: Glenn Murcutt, Architect by Kenneth Frampton
ISBN 0-9775931-0-x
Publisher / designer: 01 Editions, Michael Tommasi, Liisa Naar
Photographer: Pierre Toussaint

Please visit Workshopped, 8 Hill Street, Surry Hills, Sydney or 01 Editions.

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Found a 1974 copy of Faber & Faber’s last poems by W H Auden. The title is set in Berthold Wolpe’s powerful ‘chiselled’ display face, Albertus, and most likely it’s his cover design too—as he was their in-house designer until 1975.

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Newspaper: Beatrice Chew. Roses: GS

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Design and production: Heidi Dokulil, Beatrice Chew, Graeme Smith
Photography (flora, Japan, objects, etc): Heidi Dokulil, Graeme Smith
Available at Architext bookshop, Tusculum Villa, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point, Sydney

Looking at a photograph of a beautiful fabric, or reading about it on a screen, is a poor substitute for holding it in your hand, feeling its weight and texture, seeing how its surface changes with the light or enjoying how it looks and feels when it’s draped around your body. The idea behind the larger-than-average thumbnails is to say what we can, with pictures and words, but also to add some complexity, as new stories and pictures are added, and enable a more serendipitous way of looking over the material.

Design: Graeme Smith, Miss Lee Wong, littleirrepressiblewonton. Styling: Samorn Sanixay. Principal photography: wclee. Additional photography: Tom Greenwood, Pierre Raimond.

Please visit
easternweft.com.au

Badges for Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific.
Design: Beatrice Chew. Art direction: Graeme Smith.