4 Piece Sofa Set by Kai Kristiansen
Denmark
1960’s
Love the curved lines in rosewood.
You can buy it here http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=212661
Sofa Set by Kai Kristiansen
You & Me & Everyone we know in the Sunday Times
Back to retro
Feb 5, 2011 11:45 PM | By Nadine Botha
A new, intimate market in Cape Town offers an authentic experience of designed nostalgia, writes Nadine Botha
MARKET VALUE: You can find art, sunglasses, frocks and retro stuff at the You & Me & Everyone We Know Market at the Labia Cinema in Cape Town
Emos, hipsters and cool kids might be more frequently spotted in their nocturnal state, but drawing them out into the Saturday morning sunshine is the You & Me & Everyone We Know Market.
A mostly fortnightly jaunt in the courtyard of the historical Labia Cinema, the market is a haven for all things vintage, retro and the like. Frocks, jewellery, sunglasses, shoes, clutch bags, T-shirts art and rosettes make up most of the fare. “Vintage and retro” should not be mistaken for second-hand or the Milnerton Market boot sale. While some wares might be pre-owned, this is not the impetus of You & Me & Everyone We Know.
Rather, the market sells a certain aesthetic - the sunglasses are certainly not pre-worn, although they could have been taken out of any episode of Mad Men.
The market is based on “designed nostalgia” and the desire for an authentic experience rather than the mass-produced consumer one.
As co-founder of the market Marcii Goosen says: “It is small and intimate. I think people feel like they belong; it’s almost like they are hanging out in my back garden with a visual feast and beautiful people around them.”
An artist, designer, art director and self-described “creative networker”, Goosen was inspired to start the market when she realised her super-talented friends had nowhere to share their work.
The first market was just an informal gathering in her studio in 2009. Having spearheaded the Labia’s 20-year anniversary celebrations earlier that year, Goosen knew this underappreciated cultural gem was the ideal location for expansion.
Using Facebook and word of mouth, the first market at the Labia drew a crowd that included Adel Snyders, the other co-founder of You & Me & Everyone We Know.
As managers and curators, Goosen and Snyders balance the diversity of the exhibitors, continue introducing new talent and keep the face-paint and crystal stalls at bay. The biggest challenge, says Goosen, was to not compete with Whatiftheworld’s Neighbourgoods Market in Woodstock.
“We wanted the city kids to have a local hangout under the mountain, and we wanted to give exposure to the Labia Theatre, which is the oldest cinema in the country. We also wanted something intimate, small and manageable. We are influenced by subcultures, popular culture and things of the street - the real and the now, the old as much as the new that we create in Cape Town every day,” explains Goosen.
Usually the market runs every two weeks on Saturdays, with the next two on February 12 and 26. W atch the website for news: www.youmeandeveryoneweknow.co.za
Nadine Botha is the editor of Design Indaba magazine: www.designindaba.com
Theo Van Doesburg
Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde: Constructing a New World
4 February – 16 May 2010
Tate Modern, Level 4
www.tate.org.uk/modern
VEASYBLE
I saw this on SWISS MISS
LOVE THE SHAPE AND CONTRAST WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
I WANT ONE.
An ornament from being able to wear.
A gesture for being able to transform it.
A hiding place for own intimità.
A callback for own esteriorità.
† HARPER NOMINEE x SENYOL †
HARPER NOMINEE is a independent label by Marcii Goosen.
A t-shirt Label for the brazen minded.
Visual essays on fabric to stimulate thought and action. Be serious. Be passionate. Wake up.
Launching summer 2010
A meeting of minds and collaborative effort between marcii goosen and paul senyol.
For more blog thing : http://senyol.blogspot.com/
You&Me&EveryoneWeKnow Market II
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You know that lovely experiment in creative exchange that resulted in the market that you heard about, or participated in on the 5th September
& sent us your feedback, well
Me and the Exchange crew have been plotting
& we’re doing it again, bigger, better, and in an exciting new venue, and we wanted to give
Everyone is invited to book a stall
We are certainly looking forward to it
Know some fundamental information:
Date: Saturday 28th November (just in time for Christmas present shopping, and just after payday) weather permitting
Venue: The Labia on Orange outside area, with you and our customers getting access to the snacks & drink bar and all other amenities…
Cost: R200 per 1,5m x 1m slot - site map will be available to book from 14th November
Booking: Essential, to confirm with us by the 16th November if you’re taking part.
Samples or pictures of work may be requested
Contracts will be provided on acceptance of your booking.
Goods: for sale under R350, but we’re open to negotiation, especially if you want to come and showcase a prototype.
THANK YOU! looking forward to the bigger, better, exciting You&Me&EveryoneWeKnow Market.
Remember - your reply by 16th November
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PAPERGIRL SA WEBSITE LIVE
Papergirl is an art project which, in the style of american paperboys, distributes rolled art pieces by bicycle to random passers-by in the streets. It consists of an exhibition, the action (distribution of the art) and a party.
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PAPERGIRL SA IS HERE
We are the new team in SA busy setting up the first PAPERGIRL Cape Town run this summer!
LARA KRUGER
larakruger@yahoo.com
MARCII GOOSEN
www.marciigoose.com
SHANI JUDES
www.word-of-art.co.za
FLAGG
www.writeonafrica.com
PAPERGIRL!
Papergirl #3 from Papergirl on Vimeo.
Papergirls and Paperboys, Get on your bikes!
In our over-juried, overexposed, over-hyped land of art and design it’s refreshing to see an art event that not only has no jury, but also gives away the pieces in an “unprejudiced” way to anyone near the bike path. Born out of a reaction to recent changes regarding Berlin’s vandalism laws, Papergirl rallies artists and cyclists to distribute rolls of paper art (posters, prints, etc.) to unsuspecting Berliners. I had the pleasure of interviewing the original Papergirl, Aisha Ronniger, to find out more about this project.
STEP 1 - ASSEMBLE
In your video interview (see below) you said Papergirl’s main message is to have fun, and make people happy. Do you think the art scene has lost sight of these goals in any way?
Well, first of all, this is me talking about myself. I ponder too much about things and what might others think about things etc. So the impulse was: do it and have fun and get other people involved, cause shared fun is twice as fun!
STEP 2 - GATHER
Papergirl, in addition to being a reaction to the recent paste-up law in Berlin, also focuses on the experience of the event as a performance piece. What sort of reactions do you see from people receiving the posters/seeing the group of cyclists?
Berlin is a city full of art, so many people are kind of used to it or are too cool to show any reaction or curiosity at first. But mainly people are surprised and even the toughest ones are curious after a while! So sometimes we get a “thanks” yell or even thank you e-mails!
STEP 3 - DELIVER
You say the works show a great range of quality and quantity. Why did you decide to make Papergirl an “open call” submission and not a juried show?
I think it comes from a street art point of view. The streets are not curated either and all the work that is out there is sort of a present to the viewer, too! Through this decision the visitor of the show turns into a curator. And also, I don’t want to tell anyone what he can or can’t give away.
STEP 4 - ENJOY
Papergirl is specific to Berlin. Do you see Papergirl expanding to occur in other cities/countries?
I’d say the idea of Papergirl is universally understandable; in every culture you make presents and people make art. So actually, you only need a bikeable city and some people! In fact Papergirl has already been invited to Spain and there is a PPG branch in California since this year. It would make me very happy, if Papergirl would be adapted all over the world one day!