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Making Time: an illustrated compendium of notes on preserving food and futures in an age of unsettlement

By: Alexandra Crosby Apr 11 '18 Date: April 11, 2018 Comments: 0

This is an extraordinary artist book, and the first release by micro-publishing venture Cloudship Press. The entire book is hand drawn by Tessa Zettel and Susie Nelson, printed at Marrickville’s Rizzeria, and sewn together with needle and thread. It is partly a documentation of a project by the same name, Making Time, that has been […]

Food Democracy: Critical Lessons in Food, Communication, Design and Art

By: Alexandra Crosby Apr 11 '18 Date: April 11, 2018 Comments: 0

Food Democracy is a unique book in its direct approach to the politics of food and its commitment to creative practice as an avenue for social change. It deals with an increasingly important issue that is central to most global political struggles of the present and future. If you need to quickly catch up on […]

Mirror Sydney, Vanessa Berry

Mirror Sydney, Vanessa Berry

By: Alexandra Crosby Apr 02 '18 Date: April 2, 2018 Comments: 0

This book took me a lot longer to read than I expected. Not because it is in any way a drag, but because it is many strolls rather than an epic journey. It’s a bit like a really delicious box of  very rich chocolates that you dip into rather than eating all at once. I […]

Aunty Fran Bodkin

Aunty Fran Bodkin

By: Alexandra Crosby Apr 02 '18 Date: April 2, 2018 Comments: 0

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and abroad, and their continuing connection to culture, community, land, sea and sky. I pay my respect to Elders past, present and future. This ‘reading’ is actually listening to an interview recorded as part of the ABC series ‘Conversations’ with Richard Fidler. ‘The Secret History of […]

Home Gardens of Haberfield

By: Alexandra Crosby Mar 27 '18 Date: March 27, 2018 Comments: 0

Home Gardens of Haberfield sought to explore the nexus between gardens, place-making and senses of belonging and community and to document gardening practices. Our methodology for this project included iterative walks to help us identify human and non-human participants and issues of concern. As we walked we also documented gardens and streetscapes with photography, and […]

Project Overview

By: Alexandra Crosby Mar 27 '18 Date: March 27, 2018 Comments: 0

Indonesian Australian Design Futures is a project that brings together designers, design writers, design teachers and design thinkers from Indonesia and Australia to work on sustainable futures. The project website is here. Sasirangan in Banjarmasin A Jamu Stroll Walking with Anitha Silvia Chickens, Aquaponics, and tree planting in Central Jakarta: an interview with Fergus Jensen 2016, […]

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