As they say in the classics, this will be the mad,

At www.bandbadges.com.au we loves us some accessories, they have the power to make and break the ensemble.  Thus, we ask you to take heed of the newest curation at http://www.noise.net/

NOISE artists are a crafty bunch, and here are 30 of the best accessory designers, jewellers, badge-makers, milliners, and bag-hounds around - enjoy the excellent accessories and unique jewellery designs they’ve created here in INCREDIBLE ORNAMENTS.

Visit the Noise.net INCREDIBLE ORNAMENTS curation now!

Farewell to beloved Swedish badgers Bella and Matilda, as they continue their trek across the globe in search of the adventure, excitement and true zen badge enlightenment.

Bella and Matilda (aka Team Sweden) worked tirelessly (and sometimes tiredly) in filling all our custom made badge orders. Thank you Team Sweden, have a great trip!

Vil du kommer till mitt hus for trekant? Snalla, bara lite!?

Renowned New York City based artist Neck Face is coming to Australia for his debut Melbourne exhibition at Don’t Come gallery. Opening January 24th, this will be his only Australian show during a trip to our shores.
Neck Face’s prolific work with its hit and run style has earned him a spot as one of the most notorious artists of this decade.
Neck Face has transferred his street honed skills into the gallery world. Oxy torched moulded metal masks hang from the roof; paintings with disemboweled limbs and drawings of some more crazy shit rule the room. And Neck Face wouldn’t have it any other way.
Following a string of highly sought-after collaborations with labels such as Stussy, ANYthing, Baker skateboards and Supreme, the new Vans/Neck Face shoe will be released in mid 2008.

NECKFACE!!!
Jan. 24th - Feb 14th 2008
dont come gallery
LEVEL 2, SHOP 29 ‘ROYAL ARCADE’
314  LTL. COLLINS ST, MELBOURNE
VICTORIA 3001, AUSTRALIA 
PH/FX: +61 3 9639 1113
www.dontcome.com.au

It’s not me, it’s you, is an exhibition of rejection ready to dump just in time for (St.)Valentines Day next month.  The exhibition is the result of the combined super powers of Nicole Reed, Sarah Hanisch and Anca Dragoi. Be sure to check in at Hogan Gallery in Melbourne and check out d’Art.  Click the thumbnail for a better view of whats on show, or better still visit www.ashotaway.com for more fantastic work.  

It’s not me, it’s you. (an exhibition of rejection)
14 Feb 2008, 07:00 PM
Where: Hogan Gallery
310 Smith Street
Collingwood, Victoria|110
Australia

Made from organic hemp in a Portuguese union shop, everything about the Blackspot, from it’s red toe-tip and hand-drawn anti-logo to its renegade billboards and TV ads, is designed to do only one thing: kick megacorporate ass. We’re going to cut into Nike’s market share, unswoosh that tired old swoosh and give birth to a new kind of cool in the sneaker industry.

Find out more about the Black Spot Sneakers, and Adbusters now!

These works question consumerism and the concept of homosexuality being a lifestyle choice. Using a well known consumer product that is marketed worldwide brings to light how advertising appeals to the longings of consumers and in turn questions the concept of homosexual love being a “lifestyle choice”. The work’s conceptual thinking is a comment on society and love. There are three cans that have been labeled with three identities of love and each ask: Do we have a choice on how we feel and who we fall in love with? Do we really have the ability to feel love for any human being? Saying homosexuality is a lifestyle choice implies that love is a choice and is controllable. It implies that both homosexuality and heterosexuality are changeable lifestyles.

Wouldn’t this mean we could fall in love with whoever we choose? And, wouldn’t it imply that we all feel equally homosexual love and heterosexual love? Advertising targets the desires of the consumer and makes products/services desirable by appealing to the sensibilities of the consumer. Wouldn’t then advertising use homosexual scenarios just as much as heterosexual scenarios to target consumers if we had a choice and were able to feel equally homosexual and heterosexual love? Wouldn’t these scenaarios be appealing to all if it was a choice?

Exhibition Details:

Midsumma Visual Arts - Queer City PLATFORM SHOWS: Degraves-Flinders Station Subway.
Dates: Tuesday 1st Jan –25th Jan 2008.
Opening night: Queer City Launch - Wednesday 16th of Janaury 6pm beginning at 45 Flinders St. It will be a tour to all the galleries (including Platform where the light boxes are). Finishing at the after party at Loop.

More info here

Greets Peeps!

We have just received word of a super-mega-secret-SALE, being held by the kindly folks at All of the Above.

“What better way to kick off a new year than with a cleansing sale. up to 45% off specific stuff and a general discounting mood with everything else. Come down to the shop and practice your haggling, or do it all online and send us an email from the cool confines. Check out the discounts here.”

All of the Above is the collective workspace of four people working in related fields of fashion, screen printing, retail and design.

Be sure to check it out for yourself either online or at:

All of the Above
gd flr 109
Victoria Street (off Brunswick st.)
fitzroy melbourne 3065

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Welcome!

Glad you could make it, to that which is the first ever bandbadges.com.au blog post!  Go ahead and lap it up as this is what life is going to be like from now on; badges, blog posts…. blog posts about badges, you get this idea.

So be sure to stop by again soon as we keep you posted on the comings and goings of the bandbadges.com.au world including; events, specials offers, news, competitions and more in 2008!

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