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Backyard Room
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Work studios transformed with Backyard Room

Finding the perfect space to host your creative ambitions – whether of a digital or practical nature – can be a long and tedious journey, with studio spaces limited and the extra rent causing a pinch on your breakfasting funds. more

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todd selby x svbscription
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Todd Selby curates for Svbscription

Through his blog and subsequent series of books, photographer Todd Selby has made a name for himself as a curator of creativity. After collaborating with the likes of Fendi and Louis Vuitton, Todd is now working with Svbscription to piece together its fifth parcel. more

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D&F Boards
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Carve up some pavement with D&F Boards

As kids, it took an abundance of stickers and felt-tip scribbles to give your skateboard an edge like no one else had. But these days, we tend to take our originality cues from the cut, materials and colour of a board. more


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Hipster Meter
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Discover how you rate with Hipster Meter

Does a trip to your local cafe of a morning involve water served in beakers, single-origin coffee cold pressed, and the space bumper to bumper with undernourished hipsters sporting hefty beards and backpacks? If so, perhaps you’re part of this modern subculture yourself. more

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Records Vinyl in Brisbane
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Ditch digital for some top vinyl from around town

With the introduction of Spotify and Pandora locally, we’ve found less of a need to go seeking out a hard-copy CD in order to treat our ears to the latest tunes. But all that digital noise cannot compare to the smooth croon of vinyl, and so we’ve found ourselves investing more and more in the modern LP. Here are some record haunts around town where you can spend your well-earned pennies on some sweet vinyl. more

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Yungaba
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History embraced in new Yungaba precinct

Rather than tearing down the buildings and monuments that tell our city’s tales, like some notorious developers of the past have done, a new lifestyle precinct is being developed to embrace and celebrate the area’s history. more

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Rocker Classic Motorcycles, Nundah
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Discover Rocker Classic Motorcycles at Nundah

In British history, the cafe racer finds its roots embedded in the 1960s counterculture of mods and rockers, while in Italy, it is the name given to the specific motorcycles used for short, sharp trips from one espresso bar to another. It’s with this cafe racer style of motorcycle that Matt Jones at Rocker Classic Motorcycles in Nundah has crafted a niche. more

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Mossy Antlers terrariums
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Shape an indoor jungle with Mossy Antlers terrariums

Dashes of greenery are known to spruce up an indoor space and bring smiles to our faces when said plants are thriving happily. But keeping this foliage in good health is a talent many attempted gardeners struggle with. Taking the effort out of planting your own miniature green arrangements is Mossy Antlers. more

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esquire's handbook for hosts
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Vintage life coach: Esquire’s Handbook For Hosts

We recently came into possession of the 1949 tome Esquire’s Handbook For Hosts and thought we would share some of our newly discovered wisdom. A gem of vintage literature, Esquire’s Handbook For Hosts was first published in the age of ‘Lounge’, gently coaching men in the art of throwing the perfect cocktail party. more

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Manly Marks
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Typography gets a masculine makeover with Manly Marks

Typography tends to be associated with pretty wedding invitations, gift cards and other papier items that the lady of the house would usually reign over. But gentlelads of the world should be entitled to enjoy this greasy, gritty craft as well, as is the mission of Brandon Griswold from Dallas, Texas. more

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V-Day ideas to execute in your lunch break for her
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V-Day ideas to execute in your lunch break for her

So you successfully snuck out of the house this morning, cheeks unshaven in haste as you remembered today is one of the most loved-up days of the year. Valentine’s Day has rolled around again, and if remembering dates isn’t your strong suit, you may be feeling slightly apprehensive as to how to remedy your lack of preparedness this year. Rather than splitting for drinks with the single lads and arriving home to one cranky dame this evening, make your lunch break a productive one, seeking out goods to execute a romantic evening. more

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coloni indoor gardens
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Learn the tricks to gardening indoors with Coloni

While a house filled with fresh-cut wild blossoms and plenty of healthy potted greenery is a goal to aspire to, in reality, our non-green thumbs can often hinder that dream. Swedish gardening house Coloni has made gardening indoors an easy step-by-step process with conceptual seed collections, each kit containing a mixture of seeds from desert and arid Mediterranean climates. more

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attaquer cycling lycra
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Cycling lycra gets a makeover with Attaquer

In the past, there’s been nothing more cringe-worthy, fashion-wise, than a man decked out in lycra while cycling speed-demon-style. Bum padding, unforgiving tautness and sweat in all sorts of places are not top qualities on the attractiveness scale. more