Once Upon : Manny's Exhibition : Leeloo

Here are some pictures from the very cool exhibition, Once Upon, which Manny was invited to be a part of. The exhibition was put on by the online community Leeloo, who support emerging designers and artists.

Once Upon featured the work of 40 Artists who were each given a fairytale to interprete in their style. Manny was given Rapunzel and the above image is her interpretation of this wonderful story.

Manny standing next to her precious illustration, we are so proud!

It was great to see how all the artists conveyed their particular tale, and for us to feel a bit childlike again and reminisce some forgotton stories. Manny's work is on the bottom row, second from the right.

The crowd at the opening night. It was a really good turn out, it got very hot it there!

The Dandi chicks, we are uber avant garde!

Once Upon: An Exhibition Featuring Manny!

Manny was thrilled and excited to secure a spot in the up coming Sydney exhibition, 'Once Upon'. The exhibition, which has been put together by Leeloo for their 2nd birthday, is a collaboration of over 30 artists, each of whom have been allocated a fairytale and will produce several artworks about their particular story.

Opening night is just over a week away, Thursday 19th November 6-9pm at aMBUSH Gallery in Waterloo. We can't wait!

Images via Manny's Flickr Stream

Manny's Birthday

Happy Birthday to Manuela! We've all been spoilt by Manny's birthday today starting off with Chocolate Chip and Raspberry Friands (both were equally delicious) followed by lunch of various tasty sushi from Rozelle Sushi and yummy vanilla and passionfruit macaroons from Adriano Zumbo in Balmain.

Manny was thrilled with her pressies, a set of gorgeous pillow cases and rub downs from Third Draw down.

Inspiring Wall Art

Ever wondered what a Dandi girls gets up to in her spare time? Check out this gorgeous piece of wall art, recently painted into a Mooks store in Sydney by Dandi's very own Manuela Strano. Manuela entered a competition through Monster Children Magazine to design and install a mural in the trendy Galeries Victoria store - and won! She then set about painting her design in the stall over a series of late nights, lucky she isnt afraid of heights.

Check out the drawings below which were her initial entry, the work has now been published in the current edition of Monster Children (first image) available from select newsagencies, and online from Monster Children. We are so proud!

Inspiration Board: Manuela Strano

Today's inspiration board comes from Manuela. Manuela studied a combined degree in Industrial Design with International studies and graduated in 2006. Her extensive travels and Italian background help to shape her work, although she also keeps a collection of arty magazines and books at hand for continued inspiration. Manuela enjoys the entire design process - from brainstorming an initial idea, through to refined drawing and perfecting concepts digitally. She is also a bit of a Photoshop Queen and puts together our catologues beautifully every time. Her philosophy on design is to keep it simple, accessible and original.

Tea Towel Wrapping

Manuela came up with this clever, reusable wrapping idea for baked goods. Take one dandi tea towel or fabric napkin, place home baked treats in the centre of the reverse side and tie up with pretty ribbon. Looks just lovely and the receiver can use the wrapping after the goodies are gone!