Gerry is driving me bonkers! After just two days of working on the design of To Daylesford, with Love, he’s popped over three times this morning to suggest that it would be much more successful as a 10-page leaflet instead of 104-page book. I had to leave town and hide. Actually that’s a porky pie (just the bit about hiding); I’ve been asked to leave town. The editor of an iconic French magazine read my blog and commissioned a 500 word piece on Kyneton’s Piper Street, the Parisian St Germain of Australia. Incroyable!
Piper Street is blessed with a combination of posh ateliers and design shops that resemble galleries, making it uniquely comparable to the chic art district of Paris - In particular, Rue Bonaparte. These two historic streets may be worlds apart, yet both are home to tradition bookbinders, handcrafted paper makers, artists’ studios, exquisite florists, boutique homewares, famous cafes and patisseries where people queue just for a seat and a biscuit. As the fashionable Parisian set would say, its bon chic, bon genre (BCBG)...Read more...
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