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Markit@FedSquare, showcasing the best in Australian design

Melbourne always has the coolest events and Markit@FedSquare is one event I’m very disappointed I won’t be attending!

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Occurring twice a year, Markit@FedSquare showcases the very best in Australian independent design. On Sunday 24 May, from 10am-to-5pm, Federation Square will become a shopping mecca with 100 of Australia’s most talented creatives selling their own ranges of homewares, ceramics, jewellery, clothing, stationery, and limited edition artwork and prints.

All products are handmade by the designers themselves or ethically manufactured in limited runs using sustainable production methods and locally sourced materials. Entry is free.

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Artist Madeleine Stamer’s inspiration and her new series Midnight Tricks

Artist Madeleine Stamer’s work is hugely influenced by a Melbourne shop her mum took her to as a child and her dad’s love of birds.

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Ghost Orchid

It just goes to show what a profound impact our childhoods, where are parents take us and what they introduce us to can have, and I think that’s rather wonderful!

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Madeleine

“My mum has always been my style guru,” says Madeleine. “She’s a needlework champion and used to work part time at Priscilla’s Tapestry shop in High Street, Armadale near my favourite shop. Market Import, in the iconic Moray Street retail strip. Mum first took me to Market Import when I was a child. I have fond memories of the pure white walls encrusted with vibrant Mexican handcrafts, bedazzling like precious jewels. I recall being enthralled by the ladies’ gift-wrapping skills which involved wrapping even the teeniest of objects in layers and layers of rainbow-coloured tissue paper topped with fancy adornments that would make any recipient’s heart swoon.

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