sydney film festival – The Interiors Addict

Celebrating design and film, The Herman Miller Collection Lounge by Living Edge at the Sydney Film Festival Hub is showing the largest and most comprehensive display of pieces from the Herman Miller Collection in Australia. Make sure you check it out before it closes on Sunday.

It’s located in the Hub at Sydney Town Hall. You can go in and enjoy a drink from the Festival bar, Gelato Messina from the ice cream cart, see an exhibition, visit the TITLE pop-up bookstore, and of course experience the Herman Miller Collection Lounge.

Take a seat on famous designs like the Eames Lounge and Ottoman and check out new additions, including the Eames Shell Chair in the newly formulated sustainable fibreglass, and the Wireframe Sofa by Sam Hecht and Kim Collin. Visitors to the Lounge can also go in the draw to win a truly iconic piece of design, an authentic Eames Lounge and Ottoman valued at $6,300!

The association with Australia’s leading film event is a perfect fit for the Herman Miller Collection due to the pioneering American furniture maker’s long association with filmmaking. An enduring favourite among film directors and production teams, you will find Herman Miller pieces scattered throughout popular film and TV series from Mad Men to The Hunger Games franchise.

The Herman Miller Collection Lounge is free to visit and closes this Sunday.

OPENING TIMES: Today (Friday) – 5pm to midnight; tomorrow (Saturday) – noon to midnight; Sunday – noon to 6pm.
WHERE: Downstairs at The Hub, Sydney Town Hall, 483 George Street, Druitt St Entrance (Opp Queen Victoria Building).

Eames’ grandson to be a special guest at this year’s Sydney Film Festival and Vivid Sydney

With Sydney Film Festival and Vivid Sydney set to begin this June, Eames Demetrios — grandson of the legendary Charles and Ray Eames — has been announced as a special guest.

Eames himself (yes, that’s his first name and it gets a little confusing!) is best known for his work as director of the Eames Office, where he is spearheading the successful rediscovery, preservation and extension of his late grandparents’ design legacy. As part of the Sydney Film Festival, he will introduce a specially curated program of short films by Charles and Ray Eames at Event Cinemas, followed by a book signing in the Festival Hub, which will feature several key furniture pieces designed by Charles and Ray.

Eames will also be a keynote speaker as part of the Vivid Ideas program, a key component of Vivid Sydney. He will lead two signature workshop events, focusing on innovative thinking and creative design. This multi-talented man is also a writer, filmmaker and cinematographer in his own right. He has written eight books, including An Eames Primer — a thematic biography capturing the life, work, process and philosophy of his grandparents — and has made over 65 films and videos. Find more information here and here.