How badly do you want a new painting to decorate your wall? Enough to swap it for your flat screen TV? The Small Change Collective (SCC) investigate alternatives to the way we buy and sell high-end commodities like art, and their latest social experiment, x-change, is an art exhibition with a twist. For this year’s Adelaide Fringe…
Okay minties, it’s time we let you in on a little office secret of ours. If you ever wondered what keeps our brains firing away and fingers pumping the keyboards all day, we have to confess that it’s munching on our Harvest Boxes! These little parcels made from recycled cardboard are small enough to sit on…
South Australia, this one’s for you! (FINALLY, we hear you cheer). Up-and-coming designer Kalila Stewart-Davis is showing the big guns how it’s done with her newly hatched, short run fashion label Namoi Designs, prettily incorporating recycled textiles, designer remnants and natural fibres into every stitch. Her latest collection, Legend of The Humming Bird, is packed…
Who doesn’t love a good yarn with friends? It’s surely one of the great pleasures in life. So just think what a whole city square full of yarn and potential friends would be like. Fabulous, no? And then what if there were workshops with crafty people showing you how to knit and crochet that yarn…
A souvenir t-shirt can be a great way to commemorate a special time in your life. There are certain things I would rather not remember, however – like in 1998 when I was a huge Hanson fan, or 2006 when I drank Dr Pepper constantly (my teeth are still suffering). Truth is, I have vacu-packs…
Here’s a good news story for the day. While we might currently be cursing the sun for its punishing summer heat, our global neighbours in Africa are instead singing its praises as more and more communities experience the benefits of solar-powered internet hubs known as ZubaBoxes. Literally translating to ‘sun’ in one of Zimbabwe’s native…
We’re happy to announce that New Zealand designer Miranda Brown’s Conscious Cloth website and online store have launched! And just in time to help us battle the summer swelter with a new organic kimono, tunic or camisole. Perfect timing indeed.
Some of you may have read – and consequently, been concerned by – the article on Food Miles that we published in our Spring ’11 issue a few months back…. Well, the good news is that we’ve found Sharing Abundance – a local food system that can get you directly involved in picking that orange…
While the girls on the site kind of look like they stepped straight out of an American Apparel ad (and then removed their pants), we’re nonetheless loving the range of raw, vegan and gluten-free dessert recipes in new, user-generated project The Lookbook Cookbook. Combining food and fashion in a, let’s just say, interesting way, the…
As we’re sure you’re all aware by now, here at Peppermint we believe a true sense of fashion is one that dares to step away from the tireless mainstream trend-mill. That’s why we were pretty chuffed to find this website 100% dedicated to peddling the wares of independent designers and boutiques from all around the…
Australian clothing label SOSUME have paired with The Black Dog Institute to raise funds and promote awareness of depression by selling an exclusive designer charity tee. The Black Dog Tee is made from their signature micro modal jersey, which is super soft, sustainable and hard-wearing. All profits will go towards the institute, and SOSUME hope to…
Three friends banded their love for good food, photography and illustration to produce what we fondly know as The Hungry Girls’ Cookbook. Volume 3 in the eclectic series has just been released and we say it’s as pretty as three peas in a pod! On its pages rest a delicious collection of 12 recipes inspired by a range…
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