Books Kinokuniya

Who are we? Kinokuniya Sydney offers the largest range of books with over 300,000 titles in English, Japanese, Chinese, French and German. Located in the heart of Sydney CBD, Kinokuniya also stocks an extensive collection of Manga, graphic novels, art and design books, cookbooks, travel books and children's literature.

Our Chinese books and magazines are sourced from both Taiwan and mainland China and we have a Japanese magazine subscription service. Kinokuniya offers the experience of a true haven in the city. Our spacious and tranquil environment, abundance of natural light and friendly informative staff make Kinokuniya a unique bookstore.

K's Cafe at Kinokuniya offers customers a space in which to relax and take in the ambience of the store. Kinokuniya also features an in-store Art Gallery which exhibits works from ambitious, creative, and talented artists to help them develop their careers. New exhibitions are shown every two weeks. Come and visit us today!

TheRipeCollective HEARTS Books Kinokuniya...//////


http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/indexohb.cgi?AREA=06

City Library Melbourne

Gallery

City Library provides a vibrant cultural hub for the local Melbourne community. It offers its users a chance to experience a range of artistic practices including art in the Gallery @ City Library on Level 1 as well as moving image works as part of the City Library Projections program in the Foyer of City Library and six glass display niches on the ground floor.

Ripe + Knowledge % The Cool = City Library Madness

http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/MelbourneLibraryService/Pages/MelbourneLibraryService.aspx

The Magnificent Andrew Hem

Andrew Hem is an American artist of Cambodian heritage growing up in Los Angeles. His work is inspiring and skillful. Here's a snippet of the blurb featured on his website by Amanda Erlanson.

Andrew Hem's introspective, otherworldly paintings explore realities one step away from our everyday waking life. What if our thoughts flickered across the surface of our skin like ephemeral silent movies? What if spirits walked among us, trying to find their path? What if there were no racism, and even the most outlandish people were accepted? What if the children of Andrew's native land had been allowed to live in peace and thrive?

Fascinated by graffiti at an early age, he honed his skills with graphics and composition on the walls of the city before following a passion for figure drawing to a degree in illustration from Art Center College of Design. Working in gouache, oil and acrylic, he weaves atmospheric, richly textured narratives in a vivid palette of twilight blues enlivened by swaths of deep red and splashes of golden light. His haunting impressions of culture and landscape evoke the life of the spirit through the visionary manifestation of memories and dreams.

Ripe really reccomends that you also check out his blog!

artgabellone - Jewellery Wickedness

Ramio Alberto Gabellone is best know for his exhaustive creativity & his ability to create too different Artist Genres, effortlessly combining unique techniques & Future Foresight to meticulously craft-work "Next Level" Assemblages. Ramio Alberto Gabellone long time Ripe friend & true "Next Level Artisan".

Check the Ripe blog for regular updates on artgabellone & future what nots in regards to a collaborative mix between artgaballone & TheRipeCollective

http://www.artgabellone.com/#

Stanislav Melis }[ Master Glass Creator }[

"There is no doubt that Stanislav Melis significantly contributed to the development of Australian studio glass, above all through his teaching activities.

He personally accelerated the way the Australian public accepts new forms of glass art. His ability to enhance the molecular structure of blown glass surpasses itself & his keen eye for colour grounds his work into a Surrealist, multifaceted, see-through ArtForm.

Stanislav Melis + TheRipeCollective = Riped Friends.

http://stanislavmelis.com/

NewActon Nishi Design Competition

At the beginning of the year TheRipeCollective enter the NewActon Nishi Logo Competition.

In essence Ripes response to the NewActon Nishi Logo Design Competition was creatively intuitive, using organic markers to relay the sponsors key catch phrases, sustainability, affordability & design excellence. The colour palettes were bold & fresh… The layout interpretive.. A well executed response.

Interesting to note that 10 months down the track, NewActon Nishi the sponsor group for the competition, isn’t using the competition winners logo & id for promotional or business use……. ?????.....
Wonder what happened too all that competition hoopla-hoopla & what not.??

\\\Tiger Beer ::: Tiger Translate///

Ripe is entering the Tiger Translate competition this year and here is a tiny sneak preview of the work in progress:

TheRipeCollective - Logo Update

Recently Ripe had a impromptu Logo Mosh Session & the outcome..
Various renditions of TheRipeCollective Logo Re-Design... 2010

Metro Gallery

The Metro Modern Art Gallery

The Metro Gallery is a contemporary art gallery committed to exhibiting collectable Indigenous art, contemporary Australian art and work from promising emerging artists.

Since its inception our modern art gallery has built a reputation on promoting and presenting contemporary Australian art.

TheRipeCollective + Metro Modern Art Gallery ?

http://www.metrogallery.com.au/

Burn Crew

Burn Crew -

facebook.com/burncrew

Riped Friends

GorillaSigns

TheRipeCollective recently formed a partnership with Gorilla Signs. Ripe views the forged partnership as an amalgamation of two instinctive business models. As the partnership develops both entities will benefit from each other’s intuitive, forward thinking, ingenious approach to creating viable solutions to all ART/DESIGN Project Requests.

Ripe is looking forward to a Creative, Collaborative Partnership with Gorilla Signs.

HAPPY DAYS.

http://www.gorillasigns.com.au/