Back from the Bowerbird Bazaar
I recently got back from Adelaide after taking part in the second Bowerbird Bazaar market. Organised by Rebekah from One Small Room and Jane from InSync Design who I first met at the launch of the photocurator at Young Blood 08 and who has been a regular friendly face through out the last year and a half as I attended various design & trade shows around Australia.
The first bowerbird bazaar had been referred to by a few friends who attended last years as ‘one of the best they have done’ – which was saying something, as they had done a lot.
With this in mind, the potential of the event was playing up as a classic, one-of-a-kind market with large crowds and lots of new people who hadn’t been introduced to the photocurator before – and it didn’t disappoint. Although not as huge as Melbourne Federation Square Design Market (not much tops that one) or the madness of the Young Blood, the Bowerbird was a huge success with over 6000 coming through the doors and lots of sales leaving me with very little stock left to take back to Sydney.
There was a great selection of designers at the Bowerbird, such as Mattt, Lola & Bailey, Pigeonhole, Vinyl Wall Designs, Smug Designs, Printspace, Sarah Rothe, a skulk of foxes and many more… after the last year’s experience someone should do a book on these people!
Thanks to Jane and Rebekah for putting on such a great event – hope to be back in October!!
