The intriguing HANKER.com website decided to pop-up in Sydney for April and May – just in time for Spring. Taking up residence in a gorgeous terrace boutique, the HANKER pop up gives Sydney-siders a an off-line taste of a global style emporium. Like Mr. Porter and Pret-a-Porter who’ve trod the cyber path before them, HANKER is an Australian based company that targets on-the-go professional business chicks. Wanting that detailed little something capable of lifting your professional attire out of the ordinary? Then don’t think twice visit HANKER.com online or the store open by appointment or normal working hours just until til may 31.  It’s located at the uber-cool Mr Rose 31 Norflok Street Paddington, NSW.

It took 6 winemakers, 2 chefs, 40 media and 4 venues, to bring together the glamorous launch of King Valley’s Prosecco Road in Sydney. This exclusive event held on 30 March marked the momentous opening of North Eastern Victoria’s latest food and wine trail. Delicious, accessible and romantic Prosecco was matched with delicate morsels of food at A Tavola and three private venues – in a night of fitting advrnture and discovery.  the night was a fitting blend Kitchen, Courtyard, Garden and Dining room mini-events. For the good oil on this relatively untouched pocket of the chilly High Country - click here. To read the full press release please click here

Returning from four months in East Timor in 2010, young Australian photographer Billy Maynard has his first solo photographic show at Damien Minton Gallery Annex on 20 May 2011. During his time abroad  he immersed himself in a Catholic community of transsexual prostitutes, shooting images that shed new light on some of the most marginalised and invisible people in the eastern part of the island.

Maynard’s gritty exhibition Trans/Tender depicts scenes of isolation, darkness and intimacy. Amidst a world of mud, rain, heat and sex, Maynard chose to shoot all images at night, on black and white film, using only the light available. Come and experience the scarred and textured prints he has on show for one week at Minton’s grungy pop up gallery 20-28 May 2011.

Call Belinda Aucott on 0416 830 227 for more details.

Untitled by Billy Maynard, copyright 2011

Yarn PR’s brand new client ‘THE SOLID STATE’ is a highly awarded boutique agency known for its scintillating pre-sale trailers and jaw dropping marketing collateral. With three Golden Trailer Awards under their belt, the team at The Solid State are masters of the two-minute format. They are known for distilling a director’s vision down to its absolute essence, and for communicating the weight of a script in less than five minutes.

Walter Bienz and Danny Lachevre at THE SOLID STATE  have just helped Australian gun Producer Emile Sherman [THE KING’S SPEECH] and Director Tony Krawitz [JEW BOY, THE TALL MAN] win finance for their next feature – DEAD EUROPE.

View images from the pre-sales collateral here, or visit THE SOLID STATE website for further details.

You can’t quell a hankering and it looks like new luxury site HANKER.com won’t be stopped either. Recent bouts of coverage have left professional women everywhere reaching for their i-pads,  with one objective: Buy, buy buy! Especially covetable items such as those shown in Grazia and GW this month. Get them while their hot ladies. Only at Hanker.com

Got talent? Wanna make a film? Then your next step on the path to Hollywood is  The Solid State in Surry Hills. This is where Danny LaChevre and Walter Bienz are working day in day out to help Australia’s hottest filmmakers realise their dreams.

Original, consistent and visionary; Walter and Danny create award-winning pre-sales trailers, posters, websites and print collateral that distill the vision of directors. They have won two Golden Trailer awards in the past two years and are critically acclaimed masters of the two-minute format. Find their work at conferences like Berlin, Cannes, MIP and AFN or check it out today here isiting at The Solid State’s site.

Exploring a dialogue between landscape and body, Rick Ball’s works on canvas and paper are slowly forged from his studio in Broken Hill. Yarn PR is working closely with both artist and manager to take Rick Ball’s works to a larger audience.

For more information on Rick Ball’s work, please visit Rick Ball’s beautiful online gallery.

November 2010 marked the launch of a truly exciting new company. Led by stunning Australian design mind David Grant. Place Associates is a specialist consultancy based in Sydney. David’s latest project brings together an irrepressiible team including architect and designer Alex Ritchie and experiential brand expert Robbie Robertson.

Since launching Place Associates to the market, YARN PR has achievedcoverage for Place Associates across Radio 2UE, The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.
To learn more about Place Associates visit their blog.

What is your Next Life?  That is the questions posed by Charles Darwin University’s creative new campaign Next Life. With an emotive brand story and blog brimful of great writers and resources, YARN PR is proud to have been working on content creation and publicity for the campaign. Have you ever had a creeping desire to return to study? If so, click here for inspiration.

The Cool Head Warm Heart Penthouse in Bangkok is a stunning interior fit-out of a luxury urban residence by MCK Architects. The brief was to create sophisticated base for the client’s siblings to meet regularly in South East Asia. MCK decided to give the interior a clean contemporary architectural design, with materials and furnishings chosen to introduce warmth and character.