Crateman Returns!!!
Outside of Melbourne the crateman is back and better than ever. 150+ crates strong. Click the image to see more views.
Archive for 'Australia'
It’s not all good in Australia
Woman charged with beating girl with crate
A WOMAN has been charged after a five-year-old girl was woken in the middle of the night and beaten with a milk crate at a community north of Katherine.
The incident happened early on Tueasday morning at the Kalan Community when an argument broke out between a woman and her husband, police said.
The woman became enraged and allegedly picked up a milk crate before grabbing the sleeping child by her hair and dragging her across the floor.
She then allegedly beat the child with the crate on the back and face before taking her outside and shaking her, police said.
Crate-tech
Australia continues to be on the bleeding edge of milkcrate lifestyle. The Design Computing and Architecture disciplines at the University of Sydney (wow that’s a big name) just sent over this project – “petro cow project” – that they are undertaking. A merging of sociology, architecture, and milkcrates – what could be sweeter.
Cr(e)ate by Tim Quirey
I got an email this week from me Tim Quirey, the author of “Cr(e)ate” which is a book of photography of milkcrates all over the world. His work took him to Morocco, New Zealand, London, Paris, Barcelona, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra. I’m so siked this has been done, and I hope to feature Tim in the future. Support the crate love everywhere!
Crate lounge
Austrailia is pushing the milkcrate lifestyle forward. From designer Stefan Lie, comes the milkcrate lounge chair. 20 milkcrates and some twist ties, and you are on your way. I need to get to Austrailia soon.
Crate tweaker
This aussie is pretty serious about milkcrate theft, so he redsigned the milkcrate for the ABC/AU show, the New Inventors. How can you really improve something so perfect. From the abc web page: “Most people have found that milk crates are ideal for storage at home and this discovery has led to milk crates going missing. Milk crates have be known to be used for safe storage of vinyl records, used as seating stools, as a stand at concerts and parades to catch a better view and sometimes when partnered with other milk crates even used as a strong bed base.” Seems like even ABC is rooting against him. The video is some funny/not funny stuff. – John Freeborn 5-30-06
