I MADE IT MYSELF

WHO John Patterson

Picturing a history of many faces

PRESENTATION/REPRESENTATION: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM GERMANY Monash Gallery of Art, cnr Jells and Ferntree Gully roads, Wheelers Hill, until August 30, mga.org.au

Home Style

Lock it in The appeal of this flat-pack system lies in its simplicity. The Lock Me In shelving concept involves slotting together pieces to form a modular unit. Made of sustainable plantation plywood, the pieces can be bought separately for $49.50 each or as a whole unit (the one pictured is $1490). See www.studioskinky.com or phone (02) 9557 5135.

'failures' Reborn

IN THE computer-aided sculptures of James Angus, architectural "failures" reinvent as brilliantly twisted follies made from laser-cut plywood, spruce, and MDF. Palazzo della Civita Italiana (pictured) becomes a looping mobius strip satirising the progress narratives of Italian futurist architecture. Elsewhere, utopian projects by Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer are "remodelled" but the heroic impulse of the originals is disarmed. Ordinary objects further disrupt the architectural program. Soccer ...

Plying Their Trade

A new generation of designers is discovering the versatility of plywood, Stephen Lacey writes.

Notes In Plywood Bottles

Peter Hennessey uses plywood as an artistic vehicle and as a metaphor, writes Louise Bellamy.

Magpies Empty Nest For State-of-art Eyrie

Scungy carpet, twisted, grubby lengths of tape, chipped steps leading to an old spa bath, smelly, abandoned sneakers and holes knocked in plywood walls through anger or exuberance.

Behind The Neon Glitz, A Plywood City Grows

Out of work, out of a home and running out of time, more than 25,000 are the saddest victims of Japan's economic slowdown. Nick Jones reports from Tokyo.

Pink Palace Princess Is Queen Of The Show's Stables

Entry to the pink palace was through a bright archway of plastic rabbits, standing at the end of rows of horses, dung and hay. Pink fabric was stapled to the plywood stall walls, home to the Durante family for the Royal Easter Show.

Ford Zephyr

A gutsy performer with acceleration to surprise most challengers at the lights and the guts to tow the plywood caravan up to Lakes Entrance without complaining, the Zephyr is fondly remembered as an upmarket, honest little performer.

Rainbow Without A Pot Of Gold

The Skase empire was like a film set - nothing but plywood and paint.