Adelaide’s Design Market

Well this is a great event I went to in October. Local and interstate designers, artists and craftspeople in an old theatre building, the kind of space which seems to be quickly disappearing in Adelaide. The Queen’s Theatre dates back to 1841 and is a heritage site.

Interestingly, it was managed by the History Trust of South Australia but as of 2010 it is under the management of the Arts department. It’s now marketed as a performance and market venue, which is an idea that should be applied to more heritage buildings in this town. And it is definitely more creative than demolishing sites of historical and cultural value and replacing them with supermarkets, garages and high-rise flats none of us can afford. We can avoid dealing with high maintenance and rebuilding costs by using these buildings and not leaving them to rot for 30 or more years. Anyway, I should stop ranting now.

I tried to take a few snaps to document the mad rush, but every photo came out the same. A sea of people. This is the only negative side of the event, it gets so packed that you only have a few seconds to stand at a stall before being moved along by the mass of humanity. It becomes a little hard to take it all in, so I suggest visiting several times.