The designer’s guide to Melbourne

Melbourne is an unlikely city. Whether it’s the current ‘world’s most livable city’ or not is questionable, though if any other city even thinks of challenging for the title, each and every local feels a pang of jealously or disbelief. It’s unlikely because we’re forever batting way above our average, forever holding our head high as we swing against the big boys.

It’s hard to trace it back to a genesis point, but as is the way with these things, groups of interconnected people started popping up at the same time. Was it something in the water? The zeitgeist? All of a sudden there was Curtin House in the city centre, home to the Rooftop Cinema and Bar, the Metropolis Bookshop, the Cookie restaurant, The Toff in Town bar and the first home of Right Angle publishing. A six-storey building going to waste became a vertical hub of creativity.

The Thousands city guide, created by Right Angle, set the city off. Besides knowing what was Cool or Fool thanks to its weekly email, the city fell under the spell of smart and witty writing, with the guide reporting on everything from shop and bar openings to film, music and book reviews with charm and individuality. It was the first real voice for a new generation and its creativity promoted creativity.

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