PORTFOLIO OF WORK: 2013-2019
EVENT DESIGN AND COORDINATION
A collaboration between Sarah Cooper and Stephanie Stamatis.
Since inception, Local Gatherings worked with a diverse and notable list of clients. These included Vogue, T2, Kinfolk, Jacob’s Creek, Sunday Suppers, Mimco, Hub Furniture, Furla and Virgin Australia.
Local Gatherings was an event design collaboration specialising in intimate gatherings of any size. As a team, Stephanie and Sarah combined both their shared and unique sensibilities and groundings in form and aesthetic to create a fruitful collaboration.
The vision: "to bring together our passion for family and food and the act of sharing - which we consider the most essential of all human connections”. With a focus on community, Local Gatherings aimed to combine simple elements to create events which were reminiscent of the family dinner.
Fiore by local gatherings x hub furniture
Fiore is a concept that centres around a weekly offering of bunches made up from a singular flower. It is a nod to the stationery and service of an era gone by.
This was a collaboration between Hub Furniture and Local Gatherings to activate their Melbourne CBD store.
Design: Studio Hi Ho
winter by Local gatherings
WINTER by Local Gatherings is a curated box of essential items to accompany the colder months – a time to slow down and be close to home.We worked closely with each Australian designer of the six objects to create something unique to WINTER and to enhance experiences in our own environment. They are items of for living; tactile, refined and intentionally neutral.
There was a limited edition of 30 boxes available to purchase from May 12-15 2016 at an installation set up by Local Gatherings and located in Prahran, Melbourne.
Photos of the launch evening
More information about WINTER
VIRgin australia
For the year of 2017 Local Gatherings worked for Virgin Australia styling the Paddock Club for all Supercars events in Australia and NZ.
This was an extensive contract for Local Gatherings and included a large number of brand activations for Virgin Australia.
Jacob's creek
In 2015 Local Gatherings were approached by Jacob's Creek to create their build and concept for the Australian Open VIP marquee.
Please see LG x Jacob's Creek proposal
vogue australia
Vogue Australia engaged Local Gatherings in 2015 in both Melbourne and Sydney where activations were created and installed in Alessi and Georg Jensen stores. That same year for Vogue Local Gatherings also focused on a luxury event for their client; Monards at the Chairman's Villa in Crown Casino, Melbourne.
Tables by lg
Tables by LG was a catering service that focused specifically on tables filled with meats, cheeses, breads and delicacies. LG serviced several architecture firms in Melbourne for their events.
Studio Local was a very natural progression for Local Gatherings.
“It was always the plan to have a home where all our events and ideas could live. Studio Local has now become a photography and events space with a following aligned to the ethos of Local Gatherings.”
Studies
In 2017 Studio Local launched 'Studies'. This consisted of afternoons spent making pasta, Ikebana floral arrangements, clay desk trays and learning about sensory experiences through cocktails and fragrance.
Mixology Studies: Le Labo x The Everleigh
Pasta Studies: Julia Busuttil Nishimura (OSTRO)
Flower Studies: Hattie Molloy
Clay Studies: Ella Bendrups
Studio local night market
The Studio Local Night Market is about gathering the community and supporting good food and design from some of Melbourne’s very best (with cocktail in hand). The inaugural festive evening started in 2017 and featured Broadsheet, Anna Varendorff, Mirador, Mörk Chocolate, Baker D Chirico, MLD, Supply Paper Co, Julia Busuttil Nishimura and more. With dinner supplied by Taco Truck and the bar by The Everleigh. From 5-9pm on the 30th of November 2017 Studio Local saw over 300 people attend the market.
Studio Local Night Market playlist
Broadsheet article
Hillvale Sunny 16 film shots
features
In 2017. Studio Local housed several photo shoots for Good Weekend, was featured on The Design Files and the Country Road Live With Us blog and Fete Magazine cover. Our purposely designed kitchen was also used for many cookbooks including Pidapipo's Gelato Eight Days A Week, Pana Chocolate and several Smith Street Books publications.
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The Brainery Store was a concept developed in 2012 that focused on bringing forward new ideas in regional areas of Victoria.
Launching in 2013, the events moved from Geelong to Kyneton. The Brainery Store partnered with Dumbo Feather to hold a Backyard Party in Geelong and hosted a seasonal workshop for Kinfolk in Melbourne.
Alongside the lectures, we also set up a pop-up magazine store, which held unique and interesting titles or titles that were hard to find in regional areas at the time.
See Media Kit here
geelong
Featuring: Rohan Anderson (Whole Larder Love), Sibling Architecture, Nick Ray (Shop Ethical), Nick Shelton and Caroline Clements (Broadsheet), Melbourne City Rooftop Honey and a Dumbo Feather Street Party with film screening of Mary Meets Mohammad.
kyneton
Featuring: Simon Goodrich (Portable), Simon Griffiths (Who Gives A Crap), Lisa Mitchell and Peter D Cole.
