A few months ago across Australia the country’s leading children’s book artists and authors gathered in ABC television studios. After the last artist made their way through the security barriers…
The sun’s shinning outside but your teenage daughter is indoors watching old 80’s movies. Fear not she may be cementing the foundations of an amazing future. Ebony Harding started her…
Sometimes all it takes is just three little letters, arranged in the right order, and an empty chair, to spark consumer desire … Imagine sitting front and centre at Fashionably Loud, the…
It’s been 12 months since Tim Ferguson was last here and while his approach was more relaxed, his wit was as sharp as ever. © The Ponder Room Tonight Tim put on an intimate…
Like a lot of uni students of a certain age, I have fond memories of unwinding after a day of intense pondering, with a late afternoon episode of Sesame Street…
Having delighted in Robert Junipers studio it was on to multi-award winning landscape photographer Richard Woldendorp’s studio, thanks again to the Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia. ©…
First up amongst our PFF WA Designer Collection is jewellery designer Alushia-Sanchia. I first became aware of Alushia’s work through her pyramid poison rings. As a child I loved anything…
Before talking about the Perth Fashion Festival designers there are a few other things to let you know about.Having lived with an artist for several years, I’m immensely aware of…
The Ponder Room loves profiling people who are out there having a go at reaching their dreams or trying to make a difference. Likewise we’re always interested in organisations or…
Ask yourself this. Would you … get out of bed on a Sunday morning, a 2 degree winters Sunday morning, don a wet suit, then head on to the river to…
Years ago (somewhere between the advent of mobile phones and the demise of the horse and cart) Governments of the day decided to improve the health of West Australian primary…
Wisdom comes with age or so they say, but as I left the movie, I am Eleven, I pondered whether this saying needs a bit of re-gigging.I am Eleven is the first feature…
And I guess the final word should go to Superman … fly Superman fly!!!I hope this rink comes back again next winter. © The Ponder Room © The Ponder Room
While at the 2012 Fremantle Winter Festival I also pondered how much people changed when they stepped on the ice. The ice really leveled things out, and it was wonderful to…
Next came …The you’re never too young or too little especially when mum is just infront of you© The Ponder RoomThe oblivious duelling photographers …with eyes in the back of…
In marketing and consumer psychology we’re often asked to segment markets for clients. A recent trip to the 2012 Winter Festival in Fremantle had me pondering some rarely seen segments,…
There are some things you expect at a Lady Gaga concert and then there’s …Late Sunday afternoon a friend who knows my predilection for people watching, suggested I make my…
Before showing The King is Dead at Cinema Paradiso, director Rolf de Heer (Ten Canoes, The Tracker) was asked to explain the movies genre. He declined saying he’d prefer people watched…
