DAILY IMPRINT
"Marika Jarv is someone that I've been admiring for some time now. She first came to my attention when real living featured her gorgeous home in the July 06 issue and ever since she's worked on a steady stream of projects that have impressed me. I love her relaxed style with its hits of fashion and retro-cool."
Natalie Walton
To read more >
http://www.dailyimprint.net/2009/03/designinspiration-marika-jarv.html
HOME FEATURE
"Come sunny Saturday mornings, designer and architect Marika Jarv walks with her young daughters, three-year-old Avie and 4-month-old Jaia, down to Sydney's North Avalon beach. Here the trio meet up with Marika's partner and the girls' dad, Matt, who has been out carving up the surf since daybreak...
Marika spent seven years working with renowned Sydney architectural and landscape firm Peter Stutchbury Architects before launching her own design practice and former side project PrintDolls—for which she created the phenomenally successful 'All Stops To' bus and tram scroll banners."
Inside Out
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Feature on radio star Adam Spencer
April May 2009
"Marika Jarv: Hot because... she, too worked for top architectural firm Stutchbury and Pape, and, now in her own practice, designs decidedly Australian and perfectly contemporary houses."
Belle
GEORGE GORROW HOUSE
"Built in a decade of questionable aesthetic sensibility, the original structure architect Marika Järv was faced with sported many hallmarks of its era – blond brick walls, vermiculite ceilings and dark, compartmentalized layout. Thankfully her client had seen beyond these attributes when purchasing the property, and was keen to radically change the structure.
“The brief was to create a large open plan living/entertaining area, and to provide the most seamless connection to the outside rear pool area” explains Järv, “In terms of aesthetics, the client was well travelled and an avid surfer, so it was essential the house conveyed a relaxed beach-side quality, yet had international appeal, specifically reflecting time spent in New York.”
Thus began a collaborative, experimental and occasionally spontaneous design process. The client’s open-mindedness allowed Järv to push her creative limits and incorporate materials and details that more conventional residents would shy away from. This included exposed brass taps and plumbing in the bathrooms, black ceramic basins and cement rendering on all the walls (including the shower spaces) instead of the more traditional finish of tiles. “At one stage we were considering using copper sheet for the kitchen benchtops (which would have been amazing!), but unfortunately budget constraints wouldn’t permit”, she adds."
Habitusliving.com
For more reading > http://www.habitusliving.com/projects/blonde-brick-facelift
A WEEKEND WITH.... MARIKA JARV
"Architecture is one of those professions that you can apply to anything; it's creative, you're building things and constantly problem-solving".
Inside Out
GEORGE GORROW HOUSE
"The serenity of this bathroom can be attributed to it's simplicity: rendered walls and floors of polished concrete with exposed aggregate and benches made from recycled timber planks. Taps and shower heads, in their raw brass form, from the Roulette range by CB Ideal Tapware and a pre-owned vintage soap/ toothbrush holder add to the muted tones. Externally mounted timber stacking/sliding doors provide large openings for an abundance of natural light and ventilation."
Green
WALL OF SOUND
We're loving these limited-edition prints by Marika Jarv. Entitled Wall of Sound and named after the production technique pioneered by legendary music producer Phil Spector (crazy hair, murder conviction), they feature the names of over 500 musicians arranged in a spiral like the grooves of a record. They're a subtle way to add an arty touch to your walls, though what we like most is Jarv's attention to detail. In black, gold or clear—only 100 of each are available, so get in quick.
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"Also pushing our nostalgia buttons are old bus and tram destination blinds—now popular as wall art. Perhaps you caught the No. 42 tram to Melbourne's Mont Albert as a school kid? Well, now you can celebrate it in your living room. In fact, PrintDolls have adapted the real thing onto smart, screen-printed canvases called All Stops To..."
Qantas Magazine
5 SECRETS with MARIKA JARV
AVALON HOUSE
by Peter Stutchbury Architecture
"The result looks deceptively simple, but this honed, cost-effective, pre-fabricated industrial steel structure is a highly refined feat of engineering, vision and intellect, which recently won the prestigious 2008 New Building Award for Residential Architecture in NSW."
Vogue Living
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"Following 20 years as a trend forecaster, Pamela Makin opened Les Interieurs in Sydney's exclusive Palm Beach, catering to the desires of chic beachside bums."
Vogue Living
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QANTM Create Design Awards 2012 - Shortlisted - Print Creative
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"Marika Jarv is the designer behind PrintDolls who started the craze for tram-roll art. Her new work, "Wall of Sound', is inspired by a vinyl album."
Belle
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QANTM Create Design Awards 2012 - Print Creative - Highly Commended
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WALL OF SOUND
"Designer Marika Jarv is the brains behind the original "All Stops To" destination scroll, and now she's back with a clever mashup of band names. The "Wall of Sound" print takes band and artist titles and links them to form a long continuous loop."
marie claire
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"Music Lover's Delight. Can you find 500 iconic artists?"
Sunday Loves
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"Taking five years - yes, five years - to make, this limited edition print is a typographic musical mash-up. Over 500 names have been interlinked to form a spiral inspired by the continuous groove of an old vinyl record."
Yen
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"Make a bold statement with these screen prints based on vintage posters, says art director Cassidy. "These artworks have such impact using nothing more than type. They're based on the destination signs that were used in trams and buses. I think they're especially meaningful if you've lived in those suburbs or spent a lot of time there, reminding you of where you've been and what you've seen."
Donna Hay
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"The All Stops To range of canvases replicate the vintage black-and-white destination rolls used in old buses, trams and trains. Screen-printed by hand using eco-friendly water-based inks, the signs take in suburbs from Prahran to Palm Beach."
Vogue
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"Font of Inspiration: The word is that letters and numbers are big news in decorating."
SMH
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"Photographers, advertising types, film stylists and designers go berserk over PrintDoll's artworks, inspired by destination rolls from vintage buses, trains and trams, such as those exhibited at the Powerhouse Museum last year."
SMH
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"Black and White Address Book: Simple yet stunning, black and white can work wonders in your home.... Based on vintage tram, train and bus destination scrolls, these large hand screen-printed artworks are attached to a timber frame."
Notebook:
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"A nice number for those who like art to be spelt out for them in black and white. From Portsea to Pyrmont to Prahran, there's one for almost every locale. It's modern, engaging art with a simple and effective concept that doesn't try too hard and will work in any room from your kitchen to the bedroom."
Shop Til You Drop
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"Queensland hotspots are now on the PrintDolls map. The All Stops To range of 1.83m tall, hand screen-printed canvas artworks, inspired by vintage destination blinds from old buses, trams and trains, features a Noosa Heads "Special" and a "Not In Service" trip to inner Brisbane's New Farm."
Qweekend
