Mushrooms and Beer Taps

If I were either an industrial designer or a biologist specializing in mycology I think I’d be drawn to beer taps. Once they were just utilitarian mechanical pumps drawing on the bartender’s strength to ‘pull’ ale from kegs. Now however these bright iconic taps sporting their manufacturer’s logos seem to sprout from bars like mushrooms. […]

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Unconventional Mushrooms

It’s almost a play on words but I don’t really think it works. Regardless, these mushrooms can be found on the side of the Adelaide Convention Center about half way up the building on the north western corner. I had just arrived for the opening celebrations of AVCON, the Adelaide Anime and Gaming Convention 2017. […]

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