The Rabbit Hole Ideation Cafe opening soon…
I’ve recently stumbled across the Facebook page for a new cafe and it caught my eye. Set to open soon, the West End cafe combines my two great interests: design and coffee. The Rabbit Hole Ideation Cafe will be a space for creative types to meet, share ideas, tackle briefs and brainstorm concepts. The cafe [...]

Lomography Society
Amber takes a look at all things Lomography.

Get your chalk out!
I am always a sucker for good old hand-drawn typography, but hand-drawn typography on a blackboard is just another level of amazement. Seeing as my blackboard writing skills were clearly tragic when I worked at a school, Dana Tanamachi is my new idol. Take a look at some of her work! If you want to [...]
Semi-Permanent Hits Brisbane This Friday
Are you one of the lucky ones to score a ticket to Semi-Permanent in Brisbane this Friday? I hope so, because this year’s conference is looking pretty awesome and tickets are sold out! Every year in 8 cities across the world Semi-Permanent showcases the best in graphic design, film, fine art, illustration, web design, interactive [...]

5 Top Tips for Styling Dinner Parties
I recently joined a team of creative women for a huddle in the recent event for the Saviours of the Lost Arts 2011 program run by the Brisbane City Council. The aim, to acquire new ideas for styling dinner parties and events. We have such a hoot throwing around ideas for our future events and [...]

Effective creative brainstorming
Sitting down and collectively brainstorming for a campaign can generate some amazing results and be a lot of fun if the sessions are run well. Running brainstorming or idea generation sessions well will save time by keeping the ideas on track. They will produce a bigger haul of valuable ideas and build structured freedom and [...]
Creative creatures of Mochimochi Land
There’s something about the ridiculously cute characters of Mochimochi Land that has me running to Spotlight in search of knitting needles and wool. I don’t now how to knit, I have zero patience and I’m pretty sure I’m going to be the world’s worst knitter but I feel compelled to try some of the awesome [...]

Functional turns decorative
Check out this fantastically creative fence art designed and produced by Dutch design outfit: Demarkersvan – Lace Fence. Dutch design strikes again!!! Lace Fence have crafted something which was purely functional with a hostile stigma into something aesthetic and decorative while still functional. They have crafted a variety of designs ranging from lace florals to [...]
Winners announced at Cannes Lions Festival
We’re all very excited about the Cannes Lions Festival which is currently in full swing. Shortlists and winners are being announced daily at the Cannes Lions website and diary entries from Aussie representatives at Cannes are being detailed at Campaign Brief. The festival describes itself as ‘the world’s only truly global meeting place for creative [...]

Design considerations
I chose this TED Talk to share with the Brio Group team this morning as I liked how Thomas Heatherwick’s London Architect firm considered their designs in a holistic approach. Not only did they consider the impact their designs have on the existing natural and built environment, but they also considered how it affects the [...]


