Barnacle.
What a suck-up.
Wow, this I need to get, it’s simple, affordable and very effective! This visually appealing single piece of moulded material sticks your iPhone to the windshield of your car or to your desk (or any slick surface) without the use of unsightly tape! Reference and more information here. Yours in making life a little easier, [...]
Interview: Andrew Apostola, Creative Director at Portable
We interviewed Portable’s Creative Director Andrew Apostola about Brisbane’s creativity, product design and challenges in design in the coming year. What excites you most about Brisbane’s current design / creative industries? We’ve been following the progress of the Edge over the past few years and have been really impressed by the space and the opportunities [...]
Thinking outside the box
As we all know in branding and in life, first impressions count. Of course we all ask the question… “How we can do this?” Then in business you also have a lot of competition and it’s important to not only make a good first impression, but to also stand out from the crowd. While browsing [...]
Type cast
Some inspiration from typographic shadow artists.
Frankie Magazine 2012 Daily Journal
I found this diary lying on a workmates desk… I’m so in love with it… I have to get one!!! The Frankie 2012 Daily Journal features super-sweet illustrations from Melbourne artist Amy Borrell, the frankie 2012 diary is full of goodness 365 days a year. With week-to-a-page lay outs, monthly planners and spaces to jot down [...]
Christmas Stress Relief
It’s called the silly season for a reason, right? How many times have you been pushed out of the way at the shops this year for some other greedy person to get to the bargains (which you didn’t even want anyway!)? Is all the stress of thinking about the family getting together on Christmas day [...]
A Papertie Affair
Very recently, I and a few girls went and checked out the Twilight Boutique Markets at Portside, here in Brisbane. We were on mission to discover some last minute Christmas treats for family and friends. I will have to admit that I had finished my Christmas gift buying, but it didn’t stop a tiny [...]
Brio Group’s Christmas Gift Guide
Do you leave your Christmas shopping til the very last moment? Never sure what to get the creative in your family? Never fear, Brio Group have put together our very own creative Christmas gift guide to lead you in the right direction. Belinda Vesey-Brown, Managing Director Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Audiobook,$22.79USD Make sure it [...]
Heaven Devoid of Stars
It’s just about impossible to imagine a world without movable type. That very sentiment is set in ink in this new print collaboration with Stefan Hattenbach. An extravagant screen-print of gold, white, and black inks on beautiful red Plike paper. I couldn’t think of a better Christmas gift for myself….ahhh, I mean your loved one. Buy it here at ilovetypography.com [...]
App Love: A Local’s Guide
A Local’s Guide is a stroke of design genius from Map Magazine I’m a huge fan of the magazine from the content to their design and this local’s guide to Brisbane in app form is no exception. Map describe the app as hundreds of random curated suggestions by locals for the best experiences in [...]