Semi-Permanent Brisbane a great inspiration!
This year’s Semi-Permanent Brisbane was an awesome day packed with some really inspiring speakers. The video above, by Supervixen, formed the introduction. The concept represents the conference making an impact on which ever country it arrives at. Another of my favourite speakers was illustrator/fashion photographer, Kelly Thompson. Having developed a reputation for getting the sass out [...]
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 [...]
Typographers Dream
“Designers, type enthusiasts and people who love to explore the world of typography, better take a seat before hearing – FontBook, the most complete reference guide of typography in the world, is now available as an App for iPad!” – Halex Pereira for MacMagazine Brazil (translated from Portuguese) As if I didn’t need yet another [...]
Splendid art at Splendour in the Grass
As one of the 30,000 or so people donning my gumboots for Splendour in the Grass this weekend, I’m getting excited not only for the big acts, but also for the inspiring Spendour arts scene. This year there will be a range of interactive, digital media, street art, sculpture, peformance art and installations from Australian [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Accessible food for thought
If not now, then when? If not me, then who? These two interesting questions come from a TED Talk by Mick Ebeling, an entrepreneur who did something amazing and helped “unlock a locked-in artist”. He helped give a paralysed artist who had only the use of his eyes a way to express himself artistically again. [...]
The Queensland Premier’s Design Awards return for 2011
After the success of last year’s event, the Queensland Premier’s Design Awards are back for their secon official year and ready to add more inspiring design ambassadors to their ranks. So what are the Queensland Premier’s Design Awards you ask? The awards were started in 2006 when Arts Queensland established the Smart State Designer of [...]