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  • Trend spotting: Cinemagraphs

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Where I once saw GIFs flooding my RSS feeder or Tumblr feed, I’m noticing a new breed of image sauntering its way into internet culture. The Cinemagraph looks like a still image on first glance but feature a subtle area of movement. From hair blowing in the breeze, steam from a coffee cup or the…

  • Gruen Planet’s first episode airs tonight

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

      The Gruen Transfer is my favourite show. Hands down. It’s required reading (or watching) for those in our industry and gives the rest of the world an insight into what we advertisers do each day. So naturally I’m busting with excitement for Gruen Planet which airs tonight on ABC1 at 9pm. Over an eight-week…

  • Ray Kurzweil: “Technology changes exponentially”

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Iventor and Futurist Ray Kurzweil shows us in the graph below, how technology innovation is not changing in a linear way as most people assume, it changes exponentially. This means that we won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century — it will be more like 20,000 years of progress.   His graph shows…

  • Monday TED-spiration: Nurturing Creativity

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I have a confession. I’ve never read Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat,Pray, Love. I’ve never had any urge to read her story of finding herself following the breakdown of her marriage. I will confess, I begrudgingly sat through the movie adaptation of the book and it didn’t rate for me. While I can’t explain why I’m yet…

  • Limited edition Diet Coke rebrand

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Diet Coke, currently the N0. 3 soft drink in the world (according to The Coca-Cola Company) have introduced a limited-edition design to celebrate Coca-Cola’s 125th anniversary. The design was created by Turner Duckworth, who have produced some simple and clever designs for many of Coca-Cola’s products over the last few years (see below). What I…

  • “Enthusiasm as it should be – Loud Shirt Day at Hear and Say”

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Brio Group was recently invited to attend the launch of Loud Shirt Day at the Hear and Say Centre. After sponsoring hearing impaired, Rhylee, we’ve been actively involved in the centre’s events. One thing that really struck me walking through the Centre was seeing their interaction with the children and their parents was their enthusiasm.…

  • The Rabbit Hole Ideation Cafe opening soon…

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    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 will…

  • A manifesto for business

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Digital strategist Lani shares Clare Lancaster’s manifesto for women in business.

  • Typography under foot

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Lovers of typography lend me your ear. Australian graphic designer and artist Linus Dean has married his love of design and keen eye for style to create this savvy and on-trend range of rugs. Hand loomed in Tibet and Nepal from silk and wool Dean draws upon global typography inspiration to create this bright and…