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  • Semi-Permanent

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    Tanya Heading

    Well designers, it’s that time of year again! Have you got your tickets for Semi-Permanent yet? Semi-Permanent is a world leading design conference that to date has hosted 29 events in 9 cities, covering 5 countries, with over 200 speakers and 50,000 attendees. In 2012, Semi-Permanent celebrates ten years of events – that’s a decade…

  • Interview: Andrew Apostola, Creative Director at Portable

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    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…

  • Matisse ‘Up Late’

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    ‘Up late‘ is back at GOMA with the current Matisse: Drawing Life exhibit, running from 20 January-2 March 2012 on Fridays 5.30-10pm. With an exciting line-up planned…. This Friday 3 February 8.30pm Tyrone Noonan (AUS/USA) – originally from Brisbane 🙂 10 February Brous (AUS) 17 February Jason Lytle (USA) 24 February Halfway (AUS) 2 March…

  • Matisse at GOMA

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Art lovers will agree that Henri Matisse was an artist of classical greatness. His career was long and varied, covering many different styles of painting from Impressionism to near Abstraction. Early on in his career, he was viewed as a Fauvist, and his celebration of bright colours reached its peak in 1917 when he began…

  • App Love: A Local’s Guide

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

      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…

  • TEDxYouth Brisbane

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending TEDxYouthBrisbane at The Edge. The speakers were diverse and I loved the revised 10min talk format. It kept the pace of the day just right and you never felt like your attention was drifting. A firm favourite was Harrison Saragossi, a local photographer who was this year named…

  • Top 5 Australian Photographers

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Such an art… So much talent required… Something I definitely appreciate. I’d like to share with everyone my top 5 Australian photographers (this was hard to pick!) WEDDINGS: Marcus Bell, Studio Impressions. PORTRAITS: Stephen Walker, Grapeshot Studios.  COMMERCIAL: David Collins, Blackbox Photography. FASHION: “It’s a tie..” Between HenryK AND Georges Antoni.  Who’s your favourite…?  …

  • The Future according to Mike Walsh

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Mike Walsh, author of ‘Futuretainment’, presented at a recent AIMIA Brisbane event: “Yesterday the world changed. Now it is your turn” which I attended. For the one-hour session I felt Mike covered a lot of ground, but not once did I feel “overwhelmed” by the information being given to us. Working in an industry focused…

  • TEDx Brisbane

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    The second TEDxBrisbane was held at the State Library of Queensland last weekend. More than 450 people attended the event. It was a great day and a few firm favourites shone through. My top moments of the day include: Gordon Hamilton’s Toy Story 3 = Awesome Composer Gordon Hamilton’s video takes random Facebook status updates…