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  • Sometimes it pays to think small…

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    Tanya Heading

    During my recent wanderings around the wonderful world of facebook, I discovered this fantastic little competition that had happened on flickr: Spectacular Insect Faces! The competition closed in March, but lucky for us the winning entries are still available for all to see! Have a look at all the top entries here. See if you…

  • Spend Friday nights at GoMA’s Up Late

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    When 5pm rolls around each Friday, what do you do? a) Head to a city bar and muse over the working week with colleagues and a bottle or two of vino? b) Drive straight home and settle in for an evening of TV and takeaway? c) Or… do you spend the evening longing to find…

  • The 9×5 is coming to Brisbane!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

      After a successful exhibition in Melbourne, the 15th Annual 9×5 Illustrators Australia Exhibition is coming to Brisbane! 9×5 will be presented as part of OPTIMISM: Icograda Design Week and will kick off the week’s evening events at 6pm Monday 11 October 2010 at Brisbane Design College, 200 Barry Parade, Brisbane. The exhibition gives you…

  • High Speed Bullet Photography

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    Tanya Heading

    If you are ever starved for a creative concept, think beyond space and form, consider ‘time’. Sometimes the most beautiful moments happen in the blink of an eye. Check out what Alan Sailer has captured through high speed photography! Feel free to blink though, these photos won’t let you miss an inch of detail! Also,…

  • International Day of Peace – have your peaceful say

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    International Day of Peace  is such a great inspiration! What better way to put budding design skills to a good use than working on a project which promotes M.A.D (Making a Difference for Peace). It’s International Day of Peace tomorrow (21st September) so maybe this might inspire your small contribution to the world of design.…

  • The Genius of Design

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    The ABC is showing a series called the Genius of Design starting this week on Tuesday evening. It should be compulsory viewing for anyone with an interest in the way design influences our lives. We live in a designed world, created by a diverse group of specialists that we call designers. This series tells the…

  • Creative Social Media and a Meerkat!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Developing a campaign that will be as successful online as it is offline is not always an easy thing to do, especially if you are selling car insurance! It can seem quite dry and boring! But with a bit of creativity British financial company Compare the Market managed to create an extremely successful campaign “Compare…

  • Brisbane PARK(ing) Day – 17/9/2010

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Have you ever wanted to be a guerilla gardener and put some greenery back into your street? Well here’s your chance! Next Friday (September 17) is PARK(ing) Day in Brisbane. It has become a synchronised global event starting in 2005 to raise awareness about the lack of green spaces in San Francisco’s downtown. I think this…