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  • Sleepeater wins NZ Best Design

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Everyone’s favourite New Zealand band, Shihad, might have been around since 1988, but they are keeping up to date with new media. They enlisted the help of NZ agency Oktobor to create a microsite for the music video of their new single ‘Sleepeater‘. The innovative site won Gold in the Small Scale Website category and the…

  • Getty Images’ Photography Competition ‘Grab’

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Are you the sort of person who can’t leave the house without their camera? When you travel, are you behind the lens more than not? Well why not use your photography-skills to win you some brilliant pries, including $5000 worth of Nikon camera gear simply by entering Getty Images’ photography competition ‘Grab’. But get in…

  • The Social Network Trailer

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    [briotube]http://www.youtube.com/v/lB95KLmpLR4[/briotube] Facebook seems to be everywhere lately. It’s become a daily addiction for most, businesses are jumping on board and working out Facebook marketing,and now Hollywood has made a feature about it. Take a look at the trailer, I’ve got to admit I’m pretty interested in watching it. Are you? Yours in social media, Julia

  • 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…

  • Facebook Places launches in Australia

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Facebook Places, which launched in Australia today, will allow Facebook users to share their location with friends. So if you’re enjoying a coffee in Brunswick Street, Brisbane and your friend is nearby, you’ll be alerted – and like magic, you can have a random catchup. This new feature is set to open up new real-life…

  • Sass and Bide shines at London Fashion Week

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Flying the flag for Australia at this year’s London Fashion Week is Sass and Bide. The brand returned to the city which discovered them back in 1999 when Heidi Middleton and Sarah Jane Clarke sold their designs at West London’s Portobello Markets. Now 11 years later, Sass and Bide launched their Spring/Summer 11 collection at the…

  • 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…

  • Most Challenging Traffic Signs

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I came across a funny article about illogical, insensate, irrational and unreasonable road signs, written by Doug Lansky, who is a travel writer based in Stockholm. Some signs are difficult to understand or to follow, while others – got a shortage of breath. We’ve all seen them. Yes, you know, those crazy road signs that…

  • New Twitter experience announced today!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    [briotube]http://www.youtube.com/v/rIpD7hfffQo[/briotube] Big news just in – the Twitter experience is about to change! I’ve just previewed how our Brio Group Twitter account will look under the new Twitter interface, and I cannot wait to explore the entire suite of possibilities when it comes in to full swing in the coming weeks. Twiter promises the new…