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  • The popular Art and Jewellery Market

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    It’s that time of the year again, the much anticipated Karuna Art and Jewellery Market. Held at 8am-3pm Saturday 7 August 2010 @ 27 Cartwright St Windsor Brisbane. Get there early to nab yourself a masterpiece and a treasure! There are several paintings, canvases, frames, jewellery and crafts to keep you wide-eyed The proceeds go…

  • Meet the woman behind Peppermint Magazine

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Kelley Sheenan from Peppermint Magazine will kick off the Design Institute of Australia’s 2010 Breakfast Series: Bubble & Speak as their first speaker this Thursday 15 July. Kelley comes from a graphic design background, graduating with distinction from Media Design School in Auckland. Initially working for a design/communications company, Kelley and her husband Ben McGill…

  • Cereal Art

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    As a kid I always enjoyed making pictures out of my food, but Cereal-Artists Hank Willis Thomas and Ryan Alexiev have refined the skill well into their adult life. Their sweet mosaic of Barack Obama is comprised of all sorts of American cereals. It encompasses Cheerios and Lucky Charms into what is not just a…

  • The Pig of Happiness

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I recently picked up a cute book from a wonderful bookshop at Bulimba (the Riverbend bookshop). The author is Edward Monkton, an artist and thinker. He has created a movie version of the book, so I thought I would share the happiness on our blog! Yours in Design, Anya-demus

  • Memories on my walls…

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I’ve always been a poster pilferer. I go to gigs and take them from the walls get them signed by the band then frame them. My Skunkhour poster from The Go tour is my pride and joy. My best friend recounts and experience of regret the time we saw Alex Lloyd at the Waterloo (in…

  • You’re invited to…

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I am getting to a certain age where my friends are starting to get engaged, married or having babies. As their token graphic designer friend the tasks generally falls on me to come up with invitations. Now being a designer I don’t want my friends to have run of the mill invitations, I want to…

  • Penguin Classics

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I have long been a fan of the Penguin Classics range. The beautiful orange and black that look so neat and professional on your bookcase. Not to mention that they are must reads from all periods in time. Well, recently while browsing in a bookstore I saw that the Penguin Classic collection has been given…

  • Purity or Pubity?

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I was sitting having a quiet drink in front of the fire one cold afternoon while on holidays recently and I was talking to my father in law who was drinking this Cascade Premium Light. Being a graphic designer and a stickler for good typography I was interested to see the treatment of type and…

  • Matt Dent’s Coins

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I really love it when designers think of all elements as part of a system. A great example is Matt Dent’s new designs for these British coin backs which are all pieces of a bigger shield. Subtle, modern and effective. This also won a D&AD Black Pencil. Yours in design, Janet-eratops