Inspiration

  • The perfect real life paintings of Robert Brownhall

    Q Weekend Magazine recently featured the story “Shot on Site” which is about Brisbane born and educated painter Robert Brownhall. This story immediately drew my attention as I was very taken by the pictures shown of his work. His subjects are mostly office towers, bridges, suburban houses and skylines that form the backdrop of our…

  • The Royal Wedding – a social media affair?

    It was reported yesterday that tweets will be banned during Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Royal Wedding ceremony today. That’s right it was alleged signal-blocking technology would be installed at Westminster Abbey, preventing social media leaks by those privy to be up close and personal with the pair. The fears were reportedly about the possibilities…

  • Now here’s how to be creative applying for a job!

    In France, Victor Petit in his pursuit of finding an internship at a communication agency took inspiration from an iPhone app that mimics mouth movements to the lyrics of a song by electronic duo CASSIUS. The idea being that you put the phone screen over your mouth so it looks like you are singing!!! Not…

  • Choose your words carefully – they could change your world

    We often forgot that with the rise of social media it’s not enough to simply send your message out into the world; it needs to be understood quickly so it can be processed and acted upon even quicker.

  • When fashion & technology collide: Burberry’s Beijing Show

    I’m not someone who you would say is “top of the fashion pack” but it goes without saying that I’m mildly interested in the “catwalk show experience”. I like them and when I’m invited to attend, I go, but I don’t often go out of my way to track them down or view them online.…

  • The rise of mobile marketing in 2011

    Mobile phones, it seems everyone has one right? In 2011 people are spending more time on their mobile phones than ever before. A new study by Microsoft Tag has revealed the cold, hard stats in an interesting infograph. Marketers, did you know that more than 1 billion of the world’s 4+ billion mobile phones are…

  • Let there be rock

    Lovers of rock can swap stage for cinema during the upcoming Let There Be Rock program at the Gallery of Modern Art’s Cinémathèque. Featuring more than 45 documentaries, concert movies and feature films capturing the rebellious spirit of rock music, Let There Be Rock surveys more than 50 years of music on the big screen. Audiences can expect…

  • Generating creativity

    I woke up this morning bursting with blog article ideas – weekend outings, upcoming events, social media trends, mind blowing marketing campaigns – but then I got to work, and the words disappeared like water droplets in the desert. I was stuck at a creative roadblock and regardless of the subject I started on; I…

  • Art, Love and Life: an Australian love story

    Art and love …. is there anything more romantic than that? For the first time, the story of one of Australian art’s most significant marriages will be told in a new exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery. The personal artistic union of Ethel Carrick & E Phillips Fox, two of Australia’s most significant late impressionist…