Inspiration

  • How to never miss a deadline in 2011!

    When you work in the advertising/design/digital world it’s a given that you’re going to have days where you have to juggle a lot of urgent projects and deadlines at once. Sometimes, you’ll have so many deadlines, you begin to feel like you’re a part of a circus act! If you’re not organised and don’t have…

  • NYE in Brisbane!

    It’s that time of year again, when the sky lights up with the promise of new beginnings, fresh starts and clean slates. We start our new resolution lists, set new goals to achieve and start planning our unforgettable experiences that we can tell our grandchildren, so they know their grandmother/father was once a hip youngster.…

  • Nothing but the Best

    This is the time of the year when we all like to reflect on the past year’s “great” and “not so great” achievements and make personal changes to help us achieve our new goals next year. Tuesday afternoon was one such time at the Brio HQ when I was both laughing and teary at Belinda’s…

  • Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook, named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2010

    Have you heard that Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of the international digital phenomenon social networking site, Facebook was named Time magazine’s 2010 Person of the Year yesterday. The Facebook website (www.facebook.com) currently has more than half a billion users, I am one of them–are you? Time magazine defines their Person of the Year as…

  • Spaces Magazine to help creatives live, work and play in inspired surrounds

    The popular creative design magazine Frankie has now launched a new magazine project named ‘Spaces – Where creative people live, work and play’. Spaces showcases a fantastic global collection of eclectic interiors. This large format magazine explores the favourite space of photographers, graphic designers, vintage collectors and shop owners. Be inspired by the unique living,…

  • The old Holden that could….

    An Australian designed and built car that has become an icon of Oz motoring, the EH Holden, has not only completed the recent Peking to Paris motor Challenge but managed to finish in the fastest overall time, and win the pre-1968 Classic category. Piloted by Gerry Crown (at least outside China – he was considered…

  • 5 reasons why custom design impacts social media success

    Social networking sites have become an essential part of a business’s branding strategy and promotional campaigns. Custom designed Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages not only help your branding, but designed and built right, they can help you meet your social media goals, whether that may be lead generation or gaining more fans. When designing for…

  • Illustration inspiration!

    One of my resolutions for the New Year is to get back into illustration and painting, so I’ve been having a little look around cyberspace to get some inspiration and see what styles are out there. This week I came across some wonderful caricatures which I thought I’d share with you. It’s incredible to see…

  • Aussie James West tracks down the Trans in time for Thanksgiving

    Each year there must be millions of emails about Thanksgiving preparations hitting American inboxes from loved ones. Nothing unusual there. It’s a big holiday and no doubt takes loads of organising. Florida’s Tran family send dozens of preparation emails each year; but unbeknown to them the James West (one of their relative’s partners) they’ve been…