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  • 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…

  • Charles Schulz Philosophy

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I was looking for some inspiration for my blog this week when I came across this “inspirational” piece of philosophy.  The message it sends is so true.   What do you think? The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip. You don’t have to actually answer the questions.…

  • 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,…

  • Guilt free SHOE shopping

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Wouldn’t you love to own one of these cute pairs of shoes and feel good about the purchase? – For each pair of TOMS shoes purchased a child from around the world in need will also receive a pair of shoes. The philanthropic entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie came up with this ‘one for one’ model while…

  • I Love Jozi – Advertising Campaign

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    [briotube]http://www.youtube.com/v/pNEByJZbONY[/briotube] If you don’t want other people to copy your designs, copy yourself! This is a really clever advertising strategy. Yours in Advertising, Belinda

  • 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.…

  • Got a bit of Spring Valley Fever?

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    On Sunday night we saw Schweppes Australia launch a significant multi media campaign for its fruit juice brand Spring Valley entitled ‘Where Spring Comes From’ . The new campaign, by George Patterson Y&R Melbourne, draws on the skills of multi-award winning US based animation house Psyop to deliver a series of executions that capture ‘the…

  • Oprah to host her Farewell Season show at Sydney Opera House

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    [briotube]http://www.youtube.com/v/yJrQIsqvoCM[/briotube] Who would have thought the invaluable exposure Australia received on The Oprah Winfrey Show during the Tourism Queensland “Best Job in the World” could be topped? Just this morning, it’s been announced that Oprah will host part of the final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show in Australia! It’s a major, major PR win…

  • 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…