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  • Trend spotting: Cinemagraphs

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Where I once saw GIFs flooding my RSS feeder or Tumblr feed, I’m noticing a new breed of image sauntering its way into internet culture. The Cinemagraph looks like a still image on first glance but feature a subtle area of movement. From hair blowing in the breeze, steam from a coffee cup or the…

  • Gruen Planet’s first episode airs tonight

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

      The Gruen Transfer is my favourite show. Hands down. It’s required reading (or watching) for those in our industry and gives the rest of the world an insight into what we advertisers do each day. So naturally I’m busting with excitement for Gruen Planet which airs tonight on ABC1 at 9pm. Over an eight-week…

  • Ray Kurzweil: “Technology changes exponentially”

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Iventor and Futurist Ray Kurzweil shows us in the graph below, how technology innovation is not changing in a linear way as most people assume, it changes exponentially. This means that we won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century — it will be more like 20,000 years of progress.   His graph shows…

  • The Rabbit Hole Ideation Cafe opening soon…

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I’ve recently stumbled across the Facebook page for a new cafe and it caught my eye. Set to open soon, the West End cafe combines my two great interests: design and coffee. The Rabbit Hole Ideation Cafe will be a space for creative types to meet, share ideas, tackle briefs and brainstorm concepts. The cafe will…

  • Chit chat worth listening to

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Senior Designer Anya recounts her Pecha Kucha 24 experience

  • SmartClinics opens at Westfield Chermside on September 19

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I’m impatient, work long hours and not loyal to any particular doctor – I guess I’m fitting right into the Gen-Y stereotype! But seriously, when I need a basic prescription or need some basic medical care I just want to pop in and out of the doctor’s as quickly as possible – and I’d think…

  • Let me link you

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Who has time to read everything on the internet? Never fear, Brio have rounded up a mix of what we found interesting this week. Happy reading and happy Friday! Jonah Lehrer and The Creativity of Anger  Touris.ms offer photographic travel guides Ever wondered what a creatives book shelf looks like? It’s Nice That shows us.…

  • For the Typography Lovers!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

      Who needs a Gas lift, reclining, Ergonomic, posturepedic, support chair when you have these AWESOME Typography Chairs! Spell your name, your initials, and you could even play a sneaky game of ABC Musical Chairs! Furniture inspired by typography is another trend that the Dutch showed to the world late last year. ABChairs is a…

  • Anti-what?

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

      Over the last few weeks, you may have seen a poster, scored a lollipop and stickers, or had your photo taken for a promotion about “Antipodium”… So what is it? Antipodium is an international fashion label that is part of the new ‘Sportsgirls Like’ designer collaboration. Geoffrey J. Finch is the designer behind the…