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  • Get your chalk out!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I am always a sucker for good old hand-drawn typography, but hand-drawn typography on a blackboard is just another level of amazement. Seeing as my blackboard writing skills were clearly tragic when I worked at a school, Dana Tanamachi is my new idol. Take a look at some of her work!        …

  • 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…

  • Semi-Permanent Hits Brisbane This Friday

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

      Are you one of the lucky ones to score a ticket to Semi-Permanent in Brisbane this Friday? I hope so, because this year’s conference is looking pretty awesome and tickets are sold out! Every year in 8 cities across the world Semi-Permanent showcases the best in graphic design, film, fine art, illustration, web design,…

  • Typographers Dream

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    “Designers, type enthusiasts and people who love to explore the world of typography, better take a seat before hearing – FontBook, the most complete reference guide of typography in the world, is now available as an App for iPad!” – Halex Pereira for MacMagazine Brazil (translated from Portuguese) As if I didn’t need yet another…

  • Made In Britain

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Earlier this year a national competition amongst UK university design students was launched to create a logo which could be used as a standard marque to promote products manufactured in the UK. After receiving hundreds of entries, the winning design was by Cynthia Lee from Nottingham University. The 11 finalists can be viewed here on Facebook.…

  • Embarrassing typo, can you spell Australia?

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I would certainly hope so! Unfortunately, not only the manufacturers in Hong Kong but also, the contractor in Tasmania who outsourced the cloth badges for the Royal Australian Navy uniforms cannot spell Australia! The uniforms were made for Navy officers serving in the Middle East. The badge includes an extra “L” in the word Australian.…

  • Hottest 10 Australian album covers

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Triple J recently counted down the Hottest 100 Australian Albums, as voted by the Aussie public. When I was compiling my shortlist in preparation to vote, I noticed that the albums I remembered best as a whole, were the ones that I could remember what the cover looked like. It made me wonder if the…

  • Cleanse and refresh your creative soul

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    Tanya Heading

    The Dalai Lama is coming to Australia next month, and I managed to score a ticket to see his seminar in Melbourne. I’m really looking forward to dosing my soul in clean, refreshing perspective. So this month, I’m getting ready by cleansing my creative soul, and came across this great blog with some truly beautiful,…