How Branding effects the Brain
In this clip from her talk at the Sydney writers festival, Lone Frank talks about experiments on the brain that involve the way we perceive and react subconsciously to branding, and how we are, essentially, slaves to advertising.
Design the official Parklife festival t-shirt!
“This year’s contest to design the official Festival T-shirt is now open and, as it’s the 10th Anniversary, it’s a big one!”
Free events @ Melbourne Art Fair 2010
Melbourne Art Foundation presents a series of scintillating forums at the NGV. Topics will include: art and music, artistic integrity, freedom of speech and collaboration.
Audio Design Museum- Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
Object has worked with independent curators and local designers to create a series of guided audio tours that lead listeners on a trail of the best design and creativity hotspots in Australia’s east coast capital cities.
The tours will be available for free download as podcasts for iPods, iPhones and mp3 players from www.audiodesignmuseum.com. The podcasts [...]
Get your hands on the New Sustainable Paper Guide
Australian Paper has released a new sustainable paper guide recently, which is made available via thier website http://www.australianpaper.com.au
The guide is a handy tool when choosing suppliers and manufacturers of paper products.
It also looks at sustainable paper management, economic and social sustainability and helps you to make informed choices when considering paper stocks.
Student Award Entries Close in 2 weeks!
If you are a currently enrolled in, or a past graduate of a design course, you will be eligible to enter the Student Awards portion of the National Awards.
Don’t miss you chance with only 2 weeks left to enter!
To coincide with national study semesters, the deadline for the Student Awards has been extended to August [...]
Out of print clothing
“Out of Print celebrates the world’s great stories through fashion. Our shirts feature iconic and often out of print book covers. Some are classics, some are just curious enough to make great t-shirts, but all are striking works of art.”
In your own words
Pay homage to the milestones of our typographic past, through words of an optimistic future. In other words, ask yourself, ‘what are you looking forward to?’ The answer could be in relation to your professional future, or it could be more broad. What about your community, the nation, or the world? What are we aiming [...]
DG Magazine entries by CATC Students
Congratulations to Sydney students for their entries into the DG awards! Take a look at some of the notable entries!
Tarp Pits
This is very sweet.
It will appeal to surfers, skaters and pretty much anyone who enjoys quirky stuff.
And it has almost nothing to do with design.