Is your design good, really? Why not take the test, then?
I have never read a more true statement about design before. It’s not new. It has not just been posted or blogged. It was published in 2005, & even worse…you have to read right to the end to get a true answer. Ching is a demi-god! “Interior Design Illustrated 2nd Ed – FDK Ching 2005 John [...]
Green Cities 2012* Sydney event
Australia’s largest green building conference, Green Cities 2012, will be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from 5-7 March.
This year, the Green Cities expo will feature more than 70 green building suppliers and manufacturers. For the first time, the expo hall will be open free of charge.
View the Green [...]
Calling for entries
Got an itchy feeling to design a wine label? Here’s your chance…
Both student and professional designers are invited to develop a wine label design for a fictitious brand – either Tasmanian Riesling or Mornington Peninsula Pinor Noir. The name, branding and design must all be original and must be mocked up onto [...]
Shed Light* Call for submissions
Centered around the idea of ‘light’, Melbourne’s ‘The Light in Winter’ is back for a sixth year and is calling for submissions for a new addition to the program – Shed Light.
Shed Light program director, Robyn Archer, is looking for ideas for 10 ‘light sheds’ or pods – unique or illuminated shelters [...]
Drawing Lines in the Sand Exhibition* Cockatoo Island
Exhibition on Cockatoo Island
19 February – 18 March 2012
Open daily 11am – 4pm
Drawing Lines in the Sand presents six installation projects that engage with various aspects of Cockatoo Island’s institutional heritage and topography. For more info click here> www.peloton.net.au/t/projects
Contributing artists>
Julia Davis
Elizabeth Day
Christian Edwardes
Lisa Jones + Derek Allan
Geoff Kleem
Adam Norton
Curated by [...]
Picasso at the Art Gallery of NSW
Picasso
masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris
12 Nov 2011 – 25 Mar 2012
AGNSW Picasso Exhibition
Having been to the Matisse exhibition over the Christmas break it seemed only appropriate to get to his contemporary in Sydney. Picasso in his usual humble manner claimed, ‘Matisse was the only artist among his fellows he considered to be his [...]
Head On Photo Festival* Call for entries
Head On Photo Festival’s Portrait Prize entries are now open. Calling all photographers; emerging and established, to submit their most miraculous, marvellous and mind-boggling photographic portraits.
Win your share of approximately $50,000 worth of prizes.
Entries close 11th March 2012 11pm EST
Submit Here
5 year old analyses logos
This is a fresh look at some world famous brands! While some of the comments the little girl has, are so very cute, they’re also kind of instructive. Designers can sometimes get bogged down in their work, or wade into the dangerous territory that is self contentment… Nice to have to break through the BS [...]
Gift from John Kaldor
Recently I visited the Art Gallery of NSW with some friends and saw an interesting exhibition. The exhibition was a gift from the ‘John Kaldor family‘. This colourful collection of works represents International and Australian contemporary art. Featuring works from artitsts such as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Jeff Koons and Sol Lewitt.
From 21 May 2011 – [...]