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 [...]
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 – [...]
Portfolio Workshop* Sydney, Bondi
Do you need folio feedback? Don’t miss this Australian InFront initiative!
You will receive valuable feedback from the following industry professionals: Vince Frost (Frost Design), Jonathan Kneebone (Glue Society), Christopher Doyle (Interbrand) and Toby Pike (Toby&Pete).
Workshop takes places from 5.30pm – 7.30pm on Wednesday 15 February 2012 at the Apple Store in Bondi. If you’d [...]
What makes the ideal candidate?
UK creative recruitment, Represent company have released a new project to last the month of February 2012.
Interviews with influential designers will be posted daily on the site to inform design students what to look out for when applying for a job.
First up was Stefan Sagmeister … find out if you’re an ideal candidate!!
‘It’s not what you win, but how you conquer it’.
K.W. Doggett have opened up a typography competition with an influence of the Olympic games.
Your poster must include the phrase: ‘It’s not what you win, but how you conquer it’.
The contest will be judged by an international panel head by Jean-Francois Porchez.
Entry is free and the comp ends on 30 April 2012.
Go here for [...]
AGDA Announces the Australian Design Biennale for 2012
“In 2012 the AGDA Biennial Awards will be renamed The Australian Design Biennale. Being a Biennale year 2012 invites designers, clients and suppliers across the region to celebrate the design process, the people who make it happen, and the work that is produced. The Biennale year is an opportunity to reflect, [...]
Matisse @ GOMA* Brisbane
‘Matisse: Drawing Life’ is the most comprehensive exhibition of Henri Matisse’s prints and drawings ever mounted.
It was a highlight of the Christmas period to get to this exhibition. An opportunity to get up close to at least 10 galleries of drawings.
Some insights: He usually sat within 2 metres of his models and despite his famous [...]