Web splash pages 2.0
WDL has a nice post about how to use ‘big’ photography in your websites. The splash page is dead (apart from the loading page of most apps) but this still a great way to make a ‘big’ impression on people looking at your site. Go here: WDL – 21 Examples of Big Photography in Web [...]
Quiet – The power of Introverts
In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated. View TED Talk.
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Free evening lectures, forums and debates hosted by experts within the Sydney University [online] program of ‘Sydney Ideas’.
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The Loop Portfolio Masterclasses* Advertising
Keen on Advertising? Need some feedback and help putting your portfolio together? Well, this is the right class for you!!
The Loop are hosting a Masterclass at the Apple Bondi store next week! Bookings are essential.
Date: 27th September
Location: Apple store, Bondi
Time: 6pm – 7.20 pm
Mentors:
Russ Tucker, TBWA: http://www.theloop.com.au/WhybinTBWA
Jason Little, Re (M&C Saatchi Group): http://www.theloop.com.au/MCSAATCHI
Thom Davy, We Are [...]
agIdeas New Star Award
agIdeas NewStar Call for Entries is now officially open!!!
Win a free trip overseas to spend 2 weeks with an international design mentor.
Entry is free. Students simply need to register via The Loop (www.theloop.com.au) and enter their 3 best works and are not required to create new work to enter this competition. Works can be [...]
Supporting our global community
Ethical fashion label Bachhara brings you ‘The Conscious Cup’, a night of beauty, celebration, sensuality and joy where you can shop guilt-free for your Melbourne Cup outfit. Indulge in some ‘style with soul’ on 4 October at YOUENI, Surry Hills.
“Melbourne Cup is so well-entrenched in the Australian psyche as a thrilling, fast-paced, glamorous day of [...]
Save the children* T-shirt competition
YES? Well, if you’re under the age of 25, then this is a great national competition to design a new Save the Children branded t-shirt.
Submissions will be shortlisted by a panel of industry folk who are going to be eyeballing your work!!! Including Ed Carveth, Executive Creative Director of Sputnik Agency and Melbourne street artist, Drew Funk.
The [...]
MCA – A Little Bit Sketchy
Thursdays 4, 11, 18 and 25 October, 6.00–7.00pm, MCA Galleries.
A chair placed in front of an artwork, a pencil sharp and ready, and a blank piece of paper. Take a moment to reflect and interpret what you see and feel, and draw your individual response to the art, be it abstract, experimental [...]
Argentine Film Festival
With a cinematic history dating back to 1896, Argentina’s contributions to the celluloid world are many. All up, the country has been awarded 14 Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars) for its films, and is the only Latin American country to have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (twice – for The Official Story in [...]
Art & About Sydney 2012
What a great way to head out and enjoy the arrival of Spring with Art & About Sydney 2012 from, 21st of September – 21st of October 2012.
During the months of September and October, Sydney will be transformed into a hub of artistic and performing public spaces! This years theme is, ‘Art in Unusual Spaces’.
I’ve hand picked [...]