There's nothing like ice-cream to sweeten up your afternoon at work. Especially free ice-cream of the gourmet variety - Ben & Jerry's! Pretty sure I scored massive brownie points with the team last week when the B&J crew came knocking on Brio Group's door with...
Continue Reading[caption id="attachment_3747" align="aligncenter" width="395"] Image by Michael Weldon[/caption] After a successful exhibition in Melbourne, the 15th Annual 9x5 Illustrators Australia Exhibition is coming to Brisbane! 9x5 will be presented as part of OPTIMISM: Icograda Design Week and will kick off the week's evening events at 6pm Monday...
Continue ReadingFacebook Places, which launched in Australia today, will allow Facebook users to share their location with friends. So if you're enjoying a coffee in Brunswick Street, Brisbane and your friend is nearby, you'll be alerted - and like magic, you can have a random catchup....
Continue Reading[briotube]http://www.youtube.com/v/HWaMt3CLRt8[/briotube] Queensland's new slogan was launched today by the state's Premier Anna Bligh. Gone are the days of "Where Else But Queensland" ...
Continue ReadingThe Brisbane Design community has really been spoilt this year for design events, and it is all about to climax for the year. In 17 days time the Icograda International Design Week hosted by AGDA starts in Brisbane on 11 October and funnily enough runs for...
Continue Reading[caption id="attachment_3313" align="aligncenter" width="401" caption="Marcus Graham performs as the title role in Macbeth. (photo: Brisbane Festival)"][/caption] You may remember him from Underbelly, but now Marcus Graham can now add Shakespeare to his already impressive CV. The Aussie screen icon has landed the title role of Shakespeare’s...
Continue Reading[briotube]http://www.youtube.com/v/YC9l2xBRWo0[/briotube] I watched this great talk by Fred Dust from Ideo about the designer in everyone. Watch the video to see how you can contribute, even if you're not a designer! Yours in Design, Tara ...
Continue ReadingHave you ever wanted to be a guerilla gardener and put some greenery back into your street? Well here's your chance! Next Friday (September 17) is PARK(ing) Day in Brisbane. It has become a synchronised global event starting in 2005 to raise awareness about the lack...
Continue ReadingEvery year as the Brisbane Festival approaches, I am taken back to the eighties, when I used to watch my daughter and fellow dancers from her dance school ride the Brisbane City Council Float through the Brisbane CBD in the Warana Parade which then marked...
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