Well designers, it's that time of year again! Have you got your tickets for Semi-Permanent yet? Semi-Permanent is a world leading design conference that to date has hosted 29 events in 9 cities, covering 5 countries, with over 200 speakers and 50,000 attendees. In 2012, Semi-Permanent...
Continue ReadingWe interviewed Portable's Creative Director Andrew Apostola about Brisbane's creativity, product design and challenges in design in the coming year. What excites you most about Brisbane's current design / creative industries? We've been following the progress of the Edge over the past few years and have been...
Continue Reading'Up late' is back at GOMA with the current Matisse: Drawing Life exhibit, running from 20 January-2 March 2012 on Fridays 5.30-10pm. With an exciting line-up planned...
Continue ReadingArt lovers will agree that Henri Matisse was an artist of classical greatness. His career was long and varied, covering many different styles of painting from Impressionism to near Abstraction. Early on in his career, he was viewed as a Fauvist, and his celebration of...
Continue ReadingA Local's Guide is a stroke of design genius from Map Magazine I'm a huge fan of the magazine from the content to their design and this local's guide to Brisbane in app form is no exception. Map describe the app as hundreds of random curated...
Continue ReadingYesterday I had the pleasure of attending TEDxYouthBrisbane at The Edge. The speakers were diverse and I loved the revised 10min talk format. It kept the pace of the day just right and you never felt like your attention was drifting. A firm favourite was Harrison...
Continue ReadingMike Walsh, author of 'Futuretainment', presented at a recent AIMIA Brisbane event: "Yesterday the world changed. Now it is your turn" which I attended. For the one-hour session I felt Mike covered a lot of ground, but not once did I feel "overwhelmed" by the...
Continue ReadingThe second TEDxBrisbane was held at the State Library of Queensland last weekend. More than 450 people attended the event. It was a great day and a few firm favourites shone through. My top moments of the day include: Gordon Hamilton's Toy Story 3 = Awesome Composer Gordon...
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