[caption id="attachment_4022" align="aligncenter" width="334" caption="The emperor's portrait by Stavros Markopoulos"][/caption] During my recent wanderings around the wonderful world of facebook, I discovered this fantastic little competition that had happened on flickr: Spectacular Insect Faces! The competition closed in March, but lucky for us the winning entries...
Continue ReadingWhen 5pm rolls around each Friday, what do you do? a) Head to a city bar and muse over the working week with colleagues and a bottle or two of vino? b) Drive straight home and settle in for an evening of TV and takeaway? c) Or...
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 ReadingSick of watching your competitors blog, tweet and engage with your customers on Facebook while your market share dwindles? Does your boss think social media is a murky area, best left alone, or even worse a 'waste of time'? We all know the value of...
Continue ReadingIf you are ever starved for a creative concept, think beyond space and form, consider 'time'. Sometimes the most beautiful moments happen in the blink of an eye. Check out what Alan Sailer has captured through high speed photography! Feel free to blink though, these photos...
Continue ReadingInternational Day of Peace is such a great inspiration! What better way to put budding design skills to a good use than working on a project which promotes M.A.D (Making a Difference for Peace). It’s International Day of Peace tomorrow (21st September) so maybe this...
Continue ReadingThe ABC is showing a series called the Genius of Design starting this week on Tuesday evening. It should be compulsory viewing for anyone with an interest in the way design influences our lives. We live in a designed world, created by a diverse group of...
Continue ReadingDeveloping a campaign that will be as successful online as it is offline is not always an easy thing to do, especially if you are selling car insurance! It can seem quite dry and boring! But with a bit of creativity British financial company Compare...
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...
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