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Glamour, Global & Growth - Women in Business

Two weeks ago I attended a Women in Business seminar "Glamour, Global & Growth" hosted by the NSW Department of Trade and Investment. I went along with the talented Katerina Roth - one of my co-contributors at Design Federation. Held on the 47th floor of the MLC Centre and overlooking ...

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Ruby Chew – Masquerading With an Adelaide Rose

Ruby Chew - Masquerading With an Adelaide Rose

Walking through Ruby Chew’s Adelaide is like following the Queen of Hearts through her Wonderland. As we pass a vintage shop she likes, she uncurls her arm in a fling, like a burlesque dancer unburdening herself of a gratuitous item of clothing, “You should really check it out, they have ...

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Ned Kelly: The unlikely muse

“Would the real Ned Kelly please stand up?” This unfamiliar face is the real Ned Kelly. Ned Kelly was a zeitgeist, an Irish Catholic rebel born of a convict who died in incarceration, who galvanised his community’s anti-establishment sentiment when he wrote a manifesto of sorts after his mother was unfairly ...

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The Federation Annual

The Federation Annual

Its finally here! The Federation Annual will be released at an exclusive launch party sponsored by Peroni and Nespresso at The Art Lounge kicking off at 7pm on the 25th November 2010. Design Federation called upon the many talents of their readership and supporters (the “Friends of the Federation”) for submissions ...

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The Thinking Designer’s Discerning List of Films for Halloween

The Thinking Designer’s Discerning List of Films for Halloween

This is Design Federation’s ultimate scary movie recommendations for the ghoulish lonely-hearts out there. Give Twilight a miss,  curl up with these creepy classics and your flat screen this Halloween. A Clockwork Orange (1971) The Burgess novel spilled across the screen as Stanley Kubrick’s dark imagination sees it. Future Britain is the ...

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Street meets modern art: Steve Smid

Street meets modern art: Steve Smid

Venue : The Fox Hole
Address : Cnr Erskine Street and Kent Street, Sydney (entrance Kent Street)
Website : www.thefoxhole.com.au

The Fox hole presents an exhibition Street Meets Modern Art, in which Sydney based artist Steve Smid fuses postmodernism with street-art and cleverly mixes a wide range of techniques including oil colours, spray paint, marker pens, charcoal and stencils to create striking images that cross genres and embrace new ideas.

His fresh style has been exhibited around Sydney, London and Spain – and this next exhibition is set to be a rousing experience, running free in Sydney from the 29th May till the 29th June at The Fox Hole.

Dates : 29 May 2012 – 29 June 2012
Time(s): 8am-3pm Monday-Friday and 4pm-12midnight Tuesday-Friday
Opening night: 29 May 2012 from 5pm

17.05.12. filed under Events & Exhibitions. No Comments →

Semi-Permanent 2012

2012 marks 10 years for Semi-Permanent. Over the past decade they have been bringing together some of the best creatives in graphic design, film, fine art, illustration, web design, interaction design, photography, visual effects, animation, graffiti, motion graphics, stop motion, and architecture and more to speak to captivated audiences. Some of the stats include; 33 events in 8 cities in 5 countries; over 200 speakers, over 200,000 attendees, 15 event books, 38 exhibitions, 11 installations and 33 after parties. And there’s no sign of the guys behind Semi-P slowing down.

The event in Sydney was top-notch as always, adding an extra 4 speakers to the line-up (16 in total), providing plenty of inspiration to the punters. Perhaps the biggest highlight was the Google+ Hangout with Roman Coppola and his friends (including a leopard…seriously). Semi-P has also been getting more interactive each year with audience members submitting questions to speakers via email, mobile or Twitter. This year saw Instagram added to the interactive party. You can catch the permanent record over at syd.semipermanent.com.

Semi-Permanent moves to Auckland, NZ next before heading back to Brisbane and Melbourne later in the year. Get all the speaker info, dates and ticket info at: semipermanent.com

14.05.12. filed under Events & Exhibitions. No Comments →

Fashion Palette Launch Party

How do you know Fashion Week is just around the corner in Sydney? The answer is easy – by quaffing champagne and looking a gorgeous outfits at the first collaborative fashion event of the season, the launch of Fashion Palette.

This event was held earlier in the week to give media a sneak preview of what we could expect coming into this weekend’s action packed event. With many familiar designers showcasing their wares, including Nicola Finetti & Bettina Liano, there are also some of the up and coming names that should definitely be on your radar coming into the new A/W season.

One of the highlights from the evening was emerging designer Wanni, whose ethereal creations combined with bold colour are both feminine and eye catching. With a real emphasis on draping, and an eye for embellished details, this will no doubt be the first of many collections from this young designer.

If this launch experience was anything to go by, this weekend’s events at Carriageworks are not to be missed.

www.fashionpalette.com.au

27.04.12. filed under Reviews & Editorials. No Comments →

British Council Australia Realise Your Dream 2012

Celebrating 10 years of nurturing Australian creative talent, the British Council’s Realise Your Dream awards are now bigger and better than ever.
This year, three lucky winners will be awarded a $10,000 cash prize and a return trip to the UK, where they will be given the chance to meet their creative heroes and to experience all the cultural richness the UK has to offer.

24.04.12. filed under General. No Comments →

Phibs and Beastman – Perfectly Imperfect

Backwoods Gallery and House of Bricks, under the curation of Alexander Mitchell proudly bring you separate yet intrinsically connected exhibitions of two Australian street artists, Phibs and Brad Eastman, (Beastman).

Spread across two galleries on the same Collingwood block the duel exhibitions will present the the styles, connections, influences and friendship of two of Australia’s leading street artists.

The opening night party will take place across the neighborhood with the extension of murals between the two galleries.

27th April – 6May

Opening Night 27th April. 6-9
Phibs – Perfectly Imperfect – Backwoods Gallery
25 Easey Street, Collingwood

 Beastman – Natural Progression – House Of Bricks
40 Budd Street, Collingwood

11.04.12. filed under Events & Exhibitions. No Comments →

Win a 2 Day Double Pass to Fashion Palette!

In Association with Fashion Palette, Design Federation is giving our readers the chance to win a 2 day double pass to the upcoming Fashion Palette Event.

Fashion Palette is an annual celebration of  Australian fashion Classic and innovative emerging designers.
A true feast for the senses, you will be witness to the most stylish, weekend of entertainment on offer including world-class runway with the state-of-the art production, live entertainment and much more!
Experience the creative energy that is the Australian fashion industry at Fashion Palette, 27-28 April 2012.

The double pass is valued at $250 so don’t miss out this fantastic opportunity to attend this amazing event.

Click here to Enter the FP tickets Comp →

02.04.12. filed under Featured Giveaway, Giveaways. No Comments →

Dorothy by Yunyu

In an interesting cross-media collaboration, singer/songwriter Yunyu, has teamed up with New York Times #1 Bestseller Manga Artist Queenie Chan to create Dorothy, loosely based on Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz except this time Dorothy is a lost cosmonaut in space.

Leading animators the Common ist overcame a flooded production studio in Thailand to bring Dorothy to life, going above and beyond for what is essentially a film clip.

Yunyu – yunyu.com.au || Queenie Chan – Queenie Chan Interview || The Common ist – www.thecommonist.my

21.03.12. filed under Illustration. No Comments →

Note this down!

Designer notebooks are upon us.

From the minimalistic, Swedish, answer-to-everything, stationery bliss out that is kikki.K continually replenishing their shelves with delights that have us squealing with pleasure; to the effortlessly cool, creative industry mainstay, Moleskine, there is no shortage of choice for your itchy fingers. Though we have Suri to think for us these days and tablets of every creed or color to capture our off-the-cuff doodles, nothing seems to have taken the coveted place of a designer’s notebook.

Nor should it, we say. While you may have gadgets and gizmos a-plenty (credits to The Little Mermaid) let’s not do away with our dog eared journals.

The recent trend for books or blogs to digitally capture pages of famed designers’ process diaries, delivers a voyeuristic pleasure as we creep into the brains of our heroes.

A rare glimpse at Samuel Beckett's journal

Treat yourself to the revealing squiggles of your peers on the boards on creative portfolio site, Behance, or snuggle in with the wonderful blog, Notebook Stories.   Or why not start one yourself by indulging in the thoughtfully functional “Designers Notebook”  replete with extravagances like tracing paper (oh my!) available to order here. For something really special, look at this direct mail piece that not only gives the gift of a beautiful notebook, but encourages the pay-it-forward philosophy.

Even if you take the greener option and rescue some scrap paper from your recycling bin, embrace it as a lifestyle choice and then, for heaven’s sake, get cracking. If you have forgotten the lost charm of a notebook, chances are you might have forgotten the fun of designing away from the screen.

07.03.12. filed under Fashion & Lifestyle, General, Inspiration. No Comments →

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