Calling entries for Eckersley’s Design Competition
Eckersley’s is offering you a chance to WIN prizes worth over $4,000! Including return airfare*, 3 nights accommodation at the stunning art hotel, The Cullen, 2 tickets to Semi-Permanent Melbourne (17th & 18th Sept), and a $500 Eckersley’s shopping spree,** you will be in creative overdrive.
Visit www.eckersleys.com.au/competition for more details.
CLICK HERE to download an entry form for the Design Competition.
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Friends of the Federation Artists Part II
Design Federation turns the spotlight onto two more of the fashion designers who exhibited at our Friends of the Federation event, Valerie Jaquet and Sophie Loader. Read all about Valerie Jaquet and Sophie Loader →
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Ecological Packaging Design with Banana Leaves
Israeli packaging designer, Tal Marco, has re-invented the ancient South East Asian practice of wrapping food in banana leaves and pitched it to the eco-conscious US market. Read more about the banana leaf eco packaging design →
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Alliance Francaise French Film Festival & Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky
The Alliance Francaise French Film Festival is back for another year, its 21st Year!!! This year’s list of films programmed for the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival features a number of the finest productions released by the French film industry in the past 12 months. Contibue reading about Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky →
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Lesley Bourne – The Bourne Identity
Lesley Bourne is an Adelaide based graphic and web designer. In recent years, she has developed a keen interest in photography and collage. One of Lesley’s photographs was recently showcased in the Design Federation’s ‘Friends of the Federation’ exhibition in Sydney. Read all about Lesley Bourne →
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Friends of the Federation Artists
The up and coming fashionistas who exhibited at our Friends of the Federation party in February are definitely ones to watch out for in the future. Below are mini interviews with 4 of these rising stars; Sheila Man, Amy Hungerford, Amelia Huang and Amy Oram
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Australasian Student Design Awards – Call for Entries
In recent years, Sustainable Design has moved past its pop-culture status to form a key requirement of any good design process. So, it’s only fitting that the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) devotes one of its most prestigious awards to fostering Sustainable Design practices in the region’s emerging designers. Read all about the Australasian Student Design Awards →
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Toast Print – Online Venture For Australian Design & Print Industry
Toast Print, the first Australian online platform connecting commercial printers and designer print buyers, is officially launched today. The web startup, founded by web savvy brothers Jonathan and Andrew Chak, offers designers a web application to streamline the process of finding the right printer, better organize print jobs, as well as easily compare printers and quotations. Toast Print draws on Web2.0 community concepts where designers are encouraged to provide feedback and ratings that contribute towards the merit of printers they have done business with.
