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The Death of the Paper Industry

The Death of the Paper Industry

Is the paper industry in the final death throes of its heyday?   Macquarie analyst Alex Pollack sounded the death knell for daily newspapers yesterday when he recommended Fairfax Media axe its Melbourne and Sydney newspapers to boost profits.   The Australian (owned by rival group News Corp) reported Pollack’s prediction that 'Delivering digital-only ...

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Death to PowerPoint

Death to PowerPoint

If you’re like me, the prospect of having to sit through one more PowerPoint presentation makes me want to gnaw my own arm off. Most people use PowerPoint because it’s the default standard and if you plan to give a presentation on an unknown computer you tend to stick with ...

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Fashions of the field

Fashions of the field

Design Federation went a-walking on Saturday, through the gentrified fields of The Hawkesbury for our second photoshoot for The Federation Annual and it all went swimmingly. A little too much so for moi, who ended up in the drink after scaling across a mossy rock ledge with all the confidence ...

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Photography Tips: Six of the Best

Photography Tips: Six of the Best

iStockphoto offers some practical advice and guidance on capturing the perfect image and taking amateur shots to the next level. 1. DIGITAL NOISE AND COLOUR DISTORTION Image noise is the variation of values in the detection process of your camera. Noise and colour distortion (or digital noise) occurs most frequently in uniform colour ...

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Brisbane Semi-Permanent Review

Brisbane Semi-Permanent Review

I trooped off with yet another group of students this year to see the Brisbane Semi-Permanent extravaganza. Unlike Sydney’s two-day speaker fest, we only get one day up here, but boy are we grateful for this one day. They’ve been running in Brisbane for three years now and every year ...

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Mail Me Art: Medium Without a Message

Mail Me Art: Medium Without a Message is the follow-up to the successful 2008 Mail Me Art: Going Postal. We are proud to announce we have over 700 new pieces of mail art. Read all about Mail Me Art →

22.07.10. filed under General. No Comments →

Exchange for Change @ CarriageWorks

Exchange for Change is a 3-day festival  presented by Oxfam Australia and CarriageWorks and is on in Sydney, on 29 – 31 July, with its aim is being to celebrate ethical fashion. It features a Designer Showcase on the Friday night, and a massive clothing swap on the Saturday, as well as talks, workshops and live music. For more info, head to exchangeforchange.my3things.org

21.07.10. filed under Inspiration. No Comments →

The Abbott Family

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The Australian Workers’ Union has just launched a new television advertisement, and put the ad out on YouTube, explaining that Tony Abbott and his family of political mates belong in a museum – they are throw backs to the weird world of the early 60s.

21.07.10. filed under Film & Animation. 1 Comment →

GO FONT UR SELF* Chapter 5 – Location Change

Read all about GO FONT UR SELF* Chapter 5 →

20.07.10. filed under Events & Exhibitions. No Comments →

Peachypan closing down sale – 50% off!

After three years, Peachypan is shutting up shop, with creator Fee off to pursue her real dream of art and wonderfulness! To say goodbye, Peachypan is going out with a 50% sale!

So if you are after some cute accesories head over now to www.peachypan.com

19.07.10. filed under Giveaways. No Comments →

World’s first non visual residency

NEW LIFE RESIDENCY is the world’s first non-visual residency program for artists. The residency is organized by Wooloo as a work of Manifesta 8, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, and will take place this fall in the Region of Murcia, Spain.

Artists are invited to apply for participation in the residency at www.wooloo.org/residency with the deadline for work proposals is AUGUST 15th, 2010.

17.07.10. filed under General. No Comments →

Suburban Dreams: house and home in Adelaide 1945-1965

The ‘Great Australian Dream’, is the focus of a new exhibition developed by History SA and the Architecture Museum, UniSA. Suburban Dreams: house and home in Adelaide 1945-1965 explores how the shape of Adelaide was transformed by the hopes and dreams of ordinary South Australians in the postwar period. Read more about Suburban Dreams →

17.07.10. filed under Events & Exhibitions. 1 Comment →

EXIE Melbourne & Helen Pappas

The photographer who never sleeps, Bianca Milani is back with photos from the EXIE Melbourne and Helen Pappas Fashion Show and you can, as always check them out on the Design Federation Flickr

17.07.10. filed under Photography. No Comments →

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