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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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ReelAnime 2010

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Before you get a chance to do a Beat Takeshi kick to the back of someones head, ReelAnime will slap you around with its Anime goodness, so if you are a cartoon kid, why not check it out.

Showcasing Japan’s freshest anime! Four brand new films in the strongest lineup for Reel Anime ever.
At cinema locations in Australia and New Zealand in September 2010 for a limited time – do not miss the chance to see these incredible films on the big screen.

www.madman.com.au/reelanime

27.08.10. filed under Film & Animation. No Comments →

Kirbee Lawler first solo show!

I am very excited to announce that i am having my first solo art show & would love for you to come!
With Love… opens on October 6th, at World Bar {24 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross, Sydney} and starts at 8pm.
I will be having new works on display on the night, and all prints will be available for sale.
I would love to see you there…

www..facebook.com/sugarsweetdreams
www.kirbee.net

27.08.10. filed under Events & Exhibitions. No Comments →

Melbourne Design Awards: Entries Open September 10

Just as every great city is unique, so too are the new Melbourne Design Awards, the first city of the City Design Awards project, created in partnership with the Design Institute of Australia: with cities New York, Paris, Stockholm and Beijing to follow.

While entries to the Awards are open globally, each Awards event will celebrate and honour the unique design culture and identity of the city in which it is held – from the great cultural and design centres of the world to exciting, vibrant emerging hubs of technology and design. Read all about the Melbourne Design Awards →

27.08.10. filed under Events & Exhibitions. No Comments →

Boy Competition Giveaway

Courtesy of our friends at Popculture, Design Federation is giving you the chance to win one of 10 double passess to see the new film by Taika Waititi called “Boy”. Enter the Boy Competition →

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

Tali Gal-on presents Lucille

A young girl encounters hostile territory when she enters a guitar shop for the first time, colliding with the store owner, a self-obsessed aging rocker.

‘Lucille’ is my graduation film from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. It’s a peek into the dingy day-to-day of the guitar store, and the stereotypes that inhabit it.

Lucille has had a successful festival run, gaining official selection at Sydney Film Festival – where it was nominated for best animation, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Perth International Film Festival, Adelaide Film Festival, and more.

24.08.10. filed under Film & Animation. No Comments →

Monster Eat Your Face Off Exhibition

Master of the camera, Bianca Milani is back (she didnt really leave, she was just hiding) with more photos this time from the Monster Eat Your Face Off Exhibition

24.08.10. filed under Photography. No Comments →

Text Camp Reader: Next Wave Festival Photos

The Master Bianca Milani back with photos from the Text Camp Reader and all the photos can been seen on the Design Federation Flickr

20.08.10. filed under Photography. No Comments →

Steampunked

If you’re a steampunk dreamer like me, then start twirling your handlebar moustache  because you’re going to love this! 

Rockport Publishers/Quarry Books have revised the submissions deadline for their Steampunk-themed volume. Get your high-res, Neo-Victorian goodies into them by September 1 and join the mad parade.

Open to artisans of:
Costumes and Garments, Accessories, Vehicles, Jewelry, Time Pieces, Gadgets and Contraptions, Head Gear, Artwork & Home Decoration.

To read all the information on how to enter, download this pdf  (FIXED, thanks DOM :)

Check it out timelords!

19.08.10. filed under General. No Comments →

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