
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 it for safety’s sake. As a result, we see the same boring slides, with the same boring transitions over and over again, and people are encouraged to commit the ultimate presentation sin by PowerPoint—they read from their slides—because it does nothing other than list words. Read the rest of Death to PowerPoint →

Checkout the latest pictures on the Design Federation Flickr from the Brisbane edition of Go Font Urself 5 in Brisbane hosted at Nine Lives Gallery!
23.07.10. filed under General.

A package of free online games for children with autism has received the pinnacle award at the 2010 Premier’s Design Awards.
Whizkid Games was created by a group of final year multimedia design students from Swinburne’s Faculty of Design in collaboration with Swinburne’s National eTherapy Centre (NeTC) and Bulleen Heights Autism School. Read all about Whizkid Games Victory →
23.07.10. filed under General.

The D&AD Student Awards took place a couple of weeks ago and it’s really inspiring to see the quality of work coming from these kids! To see the great work head on over to the D&AD Student Awards section!

The photographer who never sleeps Bianca Milani is back with photos from Furnitex in Melbourne, and you can check out all her amazing pictures on the Design Federation Flickr
22.07.10. filed under Photography.
Some call it smallgantics, others tiltshift, but Ben Thomas’ Shrunken Cities are absolutely breathtaking.
Read the Interview with Ben Thomas the "Cityshrinker" →
22.07.10. filed under Interviews.

The publishers of grafik magazine have liquidated the company and advised that the printed version will cease production and none will be produced for the foreseeable future, what a sad story to hear!
22.07.10. filed under General.