My Favourite Car Designs
I have always loved classic cars, and owned a few along with way, some of which have only become classics in the years since I drove them new! The “Goddess” Citroens, so called because of their DS model name (Diesse translates as goddess in French) surprised everyone in 1955 when they hit the road, a design [...]
Toothpick Fanatic recreates San Francisco with toothpicks!
Wow, talk about having delicate fingers, a sturdy hand, and patience! Check out this video I stumbled across on Wired. It took Scott Weaver 3000 hours to create the 9 foot tall, 20 pound structure of San Francisco. I would love to see him work his toothpick magic on London’s Houses of Parliament! Yours in [...]
An emoticon fairy tale
Are you a ///0-0\\\ fan? Or perhaps you used to be a *\0/*? If you can make sense of that (it was John Lennon and a Cheerleader!), then you will LOVE this emoticon fairy tale. It’s an adorable boy-meets-girl story told in the very simple, geek language known as emoticons. After Googling it, I’ve become [...]
Jetstar flies the social media flag!
This morning I read that more than 71% of businesses intend to increase their use of social media – including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and company blogs – in 2010 (according to the 2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report). So it was timely when I discovered how Jetstar plan to divvy up their marketing budget. It’s [...]
Sweet shot!
As designers, it’s important to know history. How a particular style was developed, explored, pushed to its creative limit. To be creative and original today, you need to understand why certain movements came to be and how they influence us through our work today. For me, it’s a great excuse to indulge in some history! [...]
The Pig of Happiness
I recently picked up a cute book from a wonderful bookshop at Bulimba (the Riverbend bookshop). The author is Edward Monkton, an artist and thinker. He has created a movie version of the book, so I thought I would share the happiness on our blog! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoiIYlww8M4 Yours in Design, Anya-demus [...]
Plasticine Art
When was the last time you played with Plasticine… when you were five, or perhaps last time you played cranium??? Well, perhaps it’s time to play again… plasticine artworks can be found just everywhere: advertisements, book/magazine as well as CD/DVD covers, movies/TV series, music videos, computer/console games, and even web design elements. To find some inspiration [...]
Should we support an internet filter?
The government plans on introducing compulsory internet filtering as early as mid this year (2010), in an effort to make the net safer, in particular for children. Communications minister Senator Conroy was quoted by the Australian newspaper(1) as stating: “ISP filtering reduces the risk of Australians being inadvertently exposed to RC-rated material when they are [...]
Brand damage
If you decide to sponsor an event, wouldn’t it be a smart idea to research, ask and understand exactly what you are signing your business name up for? Obviously Kraft didn’t feel it was very important to ask what was going on at an ‘Australian’ themed circus in Texas, as to be linked with Australia [...]
Denton vs. Rove
I’m not sure if anyone’s noticed lately but to me it seems like all the shows worth watching are coming from Andrew Denton’s production company Zapruder’s Other Films and the shows that make you want to scratch your eyes out are all coming from Rove McManus’s Roving Enterprises. Now for those of us who are [...]
