New CDs and DVDs from the SI Student Association

February 3rd, 2012 Posted by brendall in Library Information, New Books and DVDs | Post a Comment »

The Sydney Institute Student Association kindly donated a number of DVDs and CDs to the library collection late last year and throughout the vacation period library staff have been busy adding them to the collection.

Here is the list of titles for your viewing and listening pleasure!

DVD’s                                          

Moon                   

Water for Elephants                      

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly                              

Priscilla                

I love you Phillip Morris                

127 Hours                           

True Grit                             

Music CDs                          

Lanie Lane           To the horses   

Laura Marling     A Creature I Don’t Know              

Gotye   Making Mirrors

Kasabian              Velociraptor      

Wilco     The Whole Love              

Feist      Metals 

Boy & Bear          Moonfire            

The Jezebels      Prisoner              

The Herd             Future Shade    

Fleet Foxes         Helplessness Blues         

The Vasco Era    The Vasco Era   

Katy Perry           Teenage Dream               

Pnau      Soft Universe   

Amy Winehouse              Frank    

The Audreys      Sometimes the stars

Exciting news – the SI Design Centre Enmore Library is now open from 9 am every weekday in term time

February 3rd, 2012 Posted by debbiemccalmont in Library Information | Post a Comment »

You asked – we listened! One of the most popular requests made via the Library Customer Survey last year, was for the Design Enmore Centre Library to open earlier to allow students attending early morning classes the opportunity to visit the library beforehand. Your ever-obliging library staff agreed that this was a good idea, so from Monday 6th of February 2012 the Library will open at 9 am. Staff will be on hand to assist you with your all your library and information needs.

TropFest reminder – entries close 5 January 2012

December 20th, 2011 Posted by elisabeththomas in Design Competitions | Post a Comment »

…that’s only 3 weeks away! Get those short films edited and submitted! and don’t forget your lightbulb.     

TropFest received about 700 entries last year. Fewer than 100 have arrived since entries opened about a month ago, but most typically flood in at the 11th hour.

Pantone choose ‘Colour of the Year 2012′

December 20th, 2011 Posted by elisabeththomas in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »

“Pantone has declared Tangerine Tango [ref. 17-1643] the color of 2012, moving from 2011′s honeysuckle pink into an orange frame of mind, calling it a ‘spirited reddish orange’ that will ‘continue to provide the energy boost we need to take charge and move forward.’ For all its forward energy, Tangine Tango also invites us to move backward, evoking the melon-citrus tones that dominated fashion and advertising in the 1950s and 60s.” Source: StyleSight Vintage Vault blog

Here’s a summer fashion project to get excited about!

December 1st, 2011 Posted by dubravkasakowicz in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »

Australian Museum’s Fashion Less Waste 2012: deep oceans
The competition aims to raise awareness of sustainability issues in the fashion industry, and to foster an appreciation for the natural world. Be inspired by creatures from the deep and celebrate their shapes, textures and colours in your own wearable design! Australian Museum’s annual Fashion Less Waste competition, entrants design and make an outfit mostly from non-clothing materials. Entries due in May 2012, for a parade in July. Why not start to gather materials, and to research the fabulous animals from our deep oceans? Before you know it, you’ll be sketching design ideas.
For the exact dates, images, video and information from past years of the competition, visit http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Fashion-Less-Waste/

There are two competition categories: Open and Secondary School. The competition is open to entrants Australia-wide. Entrants submit photos of their outfit. From the submitted photos, 10 finalists from each category are chosen by judges from the fashion industry. Finalist entries are paraded at a red carpet runway event at the Museum. Judges select winners and runners-up in each category, who are awarded with cash prizes on the night and  go on temporary public display.

So instead of soaking up the rays on the beach this summer, why not use your creativity to highlight the importance of the ocean in sustaining life.

A Lucid moment

December 1st, 2011 Posted by elisabeththomas in Design Events, Designers, Fun | Post a Comment »

 
The 2011 EDI show “Lucid: a technicolor trip into cinematic couture” is going off!    On the last day of shows, having put on 3-4 performances a day, the hard-working students are delivering a fabulous show, from those on-stage & in-front of the camera to those behind the set, camera, lights and action.    Evening shows have been crowded and the matinees have had many school students ‘aspiring designers’ applauding and whistling their appreciation.     Congratulations!

SOYA 365: QANTAS Spirit of Youth Awards

November 17th, 2011 Posted by debbiemccalmont in Design Competitions, Fun | Post a Comment »

The Qantas Spirit Of Youth Awards 365 (SOYA 365) has been the leading grants program for emerging creative talent for over seven years. It’s a creative melting pot spanning 11 key creative disciplines including interior design, architecture, craft and object design, animation, interactive gaming and visual design and communications.

And this year, it will travel 360° around the world in 365 days. 11 lucky winners will win a trip and experience of a lifetime as they head off in all directions of the globe including Texas, London, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Cannes, New York and more!

SOYA provides practical support in the form of an overseas trip and tickets to the hottest industry events and experiences that money can’t buy plus $5,000 in cash. But the real incentive is the opportunity to build a professional mentoring relationship with creative leaders like Marc Newson, Zimmermann, Ashley Ringrose and Brad Eldridge from Soap Creative, Lee Groves and Liz Ann Macgregor, helping young innovators expand their horizons, build up their business base, and learn the ropes from leading industry icons and some of the greatest creative minds in the world.

Entries open for all categories on November 8 through http://www.soya.com.au/with a different category closing each month. So be sure to check the number of days left to enter on your submission for your chance to be recognised as one of the bright sparks of creativity in Australia for 2011/12.

15th Japanese Film Festival starts on the 17th of November in Sydney

November 17th, 2011 Posted by debbiemccalmont in Fun | Post a Comment »

The Sydney Japanese Film Festival, presented by the Japan Foundation, opens tonight at the George Street Event Cinema with a screening of  A Ghost of a Chance, directed by Koki Mitani,  Japan’s most successful comedy writer and director. The Festival’s home page gives details of all the films scheduled to be screened over the next 10 days.

Roderick Bamford and 3d Printing at Object Gallery

November 11th, 2011 Posted by brendall in Design Events, Designers | Post a Comment »

Roderick Bamford is one of  the artists whose work is featured in an exhibtion entitled Hyperclay- Contemporary Ceramics which is on at Object Gallery, Darlinghurst until January 8 2012.

Roderick Bamford has a number of works on display and they all centre around 3D printing. Pride of place, and hard to miss, is the big, open, rectangular printer he has installed in Object Gallery. This video features the artist demonstrating the printer the day after the show opened. (Note that the video of the printer in action has been sped up immensely — it actually took about twenty minutes to create this piece).

Who wants to update their wardrobe for free?

November 7th, 2011 Posted by debbiemccalmont in Fun, Useful Websites | Post a Comment »

Who doesn’t? You can do that AND get a warm glow of satisfaction that you are contributing to National Recycling Week, (which runs from the 7th until the 13th of November 2011), at the same time! The Newtown Festival Clothes Swap will be held in the ‘Ecozone’ at Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, Australia St, Newtown, 2042, on Sunday 13th November 2011. Simply bring along up to 3 items of good quality men or womens clothing between 10 and 11 am and wait until 12 when the frenzied swapping will begin – it only goes for an hour so make sure you’re on time.

Check out the National Recycling Week website for plenty of other fun events, useful info and test your recycling knowledge by doing the Recycle Right Quiz.  All entries go in the draw to win one of ten fabulous Green Prize Packs.

or if you are in the Ultimo area:

BIG Precinct Swap

Thursday 10/11/11 @ Ultimo College.

Why not clean out your cupboards and bring in some clothes/books/CDs/DVDs to swap in the

BIG Precinct Swap – Thursday 10 November

Celebrating National Recycling Week.

Here’s how it works

Preparation until 9 November:

• From NOW until 9 November bring in your clothes, CDs, DVDs or books that you want to swap.

• Bring your items to Student Administration, ground floor, building D, Ultimo College.

• Clothes should be clean, washed and folded.

• You will receive a voucher for each item you bring in to use in the swap on Thursday 10 November. The more you bring, the more you can swap!

On the day – 10 November 2011, 11.00am – 3.00pm:

Buildings E and F courtyard, Ultimo College.

• Swap – your clothes/books/CDs/DVDs using your vouchers
• Recyle – bring in all your unwanted shoes, hats, beanies, mobile phones, batteries, glasses to recycle
• Workshops – knit a penguin jumper (to send to the oil affected NZ birds), sew a shoulder bag (made from flags), crochet a Christmas decoration

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  • Screenings of award winning documentary film “Waste Not”, Ultimo Library, ground floor, room DG60 (every hour on the hour)
  • Exhibits
  • BBQ
  • $2 for coffees if you bring your own mug @ Yianni’s Building E
  • FREE herbal tea