APA Book Design Awards announced
Friday, May 18th, 2012 Posted in Designers | No Comments »At an event during the Sydney Writers' Festival, the Australian Publishers' Association announced some of the winners of their 60th annual Book Design Awards: Best Designed Cover of the Year: The Art of Pasta (Penguin) Designer - Daniel New Best Designed ...
Unexpected Pleasures: The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery exhibition (Melbourne)
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 Posted in Design Events, Designers | No Comments »The National Gallery of Victoria is currently showing the highly anticipated contemporary exhibition, Unexpected Pleasures: The Art and Design of Contemporary Jewellery. Unexpected Pleasures displays over 200 works by important Australian and international contemporary jewellers who have pushed conceptual and material boundaries ...
British Design Awards 2012
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Posted in Design Events, Designers | No Comments »The British Design of the Year Awards 2012 were recently announced in London at the Design Museum. The overall winner was the Barber Osgerby studio for the London 2012 Olympic torch. Other category winners are listed here and all nominated designs are ...
Calling all illustrators!
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 Posted in Design Events, Designers | No Comments »"You Show Me Yours and I'll Show You Mine" The Australian Society of Authors is hosting a... National Event for Illustrators Reserve the date! All illustrators are invited to meet at designated venues around the country to show their portfolios, discuss work in ...
Wool Modern exhibition
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 Posted in Designers | No Comments »"Wool Modern - A Celebration of Wool in the 21st Century" is a travelling exhibition (part of a broader ‘Campaign for Wool’, a global initiative of wool growing countries) that has just arrived in Australia. The full exhibition is a celebration of modern, ...
Books aren’t just (animated) books…
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 Posted in Design Events, Fun, Library Information | No Comments »For those of you who haven't caught up with the winner of the 2012 Academy Award Oscar for Best Animated Short... it was The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (Moonbot Studios). It features no dialogue and uses a ...
The Art of the Video Game exhibition (sorry, it’s on in the USA) but…
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 Posted in Design Events, Fun | No Comments »The Smithsonian American Art Museum will be hosting this exhibition from 16 March to 30 September 2012. Though it is a long trip to get to see what's on show, the website http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/ has webcasts of lectures and interviews with game designers, discussion of the ...
Cartier leopard changes its spots/jewels
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 Posted in Designers, Fun | No Comments »Cartier has released a short advertising film - L'Odyssée de Cartier - featuring their iconic panther (leopard) on a journey across France, Russia, China and India. The three and a half minute film was directed by Bruno Avellian and was two ...
International Fashion Showcase in London
Monday, February 20th, 2012 Posted in Designers | No Comments »The British Council and the British Fashion Council (BFC) announced the inaugural International Fashion Showcase to take place during London Fashion Week, February 2012. 19 embassies and cultural institutes across London will open their doors and display the work of ...
Autumn colours
Monday, February 20th, 2012 Posted in Designers | No Comments »Pantone LLC, has unveiled the PANTONE® Fashion Color Report Fall 2012, a comprehensive overview of designers’ use of color in their upcoming collections. Released on the first day of New York Fashion Week, the PANTONE Fashion Color Report features the top ...
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