TWEET TAFECAT NSW

November 4th, 2011 Posted by dubravkasakowicz in Library Information | Post a Comment »

TAFECAT NSW  has now added twitter functionality to its search results.
When using the TAFE catalogue to research your assignment,
why don’t you tweet your friends about the results you have found.
Or use it yourself to create a retrievable listing of your research,
by using the hashtag symbol. Follow these simply 10 steps to start tweeting from TAFECAT NSW .

1) Find the title in TAFEcat. On the “Item Information” page, click on the Tweet image.

2) If you have not logged into Twitter, you will be prompted to enter your Username (or email address) and password.

3) Once logged in, you will be taken to a “Share a link on Twitter” screen. By default, the tweet from TAFEcat will consist of 4 parts of information:
a) The text “Currently looking in TAFEcat at:”
b) the item’s title
c) the TAFEcat hashtag
d) a hyperlink back to the “Quick Search” page of the TAFEcat account you are using.
4) At the “Share a link on Twitter” screen, you can edit the text. However, remember that a tweet can only be 140 characters long. To the left of the Tweet button will be the number of characters still available to use in your tweet text.  Any URLs you enter will use 19 characters of the 140 character quota. 
5) Once you are happy with the content of your Tweet, click on the Tweet button.
6) Twitter will tell you if the Tweet has been posted.

7) The successfully posted tweet will appear on your Twitter feed. The tweet will also appear on the Twitter feed of any of your followers
If you want to delete the tweet from your feed, hover your mouse over the tweet and a “Delete” link will appear. If you click on the “Delete” link, Twitter will ask for confirmation, before removing the tweet from your feed. Note: The tweet may take a little time to be removed from Twitter searches.

9) If you search Twitter for “TAFEcat” or “tafecat”, all the tweets with “#TAFEca” in the post should be retrieved. Also, when viewing a tweet, you can click on the hash tagged word, to retrieve other tweets that have that word as a hashtag
10) Happy tweeting

Congratulations to Caroline Alexander – jewellery designer to the Prime Minister!

November 4th, 2011 Posted by debbiemccalmont in Design Competitions, Designers | Post a Comment »

Caroline Alexander, a first-year Jewellery and Object Design student, recently had the honour not only of winning the National Skills Week Jewellery Competition, but also of seeing Julia Gillard wearing the elegant, sterling silver necklace she designed. Read about Caroline’s educational background and how a Saturday course at the Design Centre set her on the path to what seems set to be a promising career in Jewellery and Object design on her blog.

The brief for the competition was a very specific one – it had to use the National Skills Week logo, which incorporates the fusion of hands and mind and as you will see from the video featured on the SkillsOne website, Caroline took a thoughtful and analytical approach to her prize-winning design.

Twitter on SI Library website

October 27th, 2011 Posted by brendall in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »

Sydney Institute Library is now officially twittering! Please follow us on Twitter by clicking on the Twitter symbol on the SI Library Website.
http://www.sit.nsw.edu.au/library/

Chanel for Christmas?

October 27th, 2011 Posted by elisabeththomas in Designers, Fun | Post a Comment »

Feel like a little something different for a gift this year? …

New York-based Assouline Publishing and Chanel are offering a very special limited edition — a hand-made slipcase in the fashion house’s iconic tweed for the publisher’s three-book set on Chanel fashion, jewellery and perfumes. Only 30 tweed slipcovers will be available and the rarity commands a premium – each set is US $2,500 — including the books by François Baudot and Françoise Aveline — and will be sold at Assouline and Neiman Marcus in the US.  There is another version available for only US $550 in a classic quilted leather slip-case.

Celebrate our city’s heritage with the Sydney Architecture Festival

October 21st, 2011 Posted by debbiemccalmont in Design Events | Post a Comment »

The Sydney Architecture Festival which runs until the 30th of October, aims to celebrate our city’s rich architectural history and provide a forum to debate its future. The Festival is presented by the Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter) and the NSW Architects Registration Board. Australia’s only Architecture Festival offers international and local insights into the city’s built environment with a packed 10-day program of architecture talks, exhibitions, panel discussions, films, art installations, children’s activities, open day events and guided architectural tours on foot and bicycle.

Go to www.sydneyarchitecturefestival.org/ to find out more and use the online shortlist to identify the events you want to attend, key themes for 2011 include the challenge of creating sustainable and affordable housing, the intersection of art and architecture, international perspectives on the built environment and the work of emerging practitioners.

Italian Vogue launches Vogue Encyclo

October 20th, 2011 Posted by elisabeththomas in Designers | Post a Comment »

Franca Sozzani, the Editor-in-Chief of Italian Vogue, has launched an online fashion encyclopedia, inviting readers to contribute articles on fashion, cinema, style icons, photographers and more. Vogue Encyclo went live on the 10th of October 2011.   Anyone is able to participate, all articles have bylines and Vogue staff review all submissions.

“We will try not to alter your pieces, but some will have to be modified and you have to accept that and not feel judged, just guided by someone who has more experience,” Sozzani addressed potential contributors on her blog. “You can always use [your articles]  on a future résumé to become journalists, if that is what you aspire to. I’m ready for controversy and complaints, but keep in mind that nothing is accomplished in a day… but  in a few months, yes!”

American Vogue also launched an online encyclopedia this year — Voguepedia — but  it is not composed of reader submissions.

Street Art on the Island

October 11th, 2011 Posted by elisabeththomas in Design Events | Post a Comment »

The inaugural Outpost Project: Art from the Streets will feature 150 artists/collectives and is billed as the largest street art extravaganza held in Australia. Works will include stencilling, paste-ups/posters, stickers, sculpture and aerosol art/graffiti. A big attraction will be the privately owned Oi You! collection that includes 23 works by Banksy.

The exhibition is being held on Cockatoo Island and will run from 4 November to 11 December 2011.

For more information go to: http://outpost.cockatooisland.gov.au/

below – a work by one of the artists to be featured at Outpost Project – Anthony Lister   The Way of the Tiger Lady (2010)

October 2011 is Mental Health Month

October 10th, 2011 Posted by debbiemccalmont in Useful Websites | Post a Comment »

Formerly known as Mental Health Week NSW, the campaign was extended to the whole month of October in 2010 to reflect the campaign’s importance and allow greater flexibility for organisers.

Mental Health Month is part of a national mental health promotion campaign held in October each year and is funded by NSW Health. Its main aim is to promote social and emotional wellbeing to the population in this state by encouraging people to maximise their health and increasing mental health literacy.

The fantastic Mental Health Association NSW website gives lots of interesting information, suggestions and support for anyone affected by stress, anxiety and other mental health issues, as well as details of events planned for this month.

The theme for Mental Health Month this year is ‘Wellbeing: invest in your life” encouraging participants to take a holistic view of health and wellbeing. A person’s overall wellbeing can encompass not just their mental health, but also their physical health, social health, spiritual health and community health. These different domains of our lives can all work to support the creation and living out of happy, engaged and meaningful lives even in the presence of illness.

Why not send a friend an e-card from the website? You can choose from the ones shown here.

“On Sale! Shops and Shopping” exhibition until 30 October

October 7th, 2011 Posted by elisabeththomas in Design Events, Designers | Post a Comment »

Still running at the State Library of NSW is the On Sale! Shops and Shopping exhibition – so you have a few weeks left to see it…  

Our modes of shopping have changed over time from general stores and street hawkers, to the stylish arcades and grand department stores of our cities, and the sprawl of the modern suburban shopping mall. This evolution continues today with online retail and the recent ‘pop-up’ shop phenomenon.

The way we shop influences the way we eat, dress and live, and also plays an important role in our economy.

The exhibition includes many examples of design in advertising, products, fashion, packaging, retail interiors and architecture from the last 200 years.  The exhibition website also includes different/other material than is found in the exhibition itself.

Free admission.        Open Mon,Wed-Fri 9am – 5pm, Tues 9am – 8pm, Sat-Sun 10am – 5pm.  

State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney.   Exhibition closes 30 October 2011.

‘Jeffrey Smart: Unspoken’ exhibition at Sydney University Art Gallery

October 7th, 2011 Posted by debbiemccalmont in Designers | Post a Comment »

Jeffrey Smart, iconic painter and self-described “frustrated architect” was born in Adelaide in 1921 but has chosen to live in Italy for the last 48 years. Clive James calls him “the modern Australian painter whose paintings look least Australian.” He has been variously described as a surrealist, realist, hyper-realist, ‘off-beat classicist’ or metaphysical painter, however for Jeffrey Smart, one thing is certain; “The world,” says Smart, “has never been more beautiful.”

Drawing on the University’s rich collection of Smart works, the University Art Gallery’s Jeffrey Smart: Unspoken explores the striking but deceptive simplicity of the artist’s style and probes some of the artist’s cherished themes.

Curated by recently appointed Power Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Mark Ledbury, the exhibition is the first of a University initiative to invite leading art historians to engage with its art collection.

Jeffrey Smart: Unspoken runs until 27 November 2011. For more details and opening times click on the link.

Coogee Baths – Winter Jeffrey Smart (1962), donated through the Alan Richard Renshaw bequest © Jeffrey Smart