Innovative young designers from the 2008 Higher School Certificate Design and Technology course will exhibit their works in the annual DesignTECH exhibition. The 25 outstanding projects were chosen from over 3,700 works. On display is a diverse range of creations, from fashion, furniture and textiles, to recreational and musical equipment, to farming innovations and children’s education.

On now until Wednesday 18 March 2009
Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris Street Ultimo, NSW
www.powerhousemuseum.com

The Gruen Transfer seems to be going great guns, and it’s good to see Wil Anderson back on our beloved ABC dissecting the advertising we see. But a newish form of advertising that has caught my eye recently – or should I say almost blinded me – is the new animated/video Perimeter Advertising in certain sports. (epilepsy warning. Rapid animation scene below)

Thank god this isn’t so widespread in Australia yet, but watching the Rugby Union test the other night (Australia V Ireland), I was shocked to see it had made its way into the game they play in heaven.

I know this isn’t a new phenomenon, but I had only recently seen it on some warm up EURO 2008 football matches and thought holy fuck, what is going on there ?!

If you haven’t had the displeasure of seeing these ads, basically they’re the same as the standard Perimeter Advertising, but animated. Not merely moving from one ad to the next, but with motion in each ad.

What it offers is essentially more bang for one’s buck, for both parties. The sponsors can display more and more information and flashing lights to draw your attention, and the teams/stadiums can charge more for the space.

The only problem is that it’s a FUCKING ABOMINATION!

Can you imagine anything more annoying if you are trying to watch or play sport?

Field sports are generally a fast paced pastime (even lawn bowls has its moments); people run or move quickly and you have to focus on the action – so imagine these fucking annoying clips playing at the side of the pitch throughout the whole match. It’s bad enough for the athletes having to put up with this rubbish, let alone us – the paying customers – who are forced to have their senses bombarded like torture at Guantanamo.

Most us just want to sit around with a beer and a few mates watching the footy. We don’t want to sit around watching ghastly advertising, but the way things are going it seems sport will soon become secondary and the ads will just play against themselves.

This is yet another element of the media we will need to learn to subconsciously block out.

Article written by David Goldberg

Andrew Fairclough is the face behind Kindred , a creative graphics studio focussing on mostly youth oriented branding, design, illustration and art direction for print and web. There’s a wonderful sense of symmetry amongst the sharp lines and clean, crisp graphics of Sydney-based designer, Andrew Fairclough’s work . Do yourself a favour & check it out!

For stylish gift ideas this Christmas, direct from the cream of our national design talent, visit the Young Blood: Designers Market at the Powerhouse Museum this Friday night and Saturday only.

Discover a wide range of unique products from 40 emerging designers selected by the museum to exhibit in a vibrant market atmosphere.Young Blood showcases fresh design, from fashion to furniture, jewellery, graphic, product, landscape and lighting design, amongst good food and entertainment.

Shop, chat with the makers themselves, meet for a drink on Friday and enjoy live entertainment from Bondi musician Matt Ralph or pop into explore the museum’s design galleries on Saturday. First launched during Sydney Design 05, Young Blood is a regular curated event and part of the Powerhouse Museum’s commitment to nurturing new and innovative Australian design.

Event: Young Blood: Designers Market
Date: Friday, 12 December 6pm-9pm and Saturday, 13 December 8am-5pm
Address: Level 2 Courtyard, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo
Admission: Free

The Finders Keepers Markets is a bi-annual event that showcases the work of over 60 emerging designers and artists from Sydney local designers to areas all around Australia.

The markets bring together new contemporary independent artists and designers of original and high creative standards. There aim is to always introduce new designers and new product to cater for a wide range of customers and supporters.

DATE:
Friday 5th December from 6pm – 10pm
Saturday 6th December from 12pm – 10pm

The markets will be held at:
The inside foyer at CarriageWorks
245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh NSW 2015.
The pedestrian entrance is at the corner of Codrington St and Wilson St.

Nearest train: Redfern or Macdonaldtown and its only a short walk from King Street in Newtown.

Chuey are a Sydney based creative design firm. Besides obsessing about food, they specialise in animation, illustration, interactive design & graphic design. With years of experience in graphics & design, they have a range of skills required to fulfil your creative needs, whether it be logos, business cards, flash animations, animated advertising, video graphics or interactive applications.

The right design can often make the difference. It’s in our daily lives. You can’t walk down the street without seeing a poster or banner. You cannot visit a website or watch the television without seeing an advertisement of some kind.

Chuey Creative Designs believe that communicating with the client is the first & most crucial step in the design process. They love there food, roaming the earth, live music & field hockey. They especially love helping anyone in need of something visual. So what are you waiting for? Check out there portfolio right here .

The 2008 designTECH exhibition showcases outstanding major design projects by Higher School Certificate students of Design and Technology from across NSW. This annual exhibition features, furniture, fashion, graphic design, architecture and industrial design.

Powerhouse Museum , 20th December 2008 to 18th March 2009.

As a photo editor and designer, we always have to ask the question ‘Where do I get the right pictures from?’ Until recently we used the traditional stock photo houses like ‘Getty images’, ‘Corbis’, ‘Jupiter images’, Alamy, etc. However we decided to explore the microstock world a little and was quite surprised about the quality of the pictures available on microstock. What we see as a problem of microstock sites is that the content of the microsites is very similar – you will find the same pictures on Dreamstime as on Stockxpert, Fotolia etc. We have listed my favourite microstock sites below – the 4 which are the most popular because they have the largest portfolios. We also added some smaller sites which we found interesting.

This article has been brought to you by our good friends at Design Federation. Read the full article here .

The Australian International Design Awards, a division of Standards Australia, is recognised by the Commonwealth Government and the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design as Australia’s peak design assessment and promotion body, and for its important role in fostering a culture of design and innovation in Australia.

In keeping with Standards Australia’s peak status as the national standards body, the Australian International Design Awards sets an international benchmark of design excellence and quality in manufactured goods. The Australian International Design Awards operates across a broad range of product development sectors including Consumer, Business and Technology, Medical and Scientific, Automotive and Transport, Sport and Leisure, Housing and Building, Heavy Machinery, Architecture and Interior, and Design Education.

Nawlz is an online interactive comic book and can be viewed at http://www.nawlz.com . It combines the use of text, illustration, music, animation and interactivity to tell the story. The story is set in the futuristic City of Nawlz. It follows the main character Harley Chambers as he kicks thru the streets engaging in overlaying virtual realities and other strange techno-cultures.

Throughout the story it is advertised that the Mad-Bionix (a popular band) are bringing a massive concert to Nawlz and to promote the concert they have been dropping sneak preview clips around the streets. Everyday for a month a new clip is released and Harley has been frantically running about collecting them. Harley believes he has witnessed some strange phenomenon in relation to the clips and he feels strongly that whatever the hell is going on will be revealed at the concert.

Nawlz has been created by Australian visual-artist Sutu in collaboration with various Australian musicians including Speakerwrath, Intamok and Joel Edmondson. This is some of the most creative works we have seen for some time and we at Two Flat Whites give high praise to this wonderful creation. Issue 9 “Skyman’s Hand” is now online here .