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Waltz with Bashir. Dir: Ari Folman 2008. Source: Sharmill Films. All rights reserved.
Waltz with Bashir
Nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Waltz with Bashir is attracting audiences from all over the globe, if not just for the fascinating content of the film, but for the way it has been presented.
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It’s here! The long-awaited Oz Graphix 6 is now available.
In five previous editions, Oz Graphix established itself as the premiere showcase of Australian studio creativity. This sixth edition is packed with work that will inspire and inform.
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Crowdsourcing and iStockphoto
In February 2007, Getty Images purchased iStockphoto for the sum of $50 million. At the time, Getty Images CEO Jonathan Klein was quoted as saying, ‘If someone’s going to cannibalise your business, better it be one of your other businesses.’ What began as a free image-sharing exchange used by graphic designers, has in just seven years has grown into an industry leader in social networking and micro-payment systems, and claims to have become the world’s highest volume seller of stock imagery, audio and video.
The fact that iStockphoto’s success made image library and agency giant Getty Images sit up and take notice is astounding in itself. However, the business rules employed by iStockphoto, which has allowed them to achieve this level of success, is something that no business can afford to ignore: the power of crowdsourcing.
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Michael Kai 'This Side Up'. Winner of the Year, Category Winner (Commercial)
ACMP Projections ‘08 and ‘09 Call for Entries
The ACMP Projections competition encourages emerging students, assistants, photographers and photo artists to submit images to gain exposure, raise their profile within the creative community and be recognised as the future of the photographic industry.
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Bruno 9li
Bruno Novelli, better known as 9li, is a Brazilian artist whose works are equally as extraordinary visually as they are in meaning. His current exhibition META, explores themes about spiritism, alchemy and metaphysics, as well as his own life experiences.
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Art direction and design of all releases from Booka Shade. This one is showing the cover of the single 'Planetary'. Client: Get Physical Music, 2008.
HORT
HORT is a Berlin-based studio that works in all fields of graphic design, specialising in pure creativity. Marion King, also known as ‘the one that pulls the strings behind the scenes’, explains the inspiring way in which the studio works and what it produces.
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Copyright and Intellectual Property for Australian designers
New resources are now available to designers looking for information on copyright and intellectual property, from the Australian Copyright Council and Design Victoria.
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Cloud formation: A Forecast of Dream Shapes
Held in a former glass factory in Sydney, Cloud Formation: a forecast of dream shapes featured multimedia work by artists Morgan Veness (Japan), Haruka Kokubu (Japan) and Malou Dunkley (Australia), architects German Perez Tavio (Spain) and Didier Ryan (UK) and designers Patrick Santamaria, Sam Painter and Billy Ryan (Australia).
Over two days in the informal, underground setting for the unofficial Biennale event, contributors and guests were invited to participate in lively group discussions, making the exhibition not only a showcase of multimedia work, but also a productive and provocative cross-media forum.
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The Museum. Dir: Kenton Vaughan 2008. Source: The Festivalists. All rights reserved.
Possible Worlds: The Museum and My Winnipeg
The 3rd annual Possible Worlds Film Festival, held in Sydney November 27 - December 2, aims to introduce and familiarise Australian audiences with the rich diversity, vibrant talent and the accessible nature of Canadian film. Much of the program of films selected for the festival will be screened in Australia for the first time.
This year’s program highlights included Guy Maddin’s docu-fantasia My Winnipeg and the Australian premiere of The Museum.
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The gallery space. Designed by Craig Chatman architects.
The Narrows: Interview with Warren Taylor
The Narrows gallery in Melbourne hosts a wide range of work from local, national and international artists/designers. The curator of the diverse art space, Warren Taylor speaks about the most important aspects of running a gallery.
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The Production Book - Review
The Production Book, published annually, is the most comprehensive film and television directory for crew, suppliers and production information in Australia.
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'Over and Over' by Michael Perry. Princeton Architectural Press, 2008.
Over & Over, A Catalog of Hand Drawn Patterns by Mike Perry - Review
It is difficult these days to come across design that does not include some kind of hand-generated elements. The most common example is for giving a corporate identity a more organic appearance. The DIY theme seems to have really taken off lately. Michael (Mike) Perry’s Over & Over is a generous and well-demonstrated documentation of the patterns used in the current hand-drawn trend.
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The City of Melbourne Laneways Commission: July 2008 - February 2009
The City of Melbourne Laneways Commission program for 2008 is well underway. This is an exciting opportunity for everyone to experience new public art in public spaces, for a limited time only: six unique artworks in six very specific sites around Melbourne.
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Maxims of Behaviour - Alexander Knox
Illuminating Melbourne: Maxims of Behaviour
The Royal Mail House is very 1960s style architecture. By day, its design seems strongly prescriptive of sixties’ architectural maxims. But from dusk till late during winter 2008 until 15 September, the Royal Mail changes its colours, literally. The Royal Mail’s facade ‘comes alive’ with Alexander Knox’s kinetic light design entitled Maxims of Behaviour. Mounted upon protruding ledges, each light acts as a pixel. The imagery which moves across the face of the building is produced from abstracted video footage of the city’s light, colour and movement.
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Oliver Bernard (designer) England 1881–1939 Strand Palace Hotel staircase 1930–31 glass (lit), chrome 370.8 x 447.5 x 444.7 cm (main); 261.0 cm (stairs) Victoria and Albert Museum, London © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Art Deco: 1910-1939 - NGV, Melbourne
Art Deco: 1910-1939 is a comprehensive exhibition celebrating the significant period in which its glamour and style influenced design worldwide. Direct from London’s famed Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the exhibition is staged exclusively at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV); the fifth exhibition in the extremely popular ‘Melbourne Winter Masterpieces’ series. The first exhibition to feature the decorative arts, there are over 300 works on display.
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