Shillington College

Shillington student and graduate poster competition to HELP THOSE WHO HELP US.

 

Shillington College are running a competition to raise money for the State Emergency Service (SES) in QLD, VIC & NSW entitled 'I get by with a little help from my friends'. This competition is open to any current or ex-student of Shillington College or Shillington School worldwide.

I am sure every ex-student (Australian or otherwise) is aware of the severe floods that effected Queensland, Victoria and Northern New South Wales. All the staff at Shillington College would like to give back to those in the SES who have been truly heroic and selfless in their efforts across the country to save lives and help those most in need. Now again in the last 24 hours they have made great efforts to save and assist those adversely effected by Cyclone Yasi.

So if you are interested in flexing your creative muscle, and help those, who are helping us all the time. All you have to do is submit a poster design based on the title 'I get by with a little help from my friends'. We want to see the most original and striking artwork, it can be purely typographic, type and image, done by hand and photographed. It's completely open to interpretation, you can use the words in the title or choose your own inspired by the title.

The Lecturers at Shillington College will select the top 20 entries which will then be posted on 15th Feb on the Shillington facebook page for online voting.

Voting will close on the 28th Feb. The winning poster will be printed and sold online, with all profits going to SES in QLD, VIC and NSW.

The designer of the winning poster will receive a single print of there A1 poster, plus a $100 AU voucher for itunes.

Submission Deadline: 14th Feb
Poster Specs: (A1) 841mm x 594mm portrait, CMYK (no spots or pantones). Final artwork must be 300dpi.
For voting submit 72dpi file 427pixels x 604pixels to: info@shillingtoncollege.com.au
Please include your full name, which college you were enrolled, or are currently enrolled, at and the year of study.

We look forward to seeing all submissions and encourage you to put your design to a positive use, if not for this competition, for others who are in need across the world. 

The masked crusader gets environmental recognition

 

 

I started this job back in 2007 working on the original concept and execution for the flagship Mad Méx restaurant in Surry Hills, Sydney Australia. Was stoked to get a mention in the Society of Environmental Graphic design merit award for the in-store branding. My wife and the guys at Holycow design advertising have continued to develop and champion the Mad Méx brand into several other locations across Sydney and in now in Melbourne. Its always good when Aussie design makes it into international awards, especially American ones. Check out the other contenders at SEGD there are some other Aussie entries.

LUCHANDO POR EL SABOR! VIVA MM!

 

Posted by Lee. Not Jen. Jen does not have a wife! Yet!

Some green design kudos

I noticed whilst browsing this years 'Semi-Permanent' conference website that desktop magazine is having a competition for the front cover of the June 2010 issue. Covering all design things 'green'. All you have to do is interpret or communicate 'sustainable design'. The top 10 will be displayed on the big screen at 'Semi-Permanent' Sydney and voted on by your peers on the conference and mag website. The top 4 will be printed as a set of four for the June edition.

So could be a good chance to get your work seen as it is probably one of Australia's widest circulated design mags. If you don't give a go you'll never find out.

 

12 Common Photoshop Mistakes

A great quick read for anyone who has just started work in photoshop. The article was created to raise awareness and to educate new users of photoshop with a list of common mistakes and misuses often made. We've all been there and I find this guy cuts straight to the point explaining everything in context.

Click here to check it out.

Typedia – Like Wikipedia... but for Type!

Typedia is an awesome blog that acts like Wikipedia for Typography. A community website dedicated to typefaces, all things type related and educating people about type – anyone can join, add and edit pages to share the info that they come across. 

Click here to check it out! 

A love of all things Black, White & 'Read'

Richard Sarson is a graphic artist from the UK who has a love of combining illustration, design, art and beautiful typography in his work.

He has some great new stuff on his site and what seems to be a love for all things Black, White & 'Read' at the moment. Some examples below. Click here to check his full body of work out!

Art of the Arcade

No one ever goes the arcade anymore. In my day (a child of the late seventies and eighties) this is where everyone hung out, got into trouble and smoked cigarettes under age.  

This site has an awesome selection of arcade and early game console artwork including packaging, logos and ads from various sources featuring stuff like the atari logo and the pong console packaging. 

A great deal of designers today seem to revisit some of the styling from this period. I am sure it will pass.Remember when looking at this artwork this was done before the advent of the of the mac and applications like illustrator. Probably all of it was done by hand.

Interested? Check it out at 'The Art of the Arcade'. 

What employers love and hate in a graduate.

You really are hearing it from the horses mouth in this recent CR blog item. Plenty of creatives adding their two bobs worth on what they really want and don't want in a graduate creative. READ IT! 

From what I understand this relates to the printed Creative Review August 'graduate' issue.

Brisbane Creative Industries

Brisbane students check out Brisbane Creative Industries (BCI) if you haven't already - Hannah has put together a student list of events that are Free or have cheap pricing for students!

Sign up to the e-newsletter as well for lots of industry info.

After-School Special: Advice for Emerging Designers!

A great read for all you shillo's out there who are about to make the leap from college to the workplace! The article is from the AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Design) and has some great advice broken down into 11 easy steps that will help, not only to make a smooth transition, but to help you achieve success in your chosen career!

www.aiga.org/content.cfm/after-school-special