Shillington College

Secret Wars Battle

Melbourne students should definitely head down to the next Secret Wars event on the 13 April if this video is anything to go by.

secretwars.com.au/melbourne/

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!

Art Melbourne 2010

The Weekend Australian Art Melbourne returns to the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton from 22-25 April 2010. Adding to Melbourne's vibrant art scene, Art Melbourne 2010 showcases over a hundred galleries from around Australia and overseas with thousands of new artworks. Many of the artists are on site to chat to and they have an exciting range of entertainment and educational programs. If you're in Melbourne this weekend you should check it out. As a bonus, one of our Melbourne graduates, Ross Sparks, has some complimentary tickets available via his website.

Junior presents - Art & Copy

Junior (lifeatthebottom.com) is screening the advertising doco Art & Copy in Melbourne, April 26.

The film, directed by Doug Pray, profiles several living icons of the U.S advertising industry since the '60's. The likes of George Lois, Dan Weiden and Lee Clow.
This is a must-see for anyone interested in ideas and creativity.
Tickets are limited.
Full details, tickets and trailer at http://lifeatthebottom.com

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.

 

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'. 

AFOM. A Friend of Mine.

Suzy Tuxen is 'AFOM'. The Melbourne design studio that is. I wish she was a friend of mine so I could salivate whilst touching her beautifully tactile and awesomely executed stationery, identities and print work. She has worked on some beautiful projects in the UK with the the design company Mutlistorey which she also features on her site.

Prepare to drool over 'A FRIEND OF MINE'

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.afom.com.au

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.

Inspirational Trash

A New York artist 'Joshua Allen Harris' made famous with hot air and trash bags. Low cost art. Highly inspiring. This was brought to my Peter in Melbourne found on a site http://makedo.com.au/ that is part of the 'State of Design' Festival in Melbourne.

I think it is a great reminder to us all that even on a limited 'student' budget you can create interesting and inspiring work that engages people.