Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Feb 7, 2012, 6:02 pm
The Future Laboratory is bringing its annual Trend Briefings 2012 to Sydney and Melbourne this February to showcase the latest trends in design, consumer and brand behaviour. Presented by strategy and insight directors Martin Raymond and Chris Sanderson, the two Australian trend briefings will cove...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Feb 6, 2012, 11:16 pm
Venue : Salerno Gallery Address : 70 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, NSW, 2037 Website : www.salernogallery.com Salerno Gallery presents “Face Apart“, an exhibition of selected contemporary portraiture from five Sydney artists. Stylistically and thematically varied, each individual artists explores ou...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Jan 22, 2012, 9:33 pm
PSSSSSST…. Our first ever little bundle of love, the Design Federation zine D’Zine – The Future Issue is finally here!! “The Future Issue” asked creatives to express their ideas on the theme Creativity & Technology. The result is 22 pages of quirky storytelling, passionate rants, artist ...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Dec 14, 2011, 12:03 am
I just picked up my copies of the Gold Coast Creative (thanks Dom!) and I have to say, its freaking awesome! Its printed on lovely stock, its nice and big and easy to read, and even if you dont live on the GC but love design mags/books, why not pick one up either online or at selected newsagents. ...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Dec 6, 2011, 10:10 pm
Former Sydney resident Anja Emzén believes in “simple and clever design solutions based on research and crafted aesthetics”, So we decided to ask her more about her approach to all things design! What is your name and where are you based? Anja Emzén and I’m living and working out of Malm...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Dec 5, 2011, 6:10 pm
The Social Change Rooms’ ethical fashion market is on this weekend, Sunday 11th of December in Newtown,  so get your dancing shoes on and head along (you might even spot Paris Hiltons and Kim Kardashalot there)
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Dec 5, 2011, 12:10 am
  Five handmade necklaces made from recycled materials, will be auctioned off this December for the Vinnies Christmas Appeal. College of Fine Arts design student Sophia Davison has created an eco-friendly necklace range which encourages fashionistas to ‘Think Outside the Jewellery Box’ and se...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Nov 16, 2011, 7:27 pm
    Taking your design online could be a daunting prospect for many print designers, but it doesn’t need to be. With the Shillington Web Course it’s easier than you think. The course has been tailored to suit the needs of graphic designers wanting to complement their existing knowledge of p...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Nov 14, 2011, 6:30 pm
  Just in time for Christmas, Evie Group will light up your world with their hot new Spun Lamps! The Spun light was inspired by the classic wooden top toy. In this, the concept was transformed into a decorative lighting piece, available as a floor, table and pendant lamp. Continuing the theme of...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Nov 7, 2011, 11:00 pm
I’m a renter. With housemates. I’m also an artist, living on the rough fringes of polite society. Home ownership, renovating and interior design don’t flutter across my radar too often. But that hasn’t left me completely immune to the explosion of home-reno reality shows, or the hordes desce...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Nov 3, 2011, 12:18 am
Surry Hills High is a collective open day and online guide for the local industry, for individuals and businesses to use their own premises to showcase work, network, and make sales. Creative individuals, businesses, organisations and collectives (who have or share premises in the local area) are a...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Oct 26, 2011, 7:46 pm
Check the super snaps of Skipping Girl Vinegar @ Northcote Social Club. Photos by the one and only, Bianca Milani!
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Oct 26, 2011, 7:40 pm
  The recent Occupy Wall Street movement has spawned a global following, inspiring citizens in many Western countries to come together to protest against the political and social injustice and greed that has become the norm in many first world democratic nations. After some research into the suppo...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Oct 25, 2011, 8:23 pm
Sshhh Chic® is a Sydney-based design house specialising in contemporary jewellery and home-ware products influenced by Bangladeshi materials and themes. Sshhh Chic’s collection showcases a mix of western contemporary and eastern hand-made traditional styles where no two pieces are ever the same; ...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Oct 13, 2011, 7:21 pm
Click click to see the Bianca Milani photography action @ Melbourne Fringe Festival 2011- Dancing In the Dark – Fringe Furniture  &  Fashion Journal Pre-Summer Nights Dream 2011
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Oct 11, 2011, 7:34 pm
What do hard rubbish, Monkies in spacesuits, and pretty CD covers have in common? We decided to ask Mark Lang from Skipping Girl Vinegar the answers.. Tell us about how Skipping Girl Vinegar’s new album ‘Keep Calm, Carry the Monkey’ came about: Mark Lang: The new album came like a compulsion...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Oct 10, 2011, 6:36 pm
This tiny retail tenancy fitout at Melbourne Central is the fourth chapter of the Lulamae and Breathe Architecture collaboration story.  After a successful cardboard pop-up store in 2009, a more permanent installation takes form at Level 2 of Melbourne Central. The project presents itself as a liv...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Oct 9, 2011, 8:41 pm
AGDA Poster Annual – 21-31 October An exhibition of posters inspired by music – Curated by Mark Gowing The exhibition will feature works by the esteemed jury including Stephan Bundi (Atelier Bundi), Ken Cato (Cato Partners), Kjell Ekhorn and Jon Forss (Non-Format), Eike Koenig (Hort), Fanette...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Oct 9, 2011, 8:37 pm
Thursday 3 November 2011 see’s The Bakery transformed into an art gallery of epic proportions as contemporary artists and designers come together with local performers to present One sugar to go – an eclectic West Australian art exhibition with a difference. Building on the success of its 2010 ...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Oct 9, 2011, 8:20 pm
Anne Cobai recently screen printed her ‘Cross My Heart’ illustration onto t-shirts. The tees are a four-colour screenprint on a range of six different coloured shirts, and she is currently holding a giveaway on my blog for the winner to choose a tee in their size and choice of colour.  annec...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 30, 2011, 3:29 am
Two weeks ago I attended a Women in Business seminar “Glamour, Global & Growth” hosted by the NSW Department of Trade and Investment. I went along with the talented Katerina Roth – one of my co-contributors at Design Federation. Held on the 47th floor of the MLC Centre and overlooking Sydney H...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 21, 2011, 3:36 am
It was a showcase of global trends at the Made in Melbourne emerging designer’s night last Saturday. Presented by Fjorde Magazine amongst the young Melbourne fashionista crowd there it was a colour extravaganza. Tie die and stardust prints were splashed across silk and satin and apart from wardro...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 21, 2011, 1:05 am
If you have a love of animation, then why not get a degree in it? UTS are now offering the opportunity to do just that with their new ”Bachelor of Design in Animation”. Students who wish to follow their dreams of working in animation can now do so straight out of high school, with the Univer...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 20, 2011, 11:28 pm
Click here to view the embedded video. Skipping Girl Vinegar are one of Melbourne’s up and coming bands, known for their indie pop sound and captivating live show. Having recently launched their critically-acclaimed sophomore album ‘Keep Calm, Carry the Monkey’, the next single and forthcomi...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 20, 2011, 8:55 pm
Those Swedes sure are a creative bunch, so forget IKEA, because these Unit Portable bags by Kurppa Hosk are very sexy indeed. If you havent heard of the Kurppa Hosk brand and are attending Semi Perm this year you will be able to see co-founder Thomas Kurppa speak.  If he wants an idea for a d...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 19, 2011, 11:16 pm
Driving through the lost back roads of rural New South Wales, meandering the Great Ocean costal road of rugged Victoria, travelling across South Australia’s lonely Nullarbor out to Eyre Peninsula. Jasmine is a visitor, an outsider, an observer. Fragments of an Expanse, a solo exhibition of jewelle...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 19, 2011, 11:14 pm
Szilvia’s jewellery explores  the dialogue between the materials, forms and movement of the human body. Szilvia  has been practicing as a designer and maker of ceramic objects mainly porcelain lights that relate to human space, for almost a decade. Sziliva  has taken up jewellery more recentl...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 19, 2011, 11:10 pm
Explicitly Graphic (where fine art meets graphic design) is putting together their second art event. This time, they’re bringing down the house at the White Canvas Gallery in the Fortitude Valley on October 28 from 6-10pm. At the Explicitly Graphic art event you can have a drink, score a goody ba...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 19, 2011, 12:33 am
Click here to view the embedded video. Design Federation has always been a big supporter of Australian talent, and as many of us listen to music when we design, and after seeing their beautifully embossed and die cut cd cover with pull outs, we thought getting behind Skipping Girl Vinegar was ...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 16, 2011, 1:45 am
Carol White The tenmoregirls collective are back again in 2011 with another electrifying exhibition of contemporary jewellery and objects. This talented group of ten emerging female artists will again push conceptual boundaries, stretch definitions and excite audiences as they present 10 girls. 10 ...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 15, 2011, 9:05 pm
Design Federation was shocked to learn today that Melbourne artist, illustrator and typographer extraordinaire Timba Smits was stabbed in the leg in London whilst defending elderly passengers on a bus.  Timba, publisher of the Wooden Toy Quarterly magazine has been in London for the past 18 months...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 13, 2011, 1:45 am
ENTRIES NOW OPEN: DESIGNER COASTER COMPETITION Drink Outside the Square, a competition that gives students and established designers the chance to have their work retailed as part of a premium homeware product, has officially launched. The competition calls on participants to submit a design for t...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 12, 2011, 8:40 pm
Figure 3 – An exhibition of prints and mixed media works on paper by Lorelei Medcalf, Mei Sheong Wong and Suzie Lockery OPENING: Wednesday 5 October 2011, 6-8pm URBAN COW STUDIO GALLERY 11 Frome Street,  Adelaide 5000 Exhibition runs 3 October to 30 October 2011
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Sep 4, 2011, 7:44 pm
Spoonful’s 5th issue is out and this issue is all about the beauty of the moment & adding a little sparkle into our everyday lives. We’re hoping it will give readers the courage they need to make the big decisions & the tools required to enrich their life and see it as the lovely thing that it ...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 31, 2011, 2:06 am
Adventuring through many countries of the world, Simon takes the road less travelled to uncover places not found on the tourism map. With a camera and his Royal Enfield motorbike he rides over the highest mountain roads in the world taking on some of the most extreme conditions. Over the Sahara and...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 25, 2011, 7:24 pm
Marcus McCabe is a freelance designer and art director formerly of the award winning UK design studio Uniform. After five successful years at Uniform he has embarked on a new challenge relocating to Sydney. Marcus will land in early October 2011 and is available for freelance on both a short term an...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 19, 2011, 10:29 pm
UMPH! is what we think. A collection of art design and multimedia from Laura Carey, Micheal Delmar, Dilshani Jayawardene & Sam Grant. Behind the scenes, behind the screens  & behind the seems. UMPH! Opening Wed 31st Aug 6-8pm Chrissie Cotter Gallery Pidcock Street, Camperdown
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 17, 2011, 8:46 pm
The Het 4 Gymnasium school in Amsterdam Future Proofing Schools: The Melbourne School of Design is running a competition that could help transform the humble re-locatable or ‘portable’ classroom into an interactive learning space for 21st century learning. “Instead of the attitude that port...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 16, 2011, 11:24 pm
Hey Fashionistas, Fashion Palette is back for 2011, and if you are a young fashion label looking to get your name out there and want to be part of the fun, then read below to get involved. Fashion Palette is the perfect opportunity for Australia’s next generation of fashion designers to showca...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 16, 2011, 7:56 pm
  Award-winning Sydney creative agency Stop.Edit. has just released the latest issue of Stop.Edit.Paper. The unashamedly large A1 format self-promotional zine mixes artwork, design ideas and rationale from a selection of Stop.Edit.’s recent work along with short essays and snapshot reviews of lo...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 16, 2011, 7:51 pm
Analogue / Digital Gold Coast is set to deliver six of Australia’s most influential creatives to the BC&C Cinemas – Robina Town Centre – 21/OCT/2011. This years conference features: Dare Jennings: Co-Founder of Deus Ex-Machina, Andy Sargent / Adam Gibson: Creative Directors of SSW, Angus ...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 15, 2011, 8:28 pm
NOICON is a multi discipline exhibition by Sydney based artist Simon Lovelace which includes sculpture, installation, screen printing and painting. The opening is Thursday the 18th, and runs to the 27th of August. Salerno Gallery Address: 70 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, NSW 2037 Australia
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 14, 2011, 7:31 pm
Sydney graphic designer Belle Howie launched her range of designer coasters for the home earlier this year – they are made from the same cardboard as a bar coaster, so now you can leave the pub coaster where it belongs! The launch range includes 12 designs in classic and contemporary styles, to o...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 12, 2011, 1:04 am
…Discover Young Republic’s incredible emerging designers with an exclusive shopping event. Staged at the stunning Baraki Bar on Thursday 8 September at 5pm, the night encapsulates the creativity, community and jazzy spirit Melbourne has to offer. Help raise the profile of independent and eco-de...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 10, 2011, 1:02 am
This year, Melbourne based fashion stationery label kikki.K celebrates its 10th anniversary by releasing a limited edition Retrospective Wrapping Paper Book that features all of its loyal customers favourite designs from 2001-2011 and insights from founder Kristina ‘Kikki’ Karlsson. Click to v...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 3, 2011, 9:08 pm
Courtesy of our friends at Hopscotch Films, Design Federation is giving our readers the chance to win one of Twenty 2for1 passes to see Pina (opening August 18), the amazing new 3d Dance film by Wim Wenders which features Pina Bausch. ‘Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost’. Pina Bausch PINA ...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 3, 2011, 8:45 pm
Inviting visitors to make, critique and curate new designs for fluorescent traffic control bollards, Australian artist and designer Jane Gavan’s new exhibition, Factory as Studio opens at UTS’s DAB LAB on Wednesday 3 August. The exhibition invites visitors to engage in the design process...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 3, 2011, 7:36 pm
MADE BY PEOPLE is a free online show started in early 2011 by designer Damian Dunne. Taking place around the world, MADE BY PEOPLE aims to give small insights into the people that are creating, influencing and living. Made for people. MADE BY PEOPLE
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 3, 2011, 2:25 am
  Designed for us, by us, Justus Magazine is proud to present the print community with its very own unparalleled design bible. With an advent of digital inspiration showcases overloading the radar, the Justus team believes it’s time for those with a passion for print to receive their very own to...
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Klaus K. posted an article on Design Federation - Aug 1, 2011, 9:51 pm
Monkey King on throne of Golden Bone (early evening) 2011 charcoal, colour pencil on paper 51 x 71cm COLOURED IN: Priapic skeletons, gloamings, poles and trunks, fire and water and recent experiments in psycho-dramatism by Chris O’Doherty also known as Reg Mombassa Watters Gallery will again be...
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