With Semi-Permanent taking over Sydney this weekend, we'd like to introduce you to one of the speakers, Numskull. Based in Sydney, Numskull is reclaiming the...

Traditionally funerals in Japan are strictly a black and white sort of arrangement. But this is not the case with this new ad campaign. Tokyo based ad agency I&S...

Craig Redman and Karl Maier are each pretty excellent in their own right. While Craig often collaborates with fashion company Colette, and manages the blog he...

Last night AGDA Victoria's event The Chair lit up 1000 Pound Bend in the heart of the city, as the partners of Hoyne design - Andrew Hoyne and Dan Johnson - spoke...

It was just a few years ago that Frode Skaren graduated from the Olso National Academy of the Arts. In the short time since he has managed to establish a one man...

Willy Verginer takes the concept of wood carvings and flips it around, shakes it up a little, does a bit of a dance with it then presents it like no one’s ever...

The final day of the agIdeas 2013 International Forum did not disappoint, bringing in the last leg of the race with yet another killer line up of...

My name is Leisha, not to be mistaken with Alisha, Lay-ee-sha or, my personal favorite, Laquisha. Before moving to Melbourne, I studied in Seattle — my...

Gretchen Dobson has recently completed her Honours year in Communication Design. She enjoys research, has worked on projects involving print, identity, web & smart...

Melbourne kicked the sunshine up a notch yesterday, for the agIdeas Thursday lineup of delicious speakers. Alain Le Quernec ignited the morning, sharing his...

Well, good morning to you! We're all a little (over) excited, because yesterday marked the first day of 2013's agIdeas International Design Forum. Basically,...

Earlier today The Age published an article detailing a new initiative for the cavernous Docklands, with the goal of injecting greater life and creativity into the...

Thank-you to everyone came out last night! It was a full house despite the weather. Our all female speaker line-up impressed the audience with their raw honesty,...

Elise Lampe has achieved much in her first few years, out in the industry. After graduating from Monash with a Bachelor of Visual Communication in 2008, Elise...

We are thrilled to have Alice Smith on board for First Five Out. Alice's illustration and typographic skills emit a kind of magic. Incredibly detailed, with a...

First Five Out is only a few hours away and we'd like to take the time to introduce our remaining speakers. Felicity Mitchem certainly has an enviable passport....

As our First Five Out draws nearer (it's this Wednesday, guys!) we are incredibly happy to introduce another of our speakers, Carla McKee. Carla wears many hats,...

We are extremely excited to hear the wonderful Beccy Brown speak on Wednesday night. She is a busy bee designing all over Melbourne and she is sure to have some...

Dean Gordon is a designer, closet coder and aspiring type nerd. Whilst not in design land he chooses to consume his time playing music, watching films and when life...

Julia Lacsni joined the student council in 2012 and this year has taken on the role of co-scretary. She recently completed a bachelor of Communication Design at...

This year we are doing things a little differently on the Student Council and we have appointed roles. Today we would like to introduce you to our two new appointed...

All the way for Seattle the lovely Leisha Muraki is joining us for our 'Skeletons in your closet' - First Five Out. She is quite possibly the busiest woman in...

This past weekend Melbourne was host to the third annual Carbon Festival. Held at RMIT University in the centre of the CBD, hundreds of students, professionals...

Chelsea Tucker is currently completing her honours year of Communication Design at Swinburne University. She believes the best design makes people think. As well as...

Rosanna (aka Rosie) is a new member of the student council and is currently studying a Diploma of Graphic Design at CATC Design school. She previously has completed...

Lisa Gammaldi is one of the newest members of the student council and is currently studying a Diploma of Graphic Design at CATC Design School. Having done some...

Kate Pullen is a little bit of everything. Anxious chronic rambler, freelance writer, overly enthusiastic viewer, illustrator and design hopeful. With a weakness...

TIika Wangsa is a freelance graphic designer who previously resided in Sydney. She recently moved to Melbourne to seek for new experiences and challenges. Art and...

Check out the amazing work of Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori he paints 3D goldfish through the process of layered resin. He paints layer by layer then the layers...

In 2010 Wade completed his Bachelor of Communication design with Honours at Swinburne University. Since then he has gone on to work at the likes of Canyon Brand...

First Five Out will be a night of stories and experiences, delivered by designers in their first five years within the industry. The first First Five Out event for...

An exclusive event only for AGDA members! FOLIO NIGHT TWO 2012 presents a rare opportunity for students and recent graduates to engage in a conversation with...

Folio Night was an event organized by the AGDA Vic Student Council. This event presents a rare opportunity for students and graduates to introduce themselves,...

The 2012 AGDA NSW Opening Doors seminar led by Robyn Robins, a lecturer at Monash University in Melbourne, was a great success and gave some insightful information...

Back by popular demand, the Opening Doors seminar is just around the corner. Are you about to graduate? Concerned you won’t be able to find a job? You’ve...

A big thanks to all those who came along to our 2012 First Five Out event – Into the Deep End. The event completely sold out and the venue was packed full of...

Semi-Permanent 2012 Sydney brought together some of the world's top designers and creatives to the Convention Centre Darling Harbour, celebrating ten years of...

First Five Out will be a night of stories and experiences, delivered by designers in their first five years within the industry. The second First Five Out event for...

The First Market Square will be held on Friday 31 August at the Abbotsford Convent. Market square is a quality art and design market which will be hosted on the...

I was inspired by Fiona from Sweet Creative at Creative Woman’s Circle event earlier this year where she talked about how she built Sweet Creative, the ups and...

A big hug and a kiss to all who came along to First Five Out last week. The place was packed and went off with minimal hitches (despite an unfortunate cropping of...

Entries for the AGDA Australian Design Biennale 2012 awards close in ten days – July 6 More info here

Its the new style for doing business. Alex Ritchie and Robbie Robertson, co-founders of experience design agency e-2, shared their insights into the process of...

The AGDA New South Wales Trivia Night held at Sydney Flying Squadron was a big success. With Sean Aley, quizmaster extraordinaire, leading the teams in an exciting...

"During my very first week here at the college, I was given the opportunity to join the Australian Graphic Design Association's new Student Council, along with Bec...

Presented by AGDA Victoria's Student Council and sponsored by K.W Doggett Fine Paper. First Five Out – The Learning Curve – will bring together a variety of...

2012 in the student council brings great new things and one of those things, is new faces! We have some great new additions to the student council. We will be...

This Friday is World Communication Design Day! The DIA in conjunction with AGDA, invite you to celebrate World Communication Design Day at Strange Wolf from...

Hello! For all you those you didn't already know the free entry to the 2012 Qantm Create Design Awards (by @desktopmagazine) close this coming Friday! So get your...

It was an inspiring talk last night from Reactive founders Tim Fouhy & Tim O’Neill. They shared their journey and straightforward approach to growing their...

Have you seen what Lucy, our very valued council member is up to? We are very proud to see her testimonial on the AGDA website along with her pretty little face. If...

If you are keen on Digital Design then this a great website to watch. It is updated daily with incredible websites that are sure to make you drool or at least you...

Folio Night was a great success and everyone involved had a fantastic time. Big thank you to all the creative directors and designers for participating in our...

Flip to this issue of Desktop mag and you will see the student councils pretty little faces and small pearls of wisdom that we have discovered from our time...

An Exclusive Event Only for AGDA members! FOLIO NIGHT 2011 presents a rare opportunity for student and recent graduates to engage in a conversation with...

Toby and Pete are a multidisciplinary design studio from Sydney, their work ranges from illustration, typography, 2d and 3d motion graphics to video. If you...

An amazing display of design by the hands of mother nature. As "Trees shrouded in ghostly cocoons line the edges of a submerged farm field in the Pakistani village...

Some great advise for becoming super designers! "A stop frame animation created for the Toffie Festival 2011. It shares advice from local (South African) and...

Thanks everyone who turned up at First Five Out, we had a fantastic evening of great and inspiring speakers. Special thanks goes out to our wonderful guest...

Yan Yan Candy Ng aka Candy is a Melbourne based designer who is currently working at Canyon. Candy enjoys collaborating with different individuals across different...

Cat-Rabbit is a Melbourne based textile artist who spends equal amounts of time sewing, drinking tea and thinking about owning a pug dog. Her work has been...

Seb Brown graduated from honours in Communication Design at the now defunct Meanwhile studio at RMIT in 2009. Since then he has had a lot of help from his friends...

tin&ed is Tin Nguyen and Edward Cutting, they are a Melbourne based graphic design studio creating work in a broad range of media. Since finishing university...

Fleur Harris is the Senior Designer for Ladies and Girlswear for the Cotton On Group. She is also represented by the Jacky Winter Group as a freelance...

Emma Leonard usually draws girls. Especially ones with melancholy expressions and sad eyes. Sometimes they feel so shy they just have to hide their faces...

Pinterest is a great site to get inspired and collect images. It allows to you sign up and make moodboards of things you are interested in. Best of all you can...

If you think of Behance is just a folio network site? You are wrong. Dig deeper for more resources – The 99 Percent is a site where you can find a lot of useful...

A blog of Lena Corwin, an illustrator / textile designer from Brooklyn. It has been one of my favourites blogs, mainly because I am a visual based person also I...

Is a Swedish Graphic Designer and Is a Freelance photographer, graphic design student & flea market addict based in Malmö, Sweden. Her photography is...

Two egg lovers have combined their passion for eggs by photographing them and blogging them, for others to enjoy even if they aren't getting to taste them. A...

Presented by AGDA Victoria's Student Council, First Five Out – A Little Help from My Friends – will bring together a variety of exciting speakers to talk about...

We had a great two days at Semi Permanent, the stand went up really easily and it attracted lost of interest, As expected there was alot of student interest with a...

"123Klan is a French graffiti crew, founded in 1992 by husband and wife Scien and Klor. Since 1994 the crew have also worked in graphic design, inspired by the work...

"StudioKxx / Krzysztof Domardzki pursues graphic design in the form of art-direction, branding & identity, illustration, web design and typography work. Krzysztof...

Sara Fanelli is an amazingly talented freelance designer and illustrator originally from Italy. Sara's illustrative style is rather quirky and unusual which makes...

Kyle Bean's portrait's using pencil sharpening. An interesting concept, I love the simplistic look that is created and still able to engage through it's unusual...

Sagmeister is a quirky graphic designer who creates unique typography. I'm always able to gain inspiration from his work as well as meaning. It gives me the idea...

Music and Lyrics is a poster exhibition featuring graphic artwork by local design students and design studios. The graduating Graphic Design class from Perth...

For anyone who loves their food and Photography 'What Katie Ate' is definitely worth a look. "What Katie ate is a resource of info. relating to all things food...

One of my earlier inspirations. But still one of the most amazing illustrators I've seen. Fernandez is a freelance illustrator and graphic artist based in Madrid,...

A poster by Qube Konstrukt one of my favorite design studios. I love it because it allows me to see that I can push boundaries, and let my imagination run wild. The...

Paul Hollingworth is graphic designer, photographer and illustrator from the UK. He has designed this 'Slinkytype' exploring linear shapes and patterns. It is a...

Juliet Taylor is an award winning Australian photographer. Her unique and innovative style has lead her to work with some of Australia's finest brands and...

This is a project by Kevin Bauman who started photographing abandoned houses in Detroit roughly 10 years ago. I find the houses amazingly beautiful in their decay,...

Garance Doré is a French illustrator, photographer and blogger, most well-known for her street style images. She captures beautiful images daily and posts from...

The Victoria Student Council was asked to help out and look after the AGDA promotion stall at AGIdeas 2011. At the event AGDA had an engaging stall where design...

It's not all serious business at the AGDA Victoria Student Council. We make good things happen. But we also like to let our hair down, hang out, and have fun....

The shoot for the Folio Night Poster was an exciting collaborative effort. A collection of numbers that represented different aspects of the night came together...

Folio Night was an event created and debuted by the AGDA Vic Student Council at the end of 2010. The night was an exclusive opportunity for 30 students to show...

We've been wondering, “How can we provide junior designers access to feedback from leading Creative Directors?” The solution is simple, fun and engaging, our...

AGDA VIC Student Council was asked to create new student membership promotional material for design students in Victoria, Australia. In responding to the brief, we...

AGDA Student Membership Recruitment campaign embraced the handmade side of design and typography. We would like to make it playful and bring back design students to...

AGDA Student Membership Recruitment campaign embraced the handmade side of design and typography. It is playful and it brought back the audiences to the roots of...

First Five Out is an evening where speakers from a range of design professions will talk about their personal timelines with anecdotes and survival strategies from...

Presented by AGDA Victoria's Student Council, First Five Out: For Love or Money will bring together a variety of exciting speakers to talk about their first five...

I love Etcetera by Sibella Court. It's an amazing book I often turn to for layout ideas, colour combinations and patterns, it's just beautiful, I'm always finding...

I'm loving print and pattern at the moment. Everyday there's something new, be it a colour swatch, pattern motif or quirky little graphic. It's always a great way...

The Design Files has got to be one of the most amazing, inspirational blogs ever created! Plus they introduced me to the work of Allison Colpoys. I swear it is yet...

Has recently come out of a re-design, but still an inspiration for everything design related and a great way to 'stay in the loop'! See more here:...

Oh my gosh! One of the best resources in packaging design inspiration! Some of the stuff on here is so unique and clever. See more here:...

Without a doubt this is my favourite website at the moment. I feel like it is my purpose in life to test and visit as many Melbourne cafes and taste as much coffee...

A newly found love. This woman and her work is amazing with a unique style and perspective it is a great pick me up when you are feeling low. See more here:...

This site can become quite obsessive, I find myself checking it daily for new images that I can drool over! It never disappoints with it range of personal breakfast...

Marisa Seguin is a Canadian Illustrator who is graduating from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Her most popular illustrations are the Here and There set of...

A blog shared all things bike related, for the love of bikes. Total delight. See more here: fortheloveofbikes.blogspot.com Added by Yan Yan Candy Ng

It is still winter but a regular bike check is not only limited to spring. A very informative video for those who would like to self educate themselves (instead of...

Ideas are worth spreading. If you don't know TED? You have missed out! See more here: www.ted.com Added by Yan Yan Candy Ng

"Back when it all began, frankie magazine founders editor Louise Bannister and creative director Lara Burke could think of nothing better than spending their days...

Rogerio Duarte is a Brazilian Graphic Designer and musician who has produced numerous record covers, book covers and posters for film since the 1960’s. See...

Lou Beach is an artist and illustrator who has been making collage for publications and the music industry since the late 70’s See more here:...

Husmann/Tschaeni are artists that create colour explosions, amazing and intriguing installations and visual art pieces. See more here:...

Ana Kras is a designer who creates beautiful artefacts, minimally designed and with lovely photography. See more here: http://www.anakras.com Added by Holly...

Sebastiaan Bremer captures wonderful photography. Beautiful and unexpected colour is woven in with his imagery. See more here:...

Something Splendid are an innovative Melbourne based studio. I was exposed to them at AGIdeas this year. They produce web and print work that straddles the line...

"RUSSH is an independent fashion magazine showcasing innovators in fashion, art, music and film through originally produced editorial and photography. RUSSH...

House Industries are a type foundry based in Delaware,USA. Beyond producing the finest range of retro inspired typefaces you're ever likely to come across, They...

Nate Powell is an award winning comic book artist and illustrator from Bloomington Indiana, USA. I love his illustration style, I think his pen and ink work is...

"Joy is a photographer who is inspired by all things vintage, quirky and fun. She loves baking snickerdoodles, being comfy, flea markets, the country, the...

Blacklist is a creative design and art direction studio run by Nathan Johnson. He has worked in Sydney as a graphic designer and art director for the past 10 years....

"Jalouse is a magazine with French style, celeb and glam with cutesy grunge and gritty photography. Be it the most beautiful celebs in black and white spreads or...

"Twenty one years of innovation has established The Mill as a recognised global brand for creating seamless visual effects, but we are also leaders in design,...

Tom Hartshorn is a founding partner and creative director of a digital agency ‘Nation’ http://www.wearenation.co.uk . He has worked at Work Club...

Tess is currently working as Intern at Reactive Media and has developed a special love for scrolling and hover states, which grows a little more each day. In her...

Chris is a man inspired by all facets of culture visual, verbal, musical and gastronomic. He is passionate about brands, photography, tiger conservation, Heathcote...