August 25th, 2010 § 0
Seriously you guys, the tickets are flying out the door. Anyone would think they had wings.
Get your tickets now by heading over here: http://bit.ly/aS2rQP and making your booking.
Check back here regularly as we’ll have more info on the speakers coming soon! Also there maybe a competition where you could win some free tix for your friends!
August 24th, 2010 § 2
First Five Out Melbourne 2010
It’s that time of year again!
Time to dust off your enthusiasm and bring it down to RMIT’s Casey Plaza on Wednesday the 1st of September for another night packed full of advice, anecdotes, tips and stories from some of Melbourne’s (and probably the world’s) best graphic designers, industrial designers, animators, photographers, digital wizards and general raconteurs.
As always First Five Out brings you successful young people who are within (roughly) their first five years out of education. This year though, we’re putting them under the spotlight and asking them to address the brief of ‘Against The Clock’.
How do they deal with tight deadlines?
Have they ever missed a deadline?
What are some good ways to work ‘against the clock’?
Can working to tight deadlines have a positive effect on creativity?
These, and a bunch of other enlightening questions will be addressed by our illustrious list of speakers.
Who are these speakers, you ask? Who are these doyens of design that I must come and see!? Who are these wise and inspiring people that will be gracing the stage?!
Fear not, inquisitive readers, for they are listed below:
. Deanna German – Studio Round
. Courtney Kim – Symphonic Pixels
. Peter Leung, Hody Hong & Yiyi Wang – Cokoon
. Soren Luckins – Büro North
. Stuart MacFarlane – Stuart Macfarlane Design
. Anthony Nelson – Cornwell
. Michael Pilmer – Planetshakers
. Darcy Prendergast – Deepee Studios
. Nicholas Thompson – Nicholas Thompson
. Thomas Williams – Process Journal
. Karan Singh – Wake Up Mr.Singh
We’ll keep you updated with more info in the coming days, but get yourself a ticket ASAP, and get excited!
So, just to recap:
Where: RMIT Casey Plaza Thatre, Bowen Lane, Melbourne, 3000
When: 6pm, Wednesday 1st September 2010
Why: Because it’s going to be awesome.
How much:
AGDA Members – Students: Free Professionals: $10
Non-Members – Students $1o Professionals: $20
You can keep up to date with us on Twitter too!
Stay tuned for more info and full speaker profiles!
September 3rd, 2009 Comments Off
Hear ye, hear ye! The hour is upon us!
For all you lucky little troopers that got yourselves a ticket to First Five Out tonight; Congratulations and we’re looking forward to seeing you very shortly!
For those of you who didn’t get a ticket; There’s a dunce’s hat and a corner saved for you in a windowless building somewhere. Although if you have your heart set on coming along tonight, then there’s still a few tickets that can be purchased at the door. Make sure you get in early though!
And if you can’t make it tonight, we might even have some events lined up for the near future… Who knows!? It’s be wise to check back with us regularly though.
With mere hours until event time, we can report that things at First Five Out HQ are ticking over smoothly. We’ve done the ‘One two one two, check one two’ thing, the AV is good, so no “Oh, Macs need a different video adaptor?” situations and our speakers have advised that they are ready to give the presentation of a lifetime, or something to that effect anyway.
The only thing left that could jeapordise tonight’s proceedings would be us exploding as a result of excitement.
So sit tight until 6pm people, and we’ll see you all tonight!
PS: Don’t forget to tell your mum you’ll be home late as you’re all required to attend the after party at Miss Libertine for a drink or two.
September 1st, 2009 Comments Off
Not just a slice of 80’s gold – It’s the final countdown to For Love or Money!
With barely a seat left in the house, now’s definitely the time to get your last minute tickets.
That’s right, it’s this Thursday and you wouldn’t believe the buzz that’s going on. It’s like there’s a bee hive backstage. But without the stings and stuff. And the speakers are the metaphoric honey of this analogy.
As we promised, our speakers are top-tier illustrators, photographers, designers and street artists, so come along and reap the sweet rewards their knowledge and insight will bring.
In all honesty, I don’t think a bunch of people as important as this have been in the one room since the last UN conference.
I know you’re all wondering what they’re going to talk about. I mean, so far we’ve been rather vague about things but let me break it down a bit for y’all:
- Someone’s going to be telling us how they turned their love into money
- Some others are going to be telling us of a cheap and creative way they’ve promoted themselves
- Another is soul searching -Do you pay your bills or feed your soul??
-We’ll also have one of our speakers sharing the cheapest lesson they’ve learnt as a designer.
Just so you know, that’s only skimming the surface. There’s plenty more that’ll be covered, but I’m not about to tell you all about it now. Thursday is the time for that. So get your tickets people.
Finally, just to recap, here’s the list of A-Grade speakers:
- Justin Maller - Freelance Illustrator
- Zoe Coombe & Chris Evans - TANK
- John Calabro – 21-19
- DrewFunk - Street Artist
- Jackson Mussett - Motherbird
- Daniel Peterson – Fabio Ongarato Design
- Justin Ridler – Photographer
- Sarah Hankinson – Illustrator
- Leon Calero and Kathy Sinclair – Magic Bean
- Danielle O’Shea – Cato Purnell Partners
- Everfresh Studio
August 26th, 2009 Comments Off
Now, when I say win big, I’m afraid there’s no new car or villa on the Gold Coast involved.
What we do have to offer though is far superior: FREE TICKETS TO FIRST FIVE OUT!
What an awesome competition… It’s like the big showcase at the end of The Price Is Right, except instead of cars and jetskis and vacuum cleaners and Larry Emdur, we have some free tickets and 11 awesome speakers.
C’mon people! Get on it.
Head over to our Twitter page, and leave a reply to us with the total number of 5c coins that are used on the First Five Out poster
There’s been a few attempts so far which may or may not have been successful, so hurry up before all the tickets are snapped up!
August 18th, 2009 Comments Off
Posters are go!
Keep your eye out around the city/your uni/local coffee shop for the awesome, bright green First Five Out posters.
They’re spreading around the place like an aesthetically amazing virus and you should get your hands on one, or at the very least look at one.
Here’s a sneak preview of one in its folded-up state:
Now, run along and track one down as there could possibly be a competition coming up, which may or may not give you people the chance to win some tickets to the event!
Stay tuned!
Oh, and don’t forget to:
- Check out the speakers
- Buy tickets
PS: Big thanks to KW Doggett for the paperstock and Print Bound for the printing!
August 7th, 2009 Comments Off
With event night closing in (Yep, 3rd of September people- Get it in the diary), the AGDA Student Council is running on all cylinders to bring you what may just turn out to be the event of the year.
After hours of meetings, of designing posters, of gaining sponsors, of writing marketing copy and of hard work, we’ve finally brought it all together.
And boy, is it going to be worth it.
Without a word of a lie (not even any hyperbole) the line-up for this event is amazing. You could even say it’s the Big Day Out of design events.
With the topic ‘For Love or Money’, the speakers are discussing the contrast, synergy, frustration and elation that can exist between these two concepts. Tying this in to the First Five Out theme, all of our speakers are discussing their experiences with Love and/or Money within the first five years of them completing their schooling.
So come prepared, as there’s bound to be shiny, golden gems of advice, insight and entertainment that will help light the way for you as you enter into the world after uni/tafe/school….
What to do now?
- Check out the speakers
- Buy tickets
- Leave us a comment and tell us who you’re keen to see!
August 4th, 2009 Comments Off
Justin Ridler
Photographer
Australian Photographer Justin Ridler’s images aim to illustrate the projected definition of his desires. His elegant , dramatic work has been increasingly focused on the iconography of the modern world. Viewed by many as one of the brightest photographers in Australia today , his work is sought after by some of the worlds leading brands and fashion publications. He was recently featured as part of the Australian Masters of Photography exhibition in Sydney.
August 1st, 2009 Comments Off
Zoe Coombe and Chris Evans
TANK
Chris Evans completed the Northland Design Studies folio building course before swaggering with ill-deserved confidence into Visual Communication at Monash University. After 3 years of talking rubbish and having opinions on everything he graduated and took time off (doing freelance work for friends and a short stint at Black Widow Design) before joining TANK in late 2006. Chris has since become an ironical creative type and is going grey more quickly than a brown fox can jump over… etc.
Zoe Coombe attended the Brighton Bay Art, Design and Photography program (Sister course to Northland), coming up with far more superior screen prints and clay figurines. This catapulted her into RMIT for even more nerdish study. After 3 years of slaving away and watching an alarming amount of late night television during folio time Zoe needed a break. Spending some time painting and working Zoe eventually eased back into design with some freelancing and ended up at The Surgery. Over the next two years it was stints of work and European adventuring until she was adopted by TANK at the beginning of 2008.
August 1st, 2009 § 1
Sarah Hankinson
Illustrator
Melbourne illustrator Sarah Hankinson graduated from studying Illustration in 2004 & has since had commissions from Kookai, Impulse & St Lenny whilst her work has appeared in publications including Cleo, Shop till you drop, Yen & Girlfriend.
Sarah’s illustration style is elegant, youthful, & strongly fashion orientated, many of her pieces focusing on the female form & made up from a variety of mediums including inks, pencils, cut paper &fabrics.