August 25th, 2009 Comments Off
You read right; First Five In.
It’s a little game, where the first five people to tell us how many coins there are on the First Five Out poster (which you should be seeing all around the place now) win a ticket to the event.
Hurry up people, it’s just over a week til the big night!!
To be one of the First Five In for the First Five Out, head over to Twitter and reply to us with the correct number. It’s that easy!
August 21st, 2009 Comments Off
Want to be a sought-after illustrator? You need to see this
Want to be a street-artist with commercial success? You need to see this
Want to work in a top studio after you graduate? You need to see this.
Want to be a photographer working in an industry you love? You need to see this.
Want to be a very successful freelancer? You need to see this.
Want to go straight to the top and start your own studio? You need to see this.
Our speakers will give you insight into their experiences in the transition from student to successful operators.
3rd of September, 6pm. Don’t miss out.
Now you need to:
Step 1) Check out the speakers
Step 2) Buy tickets
Step 3) Think about how useful this event can be in helping you to get work, then go back to Step 2.
Oh, and make sure you come along for a drink or two at the afterparty, which will be at the ever-popular Miss Libertine.
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.
August 1st, 2009 Comments Off
Rone
Everfresh Studio
This influential Melbourne-based studio has played a major part in driving the rise of street art in Australia. Everfresh counts among its members some of most respected, innovative and widely recognised underground artists in this country: Phibs, Sync, Rone, Wonderlust, Prism, Meggs, Reka, and the Tooth.
August 1st, 2009 § 1
Leon Calero and Kathy Sinclair
Magic Bean
Magic Bean is about planting the right seeds and nurturing them. We specialise in promotional strategies for businesses and start-ups within art, culture, entertainment & sustainability.
Only people know just how to talk to people – so said John Lennon. Magic Bean’s ethos lies in building strong relationships with clients based on trust, flexibility and above all, communication. We work closely with our clients to help meet their communication objectives, reach their audience and reach for the sky.
We’ve been taking on a diverse range of projects from various creative facets since 2005. When we’re not hard at work we like making soup, making music and looking out the window.
August 1st, 2009 Comments Off
Justin Maller
Freelance Illustrator
Justin Maller is a freelance illustrator and art director based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been creating digital art for over eight years, and has produced professionally in both a private and studio based capacity for the last two. He is represented by the Jacky Winter Group.
Justin has had the pleasure of producing illustrations and concept art for a diverse array of companies and publications worldwide, and enjoys a cordial collaborative relationship with several prestigious international design studios. Justin is also the Creative Director of depthCORE, an international modern art collective established in June 2002. This role sees him direct and interact with many of the worlds most talented and prodigious young artists, musicians and designers as they illustrate and orchestrate the thoughts, hope and dreams of all corners of the globe.
August 1st, 2009 Comments Off
John Calabro
21-19
John Calabro is a friendly chap who operates day to day happily jammed between a life of pairings: A country boy in the big smoke, with Italian heritage in an Australia world, and having grown up a musician before becoming a designer; John now designs with both head and heart on jobs between broadcast and print, finding himself the hyphen between numbers in a company called 21-19.
August 1st, 2009 Comments Off
Jackson Mussett
Motherbird
Motherbird is an emerging multi-disciplinary communication design studio with a passion for branding, typography, photography and print-based media. They are a Melbourne based team of young creatives; Chris Murphy, Dan Evans and Jack Mussett- who are focused on strong design principals and aesthetic values. The dynamic studio environment they are now creating is a result of the notion of allowing ‘experimentation’ to be introduced into the design process. In combination with this experimental attitude, the collaborative approach with a client always yields innovative, lateral design outcomes.