E X H I B I T I O N :T H R E E S O M E   M E L BS U B M I S S I O N S Call for submissions! We’re looking for 20 lucky Melbourne design students (currently studying) and 20 equally lucky Melbourne design graduates (graduated five years ago or less) to work with Melbourne’s top creatives/studios. Following up from the enormous success of Terrible Two’s, we launch our next round of shows celebrating our third birthday, Threesome. Each piece is a typographic collaboration between studio + graduate + student, and takes the form of a Typographic Treasure Hunt. The twist this year is you will be paired up at random with our fav studios. Please submit a four page landscape PDF; the first page needs to include where you are studying, your cv and contact details, and then 3 pages of your work, with a focus on typography. Email to lachie@thedesignkids.com.au by 5pm 31/05/13, subject ‘Threesome Melbourne’ Grad OR Student. High-res

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Call for submissions! We’re looking for 20 lucky Melbourne design students (currently studying) and 20 equally lucky Melbourne design graduates (graduated five years ago or less) to work with Melbourne’s top creatives/studios.

Following up from the enormous success of Terrible Two’s, we launch our
next round of shows celebrating our third birthday, Threesome. Each piece is a typographic collaboration between studio + graduate + student, and takes the form of a Typographic Treasure Hunt. The twist this year is you will be paired up at random with our fav studios.

Please submit a four page landscape PDF; the first page needs to include where you are studying, your cv and contact details, and then 3 pages of your work, with a focus on typography. Email to lachie@thedesignkids.com.au by 5pm 31/05/13, subject ‘Threesome Melbourne’ Grad OR Student.

E V E N T :J A M   F A C T O R YM E E T   T H E   M A K E R   M A R K E T Thought about setting up your own market to sell your handmade goods? Jam Factory presents ‘Meet The Maker Market’ where you can get an insight into the designers, their studios and their craft. Exhibitors include: George Agius, Llewelyn Ash, Andrew Baldwin, Elodie Barker, Hannah Carlyle, Marianne Cole, Liam Fleming, Mel Fraser, Katrina Freene, Susan Frost, Andrew Gregg, Natalie Gock, Marcel Hoogstad Hay, MARBLEism (Jaan Poldaas and Danielle Rickaby), Wayne Mcara, Minnette vs Corey, mono (John Quan and Kumiko Nakajima), Liam Mugavin, Jessamy Pollock, Sarah Rothe, Matthew Taylor, Tweet Designs, Alexander Valero, Miao Wang, James Young and more! When: 25th May 11am-4pmWhere: Queens Theatre, Playhouse Lane, Adelaide jamfactory.com.au High-res

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Thought about setting up your own market to sell your handmade goods? Jam Factory presents ‘Meet The Maker Market’ where you can get an insight into the designers, their studios and their craft.

Exhibitors include: George Agius, Llewelyn Ash, Andrew Baldwin, Elodie Barker, Hannah Carlyle, Marianne Cole, Liam Fleming, Mel Fraser, Katrina Freene, Susan Frost, Andrew Gregg, Natalie Gock, Marcel Hoogstad Hay, MARBLEism (Jaan Poldaas and Danielle Rickaby), Wayne Mcara, Minnette vs Corey, mono (John Quan and Kumiko Nakajima), Liam Mugavin, Jessamy Pollock, Sarah Rothe, Matthew Taylor, Tweet Designs, Alexander Valero, Miao Wang, James Young and more!

When: 25th May 11am-4pm
Where: Queens Theatre, Playhouse Lane, Adelaide

jamfactory.com.au

E X H I B I T I O N :R A W   B R I S B A N E RAW: Natural Born Talent, is happening again in Brisbane! Highlighting some of the best local talent in all areas of creativity. What is RAW? Their mission is to provide independent artists within the first 10 years of their career with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate creativity. They welcome all genres of art including independent film, fashion, music, visual art, performing art, hairstylists, makeup artists and more. They encourage the creative success of the many visionaries and storytellers of our generation. RAW currently operates in 54 cities across the United States & Australia and counting … When: May 31st, 7:30 - 12:00pmWhere: Arena, 210 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley rawartists.org

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RAW: Natural Born Talent, is happening again in Brisbane! Highlighting some of the best local talent in all areas of creativity.

What is RAW?
Their mission is to provide independent artists within the first 10 years of their career with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate creativity.

They welcome all genres of art including independent film, fashion, music, visual art, performing art, hairstylists, makeup artists and more.
 
They encourage the creative success of the many visionaries and storytellers of our generation.

RAW currently operates in 54 cities across the United States & Australia and counting …

When: May 31st, 7:30 - 12:00pm
Where: Arena, 210 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

rawartists.org

E X H I B I T I O N :M A S K E D   I N T E N T I O N S You’re always bound to see a good show at He Made She Made Gallery, so here’s another for your viewing pleasure! He Made She Made has invited 21 artists and designers alike to create and display a bespoke mask as part of their Masked Intentions exhibition and publication release. No conceptual or material boundaries to the masks have been adhered to other than that they must be wearable and fit a human sized head. The finished masks take on various forms, presenting unique stories of their genuine/fictional significance to the world and their creators. When: May 22nd - June 9thWhere: He Made She Made Gallery, Darlinghurt, Sydney hemadeshemade.com High-res

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You’re always bound to see a good show at He Made She Made Gallery, so here’s another for your viewing pleasure!

He Made She Made has invited 21 artists and designers alike to create and display a bespoke mask as part of their Masked Intentions exhibition and publication release.

No conceptual or material boundaries to the masks have been adhered to other than that they must be wearable and fit a human sized head. The finished masks take on various forms, presenting unique stories of their genuine/fictional significance to the world and their creators.

When: May 22nd - June 9th
Where: He Made She Made Gallery, Darlinghurt, Sydney

hemadeshemade.com

E V E N T :V I V I D   S Y D N E Y VIVID Sydney is getting close now! 17 Days of lighting and magicalness spread across the beautiful city of Sydney. Sydney will once again be transformed into a spectacular canvas of light, music and ideas when Vivid Sydney takes over the city after dark from 24 May – 10 June 2013. Colouring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers. vividsydney.com High-res

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VIVID Sydney is getting close now! 17 Days of lighting and magicalness spread across the beautiful city of Sydney.

Sydney will once again be transformed into a spectacular canvas of light, music and ideas when Vivid Sydney takes over the city after dark from 24 May – 10 June 2013.

Colouring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.

vividsydney.com

E X H I B I T I O N :B L U E   S C A P E S For lovers of photography, industrial design and architecture, don’t miss this A fresh and less-nostalgic photographic exposé of Sydney’s disappearing industrial heritage, by emerging photographer Reiner Spliedt. The striking steel-blues and deep black hues of Reiner’s dramatic images reference the blueprints engineers used to dream-up these giant structures, and the silent stillness that now envelops them. “I photographed this series of industrial sites, including White Bay Power Station and Cockatoo Island, Sydney, with the memory of working in a foundry still clear in my mind. Compelled to create rough, cold, harsh images, I felt I was being truer to the nature of these sites than the soft sepia toned pictures in history books,” says Reiner. When: 18 May - 2 JuneWhere: Inde, Level 4, 119 Kippax Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. inde.com.au High-res

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For lovers of photography, industrial design and architecture, don’t miss this

A fresh and less-nostalgic photographic exposé of Sydney’s disappearing industrial heritage, by emerging photographer Reiner Spliedt.

The striking steel-blues and deep black hues of Reiner’s dramatic images reference the blueprints engineers used to dream-up these giant structures, and the silent stillness that now envelops them.

“I photographed this series of industrial sites, including White Bay Power Station and Cockatoo Island, Sydney, with the memory of working in a foundry still clear in my mind. Compelled to create rough, cold, harsh images, I felt I was being truer to the nature of these sites than the soft sepia toned pictures in history books,” says Reiner.

When: 18 May - 2 June
Where: Inde, Level 4, 119 Kippax Street, Surry Hills, Sydney.

inde.com.au

S T U D I O :S T U P I D   K R A P Stupid Krap is a world class, fine art reproduction print house that has been promoting established artists in Australia and abroad since it’s inception in 2005. They have recently expanded their team and May 17 will see their highly-anticipated relaunch, where they will be releasing archival, signed and editioned prints from the likes of pop artist Ben Frost, Australian street artists Beastman, Numskull and Fintan Magee, NZ graffiti king Askew One, and fine artist Bec Winnel. Focused on making limited edition artwork available and affordable to collectors the world over, their new vision will incorporate limited edition time-released artwork, featuring one new artist every week. The official re-launch will take place in conjunction with the Analogue/Digital Creative Conference held in Brisbane next weekend. So if you were lucky enough to get tickets, head to the afterparty, pick up some artwork and meet the artists behind the work. Keep in touch with all the latest releases through their Facebook page and keep a watchful eye on the new website due to be unveiled on May 17. stupidkrap.com

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Stupid Krap is a world class, fine art reproduction print house that has been promoting established artists in Australia and abroad since it’s inception in 2005. They have recently expanded their team and May 17 will see their highly-anticipated relaunch, where they will be releasing archival, signed and editioned prints from the likes of pop artist Ben Frost, Australian street artists Beastman, Numskull and Fintan Magee, NZ graffiti king Askew One, and fine artist Bec Winnel.

Focused on making limited edition artwork available and affordable to collectors the world over, their new vision will incorporate limited edition time-released artwork, featuring one new artist every week. The official re-launch will take place in conjunction with the Analogue/Digital Creative Conference held in Brisbane next weekend. So if you were lucky enough to get tickets, head to the afterparty, pick up some artwork and meet the artists behind the work.

Keep in touch with all the latest releases through their Facebook page and keep a watchful eye on the new website due to be unveiled on May 17.

stupidkrap.com

M A G A Z I N E :I N F I N I T I S M Infinitism is the ideal magazine for us at TDK - they support emerging designers, and its made by some super talented design students out of Perth! Infinitism magazine is a biannual publication focusing on creative inspiration. This mini magazine aims at providing a platform for emerging and established artists, designers and photographers. Open the pages of this galaxy of work and you’ll find both international and local features showcasing art, graphic design, photographs and inspiring words. From the East to the Westof our globe, you’ll discover the complexities and simplicity of raw talent. The idea behind the publication came out of Perth, Western Australia; one of the most isolated cities in the world. Perth’s creativity continues to thrive across many fields and has produced known professionals in the national and international terrain. The young individuals involved in the production of the magazine are motivated by the potential to share creative work with our local and distant communities of fellow creatives. infinitism-mag.com.au High-res

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Infinitism is the ideal magazine for us at TDK - they support emerging designers, and its made by some super talented design students out of Perth!

Infinitism magazine is a biannual publication focusing on creative inspiration. This mini magazine aims at providing a platform for emerging and established artists, designers and photographers. Open the pages of this galaxy of work and you’ll find both international and local features showcasing art, graphic design, photographs and inspiring words. From the East to the Westof our globe, you’ll discover the complexities and simplicity of raw talent.

The idea behind the publication came out of Perth, Western Australia; one of the most isolated cities in the world. Perth’s creativity continues to thrive across many fields and has produced known professionals in the national and international terrain. The young individuals involved in the production of the magazine are motivated by the potential to share creative work with our local and distant communities of fellow creatives.

infinitism-mag.com.au

E X H I B I T I O N :P R I N T   C U L T   2 0 1 3 Print Cult is back again for their third year. This year at the Tooth and Nail Gallery. Featuring artwork from screen printing guru, Jake Holmes the King of printmaking, Joshua Searson, Wizard of aerosol, pencils, pens, ink, paint, screens, you bloody name it, Jayson Fox Cracker and illustrator extraordinaire, Jake Bresanello and the skeleton Queen, Kerri Ann Wright. When: Friday 17th of May 6pm (Exhibition runs until 31st of May)Where: Tooth and Nail Gallery, 26-28 Coromandel Place, Adelaide. facebook.com/events High-res

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Print Cult is back again for their third year. This year at the Tooth and Nail Gallery.

Featuring artwork from screen printing guru, Jake Holmes the King of printmaking, Joshua Searson, Wizard of aerosol, pencils, pens, ink, paint, screens, you bloody name it, Jayson Fox Cracker and illustrator extraordinaire, Jake Bresanello and the skeleton Queen, Kerri Ann Wright.

When: Friday 17th of May 6pm (Exhibition runs until 31st of May)
Where: Tooth and Nail Gallery, 26-28 Coromandel Place, Adelaide.

facebook.com/events

E X H I B I T I O N :S M O K I N G   B O L T S Exhibitions are getting so freaking clever these days, watch Simon Ingram ‘remotely’ paint a canvas with a machine at Smoking Bolts. Smoking Bolts features a cluster of machines that will take up occupation in the Artspace Gallery. Successively marking out different compositions and notations they paint live in the space through an operational system run remotely by the artist in Auckland. The title refers to a clandestine operation in which ‘a special entry team breaks into an enemy installation and steals a high-security device, like a code machine, leaving nothing but the smoking bolts.’ When: 2nd May - 16th JuneWhere: ArtSpace, Woolloomooloo, Sydney. artspace.org.au

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Exhibitions are getting so freaking clever these days, watch Simon Ingram ‘remotely’ paint a canvas with a machine at Smoking Bolts.

Smoking Bolts features a cluster of machines that will take up occupation in the Artspace Gallery. Successively marking out different compositions and notations they paint live in the space through an operational system run remotely by the artist in Auckland. The title refers to a clandestine operation in which ‘a special entry team breaks into an enemy installation and steals a high-security device, like a code machine, leaving nothing but the smoking bolts.’

When: 2nd May - 16th June
Where: ArtSpace, Woolloomooloo, Sydney.

artspace.org.au

E X H I B I T I O N :T H E   M O H A W K   S H O W Print designers around the nation, you’re going to love this one. Starting in Brisbane on the 8th May, the touring exhibition - The Mohawk Show, showcases some of the best graphic design work hand picked from a panel of judges. The work is then presented on some of the finest paper stocks around, brought to you by BJ Ball Papers. The tour will then pass through Sydney (15th May), Melbourne (30th May) then Adelaide (4th June). Full list of dates and venues. desktopmag.com.au

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Print designers around the nation, you’re going to love this one. Starting in Brisbane on the 8th May, the touring exhibition - The Mohawk Show, showcases some of the best graphic design work hand picked from a panel of judges. The work is then presented on some of the finest paper stocks around, brought to you by BJ Ball Papers. The tour will then pass through Sydney (15th May), Melbourne (30th May) then Adelaide (4th June).

Full list of dates and venues.

desktopmag.com.au

E X H I B I T I O N :E A S T E R N   W E F T The dudes at Object: Australian Design Centre do some really exciting stuff, their residency program is just one of them! Check out their next guest Eastern Weft. Eastern Weft is a weaving cooperative based in Vientiane, Laos. It was founded by Samorn Sanixay and Kaisy Sopabmixay to showcase the beauty and diversity of Lao textiles and craft. Textiles are created entirely by hand. The yarn, produced locally, is hand spun and hand dyed, taking their colours from nature, leaves, seeds, flowers and plants that are in season. Each piece is then hand woven on traditional floor looms. When: From Wednesday 10 April (8-12 week residency).Where: Object Ground Floor, 417 Bourke St Surry Hills. object.com.au

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The dudes at Object: Australian Design Centre do some really exciting stuff, their residency program is just one of them! Check out their next guest Eastern Weft.

Eastern Weft is a weaving cooperative based in Vientiane, Laos. It was founded by Samorn Sanixay and Kaisy Sopabmixay to showcase the beauty and diversity of Lao textiles and craft. Textiles are created entirely by hand. The yarn, produced locally, is hand spun and hand dyed, taking their colours from nature, leaves, seeds, flowers and plants that are in season. Each piece is then hand woven on traditional floor looms.

When: From Wednesday 10 April (8-12 week residency).
Where: Object Ground Floor, 417 Bourke St Surry Hills.

object.com.au

E V E N T :V O L U M E   C O N T R O LM A R K   G O W I N G   T A L K Our design hero Mark Gowing is having a talk, is there anything more that needs to be said? Oh yeah, it’s free! Get in quick! Mark Gowing has been designing identities, books and posters for 25 years. Mark is driven by the belief that design is as much about feeling as it is about understanding. This commitment is exhibited in the studio’s output where Mark seeks to engage audiences with emotional communications for leading arts businesses such as, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, UNSW Press and Hopscotch Films. Mark’s work has been exhibited and published around the world. He has received numerous international awards including New York Type Directors Club excellence awards, Tokyo Type Directors Club excellence awards, Graphis Poster Annual Platinum and Gold awards as well as a Golden Bee Laureate Award. In 2008 Mark became the first Australian to win the Gold Medal at the Warsaw International Poster Biennale, which has since been followed by a Gold Medal at the Mexico International Poster Biennale in 2012. When: May 6th, 6-8pmWhere: Monash Art Design and Architecture, Lecture Theatre G1.04, Melbourne artdes.monash.edu.au High-res

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Our design hero Mark Gowing is having a talk, is there anything more that needs to be said? Oh yeah, it’s free! Get in quick!

Mark Gowing has been designing identities, books and posters for 25 years. Mark is driven by the belief that design is as much about feeling as it is about understanding. This commitment is exhibited in the studio’s output where Mark seeks to engage audiences with emotional communications for leading arts businesses such as, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, UNSW Press and Hopscotch Films.

Mark’s work has been exhibited and published around the world. He has received numerous international awards including New York Type Directors Club excellence awards, Tokyo Type Directors Club excellence awards, Graphis Poster Annual Platinum and Gold awards as well as a Golden Bee Laureate Award. In 2008 Mark became the first Australian to win the Gold Medal at the Warsaw International Poster Biennale, which has since been followed by a Gold Medal at the Mexico International Poster Biennale in 2012.

When: May 6th, 6-8pm
Where: Monash Art Design and Architecture, Lecture Theatre G1.04, Melbourne

artdes.monash.edu.au