Design with a Pulse – Lessons from Los Angeles Design Weekend
Los Angeles Design Weekend felt less like a traditional design fair and more like a living, breathing map of creativity.
Reflections on Graphic Design at the LA Design Festival
As the owner of a graphic design studio based in Sydney, I’m always looking for opportunities to step outside the day-to-day and connect with fresh ideas. This year, attending the LA Design Festival gave me exactly that.
A glimpse into Fairey Sheppard’s world at Vapore, Milan
In July, I had the pleasure of visiting Milan for a partly business trip and partly family holiday. This trip coincided with the remarkable Fairey Sheppard exhibition at Vapore.
Sydney’s annual inspiration for all graphic designers
“Sculpture by the Sea” is an annual outdoor sculpture exhibition held along the iconic Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk in Sydney, Australia.
Archibald, Wynneand Sulman Prizes 2023
The Archibald Prize for portrait painting is Australia’s favourite and most significant art award and started in 1921. It highlights local heroes and famous faces that all reflect something that is happening in society at the relevant time.
Hazelhurst Arts Centre
One of our designers Andrea, recently discovered the joys of Hazelhurst Arts Centre in Gymea, south of Sydney. Tucked away in this quiet little suburb of the Sutherland Shire, this historic house-come-art gallery is a little-known gem. Andrea took a stroll around the lush gardens and snooped in the windows of the many glass-doored art studios and watched the kids get creative in their school holiday art workshops. After a coffee frappe (with impressive espresso ice cube) she had a wander through the current exhibition which was a very interesting exploration of feminism and surrealism.
Inspired to try signpainting ourselves!
Graphic design plays an important role in sign painting as you need to carefully plot out your sign. If you start at the left edge without a care in the world, you will likely run out of room or have typography that is not centred.
A rich history of signpainting
Sign painting was once upon a time, the gold standard of advertising in Australia. In Sydney, across NSW and beyond, hand-painted and hand-crafted signs advertised everything; beer, stocking, tailors, butchers, sales and directions. Now, with the rise of the large format inkjet plotter, vinyl substrates and computer generated graphic design, this beautifully-human and imperfect typographic art is teetering between going the way of the dodo, and becoming highly-desirable.
Connection: Breathtaking Stories Through First Nations Art and Music at THE LUME Melbourne
Connection: Breathtaking Stories Through First Nations Art and Music is a world-class contemporary exhibition showcasing the art and music of Australia’s First Peoples.
VIVID Sydney 2023 from a Sydney graphic designer’s point of view!
With the popularity of Sydney VIVID 2023 I thought it was a great time to delve into this amazing event through the lens of a Sydney graphic design agency.