His client portfolio includes global brands such as Absolut, H&M, IKEA, Nokia, Carlsberg, Ittala, SAS and Volvo. We like the still life quality of those shots. Hope you enjoy them too.

More this way.

The rules have changed compared to the last 2 years and the entry is now open to all.
Most medias are accepted: photography, collage, illustration, calligraphy, typography, graphic design, painting…

So, get off this blog, design Kit Cosmetics’ next label and win!

The winner will receive:
• $1000 prize money.
• $1000 kit gift voucher to shop to their heart’s content.
• A one year Frankie magazine subscription.
• The kudos of having their design featured on a limited edition Kit Design Award 2010 product.
• Their design features in an in-mag postcard in Frankie magazine.
• An invitation to participate in one week of work experience at frankie’s design HQ in Queensland.

This way for more information.

Steam Crow is a small studio based in Arizona. They do very cool illustration work with Monsters and stuff and we like it.

They’ve already published 3 books, sell awesome prints and goodies on their site and are very active on the comics convention circuit in the US. I just wish Australia had such thing as a comics convention!
Daniel and Dawna – they are Steam Crow – also created a crazy webcomic called Monster Commute – about the endless daily commute of a robot and a beast, stuck on a monster highway.

At the moment they are trying to raise funds to publish a Monster Commute book. They are not looking for donations but you can pre-order the book or buy a pdf version of it (available once the book is published). If like us you like what they do and want to help a small studio, their shop is this way.

And just so you can appreciate their style, here is a diagram of how they work:

We have been busy making some changes on www.designivist.com.au to make it more user friendly and efficient. Poor excuse for letting the blog down but you know what it’s like…

On the improved www.designivist.com.au, you can now:

- Partake in an amazing new forum which allows you to discuss pretty much anything with your peers
- Save heaps of time with super fast uploads and searches now that we are on an Australian server
- Upload flash and video to your portfolios…for FREE
- Get more privacy from recruiters. We have changed around the way your portfolio names display. Don’t worry it is still very easy for companies to contact you
- Get better alert emails for when jobs spring up that match your skill set
- If you are an employer you can post jobs for free and create better lists of favourite creatives
- Find a wider range of jobs i.e. Producer, Account Manager roles and so on…

Now that the site is running perfectly we are hoping that you will all join us and help make it the ultimate destination for the Australian Creative community.

Go to www.designivist.com.au

Following a multimillion pound refurbishment, and using little more than seawater, SEA LIFE London Aquarium ran a (close to) zero-impact advertising campaign in the streets of London earlier this week.

Dubbed ’sea tagging’, this tool simply entails spraying seawater through custom-made stencils. Salt water evaporates more slowly than fresh water, and the stencilled graphics are visible for 5–15 minutes.

For the SEA LIFE campaign, over 2,000 images of sea turtles, sharks and seahorses were sprayed on streets, walls and sidewalks in 300 locations by a team of taggers dressed in scuba diving gear. Since the adverts are temporary and consist of nothing but water, there was need to to worry about permission or permits.

Considering the amount of visual clutter in public spaces that’s created by non-stop marketing efforts, a campaign that leaves nothing behind but a dusting of seasalt is as appealing for aesthetic reasons as it is for its low impact on the environment. While it may not work in hot cities, we expect to see sea tagging appear (and disappear) in other parts of the world soon.

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62 Intelligent And Integrated Logos For Typography Lovers – http://bit.ly/26deXO

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50 Stunning Examples Of Reflective Photography – http://bit.ly/18JR02

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15+ Stunning Fresh Photographic Effects from DevianArt – http://bit.ly/2dSICz

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Consumers can already buy and sell their own used boxes on BoxCycle, which we covered about a year ago, and now Columbia Sportswear is bringing the concept into the corporate domain. When online shoppers reach checkout at Columbia.com, the website gives them the choice of shipping their order in a previously used cardboard box. Since the launch of the effort in August, more than 60 percent of online customers have selected the used box option, Columbia says. Perhaps even more interesting, however, is that Columbia places a sticker on the outside of each used box that includes a unique code and number. Entering that number or scanning the code via mobile phone into Columbia’s “A Box Life” community site reveals a wealth of information about where that box has been. Then, before sending their reused box on its next journey, consumers are encouraged to post pictures of their own to the A Box Life Flickr group and to tweet about their box’s journey by adding the hash tag #aboxlife to Twitter posts when they have something “box worthy” to share.

Not only does Oregon-based Columbia’s effort create a new, eco-iconic shipping option, but it also brings the concept of product life stories into the world of packaging materials. In this era of transparency and sustainability, it’s not hard to imagine Columbia’s example setting a new standard for mail-order retailers worldwide. One to emulate sooner rather than later!

Website: www.columbia.com — www.aboxlife.com
Contact: www.columbia.com/contact-us/Contact_Us,default,pg.html

Set in a stunning location on the coastal walk between Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach and Tamarama, visitors are invited to enjoy the works and exhibits of approximately 100 artists from Australia and beyond.

When: 29 Oct 2009 – 15 Nov 2009

What time: Whenever you are free and ready to roam the beach (it’s open all the time, unless the beach closes)

They do not stock as many titles as the Melbourne shops just yet but they will be adding them as they go. They promised they would filter them over the coming weeks. The coffee shop is still to be added but I’m sure you can live without your daily fix for a bit longer.

If you are not familiar with Mag Nation here is a quick intro taken from their website www.magnation.com:

“We stock over 4,000 magazine titles. We bring in the widest range of air freight magazines of anyone in this space. We are dedicated to niche magazines as well as the more popular main stream titles. Our stores are free wireless zones. You ask and we do. You can purchase subscriptions and gift vouchers from us. They make sensational pressies.

We have also recently expanded via our new brand “The Third Floor”. We are now your new home for cool off the beat T-shirts, designer stationery and books on design, fashion, pop culture and photography.

All the girls who work at mag nation are gorgeous. All the boys have big schlongs.”

Now you have even more good reasons to go and check out the new shop if you’re in Sydney!

Looking for the other shops?
Here are all the addresses:

Melbourne
88 Elizabeth St.
CBD

110-112 Greville St.
Prahran

Sydney
155 King St.
Newtown

Auckland
100 Queen St.
CBD

123 Ponsonby Rd.
Ponsonby

Shop 72.
Sylvia Park Shopping Centre

PS: of course if you really don’t want to leave your computer, you can still order online.

If Facebook users can conjure up real-world flowers, candy and drinks from within the social network, then why not give them a way to capture their favourite Facebook images in a real-world photo album? Better yet, why not make it free with a little advertising support? That, indeed, is just what HotPrints does, thanks to a set of new apps for both Facebook and Bebo.

HotPrints’ new HotBook app gives Facebook and Bebo users a way to bring their social network photos to life. Users simply indicate which images they’d like to include in their 16-page, soft-cover HotBook; there are currently nine themes to choose from in designing the compilation, which can be shipped anywhere in the world. Perhaps best of all, UK-based HotPrints has teamed up with select partners to sponsor one free book per month per customer, including even shipping and handling. Advertisements are included, but not on the same pages as the photos; rather, they’re removable full-page inserts. In addition, for every 10 friends who install the HotPrints application, HotPrints credits the user for another free book. Those who would rather skip the ads, meanwhile, can pay USD 2.99—GBP 1.99—for an ad-free version.

With more than 300 million active users and 2 billion photos uploaded each month on Facebook alone, it would be difficult to find a better place to give out free photo love. Add to that the examples we’ve already seen of free photocopies, printing, notepaper, phone calls and notebooks, and the message is clear: there will never be too much free love!

Website: www.hotprints.com
Contact: info@hotprints.com