Nearly gave up with finishing up this summary, but here I am! This was the last day of the forum, when the enthusiasm is still thriving but struggling to stay awake. Well, for me, it was. I still hadn’t recovered from the previous day’s madness. Who’d have thought sitting down in somewhat un-ergonomic chairs for [...]
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agIdeas 2010 International Design Forum, Day 2
Day 2 of agIdeas! A somewhat later start, but this gave Liz and I a chance to have “breakfast”, and what better way to wake up than with a large cup of Krispy Kreme’s caramel latte. HEAVEN!! I’m pleased or not so pleased to say that no one particularly “bothered” me today; it was all [...]
agIdeas 2010 International Design Forum – Day 1
So it’s that time of the year again—a week without classes so that we can attend agIdeas! But erm, that’s not why we go, right? Last year I started to write a summary post on my opinions on each guest speaker but that was too ambitious for me (!!!). However, I am determined this year [...]
Kitsch and Collecting the Mundane
Last December I got accepted into Honours this year for Visual Communication, and I’ve decided to base my “thesis” per se on kitsch and collecting the mundane, which is the original title of my proposal. No doubt this will change with time. (I wanted to do a project purely on Batman, but that’s not exactly [...]
Review: Masterpieces from Paris: Post-Impressionism from the Musee d’Orsay
Last month I went up north to the nation’s capital, Canberra (yes, it’s actually not Melbourne, nor Sydney), to see the Masterpieces from Paris – Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and beyond at the National Gallery of Australia. This breakthrough exhibition (it is the first post-impressionist devoted exhibition in Australia) boasts 112 of some of the [...]
Review: Salvador Dalí—Liquid Desire @ NGV
For the lucky Melburnians and visitors in town, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) for today only is showing Salvador Dalí: Liquid Desire for 24 hours, from 10am till 10am tomorrow morning. It’s the last day today to see it! Isn’t that brilliant? Sure, they’re probably just trying to squeeze in last minute cash, but [...]
Books Alive 2009 Reading Challenge
As if I wasn’t already busy with upcoming folio and exhibition preparation, and any leftover freelancing projects to complete, I have decided in my funny head to read as much as possible this month (from the 7th to 30th September) in the spirit of the Books Alive campaign, which is supported by Book Thingo, from [...]
Soundtrack Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Nicholas Hooper
I’ll have my review of the film soon enough, but I thought I’d jot down my thoughts on the score now while my enthusiasm’s still this amazingly high. Once again, British composer Nicholas Hooper takes up the mantle of composing the Harry Potter films for director David Yates. I thoroughly enjoyed his interpretation of The [...]
Another poll involving naming names, lulz
So it’s that time again where I need your help to make me make the tentative step forward in the creative process—this time for magazine design. I’ve recycled some old names; if you’ve realised they’re from my wine name selection. :P Can you imagine how bad I’d be if I were naming a child? Good [...]
agIdeas International Design Forum – Day 1
What a day it was, eh? It’s a good sign when the logo’s not a poorly finished, pixelated graphic. Stefan Sagmeister opened up. Garson Yu finished. It was 6:30pm. I’ll get round to adding more juicy details later…
Free Comic Book Day
Mmm, it was that time of the year again on the first Saturday of May. When we celebrate all that is good and nerdy—FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, YAY. I and my good mate Andrew went traipsing around north-west and inner Melbourne devouring any freebie in our wake. Victoria only has 2 participating stores: Trading Cards [...]
It took a while but I got there
Yes. After 6 years (and probably 10 years of waiting), today I finally completed my Frasier DVD collection! I was quite devastated that Big W had run out, but a chance entrance into JB Hifi mollified my disappointment. I am quite simply ecstatic! I’ve grown up with Frasier. I was the odd kid out in [...]