SIN + ASIA.
Maybe it was all those times I watched Mr Squiggle draw on the blackboard in the morning as a kid. “upside down upside down!”. Negative space, looking at stuff upside down is always more exciting, right? A few weeks back I decided to make a T-Shirt out of the VISA logo upside down (ASIA!). Also the NJS logo upside down (SIN!). Love wearing my own shit :)
SVD’s new logo, designed by Horrible Logos. Visit: http://www.horriblelogos.com – I fucking love hate it! HAHA!
PS: I also got one for Zen Garage, and INfront too (Bahahaha).
Happy 25t Desktop.
INfront spread.
Yew!
Super happy times as INfront gets featured in Desktop Magazine’s special 25th B’Day edition! Find it at your local newsagent now.
Seb.
Inside the store.
A shot from outside. Love the reactions of passers by.
A view from upstairs.
Apple had this leaflet floating around on the tables in the shop advertising our next talk. Vince Frost.
This was INfront’s bar tab at Grasshopper. Wave the tape to magically get food and booze for free.
Grasshopper bar tucked away in a lane behind George St.
A cozy affair inside. Very Melbourne.
On the way out.
Last night we (INfront) put on our 6th Infront Insight events at the Apple Store in Sydney. This time around we got the amazing Sebastian Chan to present for us.
Seb’s the Head of Digital, Social and Emerging Technologies at the Powerhouse Museum. I’ve had the pleasure of working with him in the past (Caryn and I designed the Powerhouse Museum web site years ago, and we’ve done other website work for them since) so it was great to catch up with the guy.
Before the talk I Googled “Sebastian Chan” and found lots of images of the guy speaking (he recently did a TEDx talk). It took me 3 pages before I found an image of Seb behind the decks. Yup, rewind back to the mid 90’s and Seb was up on a very different stage. I used to load up on drugs and dance to this guy’s electro music at raves (specifically analog electro, Clan Analogue to be precise).
His talk about “Museums of the Future” was awesome. I had no idea he was doing so much online technology work for the Powerhouse. Some of the stuff he was presenting was mind blowing. Heat maps for what content people are looking at online, even heat maps to track how people walk through an exhibit. It’s all big brother like technology used for good and makes me want to work harder at understanding my own web statistics and using that data to further improve both exposure and user experience.
Afterwards we hit Grasshopper, a bar tucked away in a lane off George St (you would never know it was there) for drinks and some great bar food. We’re about to lose Seb to New York, it’s a big move but he’s a wanted man with a lot to give and I wish him all the best.
Nippy from Nippy Signs/First Stripes came around to drop off the silver JDMST and VWGolf.net.au supporter decals today. They look awesome. Click on the images for more information.
Refined the logo a bit more (removed “ZEN” from the banner). Been at it all day, square eyes, got to sleep on it (hopefully I’ll still like it in the morning!).
PS: Facebook page is now up, way premature, but hey that’s how I like to rock it! Visit: http://www.facebook.com/zengarage
The massive crowd sprawling out of the gallery onto Oxford St.
It took us almost an hour to get inside to have a look.
My name on the window outside.
Peeking in from the outside. Almost inside.
My piece (my Bike T) stood out a little as it was displayed up high (which made it easy to spot) and it was a T-Shirt and not a print. Apparently my plaque had $30 as the price for the “artwork”. Would have been cooler if they went for my suggestion of “gold coin donation!”.
One of many awesome pieces on show.
Christina came along to support me as I had a piece in “A Type Of Show” at kind of gallery on Oxford St. Darlinghurst. The opening was tonight and despite the rain it seemed like every creative in Sydney was there. In fact it was so packed that we couldn’t get in for an hour! Luckily we had friends outside.
When we did finally get in to have a look there just wasn’t enough space and air inside to really appreciate the amazing work on show. If you missed it (or even if you were there!) I’d highly recommend going back tomorrow to check it all out properly. I’m still in awe that Luca, who put the show together, invited me to contribute a piece. I’m chuffed!
Billy Blue College of Design has just launched it’s 4th issue of its annual journal, BBetween. Edition 4 is the ‘Australian design and innovation issue’ and I was invited to contribute a piece. For more info visit: http://bbetween.tumblr.com
