http://linefeed.presspublish.info Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:36:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A while back I put together some Ideas for London [see linefeed/425]. Now it's Melbourne's turn. The city that often boasts of it's 'most liveable city' status [economist.com], is currently attracting over 1000 new residents a month and sits in the Monocle's Top 10 Most Liveable Cities Index [monocle.com] has ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2771 Rebecca Wolkenstein is a person [rebeccawolkenstein.com]. She is also using her good name to single handily champion the work of Australian designers and photographers locally and around the world. Creatives currently under her wing include Beci Orpin (see What's Up #59), Jonathan Zawada [zawada.com.au] (editor of Petit Mal zine ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2692 Beci Orpin [beciorpin.com] is another one of those hard working Antipodean Graphic Designers / Image Makers whose work rarely reaches the eyes and ears of those outside of the confines of Australian's golden shores. Beci's work is informed by her grounding in a textile design so it's no wonder she's ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2690 Graphic Design is Australia is in a pretty sorry state and has been for a long time. This is where I must state upfront that it's not because there is a lack of highly qualified Graphic Designers doing exemplary work. Well, there's not loads of them but the creative agencies, ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2674 There's been a bit of a buzz around Korean design magazine, Graphic [graphicmag.kr] of late. Mainly because it's impossible to get hold of outside of Korea and many of all us maglophiles are dying of curiosity. It also has a lot to do with the involvement of their new art ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2664 It's a video post! Yes, it's a bumper edition of the Reading List this month, so much so that I've had to make a video out of it to save hours labouring over what to write for each publication. Lazy? Moi? I resemble that remark! So here are the links ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2644 Linefeed (ie your occasionally humble author, Mr Michael Bojkowski [okinterrupt.net/portfolio]) in collaboration with fellow creative practitioner (and confirmed maglophile), Mr Aaron Moodie [aaronmoodie.com] are proud — nay ecstatic — to announce the launch of the Confab Audio Files. — We're hoping these podcasts will be a chance to start new conversations ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2622 Colophon [colophon.info] have just produced a publication on the life and times of unstoppable New Zealand based typographer Joseph Churchward. Not only does it include many lush examples of Churchward's typographic work, both published and unpublished. But you also get a discussion on the 'unsolicited' work Churchward used to produce ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2587 005 Kill Your Television The fifth instalment in Sportspanda's 'Modern Disease Mixtape' series features Loudest Boom Bah Yea [loudestboombahyea.com] / Port O'Brien [MySpace] / Jesse Hughes [MySpace] / Jacob's Mouse [MySpace] / Bleach [RateYourMusic] / Plone [warp.net] / Videotape / Bis [bisnation.com] (BTW For 'Back to Central' see 'Return to ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2566 Anthony Burrill's bio is punctuated by the words 'direct communication'. His pursuit of the ability to create visual messages as succinctly, and with as little graphic flourishes as possible, drives the bulk of his work. It's a neat trick that, considering this 'reductionist' approach, he is still injects a unique ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2511 Siggi Eggertsson mastered the idea of 'graphic illustration' very early on in his career and it's his acute interest in the gap between illustration and graphic design that has held him in good steed ever since. One of the best examples of the way Siggi investigates the act of image ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2494 Dani Klauser [dkgd.ch] is a Graphic Designer from Switzerland who has just independently produced his first comprehensive typeface family called Planeta and damn fine it is too. So darn fine, in fact, that Slanted magazine [slanted.de/magazines/buy/7], German 'Mecca' for all things typo-graphic has chosen to set most of it's current ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2530 Available via BonBonKakku [bonbonkakku.com], featuring the typeface developed for Linefeed, name of Rhodia. http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2513 It's only a couple of weeks now until KesselsKramer deliver their strange cargo to an unsuspecting Australian public in the form of a poster exhibition, a workshop, a seminar and exclusive screening of their film entitled 'The Other Final: A KesselsKramer Documentary'. So an event to suit all comers then. ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2314 Katie Kirk sure is getting around [katiekirk.net]! Not only is she a partner in busy design firm, Eight Hour Day (wishful thinking, mayhaps?) [eighthourday.com] with husband Nathan Strandberg, but her sideline in cute but graphic illustration is flourishing too. Springing up in all sorts of random places, you can check ... http://linefeed.presspublish.info/2459