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design•o•saur

dəˈzīn•ō•sau | noun
  1. A person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of art and design.
  2. Wise informer of art and design subjects.

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November 30th, 2009

Photofiles 09

If you love checking out the work of new emerging artists, but don’t have time to visit multiple galleries, Photofiles 2009 is the exhibition for you. Photofiles is an online gallery showcasing the photographs of the following emerging Brisbane artists: 
Alithea Josephine
Hugo Presser
Chris Hoopman
Demi Cambridge
Melanie Thomas
Marty O’Hare
Kylie Shaw
James Beattie
Anna McMahon
Clarissa Bones
There’s some really interesting works, definitely [...]

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November 27th, 2009

Brisbane Galleries & Museums

Brisbane has a reputation as an art-loving place. A higher percentage of the
Local population visits galleries and museums than in any other Australian
capital city.
I think I know why. It is so easy! There are at least half a dozen Gallery or
Museum spaces open at various times of the day in [...]

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I’ve just participated in a very sneaky but very clever marketing campaign for Westfield. Knowing full well that I was giving Westfield the rights to advertise on my Facebook page and post notifications without my permission…basically giving them free reign of my page I still signed up and let the sneaky bandits update my status [...]

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Woodward Design in Canada have put together a typographical feast of desserts just in time for the holidays. There are eight recipes inside, each one with a fun typographical spin (the fonts are listed and sourced as well). The perfect Christmas gift for the dessert and/or typography lover.
Woodward Design: http://woodwarddesign.ca/
Reference: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34656598
Yours in Design,
Tanya-zinosaurus

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Inspirational RED-i Design Principal Designer and regular design-o-saurus blogger Belinda Vesey-Brown now features on the Confident Woman website - Australia’s leading authority on self-confidence and self-esteem.
Belinda shares her life experiences and how they have impacted on her view of things. Some of the experiences that have influenced Belinda the most are walking the Kokoda [...]

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November 23rd, 2009

Congrats Stan Walker…

As a complete Australian Idol tragic, I watched the final last night with fingers crossed that Queenslander Stan Walker would win. His audition - where he sung “Ordinary People” by John Legend - was unreal and I also liked his catchy rendition of “Single Ladies” by Beyonce. What also appealed to me was Stan’s strength [...]

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November 20th, 2009

You’re invited to…

I am getting to a certain age where my friends are starting to get engaged, married or having babies. As their token graphic designer friend the tasks generally falls on me to come up with invitations. Now being a designer I don’t want my friends to have run of the mill invitations, I want to [...]

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For anyone who has ever worn a dress (or appreciated how it looks on a woman), know that the item of clothing has probably been influenced somewhere along the line by the French fashionista, Coco Chanel. Coco’s skill with fabric and unashamed originality revolutionised the fashion world of the twentieth century and she was [...]

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November 17th, 2009

Boutique Markets

Sick of searching for unique items at shopping centres? Want to satisfy your “retail therapy need” elsewhere?
The Boutique Markets (formerly known as the Designers Emporium) is perfect for you. It has recently relocated to Portside Wharf in Hamilton, Brisbane and is held on the second Sunday of every month between 8am and 1pm.
The market aims [...]

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November 17th, 2009

Movie ticket give-away

Thanks to Madman Entertainment we have 5 double in-season tickets for screenings in Brisbane to give-away to the first five people to respond to the email address: movie.9@hotmail.com with ‘9′ in the subject line. In your email include your name and postal address where we can send your movie tickets and a sentence on what [...]

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