I have always loved TED talks (described to me once as Facebook for smart people!), so when we had the opportunity to go to TEDx in Brisbane we applied. Held on the weekend at the State Library it lived up to my high expectations. So many ideas were shared that both Paul and I came [...]

Today we are conscious of our carbon footprint. And marketers are more aware than ever to take a greener approach to their collateral. In our industry, we are familiar with inserting logos on our client’s marketing collateral that supports environmental messages.
But it’s essential that before using a logo on marketing collateral or other projects the [...]

I love nothing better than talking with people, as every time I do, I learn a new perspective or something new - which is so exciting. Recently I was in a client meeting at a coffee shop and the conversation moved to The Three Gunas. I had never heard of them, but they sounded really [...]

Social media, we all know it. Most of us probably use it on a personal level – Facebook, Twitter, Bebo… It’s an online, interactive, community-building wonder world that’s not a craze; it’s here to stay.
Despite the genius of social media sites dissolving the distance of communicating with friends anywhere in the world, what I find [...]

I had a great conversation recently about leadership and how my role as the leader in RED-i Design has really changed over the years.  When I started my business I was the one that set the goals, talked to the clients and gave the direction. Now I have a few more leaders in the team [...]

Want to be inspired? Love learning? I know I certainly do.
If you haven’t discovered it already… TED is an amazing non-for-profit - “We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we’re building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world’s most inspired [...]

I spied this clever marketing on a series of postcards in an eco store in Bellingen, NSW.

B_E_E – ‘Beauty Engineered for Ever’ is a range of cleaning products from New Zealand and these postcards perfectly embodies their drive to be “designed for pleasure, function and the environment”. I just love the way they have interacted [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]