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Bored of predictable shopping centres?
Well BrisStyle invites you to explore your senses with their Indie Designers Market tomorrow, Saturday 6 March 2010. It will be held at St Augustine’s Church, Racecourse Road, Hamilton.
The good thing is you can still sleep in as it runs from 9am till 2pm.
If you can’t make it tomorrow, have no [...]

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Semi-Permanent 2010 is already shaping up to be an awe-inspiring event with a wide range of professionals from all over the globe: visual artists, photographers, illustrators, graphic designers, typographers…

The latest to be enlisted for the Sydney event is Craig Schuftan who is actually a Sydney local. He is an author and broadcaster specialising is 80s [...]

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January 19th, 2010

Chalkfest - get excited!!

Chalkfest and Youngcare join forces
Brisbane entrepreneur and owner of the Chalk Hotel Jason Titman has always believed in making a contribution to society aligning himself and the Chalk Hotel with many local, Brisbane, and national charities. Towards the end of 2009, Jason had the vision of putting together a music event called Chalkfest, that is [...]

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January 18th, 2010

Golden Globes fashion

Fashion enthusiasts - including myself - weren’t disappointed with the spectacular frocks on display at the Golden Globes. Despite the rain, Hollywood’s finest showed off their dazzling style on the red carpet. Some of the stunners were Emily Blunt, Toni Collette, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, and Penelope Cruz.
For a list of the night’s [...]

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January 11th, 2010

TED: Ideas worth spreading

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 [...]

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December 14th, 2009

Christmas lights…

‘Tis the season to be jolly, and hundreds of people around Brisbane have certainly proved to be jolly with their magnificant Christmas light displays.

I have to admit, going Christmas light looking is one of my favourite annual pastimes. I love not only seeing the displays, but the reactions of everyone when they see something [...]

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December 13th, 2009

Memories on my walls…

I’ve always been a poster pilferer. I go to gigs and take them from the walls get them signed by the band then frame them. My Skunkhour poster from The Go tour is my pride and joy. My best friend recounts and experience of regret the time we saw Alex Lloyd at the Waterloo (in [...]

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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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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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