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  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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March 9th, 2010

Can your projector do this?

I just stumbled upon this site (as you do!) where the company has developed a way of projecting 3D motion graphics onto a building to transform it into something surreal and surprising.
Have a look at the video below to see what I mean. They are in the Nederlands so it’s a bit hard to get [...]

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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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I love retro interiors, my own place is an eclectic mix of ‘50s, ‘60s, and a touch of classic design in the way of Persian rugs for the floors.
The movies are a great inspiration, you can see what the top set designers have been able to collect, borrow or copy to make you believe the [...]

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February 25th, 2010

The Art of Scherenschnitte

Now there’s a mouthfull! I had never heard of this weird and wonderful word until the other day when I stumbled across the works of Cindy Ferguson.
Scherenschnitte (which I can’t even pronounce) is a super fancy word for the art of cutting paper. I thought I was pretty good at making stencils and screen-prints, until [...]

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February 19th, 2010

How to roll a coke can!

In its most basic use, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), is the method of separating the presentational mark-up of a website from its content. While the innovation of CSS has allowed web developers to create some astounding work, seemingly simple tasks like having rounded corners is still not supported by the most widely used browser (Internet [...]

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February 11th, 2010

Now I understand!

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 [...]

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February 3rd, 2010

Classical Design

Classical Design
I was looking forward to Kevin McLoud’s version of a European Grand Tour on ABC 1, but nothing had prepared me for the jewels of architecture that he is uncovering in Italy.
He is visiting places I never got to on my less than extensive tour, though there are some familiar cities and building to [...]

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January 27th, 2010

The Grid… wow.

It’s Internet evolution - super-savvy scientists have designed an extremely fast information network capable of downloading data at 10,000 times the speed of a typical broadband connection.

CERN has designed the network - The Grid - to cope with the staggering amount of data it’s new particle accelerator will produce. CERN’s particle accelerator - the Large [...]

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January 22nd, 2010

Air New Zealand Cougar Campaign

I know this advert for Air New Zealand’s cut-price website grabaseat.co.nz is pretty un-PC, but it sure is funny. From a marketing perspective I think it works: it was memorable, I was entertained and consequently showed it to my friends. Before this advert Air New Zealand wasn’t even on my radar. It just shows how [...]

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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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