January 2010
28 posts
Tin & Ed →
Tin & Ed - Melbourne based graphic designers/creatives
The Design Files →
Loads of good stuff on this blog…set up by set dresser Lucy. Melbourne based. Lots of great interviews.
Paul Barbera - Where We Work →
Photos of creative spaces.
Awesome.
How great does Tin & Ed’s space look - like a cross between the Muppet Workshop and Art School.
The Element by Ken Robinson (EDUMACATION)
“The Power of Creativity
Imagination is not the same as creativity. Creativity takes the process of imagination to another level. My definition of creativity is “the process of having original ideas that have value”. Imagination can be entirely internal. You could be imaginative all day long without anyone noticing. But you would never say that someone was creative if that...
The Element by Ken Robinson (EDUMACATION)
So I finished reading SNOOP…moving on to The Element. The cover for the US is so dull. The reason I picked up the book in the first place was because of the cover….and then I noticed it was by Ken Robinson. I’d seen and liked his TED talk.
How’s this for a quote?
I Want It
Attitude is our personal perspective on ourselves and our circumstances - our angle on things,...
Edumacation - FILM
The Elephant Man - you cannot quote ‘I am not an animal’ unless you have seen the film. So, I’ve seen the film. I didn’t even know David Lynch directed it - see - I clearly need an EDUMACATION.
The same rule applies it you want to yell out ‘STTEEEEELLAAA’ - you’ve either got to see A Streetcar Named Desire or Seinfeld.
An ex-boyfriend once told me I...
Edumacation - BOOKS
Next up: lots of books.
Inspired by George Bush (huh?),this guy made a pledge to read a book a week for a whole year. He even had ‘rules’. Wow. I might try something similar.
I’m currently reading:
Snoop - What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling
The following are in my ‘queue’:
The Secret River - Kate Grenville
Bright Young People - The Lost Generation...
Edumacation - FILM
I’m on a summer hiatus brought about by casual employment and preggers-ness. My last semester of Graphic Design at RMIT doesn’t start until late February.
My life seems to wax and wane between periods where I have three job + uni to no jobs and mucho, mucho spare time.
However, I’m using my time to further my education MY way (FILM ‘n’ BOOKS people, FILM...