New York in September

Photo’s from our trip to New York last September. A perfect time of year to be in the worlds most magical city (apart from Sydney of course!). We spent hours trawling the streets looking for the perfect photo opportunity. There were so many! Here’s a snapshot.

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Advertising In A Digital Age – Business Blogging

As digital strategists we tell all our client that a successful online strategy is paramount to their marketing efforts in this digital world. One of those strategies is business blogging. A business blog is one of the most powerful advertising tools a business can have because it provides a platform for a purpose driven community. […]

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Great Ideas – Style Tiles

We love this new idea of presenting clients with interface choices without making the investment in multiple photoshop mockups. “Style Tiles are a design deliverable consisting of fonts, colours and interface elements that communicate the essence of a visual brand for the web. They help form a common visual language between the designers and the […]

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Etsy Bitzy Obsessed

Etsy is a phenomenon. This online marketplace was launched in 2005 by a small digital business and backed by some very inspired entrepreneurs. It is now (and has been for quite sometime) one of the biggest and most successful online selling platforms in the world. Their MO? Highlighting the value of supporting micro-producers and buying […]

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For the love of colour

I stumbled across Plenty of Colour when researching a pantone colour for a logo design. It’s now a regular hit of inspiration. This gorgeous little blog by a Vancouver based designer,Chloe, is a great way to explore colours. Chloe has an eye for great design and her images are both simple and extraordinary.

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Archibald Prize 2013

Today was a perfect day for a trek into town, a pub lunch and a bit of culture. The 2013 Archibald Portrait Prize is currently showing at the NSW Art Gallery. The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after a bequest from J. […]

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Oxfam – Design For Change

We’re very excited about Oxfam’s new online collaboration for designers Design For Change. Design for Change is a space for “designers, writers, thinkers, inventors, believers and change makers to forge creative solutions to global problems”. It’s a great way to get involved and contribute to making positive change on both the local and global issue […]

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Magazines Aren’t Dead

Our new favourite magazine is Messenger Collective. A new title from Lisa Messenger at the Messenger Group. Published here in Sydney, it is a fantastic mix of business, design, art and fashion. With a strong belief in unique marketing and strategic engagement , the magazine showcases Australian entrepreneurs and is full of inspiring stories about […]

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FACEBOOK – YOUR NOT SO SECRET MARKETING WEAPON

Hubspot, our go to website for all things social media and online marketing, release free guides practically every week on great online marketing tips. Check out their FACEBOOK FOR BUSINESS tips below. Facebook is the world’s most popular social network, for both businesses and individuals. With over one billion people using it, your clients and […]

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CULTURAL CANBERRA

This weekend I made the journey to Canberra to see the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition at the National Gallery. So inspired by Lautrec’s post impressionist paintings of the provocative, colourful and theatrical life of the dark side of Paris night life in the late 1800s. Lautrec, whose images made the Moulin Rouge famous, painted the […]

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Music to live your life to

This song is by Edward Sharpe an the Magnetic Zeros and is on repeat on my iPod at the moment. The video is very uplifting and so well done. I love that the New York Ballet makes an appearance dancing away in a vacant block in Brooklyn, New York. Only one desire that’s left in […]

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TYPEFACE : LATO

A major decision whenever we are designing a new website is what fonts to use for headings and the body etc. Typeface can completely change the way a website looks and I often spend hours trawling for the perfect font. A current favourite is typeface: Lato which is part of the Google Fonts stable. Google […]

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