http://peoplethings.com/andblog A web log from Studio Pip and Co. in Melbourne, Australia Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:19:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And now in honour of moaning on about blinkered retro tragic DJs, we have developed a forum for moaners, groaners, complainers, or possibly the quizical in design land with the big ideas, questions and answers. Ask, comment, quiz... Toward is waiting with bated breath for those comments from people with clever ... http://peoplethings.com/andblog/ask-betty/ With all the belt tightening and cost cutting in a TIME OF FINANCIAL CRISIS, this is probably the only FREE to enter with a gift (Royal Children’s Hospital NICUnit), FREE drinks, FREE food, FREE (Tamas Jones, the other half of Hey Convict) tunes, FREE fun christmas gig for 2008. Joost the ... http://peoplethings.com/andblog/agda-vic-08-xmas-party-%e2%80%94-greenhouse-031208/ Within hours of Obama’s US election win this paste-up appeared opposite The Wall café in East St Kilda. http://peoplethings.com/andblog/obama-in-east-st-kilda/ Michael Worthington the English graphic designer based in California, parted with a wonderful quote that shadows one’s journey in making graphic work – one is only original as one’s sources are obscure. It’s an idea that completely dispells the myth that creative people are this independent font of fresh and ... http://peoplethings.com/andblog/john-melin-at-the-narrows-to-29112208/ The Moons are rock upstarts with a name on loan from the storming wild man, Keith Moon, taking musical nods from The Beatles, The Who, and Supergrass. This new Melbourne act approached the studio to develop a unique wordmark which has been adapted for CD packaging, merchandise and promotional ... http://peoplethings.com/andblog/the-moons-are-here/ The studio was commissioned to develop music packaging for SBS’s seminal travel show Global Village. The series has an ongoing theme that explores exotic creatures that populate all corners of the earth. We submitted a range of creatures and a beetle was selected for it jewel like qualities. The illustration of ... http://peoplethings.com/andblog/look-out-for-global-village-3/ There is commercial naming projects and there are the naming projects that have soul –  the names of our community precincts – St John’s Wood, Seven Dials, Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, Five Ways, Crouch End, Land’s End. The Unnamed Precinct project is an initiative of residents, businesses and institutions in the area ... http://peoplethings.com/andblog/to-be-titled/ The long awaited and much loved Bugle has hit the streets, sadly for last time it seems, in Melbourne. The Monkey-Taunt issue gives the Minke Whale rights, a voice to the countless IKEA devotees, there are peeping toms, randy koalas, and 104.1’s Amish & Blandy. The brain child of Sydney born, ... http://peoplethings.com/andblog/the-bugle-calls-to-the-wild-and-wayward/ Designer and image maker Kat Macleod, from Ortolan, has put together her first show at Lamington Drive, which runs from November 7 to 29. Kat has worked with the studio on a few projects over the years, notably the revered So Frenchy So Chic image making campaign, and as a collaborating ... http://peoplethings.com/andblog/go-kat-go/ Martel is the upholster’s upholster. Their busy, modest factory floor is testament to the quality work carried out there – from a much loved chesterman lounge, Featherstone chairs, a classic B&B sofa and upholstered wall panels for the much revered back bar at Melbourne’s Cookie bar and restaurant can be ... http://peoplethings.com/andblog/an-new-identity-for-martel/