Its not a new band name, its actually a watermelon face. Watermelon is the best way to cool down during this intense humidity. How this relates to nz design we’re not sure, but it’s not often your watermelon has a face as cool as this.
Archive for February, 2009
Watermelon Face and Humidity
AKL Street Art
One of our favourite AKL street artists has recently added this to Ponsonby Road. They should do this to all the billboards in the CBD.
Found via Street Arse
Digital Magazine Produced in New Zealand… but gobbled up world wide
Digital Magazine [business:Disco Underworld] interviews creative people from all around the world, focusing on their unique stories and work. No medium or nationality is safe. Its published in New Zealand and already has a loyal global following and more than 1000 visits a day.
To date they have interviewed the likes of an American truck driver who takes stunning photographs out the drivers side window of his truck (issue #3), an Australian photographer who has traveled in Serbia and Bosnia, bringing back amazing photographs and an awesome outlook on life (issue #4), a Kiwi photographer who has documented a graffiti artist in action (issue #3), a Los Angeles based animator who makes fun music video parodies (issue #1) and a New York singer/comic book artist whose music is included in the pages (issue #4).
Join the newsletter and keep in touch, they are always looking for new creative and interesting people to interview. The quality from issue 1 to 4 is only up. The creator Stacey Childs is someone to watch in this new medium of digital magazines. Click on the cover of issue 4 below to get reading, listening and watching.
Designers Speak
Designers Speak is brought tp you by DINZ and OBJECTSPACE. Australian and New Zealand designers talk about their practice, motivations and where they are going.
Date – Friday 13th February 2008
Time – 6pm for 6.15pm till 7.30pm with Q&A -followed by drinks
Venue – AUT, Lecture Theatre WS114, 28 St Paul Street, Auckland
Cost – free entry
RSVP – designer@dinz.org.nz or phone 09 529 1713
Kowtow CD's on Soundcloud
Hey [business:Kowtow] is now using the super cool soundcloud platform to share their legendary cd compilations. Listen to them all here. They are best tunes for turning it up in the studio to get those creative juices flowing. Nice one Kowtow…
Check out song 5, it will get you moving on any morning…
Type week
Some cool type found at Torpedo Bay Navy Base in Auckland. Hoping this is not how the NZ Navy teaches new recruits!
