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Although I prefer Victorians to any other breed of Australians (oops sorry Sydney friends), I do like this ad and how it pokes fun at one of my favourite ever TVS:
Looking forward to being in Melbourne this weekend on the way to Europe. Does anyone know where that cloister is? I have always wanted to find it.
Around the time my bf and I started dating he went to Melbourne for a poker tournament. I gave him a map of the city which I coloured in with places for him to see. He loved it so much he’s kept it in his wallet ever since.
Last time we were in Melbourne he showed this map to my friend Bex Rad who was also visiting the city. She completely outdid us with her own hand drawn map, far more detailed and awesome than I could ever imagine putting time into:
I’m pleased to see Bex is putting her amazing maps online for your viewing pleasure >
Check them out as they are filled with great places to visit in Melbourne, Christchurch and Wellington (so far).
Scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Titania and Bottom (1848-1851)
by Edwin LANDSEER
Held in the NGV (Melbourne)
This was the header of this blog before I decided to rip the whole layout out.
On Wednesday night I dragged myself along to 31 things, an event for young creatives, in the hope I would meet some like minded people and perhaps learn something.
There were three speakers with the idea that each one would share 10 tips about advertising. First speaker, Mel from Lowe, was pretty awesome. A lot of her work was original and used digital well.
Similarly Cameron from the Campaign Palace said a lot of things which were actually useful. Including his story about spending the 8 months after uni not actually being a creative – which gave me some hope that I can get back on track.
And then there was the lady in the middle, Andrea from Play – who seriously didn’t give any useful tips, but rabbited on about her campaigns. One of them was for Tourism Victoria (no not one of the amazing TVCs – it was a PR stunt), and she played a little video of the media response with the CSS song “Music is My Hot Hot Sex” – YES that’s right, the song which became famous from Apple using it in an iPod ad where the song is actually relevant to the campaign!
Anyway the only people I meet where rude graphic design students, so the night was a bit of a loss.
Flinders lane is probably one of my favourite places in the world. I first went there when I was about 17 and it’s always first on my list when I get to Melbourne. The coffee there is terrible, but probably the best you will find in Australia, but the turkish sandwiches and graffiti are fantastic! I like the paste up (pictured above) so much, as until recently my trips to Melbourne have usually been to escape from boys.
I was delighted (and yet sadly nostalgic) to see guest blogger Lucy Feagins blogging about Flinders lane on Design Sponge >
Here is the Nicholas Jones map:
Nice to see Africans are now welcome in this kindergarden in fitzroy.
