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Old School New School New Scholarship Initiative
Old School New School Scholarship Award Program Applications Close Friday 21 June New Program commences Wednesday July 1 Are you another Brooke Thorn? If...
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Hand Lettering Workshop 2013
Greetings everyone! Last Saturday we had the first day of this year's Old School New School two day Hand lettering workshop which commenced with sign writing...
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Join the 'Type Freak' Band Wagon
Last Monday, Designer Sophie Richards sat in on a special one day Workshop I ran for the year 12 Art and Design students from Darwin High. Their teacher Tim O...
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The Artfully Deployed Image
Greetings friends! This week for a change we thought it would be refreshing to share a sample of student work. We have been telling you a lot lately about the...
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Why You Need to Wise Up
This Affects You Directly. More People are Talking About The Problematic State of Academia in Australia Greetings dear friends Have you noticed how there is...
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Soon to Be Printed Hand Lettering Book
Pictured below are a few of the stunning shots of the Old School Studio Space taken by Designer Angie Shi. These shots are just a taster, and will be included in...
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New Short Course Has Shown Designers & Artists how to Prepare their Work for Print & Publication
Old School congratulates all students on their great performance Last Saturday June 9, 2012 marks the official date that Old School (the New School for Design...
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Hand Lettering Course Session 4
Letterform Manipulation & Market Lunch Our team of hand lettering design students are really pumping up the volume now, and for their homework borrowed from a...
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L is For Lettering
Lettering is alive and kicking at Old School, and we have been busy this week using it to inject some flavour into the workspace, to help us remember why we are...
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Happiness Made Simple: Studio Dogs
There has been a lot of talk about happiness lately. How to get it, how to maintain it. In our industry it’s a very relevant topic, the creative investment we put...
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Folio Preparation for Beginners
This week Old School's founder Veronica Grow was contracted by RMIT to run another workshop on folio preparation to teach and demonstrate how to prepare a folio for...
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Creativity can be a form of survival
Female artists in Kabul bring reality to an imagined future through creative practice Recently, Melbourne played host to the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival...
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What Design Can Do
International Conference About the Impact of Design Design is about so much more than aesthetics, trends and luxury. At its best, design can change, improve,...
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Would You Like to Join Us? We Would Love to Consider Your Submission
Don't be shy, because our 500 weekly readers would love to hear from you. If your idea fits ours, and it is accompanied by well art directed imagery, the chances...
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Sharing Ideas To Create a Better World
This great postcard of the London Design Museum's 2012 Design Awards finalist exhibition is brought to you by Megan Davis. A big thanks to you Megan for filling us...
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An Unsung Australian Design Icon
Gordon Andrews - The Maker Today I am feeling nostalgic, with Anzac Day still fresh in our minds, it got me thinking about the importance of commemorating those...
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Typography and Lettering - Toward a Method of Practice
In the interest of craft based learning we are happy to provide another unique craft based Old School give away for you to share, which will support your skill in...
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The Throbbing Heart of Visual Communication
Typographic Life Drawing In the words of Ellen Lupton, "letters are the throbbing heart of visual communication. Text is everywhere. It is a medium and a...
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In April You Can Win This Excellent Typography Book
An A - Z of Type Designers by Neil Macmillan For the month of April only, Old School is giving away a copy of Neil Macmillan's "An A - Z of Type Designers". The...
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Why Knowledge of Lettering as Art & Craft is Essential to Graphic Design Education
"Lettering is an Art & Craft. It requires skill in draughtsmanship, penmanship and inkmanship. It requires a sure knowledge of forms and style supported by solid...
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Nowness
Have you heard of Sister Corita? she was the original singing nun back in the 60's whose artwork is renknowned for its coloured silk screen aesthetic based on adds...
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Abroad Perspective
Great News! We have a Wonderful New Contributor I would like to warmly welcome and introduce to you Emma Harrold, owner and Design Director of Studio Teepee in...
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Ok Ok Just Draw Something You Freakin Monkey
These are the words of Jeremy Lay, illustrator and maker, and the second presenter at Field Trip Creative Conference I attended today, put on by the Jackie Winter...
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