Australian INfront

Launch Pad 2012

If you always wanted to take your prototypes to production, Launch Pad 2012 could be your chance. With a 10k grant up for grabs to launch your career and the opportunity to have your product retailed along with a solid mentoring program this could be your ticket. Not to mention a stack of coverage in design publications and exposure to 7k+ people at Saturday In Design. Phew... I'm just tired of hearing your success already. So what are you waiting for, head over to Launch Pad now.

Studio Constantine

I consider myself pretty up to date when it comes to Australian studios, so it always comes as a pleasant surprise when I find one that I had no idea about and are doing incredible work. Meet Studio Constantine.

Katrina Tesoriero

Katrina Tesoriero has recently gone out on her own. Her portfolio is chocked full of beautiful work whilst at other agencies - take a look.

Pause Doco

Missed Pause Fest last year? Fear not - you can catch the documentary above.

Gather & Fold

Lovely format of interviews based on referrals over at Gather & Fold. It already includes some killer content with Warren Taylor, Chris Hill and more.

Tonight: A Students Guide To Working In The Creative Industry

Tonight will see our next installment of Infront Presents at the Apple Store in Sydney - A Students Guide To Working In The Creative Industry. Come join myself, Pip from The Loop, Jon from Tractor/ Mentally Friendly and Chris from Interbrand as we talk through the finer points of starting out in a panel style discussion from 6.30pm. You can find out more at our Facebook event page here. Hope to see you there.

BrightSide

One for the romantics at heart - BrightSide (Katie Bright) will be opening a show on Valentines Day at Ambush in Sydney where she will play with fairy tales and fantasy to create a mix of work across installations, light and live performance. It opens at 6pm. Bring a loved one or perhaps find on on the night? Never know your luck.

David Homer At Mart

David Homer of Debaser returns to Mart Gallery in Surry Hills with a new show titled "23rd & Oxford" - armed with an iPhone in hand, Homer pounds the streets of Sydney and his second home New York, snapping off multiple frames to create a hurried series of urban landscape collages focusing on the fast nature of both cities. It opens Thursday week (16th) from 5.30pm and runs until the 3rd of March.

Analogue/Digital Sunshine Coast 2012

The team at Ananlogue/Digital have released the details of the conference taking place on the Sunshine Coast is May. Along with a solid local lineup which includes WBYK, Woody from Sneaker Freaker, Troy Archer and myself, this A/D sees the introduction of two internationals being ill Studio from France and Magda Sayeg (also known as Knitta Please) from the US.

Early bird tickets are on sale now. Jump in before they sell out.

More Volume In Full

If you didn't get a chance to head along to More Volume (the wonderful project by Billy Blue students) you can now watch it in full above.

Junior: Ben Couzens

The next Junior drinks is on tomorrow night (7th) with Ben Couzens of Clemenger BBDO Melbourne. Head over to The Workers Club in Fitzroy from 6.30pm for a 7.30pm start to get 10 tips and a few drinks under your belt too.

Can We Fly

'Can We Fly' is a pop-up exhibition from Bennett happening at Blank_Space in Sydney tomorrow from 12. How something at a gallery is a "pop-up exhibition" is a bit beyond me for a Friday morning... but the work looks excellent none the less so you should head down and take a gander.

Seven With Another Tonight

Opening tonight in Brisbane, the fourth edition of Seven with Another is happening at Substation No. 4, 22 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane from 7pm. For those who don't know or haven't been, Seven with Another brings together 14 different creatives from far opposing fields and mashes them together to create a piece of art with magical results. Find out more here.

Artists Agents

Artists Agents are a new studio out of Sydney with a fresh outlook and some tasty work already on board.

Abi Singmin

Abi Singmin is quite the talent and showcases both design and photography work on her site. What I like most is her packaging work, highly polished and well executed examples to be found.

Infront Presents 'Workshop'

So last week I mentioned that we have a bunch of Workshops coming up, if you read my little rambles you'd already know that this is an opportunity to have your portfolio reviewed by the likes of Vince Frost of Frost, Jonathan Kneebone from The Glue Society, Chris Doyle of Interbrand and Toby Pike of Toby&Pete. You'd also know there are some excellent tutorials happening on how to get your portfolio together in iMovie, Keynote and various iPad based applications.

Well, if you didn't - it's taking place on February the 15th at the Apple Store Bondi (I stress Bondi here so people know this event is different from our regular events at the Sydney city store) from 5.30pm through to 7.30pm (different times for different sessions).

They are free and the numbers are super limited. What you have to do to come along is as follows:

• Head to http://www.apple.com/au/retail/bondi/

• Go to 'Schedule of Workshops and Events' and select the date of Wednesday the 15th of February.

• Here you will see a number of events under the title of Creative Portfolios. Click 'Reserve', fill in the details and you're away.

As I mentioned, spots are limited so it is first in best dressed.

Made In The Now 200

The clever kids at Made In The Now are approaching their 200th design this Thursday, mammoth effort. To celebrate at 2pm Brisbane time Thursday (that's 3pm for the rest of us) they are opening the flood gates to a 24 hour sale where you can select any of the designs you may of missed out on. Make a note, set an alarm, just don't miss out a second time round.

One Week: A Students Guide To Working In The Creative Industry

One week to go until our next 'Infront Presents' event (a name change from 'Insight' - more on that later) which is 'A Students Guide To Working In The Creative Industry'.

I sat down with Pip from The Loop, Jon from Tractor Design School/ Mentally Friendly and Chris from Interbrand yesterday to discuss ideas. Talk about opinionated! Just kidding, although you are in for some strong and well informed views from these guys on what to expect, how to get your foot in the door and more so I suggest you head down to the Apple Store in Sydney on Wednesday the 8th of February from 6.30pm.

For more info and to help us get an idea of numbers, head on over to the Facebook event page and register your interest. Got some young friends just starting out in the industry, point them there also to get some fantastic tips.

Tractor: Final Days

t’s the final few days for applications to Tractor Design School and the line up for Melbourne programme has now been revealed.

The part-time Industry course is ideal for aspiring designers wanting to work on projects with some of the industries top creatives. It’s not too late to apply, applications close for Sydney and Melbourne on Monday January 30th.

View more of the course details online at www.tractordesignschool.com.au

Wing Lau

If you (like me) had been wondering who's behind all of the fabulous design work happening for Kind Of – gallery, then look no further. Wing Lau is all you need to know.