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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.

New Talk: 1024 Beautiful Pages

Tiana Vasiljev of Beautiful Pages has joined the team to contribute book reviews to the INfront community.

1024 Beautiful Pages: February Book Reviews is Tiana's first bountiful offering and it is packed full of creative page for you to devour. As an added bonus Tiana has included an extra special book giveaway courtesy of Beautiful Pages.

Please make Tiana feel welcome and let her know what your favourite graphic design book is and why.

Enter SOYA 365

The SOYA category for Visual Design & Communications is closing on the 2nd of March. This competition is definitely worth entering, it provides young creatives with incredible opportunities. The prize includes a year long mentorship with Vince Frost, a trip to France for The Cannes Lions Festival, $5,000 along with a heap of recognition.

Michael Schepis

Great work by Sydney based Graphic Designer Michael Schepis who also runs some quality sites: MagSpreads, a blog which showcases excellent magazine design and also worth checking is Visual Kontakt, a design inspiration blog. 

Oxford Street Design Store

Oxford Street Design Store opens in Sydney at the end of February, and the ladies in charge (Alex De Bonis and Louise Helliwell) are looking for designers, artists and any other creatives to submit work which will then be sold in-store. The catch? Everything in store is sold for less than a $20 price point.

As part of the council's Lower Oxford Street Cultural and Creative use kick-starter, this design store is only popped up for 6 months so follow the links and drop them a line.

Keep your eyes peeled for the store launch too, there will be plenty of workshops and talks happening along the way! 

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

He Made She Made //

Soon to be opened on Oxford Street, Sydney - called HeMadeSheMade. A newly formed collective of artists and designers who have been lucky enough to secure a space in conjunction with the City of Sydney's creative reinvigoration of the lower Oxford Street quarter.Their plan is to engage the local and wider Australian community of artists and designers in an effort to expose their work to Sydney buyers/collectors.

They are looking to secure works for their first showcase to the public which is to be revealed on the 31st of January. If you are interested, or want to chat further, please email them with any questions/info.

 http://www.hemadeshemade.com/

Soapbox version 2.0

Soapbox iPad Portfolio app is a project which I launched last year in May, and was born out of the need to display and present to clients on the iPad in a manner that would compliment the work.

Version 2.0 has just been approved on the App Store, and has been about 5 months of development based on feedback from the initial release. I truly hope it's useful for the creative community in the day to day workflow.

To celebrate the release, I'm giving away 10 copies for InFront readers. Just comment on the post to be in the running; first in best dressed.

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.