PORTFOLIO PRESENTATION EVENING - Design
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Join us for an evening of design.
Hear from Founders of the hugely successful Finders Keepers Market, an independent design and art market event founded in Sydney, the Founders of The Loop, a career network for creative professionals, a textile designer Pip Willy, graphic designers Lam Chin Yee and Michelle Lenn and Tom Nazarian, owner of design company Magnum Design and also founder and directora brand new online gallery Collektor!
Its an opportunity to hear all about what these fabulous creative sector professionals are doing and what opportunities there may be for you! Find the work and information of others in the Field of Design on The Desk, and mingle and network with others that have a 'thing' for design.
The venue is at the cafe at Carriageworks so food and drink will be available. Take the opportunity to catch the new Art at Carriageworks exhibition and on stage at 7:30pm - Sirens - beautiful contemporary sounds presented by Halcyon in association with Carriageworks.
Venue: Carriageworks, Redfern, Sydney (How to get there)
This event supported by
More Information about our speakers and who will be on 'the Desk' below.
Sarah Thornton - The Finders Keepers
The Finders Keepers is an independent design and art market event founded in Sydney. The Finders Keepers aim to support new and emerging independent design, art & music in Australia by creating a platform for emerging designers, artists & musicians to showcase their work in a supportive and creative atmosphere. http://www.thefinderskeepers.com/
Pip Jamieson & Matt Fayle - The Loop
The Loop (www.theloop.com.au) is a brand new multimedia portfolio and networking website aimed at connecting people with employers in creative industries. THE LOOP is a fantastic platform for creatives to showcase their work online for FREE. It's really easy to create a portfolio. Just go to www.theloop.com.au, click “Create Your FREE Profile,” and following the simple step-by-step instructions.
Tom Nazarian - Magnum Design & Collektor
Collektor represents and helps Artists from all over the world to sell collectible Artworks to a bigger audience through the Internet. Their mission - To make the world aware of Digital-Art. Collektor strongly believes in the potential of Digital-Art to become a reliable investment asset in the near future. Not only can it beautify people’s home or workplace, it can also significantly diversify an investment portfolio.
MAGNUM is taking the Design to a new level, merging intelligence with aesthetics to achieve a vision of a brand, a product, a service or even a dream. Design is not only about making sexiness anymore, it's a new way of thinking that catalyze multiple areas of expertise such as human needs, business, technology, science and economy, as well as sociology and ecology. With us and many others leading the way, we are now moving forward to a new era of creation, true creators are shining again. Creation must never stop.
Michelle Lenn - Cebolla Graphic Solutions
Michelle Lenn is a graphic designer living and working in Sydney. Recently she spent two years working in Switzerland where she worked primarily in branding with clients including the UEFA Champions League, the Wiener Philharmoniker and Eurovision. As a creative professional Michelle believes in doing the very best for her clients and their brands. Design has the ability to make a difference if it is executed with simplicity, strength and flair.
Philippa Wilkinson - Pip Willy - Textile Designer
Pip Willy’ is the innovative design company run by
Philippa has always been attracted to the Arts for as long as she can remember and completed her Bachelor of Arts with a major in printing and drawing from the
‘To keep a conceptual hand drawn spontaneous approach is very important and looks very different from solely computer generated commercial textiles’
Lam Chin Yee - Designer & Artist
A freelance Graphic Designer that has worked on visual Identity, branding & marketing campaign, publications, webpage design, and environmental design. Importantly my focus is to come out with potential visual solution for the client objective. Also a faboulus visual artist, photographer, and illustrator.
ON THE DESK
Material from our Presenters above plus -
Julia Maunder - Julia Creations - Graphic Designer
Dan Holohan - Encodah.com - 3D Graphic Designer