Ex-NDS student, Caroline Meathrel has been shortlisted in the typography section of the Create Design awards

http://www.createawards.com.au/shortlisted/round-one/chicken-or-beef/



Ex NCAT Folio Preparation student Caroline Meathrel has been shortlisted in the first round of the typography section of the Create Design awards!

Caroline is currently freelancing as a designer. Check out her blog, Poly Design:

http://polydesign.wordpress.com/

Insight into Industry day at NCAT Folio Prep

Thank you to everyone involved in another sucessful nds Industry day!

Great speakers, attentive student audience & enthusiastic ex students all made for an informative day.

The Ultimate Tattoo bible...

http://www.ultimate-tattoo-bible.com/

Lots of you out there seem to have a burning desire to become a tattooist. Apparently this IS the book to get info/set up a business etc. You can buy it online from this site

Doodling can be inspirational

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=heKK95DAKms

St Kilda excursion for Folio Preparation students

Breathing the sea air felt too good... Getting out of the studio spaces and into the fresh air is pure motivation! The students explored Acland and Fitzroy Streets and then headed to the beach for a hearty dose of fish and chips!

DARE TO BE CREATIVE!

This is a topical article from this months Desktop magazine by Simon Ashford - particularly for us as art & design educators. Well worth a read...

http://desktopmag.com.au/careers/industry-tips-dare-to-be-creative/

...and I quote: "So my advice to any young designer is to play fearlessly and tenaciously. Use Google; but ask it great questions. And question the answers you get. Read design blogs. They are food. Understand where the clichés are. Suspend the voice in your head that evaluates your ideas. Allow them to sit on the page and mingle with the other ideas. Move way beyond your first idea".

AGIDEAS Futures

NDS students are off to AGIDEAS futures tonight. Hope it is as inspiring as today's forum was.

Changing Education Paradigms - The very Inspiring Sir Ken Robinson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U