National Geometry of Australia

Established in 1967 by the Australian Government, the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in the capital city of Canberra, houses over 100,000 works across four points of national interest: Australian art, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art,... 

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REVIEW: Volley sneakers

Volleys, Australia’s ultra-budget sneaker has finally come State-side (sans the Dunlop name) and the company has sent over a pair for me to check out. As I expected, this shoe makes no changes from its simple and excellent Australian counterpart... 

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The Abu Dhabi Brand: Rich

Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). However you may be more familiar with the world’s-tallest-tower-building, 7-star-hotel-opening, artificial-islands-in-the... 

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Everything but the Stadium Sink

Melbourne FC is one of the oldest teams in Australian rules football, with a tradition dating as far back as 1859. It celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. That’s a lot of footballs kicked, bounced and caught. Melbourne FC is one of the... 

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All Radiation, No Heart

Sydney is a city of 4.5 million people in Australia, it has a beautiful harbour in the middle, mountains to the west and dozens of beautiful beaches on its eastern coast. Unfortunately a common critique of the city is that these beautiful surroundings... 

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17th Biennale of Sydney identity

Barnbrook in London has produced a modular identity (and a rather lovely looking catalogue) for the 17th Biennale of Sydney which is currently running in the Australian city until August 1. The contemporary art festival, which is subtitled Songs of Survival... 

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Business-to-Business-to-Boomerang

Brand Australia was conceived by the Federal Government of Australia as a four-year program to position Australia internationally as not just a pleasant place to holiday, barbeque shrimp and wrestle crocodiles , but also a nice enough place to perhaps... 

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Glasfurd & Walker

http://www.glasfurdandwalker.com Pure and minimal design from the creative studio specialising in ideation, graphic design and artistic direction formed by Australian designer Phoebe Glasfurd and Canadian producer Aren Fieldwalker in early 2007. http://www.glasfurdandwalker.com... 

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Melbourne, One Heart Too Many?

Melbourne Heart FC is a soccer team that will begin competing in the A-League during the upcoming 2010/11 season, and, until recently, lacked a concrete name and identity. Soccer has a strange place within Australian sporting culture. In spite of the... 

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Luke Lucas

Some fun illustrative typography from Australian-based creative designer Luke Lucas . Check out more Australian design at our sister website, The Colour SPONSOR We broadcast our email newsletters with Campaign Monitor SPONSOR Some fun illustrative... 

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