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Semi-permanent 2011 – Brisbane<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Last Friday I attended the Brisbane Semi-permanent Creative Conference<\/a> – an annual event with speakers from all fields of the Creative Industries. This is the third time I’ve had the chance to go and I always look forward to listening to the artist’s and designer’s stories and presentations. I come away feeling inspired and ready to take on any design challenge ^o^. Getting the SP Pack is always a nice touch too (beautiful art book and freebies!) but more on that below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This year we had a jam-packed day with eight speakers, ranging from designers to artists and photographers. I think all of them showed that obsession, passion and persistence are key qualities to bettering your craft and getting you places in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Gemma O’Brien<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Gemma O’brien<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I think Gemma O’Brien<\/a> has officially won me over in loving typography artwork. Such amazing talent. I’m in awe at how much detail she manages to put into her work. Gemma discussed her initial lack of interest in typography in university, explaining how it all seemed very ‘rule based’, however a while after she soon found she had turned and become obsessed with it. She began uni research in typography history and started her blog “For the Love of Type<\/a>“, posting about her typography finds and experiments. Then “luck happened” and soon Gemma’s blog was gaining her a lot of attention in Australia and intentionally. She also spent time explaining some of her work, her love of merging type and illustration together, the process in creating various projects and how she often recreates type over and over until she’s happy with it. She currently has a job at The Paper Mill<\/a> giving walking tours around the city looking at type! How lucky!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Leach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sam Leach<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sam Leach<\/a> is an artist who surprisingly started out in economics at the Australian Taxation Office (see, ANYONE can be a creative!). Over time he slowly moved into painting and studying fine art part-time and in 2006, he won the Metro5 prize enabling him to paint full-time for the next year. Since then he’s gone on to win numerous awards and has been a finalist in the Archibald Portrait Prize. Leach explores minimalism and formalism as well as looking at the relationships between humans, wild-life, the environment and space. I don’t think I could sum up his work myself so I think I will quote the artist –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I propose that painting can be used to deepen our understanding of the history of science by making works focussing on how major scientific developments in the period since the 17th century have changed the relationship between humans and the non-human world.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a full explanation, head over to his website About Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T-world<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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T-world<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Eddie Zammit is the founder of T-world<\/a> – the only magazine in the world dedicated to the artists and designers of T-shirts. The man owns over 2,200 t-shirts himself and I could tell from his presentation that this was his passion. He has spent around 6 months in New York during the year gathering information and interviewing artists for the much anticipated and completely revamped issue of the magazine (due out in October). During his speech, Eddie gave advice on what he had learned while in the business which I think hold true for any creative:<\/p>\n\n\n\n