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EDITORS LETTER Thank you for finding your way to our humble publication.

This issue works best for the reader who has an innate curiosity at heart and notices the little things in the everyday. The adage “As Above So Below� is based on teachings that the atom, as a structure, is oh-so-similar to the workings of a solar system. It refers to the human being as complex as the world itself. This also carries its meaning into social constructs and more abstract ways of reading our lifetime. With this in mind, we hope you recognize the sameness in many things and learn to appreciate the passion and effort put into the extraordinary.

Inspired by broader social and community connections, the magazine harnesses the ideas of collaboration and the sui generis. The front cover is very special in that each contributor within these pages made their own brush stroke and unique colour. Gorgeous, isn’t it?

Our team here at the Academy of Design Australia have put together this magazine to encourage thoughtfulness, to entertain a wondering mind and keep company to a cloistered soul.

Peace and progress, Stephanie Babinczky

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CONTENTS Young Creatives.................................................................................

Oh cool, another Melbourne band.................................................

Ghosts................................................................................................

Look at me, Look at you...................................................................

Urban Warrior.....................................................................................

Self Care.............................................................................................

Expectation vs Reality of Muslim Women.......................................

Presence in Absence.........................................................................

Branding for TV..................................................................................

Stereotypical Stereotypes.................................................................

An arvo with Pigeon Boy...................................................................

Rebellious Retrograde......................................................................

Subculture..........................................................................................

Hand Made........................................................................................

10 Things that make you unique.....................................................

Patterns in Melbourne’s architecture..............................................

When I was Young............................................................................

Photo Abstraction............................................................................

Food Galore......................................................................................

Modern Meditation in the Laundromat..........................................

Ugly Duckling....................................................................................

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NAMES | LYRIC KETIKA & TISH MIO CREATIVE TYPE | FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY

YOUNG CREATIVES INTERVIEW - ODDITY PRODUCTIONS -

Lyric & Tish are two Melbourne creatives making magic through a lens. The duo have recently started a creative collaboration that focuses on photography and videography called Oddity Productions.

Oddity collaborates with all types of young artists based in Melbourne. From Dj’s, to up & coming music artists, and people who are already well exposed on social platforms as well as helping creatives like themselves gain exposure. They also do photography and videography for events.

What does Oddity mean?

Lyric: Oddity is referred to as being a ‘rare bird.’ To us it’s about being unique and containing a different style, not conforming and its for people who don’t fit into society, and that is what Tish and I are about.

Tish: Lyric came to me with the name, and the meaning behind it is what sealed the deal for me. We also wanted a name people would remember, something that was unique and would stick in people’s minds.

How did Oddity Productions begin?

Lyric: Tish and I met at uni where we studied film and photography.

I’ll never forget the first day of class, where we were asked to go around and tell everyone a bit about ourselves, our intentions and what we wanted to do. Tish’s answer about her intentions and what she wanted to do was exactly the same as mine, and I guess I just knew from that moment that we were going to be great friends and that we were bound to do something together.

Tish: It was something we always spoke about, and then last year Lyric was asked by a family friend who was in a RNB group to do a project for them, and she asked me if i would be interested in joining her. Then it just started from there, connections began to happen and we started to get offers for more jobs ever since.

How do you think the two of you work together as a team?

Lyric: We work well together, and starting Oddity and picking up our cameras again is what connected us as friends again.

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Tish: Being friends definitely helps, and it also doesn’t get in the way. We have a great connection and work incredibly well together.

What hardships have you faced as creatives?

Lyric: I believe university is for some and not for others. I met some incredible people and creatives during my time at uni, such as Tish, but I felt trapped at uni. I wasn’t happy, and it made me feel limited and I felt I wasn’t reaching my full potential. I knew in order to regain my focus and gain my happiness again leaving uni was something I needed to do.

However after leaving uni I felt lost, I stopped taking photos. It was definitely a hard time for me as I still loved the craft but I felt so lost.

Tish: I’m exactly the same as Lyric to be honest. I felt limited at uni, but I didn’t touch my camera after leaving uni for a long time.

My camera was actually getting dusty!

What do you think it was that made you both pick up the camera again?

photos again, and I found my love for it again. I guess I just knew that from then that I needed to find my path again and it was something I needed to do. Then getting the opportunity to do the project for the RNB group is what kicked it off from there.

Tish: Travel is what did it for me too. It gave me an excuse to pick up my camera again. I went on a family trip overseas, and as soon as I got home I started editing my photos.

I then started taking photos again and uploading it to my Instagram. I think also the support from others and the positive comments helped me to continue to do so.

Any advice you would like to give to emerging creatives like yourselves?

Lyric: Do something that scares you.

Sometimes you have to throw yourself in the deep end.

Tish: Don’t follow everyone else, don’t be afraid to do your own thing. Be individual and stand out.

Lyric: I went to Bali and I started taking

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AP PHOTOGRAPHY ANDREAS PAPASTERGIADIS

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W: www.apphotography.info F: www.facebook.com/andypapasphotography I: @ap.photography____

ODDITY PRODUCTIONS LYRIC KETIKA & TISH MIO

F: www.facebook.com/oddityprod I: @oddityproductions

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NAME | ANDREAS PAPASTERGIADIS CREATIVE TYPE | PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIES

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10 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT

Camera Photography is my passion. I love to capture the beauty that is around us.

Surface My Microsoft Surface Pro is my go-to device for photo editing, manipulation, and creative work for uni. It’s light and small to carry around with me wherever I need to go, yet powerful enough to run the latest adobe programs.

Sweets & Chocolate You can say I have a bit of a sweet tooth. Love my chocolate and sweets and you can always find some hidden in places of my bedroom, some say I have an addiction!

Car

I have a Mitsubishi Lancer, It’s my first car and it was my key to freedom. I enjoy going on long drives and road trips to clear my head, explore new places and things to capture with my camera.

Chilli Chilli is a 12 year old Cavoodle, I’ve had her since I was a kid. She is always there wagging her tail, she makes me happy, and keeps me company on my long nights of Uni work and editing photos.

Spotify Playlist My Spotify playlist has a range of my favourite tracks that I listen to while editing photos and studying. It’s also my go to playlist for road trips!

Coffee Coffee is my my source of fuel. It both wakes me up, and keeps me going during the long nights completing those uni assignments.

My Girlfriend My girlfriend is my partner in crime. She always makes me laugh when I’m down or annoyed.

She is always there for me, and more than happy to hear me vent. In addition to that, she is my road trip buddy, and I love exploring new places with her. The extra bonus with her is that she is a creative designer just like me, so she helps me a lot with photography and design in general.

Netflix My Netflix subscription is my escape from the world (when there isn’t snow around). Binge watching an entire season in a day is my specialty. Especially when I should be finishing that assignment. People used to say I had a procrastination problem. Netflix confirmed it!

Snow Even though Australia’s snow season isn’t the best, there isn’t much more I love then hitting the slopes on my snowboard. The thrill of speeding downhill and being able to escape the city lifestyle, uni and work make it much more enjoyable, and an escape from the busy world.

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AN EXPLORATION OF THE MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENE

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The Melbourne underground music scene is a beautiful thing. She’s in your face, she’s loud, she’s dirty, and even a little vulgar at times, yet the culture of this local subculture is unlike any other.

That being said it really is more than a subculture when you get down to it; it’s a family, quite a large, unique family at that. One where you have lots of aunts and uncles that you only know because you see them at a big family gathering here and there, you recognise them but you probably never talk to them. In this same big family you’ve also got all these cool cousins, you haven’t seen them in a month or so, and you never go out of your way to catch up with them. But all it takes is that family event to bring you together where you nerd out about shared interests, and then end up a little too drunk. Anyway, I’m losing my train of thought here. All i can say is, although i’m one of those cousins having these great relationships and conversations that only really last the duration of the family gathering, to be a part of this family at all is a great opportunity; both to observe and to participate.

I try not to indulge my narcissism, so I’m not going to ramble on about playing in my own bands, but rather the people, the bands, the unspoken family ‘rules’, and everything else i’ve observed and experienced along the way.

I started going to gigs in Melbourne when I was still in high school and living down the coast, so coming up to the big city with no sense of direction was an ordeal. Later on i started playing shows all throughout the inner suburbs of Melbourne, this is where i started to see the familiar faces and hear those familiar songs over and over. Once I started going to more and more gigs, discovering an abundance of great music from great bands that were all locals, I put these faces to names and riffs to songs.

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One thing I noticed very quickly about the Melbourne music scene was that almost everyone played in a minimum of three bands.

Guys like Al Monfort, who’s bands are all as equally good as the last; play in The UV Race, Total Control, Terry, Lower Plenty, Dick Diver and even plays saxophone in Constant Mongrel.

While it seems like an excessive amount of bands musicians like Monfort pull it off without ever sacrificing quality. I think a lot of the younger generation on the scene look up to guys like Monfort and think that this sort of multitasking is a sign of a good musician. Perhaps losing sight of the fact that these bands spread out over X amount of years. Nowadays, you don’t have to look far to find an amplitude of guys coming through and starting more bands than pairs of clean underwear they own, trying to do everything at once instead of giving one good idea or concept ample time and space to reach its full potential.

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T R I L L I O N A R E S

The worst part is that when you have 5 different bands within one circle of friends they end up sounding pretty damn similar. It’s like rearranging the same bunch of musicians over and over and swapping riffs and bass lines around and slapping a different name on each song.

What’s the point in that? Just save all the material for one band, put all your effort into making it the best it could be before you spread yourself thin. I admire and understand the passion and excitement but it’s getting to the point where it’s becoming a gimmick to play in as many bands as you can. But hey, that’s the beauty of this scene; at the end of the day nobody really cares, you’re free to do what you want. There are no rules to this and there will still be a bunch of people at your gig.

The hardest thing about making it in the Melbourne music scene definitely is getting noticed. The sheer amount both already in it and trying to enter it is hard to swallow.

Theres a new band born almost everyday in the living room of a brunswick sharehouse.

This doesn’t make it any easier to make a name for yourself and prove to people you’re worth a listen. It takes time and a fuck load of effort and creativity to make it. Sure you can make it off gimmicks but thats only ever cheap, fleeting fame, if you want to really make it and hold your place on the scene it’s no easy feat.

Nobody likes a rip off, whether it comes in the form of overpriced coffee or a local band who have clearly spent a little too much time listening to Thee Oh Sees. Progression and innovation are noticed and rewarded.

Something else I’ve noticed is the presence of sub scenes within the overall scene as a whole; younger bands always play together to the same crowd of friends, or the “beer bands” as I call them; taking notes from good bands like Drunk Mums, seemingly play to get beer, get drunk, and then write songs about getting drunk, and then play those songs, get more beer, get more drunk etc etc etc a never ending cycle of boring repetition that gets them banned from more pubs than they could play at (not pointing any fingers here, Jurassic Nark).

All it can take is one good gig with one of the bigger, better Melbourne bands to make you a household name throughout melbourne’s northside. But if you’re not in a band and just like watching these gigs its is also possible to just become friends with these guys, all gritty dirty punk rock shit aside we are all here for the same reason coming,

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to watch the same bands and because of that its a very welcoming family.

Nobody really snobs you and everyone is friendly (most are anyway). If you know one of these dudes, let’s say Billy Gardner for example (well known always smiling up and coming music guru; apart of Living Eyes, Ausmuteants, Cereal Killer, Vertigo), he’ll offer you support, buy you a beer, give you a couch to crash on after a gig, set you up with gig opportunities, and if you’re lucky he will offer to record your band. People like this will never exclude you, they introduce you to people higher up on the music scene food chain. He will talk to you like he would anyone else whether its about how terrible the sound guy is or how good that Paul McCartney album is with Temporary Secretary on it. Billy is just one example, yet there are plenty of legends just as nice and kind as him among the other punks and ghouls.

Although this article may seem like I’ve been ranting and bitching about the good and the bad of the Melbourne music scene, it’s really just a stream of consciousness as i explore the things and people I’ve encountered in the Melbourne underground music scene. If you haven’t been to shows at The Tote, witnessed the absurd sarcasm of Ausmuteants, listened to the terrible yet endearing banter provided by Gonzo’s frontman, or the highly addicitive fun of a Drug Sweat set, please do. You’re not going to pay more than 10 bucks to see these bands, and it will be the best value for money besides that 80c loaf of bread you got from coles this morning.

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HIEROPHANTS

By Trent Bucknell

GHOSTS ON THE 86 I don’t want to alarm you but I see ghosts every day and I want to teach you how to see them too.

If you have ever caught the 86 trams from Parliament station you have ridden on a real life ghost tour! Little to your knowledge they are staring at you though the window as you pass by and watching your every move. Don’t worry though as these ghost are not the paranormal kind, but the commercial.

Weathered by time with only a few characters left shining through, these old ghosts known to you and me as handpainted signs are a product of Collingwood’s fascinating history. What was once a common job has now become a highly specialised trade, a unique craft struggling with to stay alive. The art of painting signs by hand used to be the only way that signs to have signs made back in the day and they were crafted by talented craftsmen that put their heart and soul into each and every letter. This was well before computers and websites like Da Font came about; this was the time where Da Font was built into sign painters minds and they created fresh masterpieces every day of the week. This

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high quality work unfortunately was killed off with the introduction of vinyl signs printers in the 80’s. All that’s left now of these old works is there fading curves and chipped strokes.

Luckily for us though the 86 tram exposes a wealth of old ghost signs that tell stories about Collingwoodʼs past that you would never be able to discover on your own. You can learn about the chemist that used to be on the corner of stop 13 that did everything from selling cows to pulling teeth, to the old amusements store that used to be located across from stop 14.

The craft of these signs is a thing of beauty and deservers to be remembered. My hope with this project is to help cement their place in history by bringing these old signs into our digital world so that we still can honour them well into the future.

Have a look around yourself and see what you can find, you might be surprised. These little gems are endless and they are great fun to find.

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By Steph Babinczky

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LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT YOU For camouflage, for fun Sometimes as a shield On the windows to the soul.

Make up is a powerful creative medium that offers the wearer self-confidence and power on demand.

The choice to embrace or eschew the use of make up is exclusively personal and should be attuned to what makes the individual feel like the very best version of them in the moment. See the rise of an inclusive community for novices, artists, professionals and outsiders.

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By Mark Blake

URBAN WARRIOR Women becomes powerful as she explores the forgotten underground of the city.

The modern woman is equipped for her surroundings and can handle the depths of the city. She is practical, stable, and capable. She can hide if detected and is prepared to escape when she chooses. She has control of her exploration. This place is sacred, untouched; she needs to be here. Her compulsion draws her further down through levels of echoing hallways, further into isolation. She doesn’t need anyone but herself down here.

Here she sees no one; she feels completely alone and at peace with her surroundings. Once a bustling, thriving machine, the station has now become void of human interaction. She is a stranger here, her presence unwelcomed but unstoppable. She is unstoppable.

What brings her down here? What draws her to this place and its vacant surroundings?

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By Chelsea MacDonald

Keep hydrated.

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Get some fresh air and sun (but don’t get sunburnt).

Stay healthy and nourished.

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Keep an eye on yourself to see how you’re going.

Talk to an expert about your problems to get some advice and things that can help.

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Adjusting to new things takes time, but it will happen.

Find out what works for you everyone needs different things.

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Make sure your surroundings are comfortable and fun to be in.

If something goes wrong, don’t beat yourself up about it. You’re still learning.

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Give it time.

Nothing blooms all year round. Don’t worry.

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Final year Uni student Health Sciences

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BRANDING FOR TV

By Daniel Halliday

As someone who can be harshly critical of branding and corporate identities in the real world, I find myself also closely observing how design trends operate in the many fictional scopes on television. It often seems like the branding for these fictional companies, that often become household names, seem like an after thought with not a lot of consideration for trends in that sector as well as trends in design.

Taking a selection of fictional companies from popular television shows, I have considered them as clients who have sought out a necessary change in appearance to remain relevant in ever changing markets.

These companies embody a variety of different sectors and have various different approaches when it comes to running a business, and with a rebranding all of these companies become viable and refreshed to seem more like real life functioning companies.

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ORIGINAL

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DUNDER MIFFLIN PAPER: THE OFFICE (US) Founded in 1949, Dunder Mifflin has been a premiere paper supplier in the north-eastern United States for over sixty years. With the demand for paper in a decline, it has become necessary for Dunder Mifflin to update their brand in correspondence to an ever modernising world. After various other strategies to update their business model have not been proved successful, their corporate identity will hopefully entice new clients as soon as possible.

The rebrand takes cues from the endless uses that paper can have. It plays on its diversity, transformality and its function as a tool for imagination by showing how it can be manipulated and altered to make unique shapes. Taking on the original colour scheme from the existing logo, different shades are used to portray depth and folds, and these colours have been translated across all forms of the new identity.

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PLANET EXPRESS, INC: FUTURAMA Based above ground in New New York City, Planet Express has taken on some big name client deliveries from the Government of Earth, the Democratic Order of Planets and Santa Claus. With business in decline as a result of the many catastrophic instances that have taken place on a number of deliveries, Planet Express has reached out for a rebranding to really bring them into the thirty-first century.

Understanding trends a thousand years in the future outlines the reasoning behind the design decisions. As flat design becomes ever more prevalent, in the year 3000 it is the only option when it comes to creating a corporate identity. Two circles that represent the infinite planets passed by the Planet Express ship and provide a simple iconic signifier for the company, which has become more important than language in the year 3000.

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BOB’S BURGERS: BOB’S BURGERS Located on Ocean Avenue next door to “Stickers for Men”, Bob’s Burgers is a family run and oriented business that experiments with the versatility of the burger, as well as employing children. Having made a local name for themselves after venturing into a reasonably succesful food truck, being “featured” by animal rights columnists and being fired from a television cooking segment, Bob of Bob’s Burgers aims to bring his focus back to his business and giving it a new look to compete with neighbouring (Italian) restaurants.

This new look takes its cues from the graphic styles associated with the ever growing burger loving trend. The simplified menu brings out Bob’s best and most signature burger dishes and displays them in bold contrast. Using a rich burgundy contrasted against crisp white, this simple and new take on Bob’s outlandish take on cuisine lets the food speak for itself.

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LOS POLLOS HERMANOS: BREAKING BAD Popular New Mexico fast food chain Los Pollos Hermanos acted as a subsidiary of Madrigal Electromotive for many years by owner Gustav Fring. Their stores were quickly shut down after it became apparent that the business operated solely for a money laundering front for manufacuring and selling of methamphetamines. Years later the demand for the businesses iconic chicken dishes have surfaced, leading to the relaunch of Los Pollos Hermanos (under strict surveillance from the IRS).

This relaunch comes with a brand new look to show the business in a fresh new light.

The relaunched brand for Los Pollos Hermanos aims to portray the business as top quality providers of food at a high standard. Completely scrapping any previous elements of branding, with big pops of orange alongside typographic backgrounds and simplistic imagery, the brand has shifted from appearing as a low quality fast food chain to a boutique style restaurant that offers only the best in New Mexico.

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BLUTH COMPANY: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT It’s no secret that the Bluth Company has been faced with a long series of unfortunate events including fraud and building homes in Iraq, but with management now seemingly in the right hands, the Bluth family business is back focused on developing new communities. With the plans for new neighbourhoods finally coming to life, Bluth Company seeks to strip themselves of their old corporate identity to appear as a viable and new organisation.

This new identity essentially shows the importance of building, by splitting the company’s initial up into its building blocks that can be detached and reorganised to create different shapes and configurations across all elements of their branding. The colours from the original branding cross over as they resonate with the beaches and ocean of the California coast and when combined with strong architectural images it creates a very clean and mature style, reflective of the company’s “hopeful” new direction.

By Luke Brady

THE GLASSES BLOCK UV RAYS. Jacques 20, environmentalist, doesn’t smoke, took a vow of abstinence. Self proclaimed mummies boy, studying law.

“ yeah nah like ya know, I love me mam, great Sheila, wouldn’t do a thing ta hurt ‘er, I mean like, she gave me life aye, canne help but love tha gal. Me and the boys down at tha local gaff, real churchies ya know, all took a vow of abstinence togetha, we like, aren’t te’ fond of the idea of not shaggin’ a gal we aint inlove with, luv’s a sacred thing right, proper safe aye. Really thinkin boot me future right, props meet a nice gal, settle down, cuppa kids, nice house, livin the life aye.

Yeah so like, ya know, nothing better than respect, safe, all aboot the community, cleanin’ up the environment, sortin shite out for the younglins, makin sure they aint growin up wrong, because aye, theyre the future of our world aye, safe.”

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MILK AND ONE SUGAR. Fred

24, can only make two types of coffee (with or without milk), prefers a 7/11 cuppa, tattoo free, got barista experience from McCafe.

“ Coffee?, Two options, with or without milk.

None of this cappa-latte-grande bullshit, make a brew with the instant stuff in a big ‘ol pot, and add milk or sugar to your hearts content. These upper class high market people come into my café and give me these elaborate ass orders, I just make a normal coffo for ‘em, cant even tell the difference, may as well head to the servo on the corner and get a cuppa for half the price.

Who even needs coffee these days?, get a Redbull down ya, easy as that, cheaper too, coffee is just warm milk and poo water anyway, who even enjoys it?, not me that’s for sure. Cold drip, fresh pressed, frothed soy milk, chocolate dust?, pfft, just head into flinders toilet with a mug and fish out the loo water, same shit.”

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NOT SO HIP HIPSTER Keith 19, hates vegans/facial hair/non-prescribed glasses.

Feels as if underground cafes should be shut down.

Finds the concept of op shops dirty.

“ Only the best brand name labels for me, Gucci, Prada, Versace. Op shops?, urgh, utterly disgusting, foul. Why on earth would I want to wear some cretins second hand, hand me down, rags. My pooch?, imported from the highest class breeding school the Swiss alps could offer, Montgomery the third is his given name, absolutely divine, potty trained, does his little wee wees outside like the good boy he is.

Facial hair is repulsive, dirty, these self proclaimed hipsters and their elaborate facial hair makes me want to regurgitate my Panini lunch, I just cannot fathom the idea of common people, get a grip you hairy, grotesque peasants.�

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By JULIA BASELL

AN ARVO WITH

Matthew Lauricella, the man behind PIGEONBOY fills us in on his back-story, inspiration, and favourite projects in AN ARVO WITH PIGEONBOY. So Matt! Your illustration style is very specific, have you always drawn like this?

I’ve been drawing most of my life really; I used to copy my favourite comic books and magazines. I was about 20 when I actually started PIGEONBOY and basically it started by doing a bunch of crummy drawings, which eventually developed into my style.

So did you study at all? Would you recommend the studying pathway to other budding illustrators?

Yeah, I studied a graphic design diploma at the Western Sydney Design Centre and worked as a graphic designer for about seven years in Sydney. I started at the Sydney Morning Herald and then at a law firm doing mainly corporate design. But I never actually studied illustration, so in that respect I’m self-taught. I think that studying can be handy in learning techniques and more technical theory work but you can’t be taught how to draw with a style. It’s something that has to develop organically.

Some people come to my classes asking me to teach them to draw in a particular style, or for me to teach them how to draw like me, but I just can’t!

Absolutely! What kind of workshops or classes have you run?

I’ve taken part in a couple of Decks For Change events and work shops. My good friend Kirby Clark hosts the annual art show where designers and illustrators submit a skateboard deck, which is then auctioned off, and the money raised goes towards building skate parks in developing countries. Last year I did live painting at the auction and this year I hosted a painting on skateboards workshop, where ticket sales went to the Make Life Skate Life organisation that are currently building a park in Nepal.

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Skateboarding features a lot in your work, would you say the skateboarding subculture is your main influence?

Absolutely! As I said before I started drawing by copying my favourite comics and cartoons, more so the funnier comics like The Simpsons and Ren & Stimpy. Then as a teen I got into skateboarding and was really into board graphics and other kind of skate related themes. It’s all very DIY; I didn’t have any coaching or training, I kind of just kept trying new tricks, falling over heaps until I got it right and that’s the same with my illustration style. My favourite artists are Ed Templeton, Barry McGee, Robert Crumb, Ben Brown and Todd Francis.

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You don’t exclusively paint on skateboards though do you? What are your other favourite mediums or projects you’ve worked on?

No, I usually carry a sketchbook around with me and jot down my ideas there, then I’ll do a bigger scale acrylic on canvas piece or a digital illustration. I’ve done a whole bunch of stuff like animations, prints, zines, t-shirt designs, pins, and painting on wood and denim jackets. My most outrageous would have been at Kind Of Gallery in Sydney, where each artist got given a piece of furniture to transform and I got a fridge.

So I painted the fridge, stuck some arms on it and filled it with my own ‘PIGEONBOY lager’ that I made labels for and everyone got to take one home.

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Alright Matt and I’ve got to ask, why PIGEONBOY? Well I was a 19-year-old living in a Western Sydney apartment on top floor of a building with no elevator. One of the windows was broken near my place in the stairwell and a pigeon flew in and nested at my front door, so I was always dodging this pigeon and really the pigeon wasn’t living with me, I was living with the pigeon. One night I went out, came back home and my housemate caught the pigeon and chucked it in my bed while I was asleep and I woke up to a pigeon flying wildly around my room… So yeah, PIGEONBOY stuck.

I also kind of wanted to keep anonymity; it just makes it more about the art rather then about me, even though all the characters I draw kind of look like me or my mates. And yeah, pigeons are urban dwellers like skaters, both sort of pests in the streets, so I really am just a skate rat that learnt how to fly.

Thanks heaps Matt! @pigeonboyart www.pigeonboy.bigcartel.com www.decksforchange.com www.makelifeskatelife.org

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An opinion piece by Josephine Kate Esposito. May 2017 Photography By Miko Holt

REBELLIOUS RETROGRADE Trends. Some love them. Some despise them. Everyone follows them. We’ve come to a point in our current society where even if you choose to not follow a trend, that in itself becomes a new one. Thus continuing the never-ending cycle. Trends have been around since (pretty much) the stone ages, I’m sure there was a cavedweller thinking he was better than the rest, cutting his tools from stone in a new way to hunt and survive, eventually influencing the others to be just like him.

Trend, by definition, is a change or development in a general direction, it is a style, a movement or a shift.

Trends provide us with a socially accepted construct which can be followed or completely disregarded. It is purely up to the individual.

Have you ever felt like the past is influencing the present?

Like we are just living in a time that is trying so very hard to hold on to the past? I call this “Rebellious Retrograde”.

I like to think that the generations and subcultures before us impact and influence today’s society here in Melbourne and even across the globe. ‘Rebellious Retrograde’ follows the recent history of the lifestyle in the 1990’s and how it still impacts elements in today’s culture. More specifically the fashion and youth lifestyle.

In my opinion, life in Melbourne is stuck in the past, but also in a way, it’s chugging full speed ahead with everevolving technologies.

The notion of the past lingering in the present, and determining our future is ever present in today’s society.

To show this, in collaboration with photographer Miko Holt, makeup artist Olivia Burggraf, and models Tia Maher, Francis Go, and Harrison Parker, along with the help of shoot director Jenna O’Connor, I was able to bring to life a 1990’s inspired photo sequence, outlining the influences that hold on to the present day, in the fun and youthful environment of Playtime Crown in Melbourne’s CBD.

All clothes used for the shoot have been repurposed and upcycled to express trends from the era in question.

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By Cristina. T. Ingbritsen

ROCKER SUBCULTURE Rockers originated during the 50s in the UK, the culture centred on a liking for leather clothing, riding motorcycles, and rock ‘n’ roll music. Due to their clothing styles, messiness and motorcycle races, rockers were discriminated against and misunderstood.

Rock ‘n’ roll music is distinguished by a heavy beat and simple melodies. Rock and roll was an amalgam of black rhythm and blues and white country music, usually based around a twelve-bar structure and an instrumentation of guitar, double bass, and drums. Rocks listen to Chuck Berry, Wanda Jackson, Bill Hayley, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and others. Bruce Springsteen, who is largely influenced by Elvis Presley, is known to seep some traditional rock ‘n’ roll music elements into his songs.

Clothing items for rockers included t-shirts, leather caps, Levi’s jeans, leather pants, tall motorcycle boots or creepers. Also popular were leather jackets which often contained a patch relating to a motorcycle club. The rocker hair for men was usually combed back from the forehead, with added volume through teasing and hairspray or brylcreem, without a parting, and for women was turned back off the forehead in a roll also with added volume. This was known as an exaggeration of the pompadour look. They were also known to go helmet free when riding a motorcycle.

The name “café racer” was used for rockers, who were also bikers, who often used roadside (transport) cafés as starting and finishing points for motorcycle races. These motorcycles were modified for speed and better handling/steering abilities rather than ones that were made for comfortable traveling. Café racing motorcycles are recognised by a single racing seat, low handlebars, large polished petrol tanks, rear-set foot pegs, which allowed the ride to have better clearance while cornering at a high speed, and swept-back exhaust pipes. These modified motorcycles were lightweight and had the ability to handle various road types well. The arguably popular motorcycle was the “Triton.” Rockers would modify standard motorcycles themselves.

Café racers have since died out due to stricter road rules in various countries, along with the distinctive rock ‘n’ roll sound, since many 50s musicians are no longer with us (just recently we said a sad farewell to the late Chuck Berry).

The fashion continued on into the punk subculture, which once again, overexaggerated the leather jackets and various other garments; however, any rock clothing that is still worn today has been modified to conform to the standard clothing style. Traditional biker clothing styles still exist, with the leather jackets and the no helmets, however, they are no longer as closely associated with rock ‘n’ roll. As Bob Seeger once said in his song Old Time Rock and Roll “I liked that old time of rock ‘n’ roll.”

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PUNK SUBCULTURE Punk, originating from the UK during the 70s, is based on punk rock music and incorporates a range of ideologies and forms of expression. Punk is characterised by anti-authoritarianism, DIY clothing and hairstyle, individualism, and exploring one’s sexuality in an explicit way.

The punk rock music is distinguished by fast tempos, loudness and various ranges of distortion, and belting (vocals); created by one vocalist, two electric guitars, an electric bassist, a keyboard player and a drummer. The music has also incorporated elements of surf rock, rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll. The songs tend to be short (under two- three minutes) and tend to be made up of three chords.

Punks listen to bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Iggy Pop, The Clash, The Misfits, Billy Idol, Blondie and others.

In regard to the DIY fashion ethic, there was an outbreak of offensive t-shirts, band t-shirts, leather jackets with patches and spikes, piercings, clothing containing safety pins, creepers, skinny jeans, and Doc Marten style boots. The hairstyles tend to be brightly coloured, spiked or messy, wild hair.

Punk ideologies strongly promote individual freedom and anti-traditionalism and are against established viewpoints. Punks are against the demands or the supporting of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom and they also support gender equality. Another area that punks explored was the idea of establishing explicitly visible identities of sexuality. Other notable punk ideologies include anarchism, socialism, anti-racism, anti-nationalism, vegetarianism, veganism and animal rights. Everything that the mainstream culture hid was brought out into the open, literally.

While “modern punks” still may have clothing with spikes, and wear leather jackets, today’s punks have glamourized their clothing and lifestyle to suit and fit into the mainstream culture rather than taking a traditional stance against it.

They also have an annoying habit of wearing band t-shirts supporting bands they know nothing about. While, arguably, individualism is supported by many young people nowadays who seek the freedom to be one’s self, the ideologies such as anti-authoritarianism, anti-nationalism and traditional punk sound (music) is now lost amongst the powerful stance of politicians, the catholic church (and other religions) and the idea of looking good on the front cover of a magazine/album cover rather than focusing on the music itself. Punk is not here to beautify the mainstream culture, it’s here as a rebellion for those who do not wish to conform to the established old-school views of the conventional society.

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GOTH SUBCULTURE The goth subculture, which is not to be confused with the emo subculture, originated in the UK during the 80s, but became (arguably) more established and prominent in the early 90s, it is notable for elements such as black clothing, dyed black hair, dark and heavy eye make-up, black fingernails, dark lipstick and evolved from gothic rock and heavy metal, as well as heavier and darker music genres. Its notable influences include post-punk musicians, horror films and 19th century gothic literature. The gothic subculture is still visible today, unlike other subcultures from around the same time.

Gothic rock is a style of rock music derived from punk, typically with apocalyptic or mystical lyrics. However, unlike rock and punk which had one main genre of musical influence, gothic rock is not the only music genre to influence the goth scene. Other notable genres include heavy metal, hard rock, shock rock, death rock, post-punk, dark wave, gothic metal and neoclassical. Goths listen to Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Who, Adam and the Ants, Southern Death Cult, Black Sabbath, Sex Gang Children, Christian Death, 45 Grave, Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper, and others.

The gothic clothing style tends to be clearly dark, eerie, mysterious, complex and exotic. Black tends to be the main colour of gothic clothing. In terms of hairstyles, hair is commonly dyed black. Black painted fingernails and heavy black eye makeup are also typical elements of the goth style. Goths lean towards the Elizabethan, Victorian or medieval periods for inspiration in terms of fashion. Other times their clothing reflects musicians that are popular in the gothic subculture. It was more or less a stance against the colourful pastels and over-the-top look of the 80s.

Goths tend to follow the punk’s ideologies with the notable inclusion of a horrifying appearance. This is especially evident with gender equality and exploring one’s sexuality. The goth scene refused traditional standards of sexual propriety and accepted and celebrated unusual, bizarre or deviant sexual practices such as polyamorous, bondage-discipline and sadomasochism. Unlike other subcultures, religion is a strong element in the goth subculture. Paganism, which the modern religion Wicca falls under, is an umbrella term referring to various pre-Christian religions belonging to a number of ancient cultures.

It has come to also represent, in some circles, the modern ideology of Wicca and the followers of revived versions of the old practices. However, goths are often mistaken for worshiping Satan, when in reality, paganism, or Wicca, has no real connection to the church of Satan. Goths who follow the paganism belief often wear a star symbol called a pentagram.

Sometimes you see someone classifying themselves as a goth, wearing glamorized and somewhat socially acceptable clothing, this is not the typical Goth, however goth seems to be the one subculture where the way they used to dress is still the way they dress now. The culture tends to continue to be popular in the UK. The ideology of sexual exploration is still a taboo subject for the mainstream society, however, is still practiced by goths and non-goths. While the other subcultures I have discussed have died out, or continue to do so, the gothic subculture is still thriving and being explored.

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By Jen Hunt

HAND MADE In this age of modern technology ruling our lives, of fast fashion and mass production where trends in both fashion and technology change as quickly as the weather, why is it that people still feel the desire to do various handcrafts or buy handmade objects and fashion? Areas in Melbourne such as Fitzroy, Collingwood and Brunswick are well known for being the homes of small businesses that produce locally designed and made fashions and other locally made products. With the increased costs of producing products on such a small scale it is a wonder that such businesses survive, and yet they do. There are many people out there who are willing to support local industries and locally made products.

The term handcraft means to make something by manual skill. The term covers the manual crafting skills done by many artisans including crafts such as sewing, knitting, carving, building, painting, printing, metalwork, or jewellery making, just to name a few. Although art is considered a modern human behaviour and making handmade objects has often been relegated to an art and not an everyday activity by many today, handmade objects and ornaments have been found to have been made by even our Palaeolithic ancestors, who wove baskets, chiselled spears, sewed clothes together with animal sinews and made jewellery with bone and shell fragments. They also made paints and dyes for cave painting.

These days however most objects can be made more easily, timely, consistently and cost effectively by machines with minimal human intervention. One of the reasons it is believed that so many handcrafts prevail even in these technology driven times is that working with your hands is good for you. When a person becomes practiced at a handcraft the actions become natural, and the activity often becomes calming, a peaceful escape with a productive result. We live in a society ruled by passive entertainment and activities, which usually require very little brain power and even less physical activity, when we do any sort of handcraft we are both mentally and physically active.

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Many of the people keeping various handcrafts alive have had those skills passed on to them by family, friends or community members. It is actually believed that practising traditional crafts, particularly ones practiced by and associated with your culture, community or family helps to create connections and communication between different generations, helps to promote emotional growth and increases respect for elders. I feel like I can particularly relate to this. My own interests in sewing and various types of needlework were fostered by my mother and my great aunt Dorothy. My Mum was always making something when I was a child, from making clothes, to knitting dolls, to beading Christmas decorations. Seeing my Mum in action so often made me from an early age want to try it as well. My great aunt Dorothy was retired long before I was born but during her career was a home economics teacher and on the state board for the home economics and textiles curriculum in high schools, and she was experienced at many textiles crafts. She was always so happy that I took an interest in textiles crafts as well and she did everything she could to encourage it. Dorothy, or Dof as I knew her, gave me my first long stitch kit around the age of five and throughout my childhood and teen years was always giving me books and equipment and wanting me to visit 82

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By Jenna O’Connor

10 THINGS THAT MAKE YOU UNIQUE IN A UNIQUE WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS UNIQUE 1: YOUR LOOK

2: YOUR AURA

Who you are in the terms of how someone perceives you, your age, race and gender.

Whether you present yourself as feminine or masculine or somewhere in between.

A personal sense of style that you use to express yourself at any given moment.

Whilst being judged on appearance alone is something that can be considered mean and people shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, first perceptions of appearance are a cornerstone of how someone will react and interact. It happens to everyone, even if our bodies are all created differently on a genetic level, everyone is different their aesthetics. The overall appearance that you tailor yourself to is something you build upon yourself.

How you present yourself in terms of personality and spirituality. The aura that surrounds you is an energy that is emitted from your body, this can be used to identify someone’s personality and delve and understand their nature. Understanding the auras around you can give you the ability to identify someone’s intentions and also better understand feelings that you emit and feelings that you receive by those around you. Your aura is forever changing and can show different behaviours like being quiet, thoughtful, agreeable, rude, or annoying.

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3: YOUR STORY

4: YOUR EXPERIENCE

Who you are, what you have done in your life and what you achieved. Where you are from, where your childhood memories were made.

Where your parents are from and what they have done for you and your family to get to where you are today. How you were brought up. The culmination of your life with all your experiences adding up together to form what ultimately is you.

The pages in your story that you have gone through and learned from. The events you have endured that have changed who you are. Everything you have endured, the events that have affected the direction of your life and where your path is leading you. Nobody in the world has experienced the same events in their lives because your experiences are your own and perceived differently. Those experiences you have gone through has changed and shaped you mentally, this can sometimes heavily affect the perception and direction of someone’s life. Experiences are ultimately events that change your life. Graduating from school/ university, experiencing the birth of a life and on the other side, enduring the death of life. Other people you have met in your life that have had an involvement on who you are today. The moments in your story that help explain where, how and what your story becomes or is. The definition and chapters of your story.

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5: YOUR QUIRKS

6: YOUR CULTURE

The little things, how you drink your tea and coffee. Do you like your steak medium rare, do you even eat meat? The small little habits and kinks in your life that shows your choices and preferences. Your favourite colour. Do you eat with your mouth closed? Are you an iPhone or android users? The intricate idiosyncrasies of a person that mark them out as being distinctly themselves gained through one’s perspectives and experiences.

Your family and your household customs.

Praying before you eat. Taking your shoes off before you walk inside. The traditions that your family learned and passed down from their own experiences and childhood from their families that represent the culmination of their descendant’s country. And even the cultures that one does with their friends not just family, these characteristics and knowledge of a group of people, includes the language, music, arts, cuisines, values, attitudes, role as and material objects that are hold values.

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7: YOUR OUTLOOK

8: YOUR RELATIONSHIPS

Your perception of how you see everyone and the world. The invisible glasses that are always being worn. Being able to view everything that exists, your mindset, your opinion on everyone and your life. You may be looking at a glass that is filled to the the middle, half full or half empty. Whether you prefer to have your day filled with blue and clear skies or overcast or have your skies stormy and rainy. How you prefer to spend you time. What religion you practice. How your culture has influenced your views and opinions. The direction of your perception.

Who you love and care about as well as who you hate.

Who has left an impression in your life.

The connection you make with the people you make experiences with or interact with throughout the course of your day to day goings on. Your parents and blood related the relationships that are build, as usually they are the people that are always close to and even sometimes can never get away from them when you need to. And then as you move along in life you meet the people that will influence.

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9: YOUR LIFESTYLE

10: YOUR AMBITIONS

How your live your life, what you do each and everyday and how you do it. Everyone has their own daily routine than everyone else, in some cases it is similar but it is never the same. Whether you live a life that is quiet, controlled or simple or some variation of all three. You may be unemployed or have heaps of free time or you may have a busy lifestyle that is the cause of the most consumption of time in your life. You may not have much time to do your own personal activities or maybe you’re a stay at home person who likes to stay up and play video games all night, or are you the type of person who wakes up early in the morning, and goes out to work out or goes out and works to be fit. Your lifestyle may be quiet, simple, luxurious, busy, comfortable, alternative, relaxing, exciting or even stressful.

What makes you happy. The desires that motivate your life. Even if you share the same goal as another person you will always be approaching it differently because of the differences throughout your life. Different experiences and different circumstances shape the road that leads you to your ambitions. Everything has a different worth of value in comparison to another person.

Work may be a goal for some people in life as they may have the ambitions of becoming a boss in a company and be able to climb their way up the leaderboard in the workplace, earning money and becoming CEO. Another’s goal may be being the household provider, placing bread and butter on the table for their loved ones. And then there are other people who aim to find their soulmate that they need in their life as they may strive for a significant other. Work, Love, Relationships, money. Ambitions are varied as every person.

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By Chanel Abou-Haila

PATTERNS IN MELBOURNE’S ARCHITECTURE Architecture is one of the many things that make up Melbourne’s culture. Exploring patterns in architecture are all about incisive geometry and design. It is challenging to see new abstractions of familiar buildings through the changing light and perspective. Here we are able to see 2D and 3D patterns inspired from Melbourne’s arctitecture and how it can be explored in various ways.

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‘WHEN I WAS YOUNG’ The series is based off the theme ‘As above, so below in’ that it explores the relationships between generations of past and present, how the passing of time acts as a connection. Through interviewing past generations I explore the vision of memory, artworks depicting treasured moments, illustrated through modern photographs of the same land that held the memories.

This land connects us to our past, though generations may not see eye to eye, what is today, was once just the same. As above, so below.

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I remember when I was young, riding my bike down dirt roads near Monash. We would go out to find Blackberries and fill up the Billy tins as much as they could hold! Our Mother would cook them up into a big Blackberry Pie. We wore Peddle pushers and for girls the pant zippers were on the sides (front for boys). My house was modern in the 50s and had the most beautiful garden! vacant paddocks around and we would play cricket in the back yard. It’s all built up now and where my house was is now a car park on Dandenong road.

I have a particular memory that relates to when I was about 3 or 4 ( I was born in 1950) I lived at Oakleigh South. Back in those days, postmen who delivered the mail would blow a whistle when they put letters into someone’s letter box. I talked my mum into buying me a whistle. I’d often run up and down the street blowing my whistle. This infuriated many neighbours because they’d immediately come out to an empty mail box.

I’d even turn right and go down the next street! My Mum asked me not to do it but for some reason I often couldn’t resist.

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I lived on the other side of the main street in Greensborough, back when it was just a handful of shops. It looked over paddocks and the main creek where my brother and I would build cannooes out of corrugated iron and pine wood. Whoever was in the water the other would try to sink their boat by throwing whatever stones they found, all fun and games though. We would build a lot of things, I remember the Go Cart we made and driving it down down the dirt road. It was funny because I accidentally ran it into the back of an FB Holden in the street. Got up to pull the cart out then it started up and ran over me!

We didn’t have much back then, I lived on Ironbark Road in the 1950s. For school my sibling and i had hammy down clothes, one pair of shoes, one dress and one pair of socks. We washed our socks every night and dried them in the wood stove, careful not to cook them! We didn’t have electricity where we were but you didn’t need all that technology to have fun. I remember playing games outside and playing in the rain, we loved the rain. We would go find puddles and make mud cakes till it all dried up.

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By Aaron Azzopardi

PHOTO ABSTRACTION From the beginning I wanted to create content that reflected both my major study, graphic design, with my sub major study, Photography.

The image to the left is what first sparked the idea. I started this artwork a couple years ago, using a photo I took of the back of a cd, originally having no real purpose for it; until now. I picked up from where I left it and developed it further, thus becoming the template for all other artworks.

I wanted to create work using images of everyday things and objects to create an artwork that distorts the recognisable image into something abstract. Making something familiar into something unknown.

Making this work I wanted to created something using purly my phone camera and image editing apps, which I then created a process to somewhat follow for each image. Doing that I could achieve the same visual effect of bright colours, abstract shapes and a painted effect to some of the images.

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By Linda Bui

FOOD GALORE I have been interested in the connection of culture through food, and so I have created a fun illustration that reflects the positive attitudes that we all share towards the things that bring us together.

The inspiration for this piece was from the feature film ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’. The abnormally large food depicted represents the importance food plays in cultures and society, while the picturesque backdrop of a slightly secluded lake and mountains stretching off into the distance emphasises freedom; freedom in the form of a serene place where all food from anywhere can exist, and therefore connect with the surrounding cultures that each food comes from.

With the harsh expectations of today’s society it can be hard to have the freedom to enjoy the food you love the most and this is one of the main messages that I’ve attempted to depict.

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UGLY DUCKLINGS We’ve all heard the story of ‘The Ugly Duckling’. The fable of the duckling lacking in self-assurance, who wishes nothing more than to be one of the elegant and exquisite swans he greatly admires. I interpret the tale as a story of misunderstanding of ones full potential. Before the duckling grows into a graceful swan, he is unable to see his own capabilities and beauty in being his own self. This allegory can be applied to many aspects of our lives.

If you are reading this article then there is an awfully high - almost certain chance that you know of Federation Square, Flinders Street station, St Kilda Beach, and the Royal Botanic Gardens. The likelihood is that if you’ve ever visited Melbourne or at least occasionally leave the comfort of your home, these are places you have travelled to. They are beautiful and intriguing locations in their own rights, but there’s so much more to Melbourne than what you will find on tourist brochures.

I insist you explore out from the common places - find something of your own in the suburbs others wouldn’t think to look. There is beauty in the mundane, the boring, the “ugly”, the run-down, and the man-made; and the everyday lives we live.

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THE AASB CONTRIBUTORS

Allanah Cutajar

Trent Bucknell

A young creative designer currently finishing her Bachelors Degree in Communication Design. With an eye for detail, she has an interest in graphic design, photography and aspects of advertising. She enjoys travelling and exploring new places in order to open her mind to new and incredible things.

Trent is a designer with a keen interest in type design and the history of lost trades.

Trent has been experimenting in type design since high school and has made fonts ranging from hand drawn scripts to apparitions of medieval German fonts that have never been digitised. Trent obsesses over bring the old into the present day.

Instagram: @lanalouisedesign

Instagram: @trentbucknell

Darcy Berry Deriving influences from disorder and music, graphic designer Darcy Berry creates distorted digital artworks that reflect his ideals and views about the world he lives in.

A musician himself, Darcy has documented his experience of the underground punk music subculture of Melbourne, producing a explorative written and photo essay titled ‘Oh cool, another Melbourne band’.

Instagram: @moth.creative

Stephanie Babinczky

Chelsea MacDonald

Artist/designer/creator interested in the development of content and the moving parts of how people relate to one another and other things. She explores a range of topics, generally focusing on particular colours with feminine tokens. She is a final year art student; faithful to her Instagram account @stephbabinczky.

Chelsea MacDonald is a third year Visual Arts major at the Academy of Design. Her work often focuses on portraiture and abstraction of form, as well as exploring identity and self-image.

She can usually be found making embarrassing faces at dogs, watering the succulents she doesn’t have room for, and drawing silly things.

Instagram: @boobinczky

Instagram: @chelseadrawsthings

Mark Blake Mark is currently studying fashion and costume design. He enjoys designing high end looks with a theatrical aspect that play off interesting fabrics and use of seam lines to create his own unique aesthetic through his garments. He wishes to continue his work further to create a varied yet unified body of work.

Instagram: markblake96

Waheedah Mohd

Daniel Halliday

Waheedah is a young aspiring fashion designer in hopes to own a label that brings a community of acceptance and support to one another. Wanting to focus on modest wear, Waheedah intends to bring faith and fashion together in the Western world for women to enjoy.

Adept at problem solving, Daniel strives to look at problems in a different way by using a proficient and distinctive perspective to generate unique solutions to communication problems. Through his studies, industry experience and in depth passion for creative and technical aspects of communications, Daniel’s attention to detail and problem solving skills reflect those of a spirited and experienced industry professional.

Instagram: @waheedahanuar

Jodie Holm

Instagram: @ninetymlb

Jodie Mae is a visual artist from Sydney who now calls Melbourne home. Jodie’s practice is inherently conceptual and often takes its shape in the form of 35mm photography and installation pieces. Jodie explores the human experience through her work and is constantly intrigued by people both familiar and strange.

Instagram: @lordflackojodie

Luke Brady

Josephine Esposito

Luke is a twenty one year old stencil artist; his stencil works tend to comment on the current politics of the world with the addition of humor. Ultimately his works are a complete piss-take of a person or previous well-known artwork, aiming to provoke a response from the viewer, negative or positive.

Josephine Esposito is studying Fashion Design at the Academy of Design Australia, Josephine designs clean, sophisticated, ready-to-wear apparel, mainly focusing on womenswear with the option to move into menswear in the near future. Trend focused, refined, exclusive, untainted, minimal, these are a few words to sum up Josephine’s design initiative.

Instagram: @_throwup_

@jkae.thelabel

Julia Basell Julia Basell is a graphic designer from Perth, WA who loves to create digital patterns, textile patterns and acrylic on canvas largescale works. She is inspired by artists such as Henri Matisse, Sofia Salazar, Zac Mehdid, George Greaves and Lorraine Sorlet.

Instagram: @juliabaselldesign_

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Cristina Ingbristen

Jenna O’Connor

Cristina Ingbritsen is a Melbourne, Australia based artist. Cristina is passionate about portraiture, music, drawing, tattoos, books, photography, subcultures and mythology/ fantasy. Cristina’s works commonly take on a realism/hyper-realism appearance. She is also influenced by Lucille Ball, Alan Rickman, Angela Lansbury, Bruce Springsteen, Alice Cooper and, her favourite person, Deborah Harry.

Jennifer Hunt is a dressmaker and aspiring costumier and costume designer. She has a love of all things related to theatre, ballet and film, particularly costumes. Jennifer is fascinated by fashion history and the history of different types of cultural dress from around the world.

Instagram: @tattooedblondepunk

Instagram: @sialiaaa

Jennifer Hunt Jennifer Hunt is a dressmaker and aspiring costumier and costume designer. She has a love of all things related to theatre, ballet and film, particularly costumes. Jennifer is fascinated by fashion history and the history of different types of cultural dress from around the world.

Chanel Abou - Halia

Aaron Azzopardi

Chanel Haila is a Graphic Designer based in Melbourne. Her passions are pattern making, painting large scale artworks and typography. Chanel has explored Melbourne’s various architectural structures to show the sophisticated patterns that have been formed in 2D and 3D.

Aaron is a young creative finishing his major study of graphic design. He has an interest in graphic design along with other areas of design, photography and technology.

Aaron is a perfectionist, making sure that he tries everything that comes to mind. He enjoys finding and learn new ways to create different unique works.

Instagram: @designimpression

Instagram: @aaronazz55

Maegan Oberhardt Majoring in Graphic Design, with a Visual Arts submajor. Maegan loves drawing and creating artworks through a variety of mediums. She is always trying to improve and learn new techniques to depict the stories that define us.

Instagram: @design.hardt

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Linda Bui

Chloe Gilbert

Linda is currently in her third year and is studying at the Academy of Design Australia.

She is currently a student undergoing a major of Bachelor of Graphic and Digital Design with a sub major in Visual Communication. Also have a good skill set in the adobe suite, drawing and in hand crafting works of arts.

Chloe Gilbert is designer studying Fashion & Costume design, and Filmmaking & Photography. Her fashion work is strongly influenced by vintage styles and icons from the 1960s and 70s, while her photographic work often explores the unsettling and mundane, influenced by artists such as Alex Prager, Edward Hopper and Jeffrey Smart.

Instagram: @_lindabui_

Instagram: @chloegilbertdesigns

Nathan Collis Nathan is in his final year, studying the Bachelor of Design Arts and majoring in Communication Design. His interests lie in print, illustration, GUI Design and copywriting. On the odd day off you’ll find him getting messy with clay, taking photos and enjoying excessive amounts of herbal tea.

Instagram: @nathanmcollis

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