THE BLUE ISSUE
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21. THE ENGAGEMENT RING STORY SOPHIE BROWN
14. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS MAEVE SHUMACK
3. THE BLUE SKY PEOPLE DANIEL COOPER
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51. THE SUNDAY BLUES MADDISON LINCOLN
40. THE BIG BLUE KARI VAN HOESEL
31. BE BLUE ELLIE SCHMAKEIT
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AN ILLUSTRATED GLIMPSE INTO THE VIBRANT LIVES OF THE DUKHA PEOPLE
By Daniel Cooper Under the eternal blue skies of the Mongolian steppes lives an extraordinary community of nomadic tribespeople called the Dukha. The Dukha, only about forty families strong, are one of the last remaining groups of nomadic reindeer herder. The Dukha live like no other people, their connection to the natural environment is astounding, from the harsh seasonal shifts of the steppes to the fauna and flora that sustain them, all are admired, appreciated and respected by
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these fascinating people. The Dukha live in an extremely tightknit tribal community that is structured around the domesticated reindeer. Dukha herders depend on their reindeer for nearly all aspects of survival, as well as cultural and spiritual identity. The Dukha’s highly symbiotic relationship with their reindeer means that they are completely dependent on the reindeer for survival, in turn so too the reindeer are dependent on the Dukha.
The reindeer are domesticated and belong to the household. In many ways they are treated like family members and shown the upmost respect. The community’s chores and activities are centred around the care and feeding of their reindeer. Dukha communities usually consist of a grouping of yurts of around two to seven households that move camp from the mountainous
highlands to the forested lowlands to find optimum grazing for the reindeer. Herding tasks are shared amongst the camp with children at a very young age learning to tend and protect the highly valued herd. To the Dukha reindeer are not merely livestock, they are everything, without the reindeer the Dukha culture would surely vanish.
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To the Dukha reindeer are not merely livestock, they are everything, without the reindeer the Dukha culture would surely vanish.
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The Dukha believe that their ancestors’ ghosts live on in the forest as animals that give guidance to the living.
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Dukha people practice Shamanism, an ancient religion based on nature worship, the Dukha believe that their ancestors’ ghosts live on in the forest as animals that give guidance to the living. But as modern development makes its way into their remote habitat, their ancient traditions are now at risk of dying out. The
biggest threat to the Dukha culture is the defection from the younger generation, who don’t want to live in the harsh conditions of the taiga or “snow forest”. The rise of precious metal mining in the area, as well as the expanding conventional agricultural land required to feed Mongolia’s growing population have also accelerated the decline of
these amazing people and their way of life. To add yet more pressure to the Dukha’s already fragile existence, the number of the reindeer they’re so dependent on has dwindled dramatically due to diseases, possibly contracted from agricultural livestock, and lack a of available treatment for these previously unseen conditions.
The idea of owning land is an unheard of concept among the Dukha, instead they think of themselves as being just another part of the landscape, no more or less remarkable than the plants and animals that they share the world with. Perhaps this attitude towards their environment explains the Dukha’s unbelievable connection with the natural world. Not only do the Dukha breed and train reindeer but they also live with domesticated wolves, eagles and bears. They train these animals to aid with hunting, none more effective and graceful
than the golden eagle. The ages-old tradition of eagle hunting is considered to be a particularly honorable calling among the Dukha people. It is tribal custom that when a boy turns thirteen, and is strong enough to take the weight of a grown golden eagle, his father embarks on the journey of training him in the ancient eagle hunting techniques. There is a saying amongst the various tribal peoples of Mongolia that there is over a thousand ways of training and hunting with birds of prey and each family have their own unique approach. It takes an average five or six years to
learn this skill but it takes a lifetime to master. The eagle master loves and respects their winged companion; they feed them, keep them in their warm yurts in the harsh Mongolian winters and teach them how to effectively hunt. When the eagle has reached maturity, about eight to ten years, they take them up the mountain in spring and lay a butchered animal on the ground as a farewell gift and send the eagle back to nature. This is to ensure that the eagle has their own strong newborns and bolsters the natural population. This is the Dukha way of living
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This is the Dukha way of living in harmony with the natural world.
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In many ways the Dukha’s richness and quality of life far outweighs that of most western people.
To many westerners reading this article the Dukha way of life may sound primitive and harsh but on closer inspection their culture has a lot to be envied. All resources are shared within the tribe, there is no crime, and there is no greed; men and women enjoy equal
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status within the community, the elderly and infirmed are always cared for and their incredibly tightknit community means that everyone is respected and valued. In many ways the Dukha’s richness and quality of life far outweighs that of most western people.
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THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
A STORY OF THE THREE SISTERS By Maeve Shumack
THE THREE SISTERS A STORY FROM THE GUNDUNGURRA & DHARUG CLAN Silver mist rises from the green cloaked rainforest, golden peaks reach towards the sky and down in the valleys waterfalls gush to feed the scented eucalyptus trees. One of the most spectacular landmarks of this world heritage
site has to be The Three Sisters. Every year tourists flock to stand in awe at the unusual rock formations carved from the cliffs at Echo Point in Katoomba. These three majestic rocks capture the sunlight and burst with colour throughout the day, even when the sky floods with night the magical three sisters glitter gold against the velvet backdrop.
LOVE Yet it’s not only the wonder of the landscape that captures the hearts of many travellers who sojourn to the Blue Mountains but the story behind the three rocks that stand tall. The ancient aboriginal legend tells the tale of three sisters - ‘Meehni’, ‘Wimlah’ and Gunnedoo’. The ancient aboriginal legend tells the tale of three sisters - ‘Meehni’, ‘Wimlah’ and Gunnedoo’. These three enchanting girls lived in the heart of the Jamison Valley as part of the Katoomba tribe. Yet the girls were young and their hearts were captured by three brothers from a neighbouring tribe. However the law of the land forbid the girls from following their desires and marrying outside their own people.
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MAGIC The sisters stand mournfully high above the Jamison Valley, doused in glory, bewitching in their enchantment but never able to return to the human form. Even for those who don’t believe the legend it still makes for a heart wrenching sight to gaze up at these powerful rocks carved from the earth and to remember the tragic tale. Whether you ride the scenic railway to capture a glimpse of the three sisters standing tall in the afternoon sun or whether you trek through the trails that wrap around Echo Point, the sisters are sure to ignite the spark in your imagination” and to bring to life a touch of magic and myth with this dream time tale.
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BLOOD The brothers decided to capture the girls and carry them away to be wed, a major battle ensued as the two tribes clashed and the blood ran thick. An elderly witchdoctor from the Katoomba tribe feared for the safety of the beautiful sisters and cast a spell to turn them to stone to keep them safe from harm. Yet during the raging battle the witchdoctor was killed and unable to reverse the spell.
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THE ENGAGEMENT RING STORY By Sophie Brown
Original article by Lindsay Kolowich
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ONE of the biggest assets in a married couple’s relationship, the diamond engagement ring, might be an emotional asset and a symbol of love and commitment - but in the financial sense of the word, it isn’t actually an asset at all. In fact, it’s worth at least 50% less than you paid for it the moment you left the jewelry store. Makes you wince a little, doesn’t it? And yet, we feel compelled to buy them for our loved ones anyway.
HOW did that become the norm? It’s hard to imagine that it’s only been three-quarters of a century since diamonds became the symbol of wealth, power, and romance they are in America today -- and it was all because of a brilliant, multifaceted marketing strategy designed and executed by ad agency N.W. Ayer in the early 1900s for their client, De Beers. Diamonds haven’t been rare stones since 1870, when huge diamond mines were discovered in South Africa. Soon after the discovery, the British financiers behind the South African mining efforts realized the diamond market would be saturated if they didn’t do something about it. So in 1888, they set two audacious goals: 1) Monopolize diamond prices. They succeeded by creating De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. and taking full ownership and control of the world diamond trade. While they stockpiled diamonds and sold them strategically to control price, De Beers Chairman Sir Ernest Oppenheimer cultivated a network of wholesalers all over the world. 2) Stabilize the market. To succeed here, De Beers would have to figure out a way to control both supply and demand for diamonds worldwide. For this, they needed to find an ad agency.
When De Beers began looking for an ad agency, the global economy was suffering and Europe was under threat of war. Their challenge was to figure out which country or countries had the most potential to support a growing diamond market, and then to hire an agency to implement a marketing campaign in those countries. Because of Europe’s preoccupation with the oncoming war, the U.S. was chosen - even though the total number of diamonds in the U.S. had declined by nearly 50% since the end of WWI.
De Beers hired Philadelphia ad agency N.W. Ayer in 1938. N.W. Ayer did exhaustive market research to figure out exactly what Americans thought about diamonds in the late 1930s. What they found was that diamonds were considered a luxury reserved only for the super wealthy, and that Americans were spending their money on other things like cars and appliances. To sell more and bigger diamonds, Ayer would have to market to consumers at varying income levels.
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“a diamond is forever”
THESE four iconic words have appeared in every single De Beers advertisement since 1948, and AdAge named it the #1 slogan of the century in 1999. The slogan perfectly captured the sentiment De Beers was going for - that a diamond, like your relationship, is eternal -- while also discouraging people from ever reselling their diamonds, as mass re-selling would disrupt the market and reveal the alarmingly low intrinsic value of the stones themselves. At the very beginning of N.W. Ayer’s campaigns for De Beers in the late 1930s, the suggested spend on an engagement ring was one month’s salary. In the 1980s, De Beers ran a campaign to reset the norm to two months’ salary. The ads said things like, “Isn’t two months’ salary a small price to pay for something that lasts forever?”
So, are diamonds the biggest scam in history, or is this a prime example of ingenious marketing? De Beers knew their product wasn’t intrinsically valuable. So instead of marketing to their product, they mastered the art of marketing to values, in this case, the values and ethics surrounding love, romance, and marriage.
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By Ellen Schmakeit
Original article by Lucy Watson
How girls are finding empowerment through being sad online - This artist is using Instagram and selfies to subvert the objectification of women throughout history – and she’s calling it Sad Girl Theory. Self-proclaimed tragic queen and Instagram artist Audrey Wollen came to our attention last year, marking out her own digital space with Judith Butler/Sailor Moon mash-ups,
a twitter account documenting her physical ailments and recreations of renaissance paintings – one of which was the victim of Richard Prince’s recent Instagram pillage. But if there’s one thing the LAbased artist has done that you need to know about it’s Sad Girl Theory. She proposes that – despite things being on the up for women these days – sometimes being treated as the lesser sex still sucks, and as an
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act of political resistance we should acknowledge that and be as goddamn miserable as we want. “The shade of feminism that’s chosen for media attention is always the one most palatable to the powers that be – unthreatening, positive, communal,” explains Wollen. Taking cues from her knowledge of art theory, Wollen’s work aims to reframe the sadness of women throughout history as a way of fighting back.
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How would you explain what Sad Girl Theory is? Audrey Wollen: Sad Girl Theory proposes that the sadness of girls should be recognised as an act of resistance. Political protest is usually defined in masculine terms – as something external and often violent, a demonstration in the streets, a riot, an occupation of space. But I think that this limited spectrum of activism excludes a whole history of girls who have used their sorrow and their self-destruction to disrupt systems of domination. Girls’ sadness is not passive, self-involved or shallow;
it is a gesture of liberation, it is articulate and informed, it is a way of reclaiming agency over our bodies, identities, and lives. Why is Sad Girl Theory necessary right now, and why should we all be sad girls? Audrey Wollen: I think Sad Girl Theory has a resonance now because feminism has made such a big “comeback” in the media lately. I feel like girls are being set up: if we don’t feel overjoyed about being a girl, we are failing at our own empowerment, when the voices that are demand-
ing that joy are the same ones participating in our subordination. Global misogyny isn’t the result of girls’ lack of self-care or self esteem. Sad Girl Theory is a permission slip: feminism doesn’t need to advocate for how awesome and fun being a girl is. Feminism needs to acknowledge that being a girl in the world right now is one of the hardest things there is – it is unimaginably painful – and that our pain doesn’t need to be discarded in the name of empowerment. It can be used as a material, a weight, a wedge, to jam that machinery and change those patterns.
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audreywollen a friend died in an unexpected way two days ago; thinking a lot abt the language and sociality of mourning; in Victorian times you wore clothes in a color coded system to designate how long you’ve been grieving, black to purple to violet to baby blue, so everyone could know w/o asking; apparently WW1 made it ok to wear black casually bc so many ppl were grieving at once that they just decided to abandon the whole system; so you can Literally credit yr little black dress to trench warfare...
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audreywollen if you look at paintings of girls and replace each mirror w/ an iPhone in yr head, u will realize that nothing has ever been different, undated ~1890s
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Totally! Before history, even! The patriarchy is the oldest system of power there is. Sadness, tears, even self-harm have been considered symptoms of femininity for centuries. A SYMPTOM OF COURSE, NEVER AN AUTOMONOUS ACT.
It’s so rewarding to dig deep into history and find artefacts of women’s liberatory gestures that have always been cornered away as “madness.”
It’s comforting to know that we were never not fighting.
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How are self-identified Sad Girls relating to – or subverting – the cliché of women as weak and sensitive? Audrey Wollen: I think that those clichés of the weak, sensitive women are just there to psych us out, because we get stuck in a catch 22: if you
act “strong,” you’re a bitch; if you act emotional you’re weak and pathetic. Once you’ve accepted that you are going to be affirming a sexist cliché no matter what you do, because those clichés are designed to swallow our entire existence, you can do what you actually feel like. It’s dan-
gerous to have your radical politics caught in a cycle of reaction – trying to “disprove” the patriarchy, as if the patriarchy actually has some logic or evidence behind it.
“Girls’ sadness is not passive, self-involved or shallow; it is a gesture of liberation, it is articulate and informed, it is a way of reclaiming agency over our bodies, identities, and lives” – Audrey Wollen
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What can 21st Century Instagram girls learn from art history? Audrey Wollen: I think the Instagram girl is already part of art history; she’s submerged in it. The selfie is slightly different because it is mediated by tech and the internet rather than a man with a paintbrush, but it still serves a similar
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function. I’m really interested in how porn, painting, and technology have blended together to create a whole generation of girls who endlessly repeat their own image. I really believe that we can use the products of the patriarchy as tools to dismantle it: the objectification of girls can be re-staged and read differently. So let’s flip it around: what
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if the naked horizontal girl wasn’t a symbol of subordination, but a symbol of rebellion? What about the nature of objects can be used to our advantage? In anime, there are a lot of characters who are half robot, half girl, who are totally infantile and eroticised and still totally deadly. What can we learn from her and her use of object-ness?
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The devil in the deep blue sea By Kari Van Hoesel
Original Article by Mission Blue
With the ocean covering
approximately 71% of the world’s surface, it is extremely hard not to notice what pollution is doing to our blue planet.
The sea is the lifeblood of our planet and provides over 70% of the oxygen that we breathe and over 96% of the planet’s water supply. Without the ocean we would not exist today.
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Pollution is bringing our ocean to the point of disaster and we must act fast to ensure that it remains healthy for the good of our generation and generations to come.
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HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Reduce your energy consumption and be aware of your carbon footprint. You can do this by walking or riding a bike to work instead of driving, switch off lights when your not in the room and use energy efficient light bulbs Educate yourself on the importance of our ocean and this system, which is vital to our existence, will only make you want you to protect it. Ocnce you have learned about it, you will want to share your knowledge with others,
Reduce the amount of plastic you use and always recycle. Plastic is the biggest factor in ocean pollution and it usually ends up in the ocean. Once plastic finds its way into the ocean, it destroys tens of thousands of marine wildlife and their habitats every single year. Use reusable bags whenever you go shopping and instead of buying new bottles of water, buy a reusable water bottle and fill it up.
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PLASTIC POLLUTION Throughout the world’s oceans lurks a silent killer. It will outlive us, outswim us, and threatens to undo us. The predator is plastic and it’s floating in an ocean near you. We’ve all seen plastic bottles in our creeks, bays and harbours, or uncovered a grocery bag in the sand at the beach. They’re adding up to one big problem for our seas. Our ocean is becoming a plastic soup and our sea life is choking on the contents. Millions of tons of rubbish enter the world’s oceans each year. This plastic pollution rides the ocean’s currents and reaches the furthest corners
Plastic is now even in the Antarctic wilderness. Unlike naturally-based paper or glass, plastic never truly goes away; it just breaks down into smaller pieces.That means that every piece of plastic you and I have ever used is still around today.
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The vast majority of the plastics in our seas come from our urban areas, from our streets. This is a global problem, with a truly local solution. We can turn our plastic addiction around. Plastic packaging is a recent craze - a fast fix. It’s unnecessary, unsustainable and must become unacceptable. We must change our habits and break the deadly cycle. Plastic pollution travels easily from land to sea. It blows in from bins and garbage dumps, or flows through storm water drains into our
sea. Once in the ocean, it slowly breaks down waterways. and eventually into smaller and smaller pieces which are eaten by animals at the bottom of our food chains. Larger pieces of plastic floating at the surface are readily mistaken for food by seabirds and turtles. While plastic bags and fishing lines can wrap around marine life and kill them. Seabirds and marine mammals are killed marine mammals are killed every year by plastics, either entangled and strangled or choked and starved.
AMCS is working with a range of organisations to tackle marine debris. We’re educating the public and equipping groups with the knowledge and skills to rescue sick and tangled marine animals and conduct scientificmarine debris surveys.
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the sunday blues By Maddison Lincoln
Have you ever found yourself
weekdays loom, the laid dreading that Sunday evening back, enjoyable ‘weekend sadness? The weekend is fast you’ morphs into the stressed receding and the work or and anxious ‘weekday you’. university week is glooming. The Sunday blues differ from Coming down with a bad person to person, but one case of the Sunday blues is a thing that remains the same, is legitimate thing, according to the sadness we all endure, even the experts. Chances are, we after the best of weekends. My have all felt this way at least question is though, why do we once, some of us may even have to experience this late experience a case of the blues Sunday afternoon sadness? every week. Sunday’s, especially Why do Sunday’s have to be the evenings, are usually a time a day we dread? Instead of you regrettably reflect on all all sharing the same groan at the things you have not yet 5pm on Sunday, why can’t we ticked off on your list of things all share a different feeling, like to do, or a time you sit and accomplishment, fulfilment or uncontrollably let your mind happiness? Sunday’s should be stir up feelings you switched off a day of adventure, a day for over the weekend. As the trying something new and 52
most importantly, it should be a day we look forward too. We must enter a future of no more sad Sundays. A future where the adventures endured on Sunday’s take the ease and pressure off the work and university week ahead. We must enter each week with positive vibes running through our veins and bursting out through our skin. If you’re a sucker for the Sunday blues, start off by trying one (or, uh, all) of the following activities on a Sunday to once and for all
wash those blues away..
MARKETS
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WINE TOUR
If you have a passion to shop, love the thrill of a hunt, fond of meeting new people, enjoy discovering new things all whilst being under the sun, then visiting your town’s local markets is the place for you. After browsing through all of your desired stalls, you can sit back under the tree’s and relax and enjoy the good local food produced, accompanied by the live music.
Drinking tea can be beneficial for your health, so why not have a tea party? Surround yourself with some of your favourite people in the company of several flavours of tea and cookies. Drinking tea can make you feel calm and relaxed without you even knowing it. I can assure you, you will love winding down and letting yourself enjoy the finer things in life.
What a glorious way to spend a Sunday. It is said that a moderate amount of alcohol can help reduce stress levels and relax you. Hire a bus, organise friends, get dressed up and support your local wineries. To feel the passion of wine and winemaking it is ideal to focus on and seek out smaller places. This way you can wind down and spend some quality time with the people behind the bar and your friends.
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READING
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Reading can take you to fictitious lands, it can let you live a life that you couldn’t in the real world. It comes as no surprise that reading is healthy for the brain, the act of it is said to alleviate and help in nearly every aspect of one’s life. Reading reduces and soothes the stress of every day struggles and gives you greater tranquillity.
Feeling like a simple Sunday? Then attending a yoga class might be right up your alley! There is no better way to relax the body and mind than yoga. Yoga is more than just an exercise routine, it is a combination of strengthening and stretching poses, along with deep breathing and meditation to soothe the body and mind. If the fast paced, intense yoga isn’t for you, then you can enjoy a gentle and relaxing class.
Painting gives you pleasure, it’s as simple as that. Being able to paint what you want at any type of scale can provide great satisfaction. Art helps you to communicate and express yourself in a form you usually wouldn’t consider. Art, painting in particular can bring out your creative side, distract you from your real world problems and allow you to destress and wind down.
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What could be more relaxing than sitting in a comfortable cinema chair by yourself or in the company of someone else, munching on popcorn, sipping an extra large soda whilst about to watch your favourite actors in a new film. You feel emotional, excited, scared and happy all in the period of two hours. You are transferred to a world far far away from reality. As you walk out of the cinema doors, you feel de-stressed, and relieved that even if it was only for two hours, you had forgotten about the troubles of day to day life.
Whipping up delicious treats in the kitchen can do more for you than just create food. It is known that baking is very therapeutic and healthy for the mind. Any sort of baking or food preparation is primarily about nourishing yourself and the others around you. Creating food can not only put a smile on your own dial, but giving away your creations can brighten someone else’s day, which is one of the best things about baking.
Cultivate your creativity! Gardening can sometimes be seen as a chore, but why make it a chore when it can be a hobby? Planting a plant or a full garden is a great way to soothe the mind and relieve stress, and once your done, it can give you that sense of accomplishment you may not feel very often. Having a garden in your home can bring you tranquillity, a garden is a place where you can slow down and reconnect with the natural world. What could be more peaceful?
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BIKE RIDE
ZOO VISIT
BEACH PICNIC
Most people huff and puff at the thought of exercising, but riding a bike doesn’t have to be something you dread. Going on a leisurely bike ride is a fantastic way to spend a sunny Sunday with family or friends. Two wheels can bring enjoyment, fun and adventure to one’s self. One of the perks of going on a bike ride is that it can take you anywhere, to amazing, hidden and unknown places. There’s nothing quite like cycling through fields of wildflowers, rolling along the edge of the ocean or taking in the scenery of a mountain top.
Why not enjoy the wildlife first hand? Getting in contact with nature could possibly be one of the best things one can do to lower stress. Walking amongst hundreds of species of plants and animals is an excellent way to relax the mind and body. At the same time that you’re taking it all in you are also supporting the zoo’s focus of conservation and green living. Your brain, heart and body will thank you, I promise.
Just getting out in the sunlight can improve your mood instantly. So why not enjoy the beautiful rays on the beach with a basket of delicious healthy food. Having a picnic with your friends or family enables communication, which can deter your mind from thinking negatively and forget about all the stress and anxiety you endured throughout the week. Eating outdoors is the best natural mood booster, there’s just something about sunlight, food and good people that can uplift your mood in the blink of an eye.
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Meet
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designers Sophie Brown
Daniel Cooper
Kari Van Hoesel
My favourite medium in design would be photography and post-editing. I have always enjoyed sourcing my own photos in any elements throughout my design projects, however I also love abstracting these photos into something completely different and intriguing compared to what they originally were. In regards to design layout, I really enjoy the idea of working with white-space as a design element in itself – I have an inherent appreciation for design that uses the most minimal amount of elements to still achieve effective communication.
I have been crazy about illustration ever since I was a small child. Most of my projects incorporate some form of illustration, be it hand generated paintings and drawings or digital vector art. I also enjoy photography and photographic manipulation and take my digital SLR with me almost everywhere. When I am not designing I love gardening, spending time in nature and writing and performing music with my musician mates. But probably my favorite pastime is spending time with my awesome family.
I am a 20 year old Vis Com Design student striving to take over the design world. I have always loved colourful, creative and expressive things. I work best on a large scale usually with textures and paints. I always look for inspiring colours, images and quotes to draw from. I have recently started my own Instagram digital look book called ‘silentbutdeadlydesigns’ showcasing my creations and inspirations. I love all types of expression with a massive interest in music, without music I wouldn’t be able to create and design the way I do. Design and the Arts is part of who I am.
Favourite shade of blue: Turquoise
Favourite shade of blue: Sky
Favourite shade of blue: Slate
Maddison Lincoln
Ellie Schmakeit
Maeve Shumack
When it comes to design, I don’t favor any particular medium. I tend to enjoy and have an inherent appreciation for every aspect of design, although I do find myself being regularly drawn to illustration, photography and hand crafted art. When it comes to design layout I believe in the statement ‘less is more’ as I like the idea of large amounts of white space drawing the eye to the main aspect of the design. My main goal in my academic career is to major in Graphic Design. When I am not designing I am either drinking tea, obsessing over op shop’s or surrounding myself with my favourite people.
To me designing is my most favourite activity. My look is always minimal with a touch of elegance. I enjoy working with large amounts of white space and challenging the limitations of scale and proportion whilst using colour and texture to create harmony. My Favourite medium to work in would be illustration; I appreciate the art of creating raw, delicate pieces that you can see throughout my works. This also extends to my love for fashion design. My dream career would have to be fashion illustration something that combines the two things I love most!
Favourite shade of blue: Denim
Favourite shade of blue: Pastel Favourite shade of blue: Navy
Design to me is a very exciting and ever expanding industry. One day I’ll be working on hand drawn illustrations and watercolour paintings and then the next day I’ll be working on photography and digital illustrations. That’s what I love about it! How open it is to interpretation and how it can communicate different emotions to so many people. Design is a very personal thing and is explored in so many ways and I think we’ve shown this in the Magazine. Even though we decided on a small based structure ‘the blue issue’ we individually interpreted it and collaborated together to create a cohesive and personal piece of work.
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