INTERVIEW WITH LILI CHIN AND EDDIE MORT OF FWAK! ANIMATION
Lili and Eddie are directors of Fwak Animation. They are currently working on Season 3 of Mucha Lucha. The Mucha Lucha series screens on the Cartoon Network at 11.30am on Saturdays and on Channel 9 at 6.30am on Sundays in Australia. They have also just completed a 1/2 hour pilot for Cosmic Baby and are also developing new TV series projects. They moved from Sydney to L.A. in September last year to work at Warner Bros. Interview. Gallery.

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
Kirsten Lowe visited Wellington, New Zealand recently and took a few photos around town. Photos were taken 24-29th January 2004. There were a number of Lord of the Rings sculptures found around the city including: Gollum at the airport, the Cave troll in Civic Square, Nazgul + Rider on top of the Readings Cinema, Courtenay Place and more...
View images at: http://www.chaosgeneration.com/gallery/kirsten/wellington

BARILOCHE, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
"The second refuge was just as nice - Refugio San Martin, no electricity so candles were lit at night. Everybody staying there had done the 8 hour hike and climbed the two mountain passes in order to get there... We definately earned the dinner and the red wine that night!.." Read about the Bariloche adventure at: http://www.chaosgeneration.com/travel/danijel/bariloche.htm

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
Keith McInnes writes about his trip to St Petersburg, Russia.
"We were feeling a little uneasy to say the least when we started to head into the boonies and the mass collection of ex-Soviet monolithic apartment blocks where the roads have just a few potholes and the locals were eyeing us off..."
Keith also took a number of photos of St Petersburg. Read the story and view the photos at: http://www.chaosgeneration.com/travel/keith/st_petersburg.htm

AGILEBRAIN.COM
http://www.agilebrain.com
Agilebrain.com is a 'Journal of Business Innovation'. It features lots of interesting articles and interviews with well known business/management strategists and theorists, including Clayton Christensen and Seth Godin. Blurb on their 'About us' page says: "We'll look at innovation as it applies to strategy, business models, products, services, people, supply chain, customer experience/relationships, IT systems, marketing, outsourcing, and process management.

THE BIG SQUEEZE
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/31/1075340890745.html
This article in the SMH talks about the rise of the fresh juices and smoothie bar businesses in Australia. The article tells the story of Janine Allis founding Boost Juice, and Scot McNamara founding Viva Juice. It mentions that Allis was featured in the BRW magazine's Young Rich list, estimated to be worth $14 million...

HOW WE STARTED (AND GREW) OUR FIRM: 4 DESIGNERS TELL WHAT THEY DIDN'T LEARN IN SCHOOL
http://www.agda.asn.au/dm/studios/HowWe.html
This article is on AGDA (Australian Graphic Design Association) website. Four design firms talk about their experiences in starting a business, getting clients, marketing and running their firms and more. The four firms featured are: 1. Bløk Design, Toronto, 2. UP Design, Montclair, New Jersey, 3. Bennett Peji Design, San Diego, California, and 4. Phinney/Bischoff Design House, Seattle, Washington.

ENTRIES CLOSE APR 15: NATIONAL
THE STATE OF DESIGN FESTIVAL 2004: DESIGN 2004 EXHIBITION AND AWARDS

The centrepiece of the State of Design Festival will be the Design 2004 Exhibition, to be held at Melbourne Museum from 28 July to 17 October.

The exhibition will highlight Australian contemporary design excellence and innovation in all disciplines, including: architecture, interior and exhibition design, graphic design, landscape and urban design, digital and multimedia design, industrial and product design, fashion and textile design, jewellery design, and any permutation of these.

To be judged by a panel of design professionals, all projects selected for the Design 2004 Exhibition will be eligible for the Design 2004 Awards offering $60,000 in award prizes and featuring the Victorian Premier’s Design Award.

Professional and newly-established designers are eligible to enter the Design 2004 Exhibition according to the terms outlined in the Call for Entries Kit.

The Call for Entries kit will be available from 10 February 2004. Register your interest via this website. Entries close 15 April 2004.
W: http://www.designfestivalaustralia.com

JAN 6 - MAR 14: SYDNEY
SYDNEY STYLE: OBJECTS / DESIGN / IDEAS
Sydney Style will be Object’s Sydney Festival exhibition featuring innovative work by twelve of Sydney’s leading contemporary design and craft practitioners.

Sydney–based exhibitors include leading furniture designers, Stefan Lie and Jon Goulder, innovative lighting design duos Korban/Flaubert and bernabeifreeman, internationally renowned glass artists Edols Elliott and ceramicist Ruth McMillan, contemporary jewellers Sheridan Kennedy and Yuri Kawanabe, textile artists Liz Williamson and her former student Zoe MacDonell and fashion with an edge by Alistair Trung and the newly discovered Elvis Di Fazio.

Where: Object Gallery at the Sydney Opera House
W: http://www.object.com.au/html/galleries.html

FEB 17 - MAR 7: SYDNEY
MARION VAN DEN DRIESSCHEN - Exhibition
THE DANCE OF LIFE by Marion van den Driesschen. An exhibition of paintings and drawings.

The idea of an exhibition of paintings to celebrate the "Dance of Life"; its cycles and the symbolism 'dance' has within all cultures, has been formulating for a number of years. It seems to me that man's creative outpourings through artwork, drama, story-telling, dance and music reflect the 'dance of life' on all levels; physically, psychologically and spiritually.

These works are an outcome of my love for drawing the human figure, painting, dancing and music. They are the prelude to what I have called "The Dance of Life Project", an ongoing project, which will culminate with paintings, music, dance, costume and masks and who knows what else.

Where: Washhouse Gallery, 711 Darling Street, Rozelle, m.0425 248-334 or t.02-9555-5704
Gallery hours: tuesday to sunday, 8am - 4pm
W: http://www.washhousegallery.com.au

FEB 24: SYDNEY
TRACEY MOFFATT PANEL DISCUSSION
On Thursday 24 February at 6.30pm, as the Tracey Moffatt exhibition draws to an end, the MCA hosts a FREE panel discussion offering a critical appreciation of Moffatt's international stature. Panelists are Judy Annear, Senior Curator of Photography at the Art Gallery of NSW; media artist, critic and writer John Conomos; and visual artist Darren Siwes. The discussion will be chaired by Alasdair Foster, Director of the Australian Centre for Photography. Bookings essential: 02 9250 8484 or emailing MCA Education
W: http://www.mca.com.au

FEB 26: SYDNEY
ARCHITECTS TALK AT THE BUILDING BOOKSHOP
The speakers for the first talk of 2004 will be Thierry Lacoste from Lacoste + Stevenson Architects, and Alex Ritchie from Crone Nation.
W: http://www.buildingbookshop.com/talks.html

APR 6,7,8: MELBOURNE
AGIDEAS 2004 FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE EVENT - Conference
Draw motivation and design inspiration from a three day journey through the creative endeavours of some of the world's leading talents. Speakers include: Simon Waterfall - UK, Mike Finch - Australia, Skolos/wedell - USA, Tom Bodkin - USA, Manfred Wang- Taiwan, Delaware - Japan, Susumu Endo - Japan, Garry Emery - Australia and many more.
Where: Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne, Victoria.
W: http://www.agideas.net

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