calling all sunshine coast (aus) designers 1515 Responses

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• ae

  Anyone else finding a lack of design culture on the coast?

  Nov 4, 09, 2:58 p.m. – Permalink

• Meeklo

  I don't live in Australia, but I'm going to put my chips on:

  "you probably have not searched well enough"

  

  • < he went "all in"– version31/4

    well, statistically there is very little risk on this one :)– Meeklo2/4

    that's what she said!– Point53/4

    ba da bum– version34/4

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 3:02 p.m. – Permalink

• RIZ

  well, I guess it would help if there was actually any sort of 'cultural hub' on the Sunshine Coast... I mean it's essentially a tourist / holiday area... So why would you expect there to be any design culture outside of Brisbane or the Gold Coast? You need businesses and commerce to encourage design culture...

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 3:04 p.m. – Permalink

• ae

  my guess is that there are heaps of creatives here... more than we all know, but nothing to facilitate coming together unless heading to larger cities. In response to Meeklo - the sunny coast is too small to miss something ;)

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 3:08 p.m. – Permalink

• version3

  http://twitter.com/aust_infront

  • < all your answers are belong to them– version31/4

    the forums are a shadow of what they used to be– enfocusmedia2/4

    about to relaunch– forcetwelve3/4

    Good to hear– enfocusmedia4/4

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 3:09 p.m. – Permalink

• ribit

  there must be a fair bit of graphic design going on with surfing and entertainment stuff?
  (*thinks about Mooloolaba beach front strip, tries to remember any good design at all)
  or maybe not.

  • A lot of tourism stuff is outsourced to Bris. Surf industry stuff to the Goldie– enfocusmedia

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 3:11 p.m. – Permalink

• ae

  Hat off to AustralianInFront - those guys were pushing design communities back with DesignIsKinky. We need more of that outside Sydney / Melbourne.

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 3:13 p.m. – Permalink

• MrT

  I find it hard to imagine finding much of that around the Sunshine Coast.

  There's more culture in the average yoghurt.

  • well to be fair, surrounded by sun, surf, hot chick and great drugs, + the heat, would you bother?– airey1/9

    come on now... it is worth doing something else... 30 years of that becomes a drag...– ae2/9

    hey, i'm not doing it, just putting the different view out there! i'm pale (read: transparent) and overweight so the beach is out.– airey3/9

    and stopped smoking pot when i turned 20. hasn't made me any happier though.– airey4/9

    There's more 'culture' on the SC than the GC. Hence the wave of melbournians...– enfocusmedia5/9

    ...skipping the GC for their seachange and heading straight to Noosa– enfocusmedia6/9

    Noosa is its own sphere as well... the sunshine beach strip has a vibe.– ae7/9

    Of course, you assumed this was a negative post. Culture just means overpriced coffee and shit art. COME ON!!!!!– MrT8/9

    Haha, nah... you can get that on the GC lol– enfocusmedia9/9

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 3:16 p.m. – Permalink

• ae

  damn you folks in new york, london & tokyo!

  • so, move someplace else ya whinging fucker.– airey1/2

    it is about bringing culture to somewhere it is not... and finding likeminded people. I have been there and done that in the big city life - don't get me wrong... but wanting to see who is on the coast mixing it up on qbn.– ae2/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 5:20 p.m. – Permalink

• Zenith_Kudos

  The only design culture I can imagine there is print shops, housed in ugly hinterland industrial strips, peopled by young surfer dudes who don’t care about design or culture.

  • Haha, you're not far off the mark– enfocusmedia

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 5:30 p.m. – Permalink

• airey

  some surf and skate design culture is awesome.

  and zenith was a fan of glam metal bands (read: warrant etc) and leather pants in the day so take his and my opinions at a distance!

  • solid advice.– Zenith_Kudos1/3

    my first cd was milli vanilli. i shit you not. that and u2 joshua tree on high rotation. yes, i am tool hear me work.– airey2/3

    I was hard into the goth before I got in hair-metal. I’m back into the goth again.– Zenith_Kudos3/3

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 5:33 p.m. – Permalink

• enfocusmedia

  I ended my last 'design' role on the Sunny Coast about a yr ago. If I didn't have any online collabs happenning in Syd/Goldy/Bris/Melbs it would have been a lonely time.

  The job was rewarding bc I was working with a non-profit org but I did feel my creative juices dry up big time. I'm now working in Shanghai in a non 'design' role and feeling those creative urges come back again. Funny how life works...

  Anyways, I hope the creative ppl on the Sunny Coast get together and make something happen. The 'problem' with living in a such a beautiful place is that 'work' is not always the greatest priority...

  As if I'm going to be thinking about a design brief when a good swell is hitting Noosa ;)

  • by 'non design' role, do you mean rub-and-tug masseuse?– airey1/4

    i hear that. no swell today - hence the post...– ae2/4

    Guess we all know what airey did during his stay in China– enfocusmedia3/4

    Soooo.... how much?– NotByHand4/4

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 6:24 p.m. – Permalink

• forcetwelve

  i agree with you enfocus - up there life/work balance is different to that of melb/sydney - and for good reason. what are you doing in shanghai?

  • Had a bit of career change - I'm now teaching at an International School.– enfocusmedia

  

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  Dog-earNov 4, 09, 7:20 p.m. – Permalink

• ali

  You should start some....

  

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  Dog-earNov 5, 09, 1:58 a.m. – Permalink

• antoine_101

  i grew up there (noosa), and moved away as soon as i could. no culture and a few too many racist chavs/bogans

  • ah the joys of beachside living.– ae1/2

    yeah, it's a tough one. There are still plenty of good peoples tho...– enfocusmedia2/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 5, 09, 2:05 a.m. – Permalink

• ae

  ali - spot on bro. trying to get a crew together. new event called popup on friday 13th nov. http://popup.v-a.com.au - should be fun.

  • Onya ae... AIF and DIK are successful bc they had a sim dream to yours.– enfocusmedia1/2

    cheers bro. nice studio you got going. had a quick look.– ae2/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 5, 09, 1:33 p.m. – Permalink