Jo Spurling is the Editor of Desktop magazine, Australia’s most recognised, platform-independent design and digital culture information source. Jo likes nothing more than to spend hours living, breathing and stalking all things design, graphics and art related. Jo spends any spare time she may have working on her personal project missblimey.com. Say hello to her here.
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Writers in design
by Jo Spurling on 12 Jul 10
Steven Heller and Lita Talarico are keynote speakers at ‘Optimism’ the Icograda Design Week Conference hosted by AGDA 14-15 October in Brisbane.
AGDA Student Awards
by Jo Spurling on 12 Jul 10
The AGDA Student Awards were established as part of the AGDA National Awards program to recognise the excellent work produced within the education context…
10th AGDA National Biennial Awards
by Jo Spurling on 12 Jul 10
2010 marks 10 years of the AGDA National Biennial Awards. This awards program honours creative excellence and is widely acknowledged as one of the premier events on the Australian design calendar.
Four Goals for Promoting Urban Cycling
by Jo Spurling on 30 Jun 10
Four Goals for Promoting Urban Cycling
Chris Bangle: The Future of Personal Mobility
by Jo Spurling on 30 Jun 10
Chris Bangle: The Future of Personal Mobility
SECRET WARS LIVE ART BATTLE
by Jo Spurling on 11 Jun 10
Kate Kendall of Autumn:01 goes in search of the phenomenon that is the Secret Wars!
Dennis Hopper and The New Hollywood
by Jo Spurling on 07 Jun 10
In light of the recent loss of Hollywood legend Dennis Hopper, Desktop takes a look at some of his photographic work that was recently exhibited at ACMI.
Monsters, Ghouls & Melancholy Misfits
by Jo Spurling on 21 May 10
To coincide with Tim Burton: The Exhibition, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image presents Monsters, Ghouls & Melancholy Misfits.
Photography Book Now Competition 2010
by Jo Spurling on 21 May 10
What if we told you that you could win $25,000 USD just for creating your very own photo book – sounds pretty good right?
Adobe challenge Apple… again
by Jo Spurling on 14 May 10
I’m not sure if you have been following the hullabaloo that’s been going on for some time now between Adobe and Apple, but it seems that this stand off isn’t over just yet.
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