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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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.
Painting with light
by Jo Spurling on 22 Apr 10
Queen Elizabeth reclines on a giant chessboard, while Lady MacBeth wipes the blood from her hands – anything is possible through the camera lens of Alexia Sinclair, writes Jo Spurling.
Bunny & The Bull
by Jo Spurling on 20 Apr 10
The Withnail & I for 2010 eh? Jo Spurling checks out film Bunny & The Bully, from the director of The Mighty Boosh.
Neither Fish nor Fowl
by Jo Spurling on 10 Feb 10
I’m always drawn in by an unusual name but especially one that uses an idiom that doesn’t really make sense. Brooklyn-based design agency, Neither Fish nor Fowl, doesn’t disappoint. Why not a fish? Why not a fowl? I’m intrigued and maybe a bit baffled, but bedazzled by their bright and simplistic works of art. At [...]
House of Meggs
by Jo Spurling on 10 Feb 10
Not being able to wield a spray can for anything other than adding hairspray to my immaculately styled fringe I often find myself stopping to admire the handywork of Melbourne’s many talented and often ignored artists. While the debate rages about whether or not graffiti is a legitimate art form or simply vandalism I prefer [...]
These are mine Chuck
by Jo Spurling on 10 Feb 10
Remember the day you got your first pair of Chuck Taylor’s – You didn’t want to take them off huh?
A little bit wonderful
by Jo Spurling on 09 Feb 10
There is something compelling about the work of Robin Eley. It’s not simply the political or iconic content that seems to pervade a large percentage of his commissioned work, or the wonderful way he views our relationship with the world around us in some of his self-promotional pieces. There is just something eerily captivating about [...]
Introducing Mister Alan Kerr
by Jo Spurling on 08 Feb 10
Whenever I discover someone like Alan Kerr, whose creative abilities seemingly know no bounds, I instantly feel that twinge of jealousy that belongs especially to those of us bound by words alone. My sad little stick figures cut a rather pathetic swathe next to the illustrations and animations direct from the creative mind of Mister [...]
Style in motion
by Jo Spurling on 03 Feb 10
Jo Spurling speaks with fashion photographer Hamish Ta-mé about his latest project and capturing b-boys in action.
Karl Kwasny
by Jo Spurling on 01 Feb 10
Jo Spurling speaks to illustrator extraordinaire Karl Kwasny.
Who’s making all that noise?
by Jo Spurling on 27 Jan 10
Rachel Peachey of Racket lets us peek inside their creative space.
Lord of the CGI
by Jo Spurling on 27 Jan 10
Jake Lee speaks to us about getting his foot in the door and working on some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters.
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