Archive for the ‘Rant’ Category
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Last week I was lucky enough to attend the Apartment store’s VIP Christmas event. The night featured new shirts from their own in-house label known as APTMNT, the stocking of Inventory magazine (formally known as h(y)r collective), free beer and great company. This year has really marked an evolutionary period for the store as they have graciously evolved into more of a classic, clean cut men’s street wear outlet stocking internationally renowned labels such as A.P.C., Comme des Garçons, Head Porter and the much sought after Monocle magazine.
It’s taken me a while to write this as I’ve been in hiding out in Melbourne for some much needed time off. While I was down there I couldn’t help but notice how Apartment stood tall amongst some of the best retail experiences I witnessed from down South. Whether it’s the service, the amazing fit out of the store or simply the clothes that are carefully chosen to grace the racks of this Brisbane retail gem – it truly is worth a visit.
They’ve just launched their brand new online store which is well worth checking out but if you’re in Brisbane yourself then a personal visit to the store should surely be in order.
(Check out more photos at my Flickr)
Tags: apartment, aptmnt, retail
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
I Landed a New Job!
Today marks the second day of employment at my new job with Underbrand – a branding and marketing agency based in New Farm. Yes, New Farm meaning I only have to walk past a few woolsheds to get to the office – no more traffic! My official role is ‘Creative Executive’ which means I will be working on a bit of everything – print, web, photography etc. Already I have been able to work on some really exciting projects as well as learning a lot from the very talented Craig and Christine Bridge who are responsible for giving me this amazing opportunity. My biggest challenge right now is waking my brain up - as my previous job really was more mechanical/repetitive than anything else. I’m starting to ramble now so I will continue with a few more points of interest.
Neat Espresso
It had only recently occured to me earlier on into the year that ‘oldmate’ Wil had opened up his very own cafe in Brisbane. Upon hearing this I met up with him explaining my services that could help him out and he has just recently got back to me about taking action on this. We recently did a very spontaneous photo-shoot of his shop and a few concept shots that could be used in ads,print or even to be framed and hung in the shop. Our next step is developing a simple and clean website for the shop – so far I have registered the domain and setup a simple auto-size page for now with just the logo. I’ll be meeting up with Wil this weekend to discuss the website further and possibly score more free coffee off of him as a result. Check it out so far: http://www.neatespresso.com/
Ran/Run Live at the Troubadour – This Thursday
As previously stated in my last post, the very talented duo that make up Ran/Run will be playing there first real live show at the Troubadour this Thursday. So if you’re keen on checking it out: get in contact / check out the details / I will see you there.
Wide Awake Thoughts – Blog Launch
My amazingly talented and always fashionable roommate Jess has silently launched her blog over the weekend. It features fashion/marketing/branding and all that jazz in relation to her own style, interests and Brisbane itself. It’s a little bare on content so far but she’s very quickly warming up to the concept of writing to strangers on the World Wide Web: wideawakethoughts.wordpress.com
- S L E E P – (Another exciting day at Underbrand awaits!)
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Okay, I am aware this place is starting to form cobwebs already but I’m really trying to keep it pure and only post original content that hasn’t already been regurgitated by a million other blogs. If you’re looking for some cool links and possibly to stalk my daily life you can always follow me on Twitter. Rest assured though I am working on a few showcase projects to post here – both projects that I’m involved with and local happenings worth mentioning/supporting.
In the mean time please feel free to check out my travel photos from earlier in the year when I visited some friends in Paris and London:
I got my first SLR only a couple of months before leaving and I’d have to say; exploring two of the world’s greatest cities really helped me develop a love for photography. I’m currently looking for experience and/or an internship with a professional photographer in Brisbane so please contact me if you’d like me to fetch you coffee.
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
This blog is a personal project undertaken by myself – an aspiring Brisbane based digital designer & photographer. Rest assured this blog won’t be an online journal of my (much sought after) thoughts and emotions. It will be a personal showcase of my own work, personal projects I am involved with, and work of others I think are worth mentioning and discussing. Whether it be art, design, music, fashion or plumbing – nothing is safe from my b-grade, high school English grammar.
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