A Digital Future for Graphic Design?

Picture the screenwriters: they're brainstorming up the new Genghis Khan biopic and need some way to make the infamous 13th century Mongolian conqueror...

We've been picking and mixing since we were kids. Back then, one of the best pick 'n' mix(es) was at Target. This was when the concept of 'paying by weight'...

The summer release of WEIRDO RIPPERS saw No Age bring together a collection of songs that had spanned five independently released EPs,as kind of an introduction...

Jeffrey Eugenides knows about love. Dave Eggers, the ‘Bono of lit', knew that Jeffrey knew about love, and asked him to compile a book of love stories...

Finally, The Presets are damn near back on home shores and, to prevent frostbite after a stint in northern England, they’ve prepared a mix tape...

Finally, a skincare brand that shuns petro-chemicals, artificial fragrances, sulfates and a whole bunch of other nasty crap. REN's holistic approach...

If you know the world is going to explode in a fiery Armageddon, and feel that before you depart this mortal realm, you must take one last opportunity...

Cartoonist James Kochalka has written/drawn at least three of my favourite comics ever (his best work is probably his SKETCHBOOK DIARIES, where he...

When Incu's city store shut down two weeks ago, we fell to our knees, threw our arms to the heavens and pleaded to the goddess of style - who we imagine...

Chloe suffered the jeering nonsense of wowser conservatism when she sailed to Melbourne in 1880. Generations have since filtered out such prudery. Not...

Electronic music can get predictable. To hold an audience's attention, it helps if you douse yourself in fake blood and put on a theatrical live show...

Do you shower with a bucket? Maybe you separate plastics from paper? Or use the same bathwater after your partner/spouse/flatmate?

Our environmental...

Self-publishing has changed a bit since 1819, when Barron Field produced FIRST FRUITS OF AUSTRALIAN POETRY for the ‘enjoyment' of his mates. The...

Pleasant, cute and edifying are not words used to describe the work of Adam Cullen. Garish, puerile and grotesque are closer to the mark. So it's no...

If the word 'awesomest' was an illustration (or even a word) then it would be illustrated by Shaun Tan. Tan is the king of Australian book illustration...

There is a lot to be said for ‘above awning retail’. This is because, for one, there is always a view. And for two, traversing a flight of...

The Japanese snapped the skill of artful box lunches many moons ago. All hail obento! Nestled amongst World Square's culinary cruise is Miso - soon to...

Meet Kenji Kawakami, designer, pathological mail-order enthusiast and author of this book. Kawakami is the founder of Chindogu, the art of the 'unuseless'...

Foot fetishes are weird. And those that truly appreciate feet know that they are best covered by an awesome pair of sneakers. Melbourne made magazine...

After being greeted at the counter by surely the cutest of all deities, Ganesh the Hindu elephant god of arts and sciences, this is the place to try some...