Confidence

With the year beginning, and everyone’s holiday season blending slowly but surely into the ‘time to get going’ mode, I’d like to thank the media for giving us all something to worry about.

Yes, we’re in a major financial crisis. A big one. But we’re all in it together. No-one is really exempt except perhaps the good people who work in health care. We all have to deal with the financial crisis, and it’s up to all of us to be confident about the future and confident that we can take 2009 from being a no hope year into a year that we all said ‘bugger that, we’re going to make the most out of a bleak situation’. That’s what it’s all about. Every fat cat out there, cutting jobs and trying to make a profit for investors needs to realise that everyone is in it together and by them taking massive cuts in the business, and making the the little guy redundant, they’re increasing the risk of everyone having a bad year.

Today I’ve had 3 people in looking for work. I don’t have a heap to give away, even to the girl that comes in already, but I’m going to share it even if I can manage to do it myself.

We’re all in this together folks. Kick it in the nads and have a gutsy 2009.

T…

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ClickGreen - join it.

A short post for those who are multitasking - watching economies fail AND environments.

I’d be pretty sure that 1 very much influences the other, we know that financial gain often comes at the risk of environmental disaster. So here’s a conscientious little project which doesn’t take much effort, but enables advertisers to tell people about their business while helping to plant trees.

http://www.clickgreen.com.au/

Signup to ClickGreen and they send you an email most days. You click on the ad in the email and they give you 1 carbon offset point - enough to offset your days carbon emmisions. Click on 17 ads, and they plant a new tree for you.

Easy peezy, and more valuable than the $1000 that granny’s getting tonight!!

T…

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we welcome… Bombora

I guess when you own a record label you automatically are a cool cat. The guys at Bombora records promote the cool, easy guys we wish we could be more like - surf musicians. We’ve started doing a bit of design and online animation and multimedia stuff for them. Check out the Pico site, and the Tribute to Lobby Loyde, Billy Thorpe, and Pete Wells.

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we welcome… Veronika!!

Veronika walked in a few weeks ago, told us she was in Oz for a few months on a traveling holiday, and said she was looking to learn more about web design.

She rocked on her first little job, taking it away and impressing us with her keen attitude and friendly ways. She’s also got more software skills than you can point a stick at. So we took her on to help us when we needed.

So if you’re in our studio, say hey to Veronika. She’s cool.

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we welcome… Neller

We’ve just advised on and reskinned Neller’s massive online HR application ‘Preceda’. It included a full product analysis and brand report, redesigning the interface to fit more than 400 pages, illustrating 167 icons, and a new logo to promote the app.

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Scary new copyright laws?

By now many of you are already informed about the proposed Orphan Works Act being introduced to the U.S. house and senate. For those unaware, this legislation, if enacted, can effectively undermine and dismantle your existing copyright protection.

Currently, copyright is granted the moment a work is created. This new Orphan Works legislation proposes a change in U.S. copyright that would (indirectly) require artists, illustrators, photographers, and any creative individual to actively maintain and defend their copyright by registering each and every work with privatized registrars. Failure to do so would leave everything you’ve ever created as an artist up for grabs by anyone who wanted to copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, or flat out steal your work since the act defines an “orphan work” as any work where the author is unidentifiable or unlocatable, and applies to both published and unpublished works, U.S. and foreign, regardless of age.

This is completely contradictory with international copyright standards and is ethically, logistically, and financially bonkers.

The two bills are S.2913, the Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 and H.R.5889, the Orphan Works Act of 2008. Markup of the Bentley bill is this Thursday, May 15, and it’s not too late to voice your concerns.

Taking action to prevent this from happening is not only vital, but incredibly easy. U.S. citizens, simply fill out one of these templates provided by the Illustrators Partnership and your opposition will automatically be e-mailed to your members of Congress.

Non-U.S. citizens can simply FAX these letters to the various U.S. agencies’ numbers provided.

This affects all of us, so I encourage you to educate yourself with the facts. For more information, I’d recommend listening to this eye-opening interview (MP3) with Illustrator Brad Holland, who describes in detail the effect this legislation will have on artists.

The Illustrators’ Partnership of America has plenty more information on the Oprhan Works Act, how it affects you, and what you can do to fight it.

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stickypic.com.au launches!!

We are very proud to launch Stickypic to the world market!

Take a stand against boring doorways and empty walls and brighten up your life with a Stickypic. Our vinyl artworks are simple to apply and painless to remove. They are durable and will enhance any flat surface inside or outside your home.

Why not put one on your door? Our summer 09 range has been specifically designed to look great inside the rectangular frame of a doorway and is now available online at www.stickypic.com.au

Choose from geometric and optical patterns, nature-inspired scenes or whimsical elements, then simply peel, stick and enjoy! It’s that easy to transform your living or work environment.

Stickypics will adhere to any flat surface. They are also waterproof, so get creative and try one on your shower screen, window or external door.

If you prefer not to apply your Stickypic we can arrange professional installation.

The team behind Stickypic
We here at Stickypic are a bunch of experienced illustrators, designers, photographers and industry professionals delivering commercial decorative concepts into the hands of creative domestic consumers.

Our philosophy is to nurture Australian creative talent through development, production and marketing of design and art-based products.

We are proud of our high production quality and are committed to designing and manufacturing
our products in Australia.

For media enquiries get in touch at: info@stickypic.com.au or call Frances on 0411 411 094.

Or download our media kit from: www.stickypic.com.au/media.php

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New branding for Bay Cottage

We are proud to have helped Scot and Rosie with their new branding for Bay Cottage, Palm Beach. A beautiful place to stay and an amazing photographic location, look out for the business collateral we developed and check out the website here www.baycottagepalmbeach.com.au

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In this day and age…

We empathise with any client who is feeling the push and pull of these uncertain times, we would like you to know that when the going gets tough, we are here to help you pull through.

Regards

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we welcome… Jamberoo Native Nursery

 

Jamberoo logo, designed by us!

 

We have been asked by Jamberoo Native Nursery to help pitch some exciting eco friendly plant ideas to Bunnings, what a beautiful project to work on and fingers crossed to Kate & Geoff in the pitch.

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