Congratulations to all my diploma advertising students who received an amazing brief from Parkerville Children and Youth Care, a non-government, not for profit organisation that has been providing care and protection to children and youth in need since 1903. This 'real life' advertising pitch and campaign...

Advanced Diploma 'Just Desserts' marketing students enjoyed a review session with Mike Edmonds at Meerkats HQ today. On the table was a bunch of raw gems that Mike expertly picked through and polished. Rocks with the 'golden thread' running through. Student's were encouraged to name these...

With semester one behind us, and some excellent work produced, pinned, printed and packaged, some students went above and beyond the AQTF levels they are studying. On the walls are the Parkerville Youth and Child Care campaigns, post first round client review. Not shot professionally in a...

My diploma students undertook their first peer-review session and the comments and feedback was extremely positive. Here you can see them in action, assessing the success of a 'substitution-wit' advertising exercise for a mock Mppegg Speaker system, developed into a full page Scoop Magazine ad....

Frustrated with constantly having to clean their walls of meaningless graffiti, Robyn Rennie from Centacare Employment and Training in Maddington has asked my Creative Process diploma students to propose a creative solution to decorate and deter graffiti artists from regularly ‘tagging or bombing’ their walls. Centacare Employment and Training delivers a...

Scott Weir and I have been busy progressing the Central Institute of Technology's main stairwell design. (From the low-tech paste-ups, you can see a clear path to the completion of the project.) After some final refinements Tom and Scott are now ready to hand over the...

Students were in for an aural treat last week as Lance Skelton (From www.pinkelephant.net.au, and a judge of last years Grad Show) give a presentation on RADIO Marketing and Advertising Lance spoke candidly about his career starting out in radio and went through his process, concepting scripts and how...

My Complex Imagery students have recently completed some stunning car wrap concepts for the Wrap2theMax, design competition that showcases modern car branding. The Roland Wrap2theMax vehicle wrap design competition closed this month and students submitted seven designs. Check them out below and don't forget to...