AUS-ACA | Vocal Australia
Australia’s first truly National A Cappella Championship, AUS-ACA, will see the best Aussie A Cappella groups across the nation go head to head. We’re excited to announce that the following groups have been accepted as the University / League State Finalists for AUS-ACA! Bella VoceLuminescence Chamber Singers (Canberra)Mac-appella (Macquarie University) Men Of NoteSexy Pitches (Sancta Sophie College, University of Sydney)Sista! QuartetSoulfoodSydney Vocal Project**BOOK NOW Acapollo (Apollo HMS, University of Melbourne)BacchanaeThe Candystripes (Trinity College, University of Melbourne)Co-cheòlHarambeeReluctant ToastRing Of Choir (University of Melbourne)Trinity Tiger Tones (Trinity College, University of Melbourne) **BOOK NOW 3 Tarts & A DivaAdelaide Allsorts Harmony ChorusAurora (Young Adelaide Voices)The Con ArtistsFestival Statesmen Youth ChorusIn UnitateNow In Stereo**BOOK NOW STATE FINALS will be held on: NSW: Saturday 10 May, 2014. 7pm. STATE FINALS TICKETS: Limited availability.
30 Amazing 3D Art Pictures
Little color on the gray streets. A cool collection of 3d pavement/street art pictures from around the world featuring stunning creations of bizarre, funny and artistic works of arts on the streets.
A Boarding Pass Design That's So Much Better Than What We Have : All Tech Considered
In our "Weekly Innovation" blog series, we explore an interesting idea, design or product that you may not have heard of yet. Do you have an innovation to share? Use this quick form. Airports are probably the closest real-life example of purgatory. hide captionThe way they are now: One of Pete Smart's boarding passes from last month. Pete Smart When rushing around airports, the piece of paper known as a boarding pass is supposed to help get you to Point B. "It was like someone put on a blindfold, drank a fifth of whiskey, spun around 100 times, got kicked in the face by a mule ... and then just started puking numbers and letters onto the boarding pass at random," designer Tyler Thompson wrote of boarding pass design in 2010. Recently, British designer Pete Smart, who made a name for himself with his effort to solve 50 Problems in 50 Days with better human-centered design thinking, was traveling a lot — 14 international flights in two months. hide captionThe better boarding pass design.
Highly Educated, Highly Indebted: The Lives of Today's 27-Year-Olds, In Charts
A new study by the Department of Education offers up a statistical picture of young-adult life in the wake of the Great Recession. What are today's young adults really like? For those who've spent too much time gazing into the dark recesses of Thought Catalog or obsessing over "Girls," the Department of Education has a new report that offers up some enlightening answers. In the spring of 2002, the government's researchers began tracking a group of roughly 15,000 high school sophomores—most of whom would be roughly age 27 today—with the intention of following them through early adulthood. Like myself, many of those students graduated college in 2008, just in time to grab a front-row seat for the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the economic gore fest that ensued. (One important note: I've shorthanded this group as "today's 27-year-olds." 1. Ever hear someone say that "a college degree is the new high school diploma"? 2. 3. But school was easier if your mom and dad had money. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Artist's Physical Gestures Produce Beautiful Charcoal Drawings
Using just her body and a piece of charcoal, New Orleans-based performance artist Heather Hansen bends and twists in fluid motions across the surface of paper to create beautifully rough symmetrical shapes and patterns. Her captivating performances involve dance-like movements that are just as much the main focus as the final, large-scale drawings. Watching her process is a mesmerizing experience where lines emerge from her many natural, physical gestures. Hansen quotes Joseph Campbell as part of her inspiration behind her work: "The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe. Photo Credits: Spencer Hansen; David SeeligHeather Hansen's website
Pearls and Grace: The New Church Lady
Updated February 6, 2014 Beautiful friends, I wanted to thank you all for your extraordinary amounts of support and kindness with the post. He gets every ounce of glory and honor and credit. I wrote this post with the same heart. For some reason, this post resonated with you... I am amazed by Him. Thank you for sharing His words with the women in your life. I am incredibly humbled and grateful. I wrote this post with my normal readership in mind. I had no idea so many new people would read and comment. I want to try and bring understanding where I can. I am overwhelmed at the thought of our heavenly Father speaking to the hearts of His daughters through any words found on these pages. Thank you for your love, support and encouragement friends. I wanted to ask that you read the entire post before you comment. This particular testimony is a good 22 or so years old. Please remember that 22 years ago there was not a place for single mothers in the church. You were either married or single. Me too. Yes.
11 Pencil Vs. Camera Images
986 653Share10.7K Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and now living in Belgium, Ben Heine is an amazing artist who overlaps hand-drawn works of art with photos to create stunning images. I selected eleven of his Pencil Vs. Camera images from his site, but you should check out all his awesome work if you have time.
More often than not, you get what you pay for
An example of the common tabloid response to design work. Irish Water (who spent €50,000,000 on consultants in 2013 — but that’s another story) hires Dublin-based Zero-G to create a new brand identity. The Daily Mail reports the fee as “€20,000 — €5,000 per word.” Photo credit: Laura Hutton, Photocall Ireland The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) gets wind of the story and thinks Irish Water spent too much on the design, then offers an alternative. “We decided to use a cost effective micro-job website to pay an online seller to create a logo for Irish Water. But the alternative turns out to be royalty-free clipart downloaded from a stock website, which if used would inevitably lead to copyright infringement. A five second Google search finds the same icon in another company logo (albeit botched). Fair play to DIT students Emma Grattan and Derek Doyle who wrote an open letter asking the USI to stop belittling the profession they’re studying to enter. Related posts
Wind Map
An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. The wind map is a personal art project, not associated with any company. If the map is missing or seems slow, we recommend the latest Chrome browser. Surface wind data comes from the National Digital Forecast Database. If you're looking for a weather map, or just want more detail on the weather today, see these more traditional maps of temperature and wind.
This Tumblr User Shows Her Horrific Anonymous Messages In A Powerful Art Project
