Semi-Permanent, one of the worlds leading creative events, is back in Sydney for its 11th year. The event will once again be showcasing a diverse range of talent from many creative industries with a selection of top international and Australian speakers. With side events and parties, Semi-Permanent is a not to be missed event on your yearly calendar.

Speakers include Aaron Rose, Brian Roettinger, Stab Magazine, Saturdays NYC, Finbarr O’Reilly, Sandra Dieckmann, Steve Ayson, March Studio, Paul White, Max Doyle, Beastman, Numbskull, Marty Routledge, Moving Picture Company + more to be confirmed.

Join us at the Palladium at Crown in Melbourne to celebrate the milestone 30th anniversary of the National Print Awards, and to present gold to those members of the Australian printing industry who possess “The Midas Touch” during a night of glittering fine dining and entertainment.

Create your own hand rendered characters and fonts in an intense two day workshop – Saturday 18 & 25 May.

In this introductory course, Old School will guide you through the fundamentals of signwriting technique with its resident sign writer who completed his apprenticeship at the Melbourne School of Painting and Decorating in 1970. You will then use these skills to move forward when we explore various hand techniques that will enable you to understand what the difference is between hand lettering and an alphabet.

Two sessions of six hours over two consecutive weeks plus time outside of class to develop your personal project.

To the Dutch, Design is taking action to change an existing situation into a preferred one. In the Netherlands, a low and definitely horizontal country, where millions live in a small swamp about half the size of Tasmania; where everyone contributes to keep feet, hoofs and everything else more or less dry; and where everything you can see except the wide-open sky and the sea lapping at the constructed coastline is defined and controlled by people. Every tree is considered, planned and planted, growing beautifully, an unfinished experiment in creation.

Join Bruno Herfst and Niko Spellbrink in this specialised day of design, exploring the many aspects and principles of Dutch design, as you work to solve a series of design problems from a purely Dutch perspective. Your day of hands-on Dutch design practice will introduce everything that is Dutch, including Dutch food, and Dutch Graphic Design Case Studies of a selection of designers and other well-known cultural figures. Expect a great day when you also get your two cents worth into some pretty lively discussions.