We are excited to see Studio 217 in the company of some fantastic projects in the current issue of Mezzanine magazine.
Read moreZzzz is for four more sleeps...
Well friends, here we are at the end of another year. (No, I can't quite believe it either)...
Read moreY is for Yack
Typographic design by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Let’s address the elephant in the room first, shall we?
Y is also for Yule, and in case you hadn’t noticed – perhaps, say, you have a hearing disorder which means you don’t register the sound of carols played loudly, and on heavy rotation, in every retail establishment, in which case I commend you on your evolutionary advantage – the festive season is bearing down upon us with the speed and scariness of a bullet train laden with plutonium.
Read moreX is for Xanax
Typographic design by Nicole Arnett Phillips
More than 680,000 scripts for Xanax were written in this country in 2010: one for every 32 Australians. The drug is commonly used short-term, to treat the anxiety disorders that now affect 16% of the adult population every year.
In the past decade another statistic has also been quietly growing.
Every year brings more evidence backing the importance of access to nature in supporting our mental and physical health.
Read moreW is for Water
Typographic design by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Some things work better with water: we, for example, are 60% H20.
Even though one day 440 million years ago (give or take) the first little critters and critterettes abandoned the primordial ooze to set up camp on land, water has maintained a critical role in our lives.
Read moreV is for Veg
Typographic design by Nicole Phillips
Yesterday I found myself longingly fondling some luscious long leaves of kale - show me a hipster who hasn’t.
Naturally I blame my brother.
If I hadn’t been at the great little community centre where he held his birthday party, I wouldn’t have been exposed to said kale in the adjacent community garden...
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