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We’re getting involved with Analogue/Digital this year. It’s right around the corner, in fact it’s even closer than that – it’s this coming Friday and Saturday. They’ve completely sold out (of regular seats) – but they’re in the process of cramming a few more in. So if you’re still interested you better get clicking.

We’re also thrilled to be part of a Masterclass at Impressworks on the Gold Coast. We’ll be taking a bunch of people through the process of designing for letterpress, setting up artwork to print, and letterpress printing.

It’s going to be wild fun, informative and inspirational as you can see from the program for the conference, below. If we don’t see you at the workshop or the conference then we’ll catch you at the after party!

DAY ONE (FRIDAY)

Seasion 1:
10:00am – 11:30am
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A/D Artist Session (1)
Bec Winnel
Luke Lukas

Session 2:
11:45am – 13:15pm
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The future of print.
Cambell Milligan
Myki Slonim

Session 3:
14:00pm – 16:00pm
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Brisbane’s Finest
Dan Pike (The Letter D)
Kevin Finn (TheSumOf)
Ben Johnston (Josephmark)

Session 4:
16:15pm – 5pm
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Keynote Presentation
Askew TMD MSK

DAY TWO (SATURDAY)

Seasion 5:
10:00am – 11:30am
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The Next Generation
Loretta Lizzio
Fuzeillear
Sticks & Stones
Isobel Badin

Session 6:
11:45am – 13:15pm
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Boutigue Agencies – Plus
Simon & Jenna Hipgrave (The Hungry Workshop)
Toby (Just Another)

Session 7:
14:00pm – 16:00pm
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A/D Artist Session (2)
Skount
Rone
Fintan Magee

Session 8:
16:15pm – 5pm
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Keynote Presentation
Dan Milnor

A/D After Party / Stupid Krap Re-Launch:

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Art and live appearances by:
Beastman
Numskull
Ben Frost
Askew
Bec Winnel
Fintan Magee

We’re very excited to be involved with this project put together by Marcus Dixon – who you might remember from some of our past collaborations (he is part of Malade Pathetics).  As the poster suggests, Upfront is a celebration of t-shirt art and culture. The line up is crazy good – with the likes of Numbskull, French, our buddies Andrew Fairclough and Michael Danischewski plus a bunch of other talented artists, like this funny bloke Justin Hager.

There’ll be screen prints, shirts and booze so if you’re around Newcastle way, make sure to get along to Curve Gallery at 37 Watt St, Newcastle – and check out the event on Facebook.

Today marks the first day of our first full time addition to The Hungry Workshop team. Adam Flannery is a skilled letterpress craftsman with a design background to boot. He will join us in all manner of projects right through from answering design briefs through to perfecting their execution on the press.

He’s a Newcastle native, who has relocated here via Sydney so he’s come a long way to our fine city of Melbourne. So if you bump into him on the street be sure to be sure to give him a warm welcome. You can also say hello to him on twitter or  drop him an email.

We are now fielding new internship applications for 2013. While the program is relatively similar to last time, the application process has changed a little so please read carefully:

The Hungry Workshop is looking to fill a three-month internship role starting February 2013.

We’re not your average design studio. We are a studio specialising in crafted executions of conceptual design through letterpress. Design is communication, and letterpress is an expressive, commercial scale printmaking tool.

As well as assisting us with our design projects such as branding, packaging, promotional pieces and stationery, through your internship you’ll be exposed to our collaborators: other leading creative individuals, design studios, illustrators and agencies. We curate exhibitions and create our own paper products for retail, so you’ll also need a penchant for self-initiated, experimental studio projects.

You’ll be working with us on all aspects of our output, including but not limited to:

• Print production and finishing (punching, folding and packing products/stationery)
• Mixing ink, cutting paper and other letterpress printing related tasks
• Finished art, preparing files for output, colour separations and proofing
• Research, concept and design for studio and client projects

Who are you?

You’re an all rounder. Being a small studio, we are all hands on deck, all the time. You’re independent. You have incredible attention to detail. You’re quick on your feet, able to take direction but also work without much. Someone called you pedantic once and you took it as a compliment. You have a quick wit and an unhealthy sense of humour. Your head is full to the brim with ideas and you can articulate them clearly when one slips out. You’re highly skilled in the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator. You’re a positive person. A design zealot that is passionate about paper, print and colour. And, you are cooking up an awesome side project at the moment.

Is that you?

• Email your cover letter, along with your resume and/or additional materials to intern@thehungryworkshop.com.au with the subject line: ‘The Hungry Intern’.

While we love paper and adore our postman (especially when he has bundles of packages in his arms for us) please refrain from sending us items you might want back. We did a terrible job of returning things last time.

This coming Sunday we are getting involved in the madness that is Markit @ Fed Square. If you are looking for a little something for someone special this Christmas it will be a perfect opportunity. Perhaps a limited edition letterpress print, lovingly hand-printed on our Asbern Proof Press and discounted for the festive season? Maybe a set of fluroescent Aerograms or cosy Flanno Cards? We’ll also have a few brand spanking new Christmas card designs available (including two very risqué typographic executions from Calligraphuck) so you can stock up and spread lots of Christmas cheer.

Last Friday night we went along to the Desktop Create Awards, and boy did we have a good time. We had a few of our letterpress projects from the last year shortlisted – The Finders Keepers in the illustration category, Into The Rabbit Hole and The Flanno Cards in the print commercial category. And we were pretty stoked when our letterpress Board for NGV got up on the big screen for Highly Commended in the print creative category.

It’s all exhibitions all week here in the workshop. We’ve also popped a piece in the post for the Look See exhibition happening in Newcastle alongside the ripping Look Hear creative conference festival. And it looks like it’s going to be the best one yet! NSW people should very much get along. Apparently the train ride from Sydney to Newy is spectacular, not to mention the schedule of events:

We’ve very quietly updated our website. There’s still a few tweaks that need to happen but we already think it’s a vast improvement over the old one. Especially now that we can put our blog posts away from the work. Not only that, it’s a responsive design so it should work really nicely on your tablet, phone and desktop!

Please let us know if you spot any glaring bugs via the contact page.