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the heARTful travellers :: New York City
Next April 2011, The Heartful Travellers lead by iscd Founding Director Prue Royle, will venture to the Big Red Apple, New York City.
Touring from 18-25 April 2011.
Some highlights will include...
• Luxuriate in the magnificent 5 Star Westin Hotel and Spa
• Ignite your creativity in a workshop and dinner with artist, designer and author Kim Parker
• Discover new contemporary galleries with international art curator Margaret Mathews Berenson
• Indulge in a champagne breakfast and private fashion presentation at Saks Fifth Avenue
• Visit vibrant Harlem and experience a spine tingling Gospel Ceremony
• Delve behind the scenes of a Broadway musical by meeting the cast
• Wine and Dine to hot jazz at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at the Time Warner Centre
• Give back with a visit to ‘Foster Pride’, a community arts program for foster children.
Level 5, 99 Mount St, North Sydney or call our Tour Manager, Pam McMurtry on 0448 440 590 or visit the heARTful travellers website
Book Your Seat Here!
DESIGNER RUGS EVOLVE – PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD VOTING ENDS FRIDAY 26 NOVEMBER
iscd is extremely excited to have 3 Alumni in the Top 25 of the inaugural Designer Rugs EVOLVE competition.
Open to full time professional architects, interior designers or interior design industry professionals in Australia and New Zealand, EVOLVE offered the opportunity to design a rug for inclusion in Designer Rug’s ID COLLECTION 2010/2011.
Jo Mitton, Robyn Hammond and Patricia Castagnet are all in the running for the Peoples Choice Award with voting closing this Friday (26 November).
To vote, email your favourite rug design to-
(Don’t forget to include the designer name in the subject line and your contact details in the body of the email).
All voters in the People’s Choice Award will go into the draw to win $1,000 worth of prizes.
Congratulations Jo, Robyn and Patricia on this wonderful achievement.
iscd Student Graduation Evenings :: RIPE
Every July and December the International School of Colour and Design is proud to celebrate it's students latest accomplishments.
Two hundred graduates from the Foundation and Diploma courses put their hard work on show through the Ripe Exhibition. iscd has watched its students transform from timid first timers who potentially hadn't picked up a paint brush since high school, into confident colourists and designers.
The excited chatter from studio sessions, the infectious buzz from in and out the campus doors as final works are submitted. Making life long friends whilst travelling on their creative journey, the iscd 2010 End of Year Graduates will be greatly missed around the campus.
Some taking a brave leap into their new careers in the creative industry, others filled to the brim with creative inspiration and fulfilment. Come celebrate, share & experience the excitement this December as the RIPE Exhibition continues from 8 December 2010 to 21 January 2011.
Congratulations & good luck to iscd's 2010 End of Year Graduates!
Inspiration :: Music and Sound Design for your desk
iscd has always got its eyes open for inspiring and thought provoking multi-media to share with its 'Design Hub' community, such as this video by Aaron Trinder found via Vimeo.
Desk - Music and Sound Design from Aaron Trinder Film:Motion:Music on Vimeo.
design@salt :: iscd is visiting Northern NSW!
This November you will find iscd exploring the Northern regions of its home state NSW.
Founding Director Prue and her team will be visiting the Northern Rivers Region of Kingscliff to present an informative, creative and fun workshop, Day with a Designer.
Also on offer is her recent Tomorrowland Trend Seminar, forecasting colour and design trends for 2011/2012.
To find out more on the school, Prue will also be hosting an Information Session on the schools history, its courses and philosophy.
Find out more here.
Student Profile :: Inside Out Magazine showcases Sonya Marish
This months Christmas issue of Inside Out Magazine showcases iscd Distance Education Student Sonya Marish and her beautiful Northern NSW home.
Federal local designer and fan of the Global Twist colour palette is Sonya Marish of Jantana Interiors. She began studying at iscd through distance education in 2009 to assist her further develop her business and has not looked back.
“I feel that my creative side has been completely re-sparked after years of being stifled” Sonya says. “The iscd community is so warm and inspiring with such knowledgeable educators who have supported me wholeheartedly on my personal journey. I am thoroughly enjoying all aspects of the course and already see the benefit it is having on my business"
Read the original article on our Media and Press page, along with other similar stories profiling just a few of iscd's extraordinary community!
So you want to be a Stylist?!
Here at the International School of Colour and Design, we strive to offer our students and alumni the best possible opportunities. Always having a keen eye open for the latest career boosting chances for Industry exposure... such as the following two newly released competitions!
1. The search for Australia’s best renovator!
The Renovators is an ambitious new television project from the creators of Masterchef Australia. We are holding a nation-wide hunt to find the one person who can prove they are the most talented renovator of all.
Applicants must be ready to roll up your sleeves and dedicate up to six months of your life towards proving you are the best in the nation. We are looking for men and women, aged 18 and above, who have home renovation experience and are ready for a life-changing experience.
The chosen individuals will take on rundown homes, with the aim being to make as much profit as you can in a short space of time through clever renovation. As well as the home makeover, contestants must fight for survival in the competition, through an epic series of additional building and design challenges.
Just one renovator will emerge victorious in this historic winner-takes-all competition.
Apply today at www.therenovators.net.au
2. Showcase your home in the pages of Inside Out Magazine!
Inside Out has been celebrating inspiring homes with heart for over a decade and now it’s your turn to share how you would like to express your own interior flair.
Inside Out is partnering up with Wattyl and iscd to launch their first ever interior design competition. They are after some examples of original, smart and vibrant homes – if this perfectly describes the very place you live in, we suggest you enter!
If you win, you end up the lucky recipient of a prize pool worth over $8,500.00, including an iscd Certificate IV in Design (CUV40303) Foundation Course and a $1,000.00 voucher for Wattyl Paints – PLUS, your home will be featured in Inside Out Magazine!
For more details, see the latest issue of Inside Out Magazine or visit the competition website.
iscd is extremely proud to offer one of its most renowned courses to the lucky winners. Inside Out and iscd along with Wattyl, have long been associates. Students and alumni being avid subscribers of the magazine and Wattyl Paints hosting a Graduation Award for the iscd Colour Design Diploma.
We look forward to seeing some of our Design Hub members in the runnings to win!
GOOD LUCK!
Spring has Sprung @ iscd
This week the International School of Colour and Design has marked the first week of Spring by decorating its Studios with the sweet smell of Orchids, Prunis Blossoms, Lillies and more.
When searching for true colour in it's most harmonious form, you cant look past Nature.
An inspiring scene for the change of weather in Sydney, introduced directly from the outdoors.
Styled with hessian cloth and decorative Japanese paper, the iscd Interior Styling team have created quite a spectacle and brought a freshness to the creative spaces that are the iscd Studios.
Deep Reds, Bright Purples, Glistening Golds... open your eyes to the colours around you. Be inspired.
Happy Spring! from the iscd Team