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PETLAMP

PET Lamp – a project that combines the re-usability of plastic bottles with traditional weaving techniques of communities all over the world. The idea was to highlight our overuse of plastic bottles and to combat the substantial environmental effects it has on our planet whilst creating unique handmade lampshades.

It’s happening! Ligature Journal officially kicks off this month and we’d love to introduce you to our brand spanking new design team made up of students and graduates from Billy Blue, UTS and Enmore. They are a strong team of 5 – (L-R) Katherine Zhang, Emma Breen, Brigitte Greene, Celestia Sadeli and Joanna Shuen.

To get to know a little more about the team we’ve asked them a few questions…

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It’s always interesting to see where interns and junior designers end up after their first few experiences working inside a ‘real’ design studio/agency. In this series we’ll be catching up with designers and interns who have worked on various issues of Ligature Journal.

Let’s see what they’ve been up to!

Kien Quan (Creative/Content creator/Photographer) and Jillian Young (Creative/Designer)

A passion project that exploded into a worldwide movement. Made by Refugee was designed and created by Kien Quan and Jillian Young (students from Miami Ad School in the US) to remind the world of the priceless contributions that refugees have made all across the globe.

In this second post, I continue my answer to the question on every young designer’s lips, what are some good books on typography?

What are some good books on typography?

This is a question I get asked surprisingly frequently. Or not so surprising really. I get asked this because I used to be a lecturer in design—and I like teaching typography heavy subjects. I also get asked this because the magazine we publish, Ligature Journal, is run as a learning experience in editorial design for a team of design students and recent graduates. As part of that experience I am insistent, and vocal, on the importance of good typography.

Every issue of Ligature Journal has a theme, and for issue six that theme is ‘Touch’. We wanted to do more than write about touch, we wanted to literally convey the physicality of touch—to design and make an issue that was a joy to touch.

Are you a young designer a year or two out of uni? We know what it is like. Young designers graduate from the (relative) comforts of university only to disappear into the sea of, well, more designers. It is hard to find opportunities to get your names out there and your amazing talents recognised. Here at Ligature Journal, we’re all about showcasing the talents of young designers to the world.

This project might seem familiar to some of you and you’d be right! We visited Braille Bricks back in issue 2 – For Good. Learning and playing, these two things go hand in hand. But what if you could combine the two AND bridge the gap between children with and without visual impairment?