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MAP MAGAZINE IS HIRING

Carl Lindgren — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:27:58 +0000

Digital Editorial Assistant Required // With a range of new publishing projects planned for 2012, map magazine and map creative are looking for an experienced Digital Editorial Assistant to join our passionate team. Working on various map magazine projects and for a range of map creative’s clients, you will work across our portfolio of custom-publishing projects, both print and digital. We’re looking for someone with a genuine passion for print and digital, social media and a true sense of design thinking. Experience across social media is critical. You will be responsible for listening, understanding and engaging in positive conversations with people and igniting positive word of mouth for map magazine. You will also need to have a strong grasp of spelling and grammar, as well as a creative flair and passion for writing, and be able to edit your own work and write large amounts of varied copy within tight deadlines. In return, we offer a wonderful place to work, incredible lunchtime conversations and the opportunity to work with talented people on fun ideas and projects. If you live and breathe social media, have a strong digital and editorial background, and can demonstrate both of these requirements, we’d like to chat. To apply please email your resume, ideas and portfolio to carl@mapcreative.com.au

AIR BALLET

Carl Lindgren — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:43:45 +0000

YOU CAN ALWAYS TRY READING MAP FOR SOME POSITIVE NEWS!

Carl Lindgren — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:41:10 +0000

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THANK YOU … WE’RE NEARLY THERE

Carl Lindgren — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:07:21 +0000

Just over 30 days ago we set ourselves the goal of raising $5000 to build a water well in Africa. Thanks to the kindness of 33 people and 118 map magazine advertisers we’re more than 50% of the way there. We still have $2155 to go and hope that anyone reading this can spare $5 to our water well. We have 48 days left to reach our goal to ensure the water well can be built in 2011. Once we raise our $5000, charity: water will identify the most viable project, and the actual water project preparation and construction can begin. We will keep you informed and charity:water reports the status of our water well and uploads all photos to Google Earth. Each project has a virtual plaque recognising the people that made the project possible – your name will be listed. We’re proud to do this and hope you can join in and share with us in achieving it.

Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific

Carl Lindgren — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:00:24 +0000

In October this year Brisbane will play host to an exciting new design event – Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific. Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific is a new international initiative supported by the Queensland Government to promote the value of design thinking in shaping a positive future for the Asia Pacific region. The event invites you to join them as they reveal the valuable role that design is playing in resolving complex challenges and addressing our most pressing concerns, from urbanisation, transport and food production, to health and education. Unlimited aims to create opportunities for businesses, governments, students, community groups and individuals to collaborate on common ground – as we search together for sustainable and commercially viable solutions that can positively contribute to our everyday lives. The first Unlimited event, to be held from 4–10 October 2010, is destined to excite, inspire and confront!

UNDERWATER BASE JUMP

Carl Lindgren — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:29:21 +0000

Feel like escaping underwater for four minutes? Free diving world record holder Guillaume Nery filmed this video at a place in the Bahamas called Dean’s Blue Hole, a 202 metre hole in the ocean. Stunning and mesmerising, the film evokes, beautifully, the immense silence and power of the ocean. The film reminds me of The Big Blue directed by Luc Besson – one of my all-time favourite films and one of the greatest dream movies of all time.

YOU AND YOUR HEART – JACK JOHNSON

Carl Lindgren — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:26:55 +0000

9H CAPSULE HOTEL, KYOTO

Carl Lindgren — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:58:26 +0000

Having heard so much over the years about the capsule hotels in Japan, I thought I would take the opportunity to experience one first-hand. Images of drunken ‘salary men’ that are synonymous with capsule hotels was not to be at the 9h Capsule Hotel in Kyoto. 9h is a new capsule hotel that offers luxury sleeping time in a minimum living space. The 9h Capsule Hotel and all amenities were designed by Fumie Shibata of Design Studio S, which she founded in 1994. With her team, she defined the elements necessary for a ‘minimal transit space’ in big cities in Japan. Located in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, the building itself is nine stories tall and offers 125 capsules, locker rooms, showers, and a lounge. From a design point of view the experience is spectacular. Modern graphics communicate throughout and the stark white interior adds to a rocket-like experience – you could be forgiven for thinking you were going to the moon! The capsules are extremely comfortable and clean, though a little noisy and I did wake in the morning to the person next to me snoring loudly! That aside if you’re looking for a place to sleep in Kyoto, an incredible experience and at a great price, the 9h Capsule Hotel offers a rewarding ‘capsule experience’.

SMALLEST SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, 2010

Carl Lindgren — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:37:32 +0000

map magazine’s Smallest Short Film Festival, 2010 aims to have some fun and inspire filmmakers and audiences alike, while strengthening the artistic fabric of Brisbane and its creative community. It’s time to grab your iPhone and start shooting! Robert Altman said filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes. So, here is your chance to step into some of those lives! No matter how bad the film is or how brilliant the film is, map magazine’s Smallest Short Film Festival 2010 is for every budding filmmaker out there to have some fun and unleash their creative genius. And if your film is voted ‘The best small film’ you will win an Apple iPad along with a selection of other special prizes (depending on our sponsors!).

Categories include: The best small film, The best actor in a small film, The best special effects in a small film, The best foreign language in a small film, The best original soundtrack in a small film, The best horror small film.

CL!CK: A LEGO SHORT FILM

Carl Lindgren — Thu, 06 May 2010 23:14:51 +0000

Ever wonder where big ideas come from? If you’re a fan of LEGO bricks, eureka moments, or guys with odd mustaches, you really should see this.

TEDxBrisbane REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Carl Lindgren — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:13:58 +0000

TEDxBrisbane has announced the theme of All you need is … for the 2010 TEDxBrisbane conference on at the State Library of Queensland March 6, 2010. The conference is shaping up to be an exciting day of inspirational speakers and a conference that is sure to leave you feeling inspired in the spirit of TED. There are only 260 seats available for TEDxBrisbane so if you would like to attend TEDxBrisbane, please register no later than January 31, 2010. The exciting lineup of inspirational speakers will be unveiled on February 14th, 2010.

this inspired me from the day I found out about it

Carl Lindgren — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:37:23 +0000

William Kamkwamba was born August 5, 1987 in Dowa, Malawi, and grew up on his family farm in Masitala Village, Wimbe, two and half hours northeast of Malawi’s capital city. Starting at 14, rather than accept his fate, William started borrowing books from a small community lending library located at his former primary school. He borrowed a 5th grade American textbook called Using Energy, which depicted a wind turbine on its cover … the rest of his story is amazing!

the power of ordinary

Carl Lindgren — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:46:34 +0000

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB70mWXrzEE[/youtube]

Could you live in a 3m x 3m box?

Carl Lindgren — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:37:54 +0000

want more photos?

for those who have never heard a lion roar

Carl Lindgren — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:59:45 +0000

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOaQmkAlhUA[/youtube]

Earth: Dig it, but dig it right.

Carl Lindgren — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:26:29 +0000

Have you ever wondered where you would arrive if you dig a very deep straight infinite hole on Earth?

congratulations anthony bennett

Carl Lindgren — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:43:49 +0000

Local Brisbane artist, Anthony Bennett, has been accepted as a finalist in the Archibald Prize, Wynne Prize and Sulman Prize for 2009. Anthony has risen to become one of Australia’s most curiously interesting artists with a huge future – that has already started!

incredible art

Carl Lindgren — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:14:43 +0000

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SNYtd0Ayt0[/youtube]

escape … if only for a minute or two

Carl Lindgren — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:15:19 +0000

free markets?

Carl Lindgren — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:25:00 +0000

One thing that is occurring in the world that is perplexing me at the moment is what is occurring with the notion of the free market. Technically, a free market is the healthiest way for societies to prosper and economics has showed this in many examples for many countries. Whilst some may disagree with the notion of democracy and capitalism, it is so far considered the most successful form of advancing societies from human despair – even though there is still a long road to go. According to the free market principles – A free market is a market that is free of government intervention and regulation, besides the minimal function of maintaining the legal system and protecting property rights, and is free of private force and fraud. So, all going well … the market should sort itself out without intervention! A recent book, Spin Economics, by economist Nariman Behravesh advocates this principle and cuts to the core of contemporary global economic issues affecting every individual’s business and economic decisions.

What seems to be happening at the moment though is an incredible amount of government intervention. Billions of dollars dedicated to saving industries such as the car industry, yesterday the property industry and today as I read the media industry! I don’t want to sound harsh, and I realise this is a crisis, but surely bailing out these industries is a short-term measure. The world is crying out for sustainability and now the markets have told us it’s essential (we can’t keep going the way it’s been going) … I say let it happen! No one is protecting my small business nor am I asking anyone to! As a small business I have never been assisted by the Australian government when it comes to business assistance in times of hardship. If I am to survive or perish it will be up to the free market!

There is a burgeoning industry waiting to flourish – it’s called the green revolution and it will employ millions of people with a far more healthier outcome. Why is the government not throwing money into this industry? It all seems out of wack!

However in ending … today I woke to a beautiful rainy day and shared the miracles of the Universe with my three-year-old son. We both sat intrigued and amazed at the complexity of such an incredible act of nature. Roughly fourteen billion years ago it all started … what an incredible journey our molecules have had and what an incredible journey they have yet to go!