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UPDATE: The 2012 conference has been announced. Date: September 28th. Tickets from: www.sexdrugshelvetica.com

More info: www.facebook.com/sexdrugshelvetica

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We are very pleased to announce that we are holding out first ever conference for graphic design students, which has been named Sex, Drugs & Helvetica.

Here is our one paragraph on the event.

Dealing with and charging clients, what to put in your folio and how to present it, the must have books and must read blogs, knowing who actually owns your work and what does a day in the life of a designer really involve? Join Melbourne designers and other industry professionals as they answer your questions and shed light on the things that matter to young designers. Sex, Drugs & Helvetica, an event by Positive Posters for graphic design students in a big room with seats.

If you’re a design student living in Melbourne, we think you would be crazy to miss out on this event. We have tried to pack as much value in as possible and kept the price student friendly at $40. Hope we see you all there! Any questions, give us a call on (03) 9420 5070 or shoot an email to Tenielle tenielle@positive-posters.com. All the details are below.

Sex, Drugs & Helvetica
Date : Thursday, 25th August
Time: 9:15am – 4:30pm
Cost: $40
Location: 242 Telstra Conference Centre, 242 Exhibition St, Melbourne

Tickets (Sold Out)
Tickets must be purchased from TryBooking.com

Speakers
AgIdeas
K.W.Doggett Fine Paper
Chad Willats (Finsbury Green)
Studio Motherbird
Jono Wallace (Alter)
Vali Valibhoy (Mag Nation)
Simon Mundy (AGDA)
Nick Hallam (Positive Posters)
Mr. Singh
EMK Lawyers

Content
1. Best of Everything
Blogs, books, mags, networks, comps, festivals, short courses.

2. Areas of Design
Good, Bad and the Ugly.

3. Storytime with designers.
Starting out, freelancing tips, charging and handling clients, finance, tax, business structure, scholarships and grants.

4. Sell Yo’self
Marketing online and offline. Print, Paper, Ink – Wtf?

5. The Power of Design
Past, present and future. Open forum for pitching ideas. Show us what you’re made of!

Honestly, it seems like it was only a few weeks back that we were cleaning up the last exhibition space after a big night of celebrations (See the video below).

Any way, I am still very please to announce that the 2011 top 30 finalists will be on show for one night only, Wednesday, November 9th 2011. This year the exhibition will be held in Melbourne at 1000£ Bend in the CBD. Everyone is welcome to come down and have a drink, grab a free poster and find out which poster has been chosen by our judges as the overall winner for 2011.

Hope to see you all there!

- Nick

Details and a link to the Facebook event are below:

When: Wednesday, November 9th 2011
Where: 1000£ Bend. 361 Lt Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Time: 5:30pm – Onwards
Facebook: Facebook Link

This Friday (30th September) at 5:30pm (AEST) will mark the end of the 3rd Positive Posters competition.

To celebrate we are inviting all of our friends and followers to come and join us for a drink at Beer DeLuxe, in Melbourne, Aus from 5:30pm onwards.

If you live interstate or overseas, you are more than welcome to also party on. If you do, send us photos!

Hope to see you all there!

(Twitter hashtag #ppgameover)

When: Friday 30th September
Time: 5:30pm onwards
Where: Beer DeLuxe

Facebook Event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=281932585169502

If you’re not in Melbourne and still want to celebrate with us, then either fly here, or just hold your own party somewhere. If you do, let us know where by adding your city name and hashtag in the comment box below so we can follow. Also let us know on Twitter and Facebook. We will be using the hashtag #pplaunchmelb.

See you there.

- The PP team

City Hashtags

Melbourne, AUS #pplaunchmelb

Presentation 1
Who: 3rd year students
Where: UTAS
When: Monday 19th July, 2011
Time: 1:00pm

Presentation 2
Who: 2nd year students
Where: UTAS
When: Tuesday 19th July, 2011
Time: 9:00am