Richard Pendavingh

Having seen New York destroyed on countless occasions I have to wonder what it's like to actually live in a city constantly under assault by fictional disasters. But why is it that New York always draws the short straw?

I recently listened to ABC Radio's Interview with senator Stephen Conroy - Australia's Federal Minister for Communications about the mandatory internet filter that looks set to be introduced later on this year.

American designer and artist Dan McCarthy has an exceptional portfolio of poster illustrations on his site.

The good thing about living in Melbourne is that there are very few suburbs suffering from the sort of urban decay that you find in some European and North American cities.

I come across a lot of high-quality infographics in publications like New Scientists and I'm continually impressed by how designers find new ways to present information.

With digital video cameras becoming more and more sophisticated there's an argument that, when it comes to sports coverage, still photography will soon be obsolete.

A very talented friend of mine working for Shine Technologies here in Melbourne has just completed work on an iPhone application designed to provide easy access to the scientific data that contradicts some of the more popular arguments put forward by 'climate skeptics'.

I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.

There are some truly remarkable places to work in this world but few opportunities to really see them up close. Corey Arnold is a Photographer who has worked for most of his adult life as a commercial fisherman and his images of life onboard these ships are powerful and frightening but also shot through with humour.

Taking a superbly trained eye to consumer culture we have US photographer Brian Ulrich.

Shamelessly cross-posted from Scott Hanson's blog iso50 we have Swedish sculptor and installation artist Michael Johansson.

I Ffffound British photographer John Short not long ago and discovered that as well as a collection of vivid commercial still life images he also has a great collection of landscape photographs.

I was born when this music video was the high water mark for computer graphics and I've watched as 3D modeling software evolved to allow for astounding photorealistic images and animation.

I came across Melbourne painter Jeremy Geddes on Design Is Kinky.

Demonstrating a MacGuyver-like resourcefulness with shape and colour we have Israeli graphic designer Noma Bar.

Every once in a while my dad cracks his knuckles and heads off to the garage and produces some marvelous work of art.

I've been living in illustrator for the last couple of weeks and I thought I'd take a break from grids and pen tools to mention a two of my favourite minimalist illustrators starting with UK artist Robert Hanson.

Melbourne is amping up for 2010s Laneway Festival and the organisation is busy assuring the local indie music fans that they wont be taking the rough and ready approach they did last year that resulted in a great number of pissed off people in plaid shirts and skinny jeans. But if you dig the lineup for next year, or you've seen the promo posters, then you've seen the work of We Buy Your Kids.

The final printed business cards for sound and lighting technician Jacob Battista.

Tomorrow is the last day of the VCA Grad Show.

I held off posting these photos because I didn't want to inadvertently promote the Star Wars exhibit at Melbourne's Scienceworks. But it's finished now so there's no danger of that.