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Seeking an Account Director!

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 05:06:01 +0000

We’re looking for a talented and experienced Account Director to join the PSS Team!

To be successful you’ll need:

If this sounds like you, we’d love to have a chat. Send us through your CV and a bit about yourself to info@paperstonescissors.com

PSS win Australian Interior Design Award!

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:19:16 +0000

We love our new studio, and apparently we’re not the only ones. Last week, our awesome space was awarded the National Interior Design Award in the Workplace category. Some of the other categories were taken out by Melbourne institutions Vue de Monde and the Melbourne Children’s Hospital.

Designed by Melbourne architects Russel & George, the judges admired the beautifully executed and thoughtful design of the PSS space.

The Australian Interior Design Awards command a lot of respect in the industry, especially supported by the Design Institute of Australia. The competition field is open to Aussie based designers working on projects all over the world.

You can check out the other winners and judges comments here and a glowing write up from The Age here.

Welcome Ariana!

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:38:40 +0000

We’re always looking for talented new additions to the PSS team, but it’s only once in a blue moon that we find one as beautiful as this.

Introducing Ariana Luise Hall – born 5th March 2012 to PSS Account Manager Nicole and her husband Alistair. Ariana arrived happy and healthy, demonstrating that she’s already inherited some of Mummy’s signature efficiency!

Congrats to everyone involved, and cheers to the newest member of the PSS family!

Thurley in motion

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:20:22 +0000

We’ve been working with talented Melbourne girls Thurley for a few seasons now.

So much more than champions of the local scene, these home-grown heroes are turning heads internationally as well, and their brand name is entrenched in Australia’s fashion identity.

One of the most interesting elements of the work we do with Thurley is the seasonal video we put together for each collection. The focus is on making sure the product itself is the hero – a task which is made a lot easier by the tactile designs and and multifaceted materials that are such a big part of Thurley fashions.

Check out the video for Thurley’s 2012 Autumn / Winter collection.

Creative Space

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:22:06 +0000

Three months in, and the new PSS studio on Albert St is really starting to feel like home.

Our beautiful new building – an old knitting mill – was converted for us by award-winning architects Russel & George, and even shortlisted for an interior design award.

With plenty of space, lots of light and an atmosphere really conducive to creative thought, we know how lucky we are to be able to spread out in this amazing new office.

An enormous thanks to everyone who made it possible – especially our financial controller Gaetana who Project Managed the whole undertaking – for producing such a breathtaking result.

Hope we see you soon!

North versus South

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:17:56 +0000

Introducing the latest addition to the international team at PSS – Marre Muijs.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Marre studied International Fashion Management at AMFI (Amsterdam Fashion Institute), and then worked in the European fashion industry with brands that include Tommy Hilfiger and Diesel. She’s our go-to-girl for up to the minute digital media ideas, and she inspires us all with her fashion cred.

Here Marre speaks about her initial thoughts on Australian fashion.

In Europe, it’s well known that Australia’s fashion is six months behind the rest of the world – or so I was told. It’s with this in mind that my former fellow fashion students and colleagues were intrigued with my decision to do an exchange in Melbourne, rather than Milan, Paris or London. It raised a few eyebrows but I love a challenge, and a bit of preliminary research revealed a fashion industry teeming with original talent.

I love to say it – four years on I can easily admit I was right! I discovered a wealth of originality and have watched as Australian fashion has become increasingly popular. International celebrities, bloggers and buyers are increasingly spotted taking a liking to Camilla & Marc, Thurley, Bec & Bridge and Lover the Label – just to name a few. Australian Fashion Week highlights mainly trans-seasonal trends due to the Australian climate, so the world can see Autumn/ Winter and Spring/ Summer in one week. And Melbourne’s own L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival is the largest consumer fashion festival in the world.

The internet further democratizes information, and it’s making us rethink the way we communicate and the way we process information. For brands, it’s a challenge to rationalize seasons when they’re speaking to a digital, global audience. There aren’t the traditional 3 month seasons anymore: and as a result brands now do as many as twelve trans-seasonal collections a year.

For consumers – Australian consumers in particular – the internet brings them closer to the international action and allows them to become as much a part of the overseas fashion world as any other market internationally. Thanks to the hunger for, and access to, international fashion information the traditional way of spying on fashion no longer exists. I can see a girl on Chapel St rocking the latest trend and hop onto a blog and see his or her counterpart sporting the same thing in Copenhagen.

Having said that, I see the geographical isolation of Australia as an advantage. There is a sense of independence and courage in Australian fashion that is underpinned by respect for overseas markets and designers. Australian fashion definitely gives a nod to the rest of the world, but seems determined to be original in thought.

As a European, I find a lot of Aussie fashion labels refreshingly unique and exciting. I have a feeling that any day now I might find those old colleagues and fashion students on my doorstep, with empty bags in hand.

It’s time to get inventing

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:53:24 +0000

Flying isn’t so hard. So proclaims the Museum of Ideas & Inventions in Barcelona – a recent addition to the city’s rich creative landscape. Privately funded, the museum showcases inventive products and concepts from around the world. To say MIBA is just an invention museum is only half the story. More than anything, it’s a celebration of ideas and the power they contain.

Upon entry the museum quickly establishes itself as an interactive journey where creating your own invention is encouraged. From the periscope that offers a glimpse of the action in the museum below, to the optional slide that delivers visitors to the basement, each experience helps to create an environment where creative thinking can flourish. Even a trip to the bathrooms provides a humorous and memorable experience.

What is really exciting is witnessing the enjoyment, wonder and amusement creative thinking can bring to people’s lives. MIBA bundles it all up in a nice little package perfectly suited to the general public. From well known products like the Dyson vacuum to “the world’s most useless machine” the intention is for the visitor to have fun.

There is growing acceptance that design and creativity can improve our lives as well as the products and services we come into contact with. This brings an interesting concept to the fore. What if mainstream business fostered environments of ‘free thinking’ where inventive ideas were entrenched in their culture. Brands could ensure a healthy ‘lab’ exists, where ideas can be shared, debated, moulded and maybe even realised. Free thinking sessions could be a way for businesses to engage and encourage employees to contribute to improving products or services. A fundamental shift to a new product or way of doing business could contain unlimited potential from a competitive and financial perspective. Or a trip to MIBA might just do the trick.

www.mibamuseum.com

-Glenn Kynnersley, Design Director

Everyone loves Musical Chairs – even AGDA!

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:05:21 +0000

Every year PSS musters its forces to submit some creative gold to the AGDA Poster Annual.

This year we let three of our designers – Larry, Milan and Wade – loose on ADGA’s 2011 theme: Inspired by Music.

They all came up with some pretty amazing posters. Wade’s ‘Musical Chair’ design (above) grabbed the attention of the AGDA judges, and you can check it out next time you’re in Sydney at The Gaffa Gallery, along with the other finalist posters.

Brilliant work Wade!

‘Mix Tape’ by Larry

‘All you need is Love’ by Milan

Type Cast

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:06:50 +0000

Typography is a bit like a decent breakfast – often overlooked, but actually massively important. It’s one of the most important choices of the day.

Without a good breakky, you can sacrifice the productivity of your whole day – and without good, considered, crafted typography you risk the productivity of your whole design, no matter how great the idea is.

This video by Off Book, made by PBS Arts, hits the nail on the head, and explains why it’s so important not to overlook typography.

Off Book: Type from PBS Arts on Vimeo.

Rio – red hot for Calibre!

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:26:49 +0000

Calibre Red Hot Rio Video 1 from Paper Stone Scissors on Vimeo.

It might still be freezing here in Melbourne, but at Calibre it’s red hot like Rio!

We negotiated foreign currencies, languages, immunizations and all the temptations of Rio – the ultimate party city – to come up with a super hot result for Calibre’s spring/summer season.

This collection is vibrant and upbeat – a mix of crazy brights (such as the Flamingo Pink sports jacket) mixed back with neutrals. So it was a no brainer to take the Calibre man about town to a summer party city – where else but Rio!

And we didn’t just come home with a tan. Our South American sojourn resulted in some pretty amazing campaign imagery and films for Calibre. The campaign kicks off with this video and a press advertising campaign. We’re also supporting it with editorial content for the website, and more videos and imagery to come.

Also, watch this space for the launch of the Calibre ecommerce store, designed by us too and soon to be launched.

But this great work wasn’t all down to PSS. Photographer extraordinaire Andrew Woffinden shot the whole thing on location in beautiful Rio. The video is the work of the amazing Dominic Locher, who shot a series of four Calibre films that will be rolled out over the season.

And our big-deal international male model, New York based Brazilian Arthur Sales was such a good chap that he donated half of his fee back to a Brazilian charity.

Check out the video above, and stay tuned for more Calibre goodness.