00 Class Plan

9...	walk in
9.05...	introduce ourselves
9.06...	get nervous
9.07...	run out
9.10...	get dragged back in kicking and screaming
9.15...	Justin talks to them about INfront
9.45...	we all discuss our roles in INfront
10.15...	we all discuss what else we do, jobs, etc.
10.30...	Justin gets arty
10.31...	Justin seen flying from window
10.32...	Andrew, Sean and John laughing a lot
10.33...	Caryn getting annoyed at Andrew but secretly laughing inside.
10.34...	Justin recovers and we set up the VR
10.40...	The students sit and do their VR for an hour. We wander around giving sage like advice. saying things like "yes, yes but... ".
11.40...	The students all display their VR's and we discuss them briefly.
11.58...	We all scream "Thank you and don't forget to buy your Design is kinky T-shirts!" and leave to a standing ovation.

01 Andrew Johnstone rocks up in his little purple DiK mobile, Caryn and John standing in front of Justin Fox's battered up Celica.

02 Michael Ney (the class lecturer) introduces the INfront crew to his class, sitting in the background is Rash, Michaels flash guru who gives the class a Flash tutorial after our live VR.

03 Caryn Gillespie (left) gets talking with some of the class whilst Justin Fox (front) gets the projector ready.

04 Andrew Johnstone looking ugly as usual, John Lampard (dissasociated) is all smiles.

05 Sean gets the munchies and checks out the local canteen.

06 Lights out as we direct the class into TRAFFIC.

07 Alex Papas
08 Ben Sweetnam
09 Caryn Gillespie (INfront)
10 Genevieve Bessel-Brown
11 Harlan Redgen
12 Helen Manassey
13 Joanne Weatherby
14 Jodi Webster
15 Wayne Snowdown
16 Leslie McCullough
17 Maurice
18 Michael Garcia
19 Michael Ney (Class Lecturer)
20 Rash (Flash Lecturer)

00 Student Feedback

A visit from a group of gorgeous, articulate young people working in the field of graphic design. To me, they are all artists and I'd love to jump in a time capsule and join them!

In short, I loved their enthusiasm for their art, their idealism, their generosity with their comments and their generosity with their time.

Genevieve Bessel-Brown


I found the session conducted by the members of Australian INfront to be amazingly useful and informative.
The visual response exercise was the most useful part of the session and was instrumental in changing my perception of photoshop as a program strictly for use with scans. I found the people from INfront to be very inspirational and I enjoyed their passion for what they do.

Traffic was an interesting exercise particularly due to the class discussion after the assignment. Seeing everybodies work on the screen and the ways in which people interpreted Traffic, and the tools they used to make their work was definitely beneficial.

Harlan Redgen


All the Designers were very approachable and all shared the same enthusiasm and addiction for design. It was interesting to see their different approaches and the freedom with which they approached the subject matter. While creating our image on Traffic they all came round and were on hand to help and encourage. It was really interesting to see what one word meant to so many different people.

Helen Manassey


Despite being late and missing the introduction, I am quickly drawn in by the passion these designers have for their web site and the freedom they can afford with it.

The word - traffic! I sit staring at the computer playing around with the Photoshop tools - not feeling any great waves of creativity hit. Then Sean comes over and sits beside me - great just what I need - someone to see how unimaginative and stupid I am. But, he is really sweet, shows me a few Photoshop shortcuts & tools & gives me some positive feedback on the few attempts I have made on the computer screen. I start feeling inspired again and am disappointed when he moves on to a fellow classmate.

The whole class effort was, I thought, really impressive. I feel motivated all over again and promise myself that it would be a great exercise to partake in every month.

Jodi Webster


To just create in photoshop for the sake of creating was something that I have really never given myself permission to do. I actually thought it would be fun to participate in their one word design competition. I wouldn't expect to ever get published but at least it would help me to develop my photoshop skills and improve my ability to design.

Leslie McCullough


All classes have exercises, but getting everyone to participate and immerse themselves in the relevant software without the pendantic"do what I do" method of teaching produced great results in a very short period of time.

The exercise sans photoscan was actually testing,and thus quite fruitful.

Another nice feature of the class was the "one in- all in " attitude to the Visual Response exercise, with student and lecturer alike contributing to the key word "traffic".

Wayne Snowdon


Years of graphic design work by myself is now making me re-adjust to the new technology of instant artwork done on the computer, and the web and other media as seen in the work of the invited designer guests. The students produced some very creative work in the "traffic" project done in the class.

Maurice Schlesinger

00 Conclusion