Sydney artist and freelance illustrator Kareena Zerefos is exhibiting her work from today, 13 November, for a week and half, at Melbourne's famouswhendead gallery... whose name is surely another reason to go to the show. Themes of isolation and escapism, through the depiction of children and their imagination will be explored through the ... Read full entry
Kareena Zerefos will be famous in her lifetime
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 13 November, 2008 to the events subset
The Biro ballpoint pen’s 70th birthday
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 16 June, 2008 to the design and art subset
The story behind the creation of the ballpoint pen, and also the origin of the Bic pen. Biro sold his patent to Baron Marcel Bich of France for $2m, around £11.6m in today's money. In 1950 Bich (who later dropped the 'h' to become Bic) launched his own cheap, disposable, mass-produced ballpoint pen. It conquered the market and in 1965 the French government approved its use in schools, with ... Read full entry
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