A couple of weeks ago Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner visited Australia to promote the latest film instalment of the Twilight series. I am a fan of the Twilight books … but  definitely no Twi-hard, yet on a scale of 1-10, my interest in their visit was around a 7 or 8.

My fascination with these two actors has little to do with my love of the Twilight books and more to do with the different ways they have seemed to deal with their skyrocketing fame. Fame of course comes bundled with two major “perks” - shedloads of money and shedloads of public interest. Public interest generally manifests itself in the form of hundreds of rabid photographers dogging your every move. Read more »

Hi everyone

Just a quick one to let you all know that I (Kelly) will have reduced availability over this week and next.

Firstly this week. We’ve been waiting for 2 years, but finally our new house is built and ready for us to move in! Hooray. We will be moving over the course of Thursday and Friday so I will have very limited ability to reply to emails during that time.

Then next Wednesday I will be going into day hospital for some fun in the dentist’s chair. Teeth coming out and teeth going in means I will definitely be out of action on Wednesday and Thursday … but hopefully at least able to answer emails on Friday!

So during these periods, if there are any matters of urgency, please email rory@swishdesign.com.au or call the office on 9467 2903. Regular programming will resume the week after!

Probably one of the most important things you need to do when starting a new business is coming up with the name. There are two major things you must take into account when choosing your business name: Read more »

So you’re about to start up a small business and you need a logo. Or you got a logo done on the cheap a few years ago and it’s terrible and now you have the funds to do it properly!

If you want to get your head around what constitutes a great logo before briefing a design team on your new logo, read on! Read more »