Come behind the studio doors where the Smartstone team and our talented creative crew has converged to shoot the next advertising campaign for the exclusive new Smartstone surfaces launching in October.

Art direction: This Is Ikon @thisisikon_
Photographer: Sharyn Cairns @sharyncairns
Stylist: Glen Proebstel @glenproebstel
BTS photos by: Christian Kalpou

Massive tome effort! We’re proud of this project and that it’s been shortlisted in 2019 Sydney Design Awards. Congrats to everyone involved.⁠

Cover Weddings, Butterflies & the Sweetest Dreams. @bonnaeg @msbscakery⁠ Creative direction & book design: This is ikon Photography: Petrina Tinslay⁠ Food Stylist: David Morgan Book shot by: Mark Lobo - Foliolio⁠

As the social hub of a skate-centric suburb, Carnes Hill Marketplace created workshops to keep local kids road safe while teaching them a few rad moves. The coolest kids in the park showing off their new kit ready to nail their next 540 mctwist.

Every archive is a rich source of inspiration and we’ve added this 1914 poster to our reference folder.

We highly recommend catching Home: a suburban obsession at the State Library of Queensland. It’s essentially a fabulous photography flashback of Brisbane houses in the 60s and 70s. Maybe complete the experience with tea and scones or a white bread vegemite sandwich afterwards. No crusts of course.

Congratulations @petrinatinslay and well done team. We’re thrilled that this image taken for ‘Weddings Butterflies and the Sweetest Dreams’ has been shortlisted along with other stellar shots in the prestigious UK

Pages from Weddings, Butterflies & the Sweetest Dreams. @bonnaeg @msbscakery

Creative direction & book design: @thisisikon_

Photography: @petrinatinslay

Food Stylist: @davidmorgan.co

8.55am coming to us directly through the window.

We can’t take our eyes off the mesmerising animations by motion design studio, Mr Kaplin. The ‘A Month of Type’ project, released last March on the studio’s Instagram, reimagines the alphabet in graphic short films with a soundtrack by BXFTYS. Each installation was inspired by an object, machine or concept beginning with that letter, such as ‘Reflective R’ and ‘Planetary P.’ See how your initial has been interpreted at A Month of Type. Like more? Check out 36 Days of Type, a global typographical animation project during April and May.