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  Western Australian Distillery Damaged Goods Distilling Co. are on a mission to prove that spirits made with imperfect ingredients don't have to be anything less than perfect... GSM takes a look at this unique brand and their eye-catching label designs... From odds and ends After working in restaurants and bars for a big chunk of their lives, Tim Laferla and Pia Papenfuss were intimately familiar with the vast amount of fresh produce sent to landfill every day by the hospitality sector—peels, pulp, stalks, odds and ends. Something about this didn’t sit right with the duo, who mulled this over and then saw an...

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Emrhan Tjapanangka Sultan is a co-researcher and the Project Manager for Solid Lines. He has previously worked as a First Nations engagement advisor for a variety of organisations, including Orygen, Relationships Australia, The Salvation Army, Oxfam Australia, and CAAMA. He is also a dynamic artist. Emrhan belongs to the Luritja and Western Arrarnta Nations in Central Australia as well as Kokatha Nation in South Australia. In this issue of The Message Stick, GSM talks with Em about his approach to projects in the commercial world, about carrying the stories of his people. When working as an Aboriginal artist in the...

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When it comes to colour, a common frustration is the mismatch between what you see on-screen versus the printed result. Understanding why this is the case, can help you to navigate this issue. GSM compares the RGB colour gamut vs CMYK... RGB Colour Gamut To create colour, a device screen uses varying degrees of light, specifically Red, Green, and Blue light (otherwise known as the RGB Colour Mode). More than 16 million colours are possible using RGB—significantly more than what the human eye can distinguish (about a million). RGB vs CMYK Colour Gamut Compare this to the CMYK colour mode...

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Welcome to the first instalment of our new regular feature, The Message Stick, in the Australian version of GSM. For tens of thousands of years, First Nations peoples commonly used message sticks as a way of communicating between different groups. First Nations people painted, carved or burned messages onto a stick, using symbols and imagery. They then transported the message stick by hand across long distances to the intended recipients. For GSM, the concept of The Message Stick is that the stick will be passed from speaker to speaker to continue our discussion about First Nations culture and traditional knowledge. These...

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