We were approached by Theiss, John Holland and the Airport Link crew to produce some products for the grand opening of the new Brisbane Airport Link. One of the products we made was a Laser Cut and Laser Etched Stainless Steel Coaster for the opening night dinner event. The coasters were designed to represent the huge Tunnel Boring Machines (See pic below). These TBM were the first of their size to be used in Australia.
We did the Large Format Metal Laser Etching on large full sheets of Stainless Steel. The Laser Machine the comes back around and cuts each individual coaster out using the Metal Laser Cutting function. We then Laser Cut Felt discs to adhere to the bottom of the coasters to stop them from sliding around. We finished them of with a Hard Clear Resin Coating to give them extra shine and protection.
The finished product looked great. So much so, that they were getting stolen left, right and centre at the opening event.
Recently Potato Press had the honour of attending the second forum in the 7×7 talk series ‘Practicing Professionals’ hosted by Design Institute of Australia on the Gold Coast.
The inaugural Seven by Seven Talk Series promotes collaborative design practice on the Gold Coast and celebrates the creative culture, leisure and lifestyle of the local community. This unique Gold Coast initiative provides connections and networking opportunities for emerging and established design professionals, design students and design related organisations with an aim to initiate collaborative projects that stimulate the design community on the Gold Coast.
The talk featured seven local guest speakers that spoke for seven minutes each covering topics which related to various design disciplines. These included Natasha Edwards from SWELL Sculpture, Conrad Johnsson & Dasomm Choi from Yellow Goat Design, David Cuschieri from The Next Big Think, Mark Goudie from Pluvo, Daniel Della-Bosca from QLD College of Art Griffith Univeristy, Prof Philip Follent Bond University and Angela Lomas from CATC Design School.
Go to www.design.org.au/7×7 for full speaker’s bios and upcoming events.
Photos coming soon to Potato Press facebook
