This is one 60th birthday bash you’re not likely to forget. Good old adidas is turning the big six zero and they’re throwing one hell of a party to celebrate. This Friday March 6th, with the help of special guests, mystery DJs and 42 Below Vodka a huge warehouse in Alexandria, Sydney will be transformed into an oversized suburban home.  Your most difficult choice will be where to hang out – in the kitchen for a casual chat? The living room to bust a move or perhaps the backyard in a comfy deck chair? We have THREE double passes to giveaway. Email us quickly and you’ll be notified on Thursday if you’re a winner.

The Greenpeace Design Awards 2009 are now open!  From 1st March until the 15th June 2009 the awards will help raise awareness of environmental issues through innovation and creativity.  Keen artists are asked to design a poster that delivers the message Be a Part of the Action. Winners, highly commended and shortlisted entries will be listed on the Greenpeace Design Awards website and exhibited at the Civic Gallery in Adelaide from July 2nd to August 4th, 2009. The Civic Gallery will also host an awards ceremony on Friday 31st July, where winners will not only be doing a nice thing for mother nature, but they’ll also be presented with a nice trophy too.

Pop in to Bracewell’s new vintage concept store – a temporary pop up shop, located in World Square, George Street for their opening next Tuesday February 24th. Penny Arcade will house emerging and established fashion labels including Bracewell, Bec & Bridge, Woodford & Co, Mavi and One Teaspoon to name a few. The store will be open for a minimum of three months.

The graniph Design Award is a global design comp open to everyone, regardless of age, location or experience. All 23 winning designs will be printed on limited edition graniph tees and sold through graniph stores worldwide. On top of this, each selected artist will receive prize money – the gold prize being a whopping 9 grand! Last year Melbourne designer Rik Lee was awarded a silver prize of $900 for his girl and deer illustration. Closing date for entries is February 28th. Hop, skip and a jump over to graniph for more details.

Gemma Jones – curator at Outre Gallery and ringleader of Kaotic Kraft Kuties – has rounded up a bunch of generous international and local artists in an effort to help bushfire victims. All monies go towards The Red Cross Appeal. Kind artists – including Gina Garan (pic below), Angelique Houtkamp, and Beci Orpin (to name only a few) have donated works to be auctioned off at a one night only event to be held on Wednesday 25th February at the Outre Gallery. Tickets for the event go on sale TODAY 16th February from selected venues. Come on down, buy some art and have a drink with us courtesy of yummy Fat Yak.

This Wednesday, February 18th, Billabong, will mount a major charity fundraising event under the banner Design For Humanity, with the proceeds donated to SurfAid International. The event will include a public runway presentation from Billabong’s Spring/Summer 09 collection and a live showcase performance from energetic Sydney band, The Cassette Kids. Taking place at The Forum, in Sydney’s Paddington, Design For Humanity is open to everyone, so if this sounds like your thing buy a ticket through Moshtix for $30 each (plus booking fee) or the dedicated Design For Humanity website. 100% of ticket sale proceeds will directly benefit SurfAid international.