The Young Ones
A$4,150
of $2,000 targetyrs ago
Successful on 12th Jul 2014 at 5:12AM.
OUR MISSION
Uninspired by the disconnect between creative studies and the industry itself, we have initiated an independent publication titled The Young Ones - a biannual publication that aims to generate a dialogue amongst Melbourne's design community. We feel that it is important to provide a platform that introduces and celebrates new talent and inspires the next generation of designers in this vibrant and thriving creative community that is Melbourne.
It is our dream for The Young Ones to establish itself within the Melbourne design community as both as a forecast tool for current trends and as a reference guide for young designers who are studying or working in industry. From what we have experienced, a vibrant and thriving creative community exists in Melbourne and is defined by the city itself. Help us make this dream a reality!!
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
The Young Ones offers a glimpse into the lives and unconventional career paths of Melbourne based creatives in all their incarnations - we chat to graphic designers, illustrators, design studios, textile designers and photographers. As a Young Ones reader, you can expect photography and profiles from people just like you. Each issue features profiles that fall under one of three categories - The Up & Coming Ones, The Ones to Watch and The Established Ones. You’ll hear from people such as Beci Orpin, Suzy Tuxen and Motherbird Studio about what was like to fly in the face of convention and take a massive career risk that really paid off. You’ll also get an idea of what it is like to be just starting out in the industry, from the mouths of those new young thangs doing it for themselves!
We are so excited to have had our masthead designed by Melbourne graphic designer and lettering extraordinaire Bianca Cash and a pattern designed for us by Spencer Harrison of Rhythm and Repeat. We have also been working closely with the fabulous Heather Lighton who will be producing the imagery that graces our pages. These are just a few of the many talented Melbournians that will feature in Issue One!
We have spent the past year working with our contributors and interviewees finalising details. As a result, Issue One of The Young Ones is nearly ready for print production! We need your help to raise funds to cover the cost of printer a super exclusive, limited run of 300 copies of Issue One, The Young Ones inaugural issue.
Already we have had supporters personal invest in all the nitty gritty that is necessary to bring The Young Ones to life. There are many wonderful people who have believed in this passion project since its inception, and we cannot thank them enough!! The Young Ones is dedicated to them, and to the continued support of Melbourne’s talented creatives.
Uninspired by the disconnect between creative studies and the industry itself, we have initiated an independent publication titled The Young Ones - a biannual publication that aims to generate a dialogue amongst Melbourne's design community. We feel that it is important to provide a platform that introduces and celebrates new talent and inspires the next generation of designers in this vibrant and thriving creative community that is Melbourne.
It is our dream for The Young Ones to establish itself within the Melbourne design community as both as a forecast tool for current trends and as a reference guide for young designers who are studying or working in industry. From what we have experienced, a vibrant and thriving creative community exists in Melbourne and is defined by the city itself. Help us make this dream a reality!!
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
The Young Ones offers a glimpse into the lives and unconventional career paths of Melbourne based creatives in all their incarnations - we chat to graphic designers, illustrators, design studios, textile designers and photographers. As a Young Ones reader, you can expect photography and profiles from people just like you. Each issue features profiles that fall under one of three categories - The Up & Coming Ones, The Ones to Watch and The Established Ones. You’ll hear from people such as Beci Orpin, Suzy Tuxen and Motherbird Studio about what was like to fly in the face of convention and take a massive career risk that really paid off. You’ll also get an idea of what it is like to be just starting out in the industry, from the mouths of those new young thangs doing it for themselves!
We are so excited to have had our masthead designed by Melbourne graphic designer and lettering extraordinaire Bianca Cash and a pattern designed for us by Spencer Harrison of Rhythm and Repeat. We have also been working closely with the fabulous Heather Lighton who will be producing the imagery that graces our pages. These are just a few of the many talented Melbournians that will feature in Issue One!
Let us introduce ourselves!
We are Petrea Dickinson and Katarina Matic, the creative minds and driving force behind The Young Ones. We met in the first year of our current course, the Diploma of Graphic Design at RMIT East Brunswick. Having come from unrelated (but extremely helpful nonetheless) backgrounds, we bonded over our shared enthusiasm and passion for a new and exciting career path.
The publication is completely designed, produced, edited and creatively driven by us both. Some say we’ve bitten off more than we can chew, but we are an ambitious and highly organised duo. Help us make this passion project a reality!
Katarina Matic
Petrea Dickinson
The publication is completely designed, produced, edited and creatively driven by us both. Some say we’ve bitten off more than we can chew, but we are an ambitious and highly organised duo. Help us make this passion project a reality!
Katarina Matic
Petrea Dickinson
We Need Your Help!
We have spent the past year working with our contributors and interviewees finalising details. As a result, Issue One of The Young Ones is nearly ready for print production! We need your help to raise funds to cover the cost of printer a super exclusive, limited run of 300 copies of Issue One, The Young Ones inaugural issue.
Already we have had supporters personal invest in all the nitty gritty that is necessary to bring The Young Ones to life. There are many wonderful people who have believed in this passion project since its inception, and we cannot thank them enough!! The Young Ones is dedicated to them, and to the continued support of Melbourne’s talented creatives.
UPDATE!!!!!!
YOUR SUPPORT PROMOTES THE VALUE OF MELBOURNE'S CREATIVE COMMUNITY
We can't believe we're even saying this, but thanks to a wonderful community of supporters and believers, we were able to reach our initial Pozible goal halfway though our campaign! We're overwhelmed and grateful for everyone's enthusiasm. It is this enthusiasm that has inspired us to reach higher and dream bigger!!
WHAT EXTRA FUNDING MEANS FOR THE YOUNG ONES
Our amazing supporters have already exceeded our goal of $2,000, which means Issue Two is already becoming an exciting reality! From here on, your contribution enables us to go some way to:
(a) cover Issue Two printing costs,
(b) compensate professional writers and photographers,
(c) curate the best content, and
(d) promote the value of creative work in publishing.
Our pledge opportunities are still open for another 15 days and we are going to work even harder to fill each reward in this campaign. Help us support the growing Young Ones community by making a pledge, telling a friend, and sending us your kind words of encouragement!
In the meantime, stay updated with our emerging content and sneak peeks of Issue One via our Instagram and Facebook!
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We can't believe we're even saying this, but thanks to a wonderful community of supporters and believers, we were able to reach our initial Pozible goal halfway though our campaign! We're overwhelmed and grateful for everyone's enthusiasm. It is this enthusiasm that has inspired us to reach higher and dream bigger!!
WHAT EXTRA FUNDING MEANS FOR THE YOUNG ONES
Our amazing supporters have already exceeded our goal of $2,000, which means Issue Two is already becoming an exciting reality! From here on, your contribution enables us to go some way to:
(a) cover Issue Two printing costs,
(b) compensate professional writers and photographers,
(c) curate the best content, and
(d) promote the value of creative work in publishing.
Our pledge opportunities are still open for another 15 days and we are going to work even harder to fill each reward in this campaign. Help us support the growing Young Ones community by making a pledge, telling a friend, and sending us your kind words of encouragement!
In the meantime, stay updated with our emerging content and sneak peeks of Issue One via our Instagram and Facebook!
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FINAL WEEK UPDATE!
Hello lovely pledgers and perhaps even soon-to-be pledgers!
We appreciate all your support thus far and cannot thank you enough for your commitment to TYO. We have smashed our target figure of $2,000 which means that Issue Two is now a definite! Those who have pledged, we are getting your goodies together ready for promised delivery to you all!
As we are nearing our launch date (THURS 24 JULY 2014) we are sorry to say that any people who pledge over AUD$120ANY LATER THAN 5.00PM on TUES 8/7/14 (and are therefore are eligible to be thanked IN PRINT in our first issue) , WILL NOT be thanked formally in print. This is because TYO is headed to print first thing on WEDNESDAY 9/7/14 and we have a copy deadline. If you don't get your pledges in before 5pm you will miss out on the print run. Unfortunately there is not much we can do about that!
Apologies in advance for those last minute pledgers out there...but there is still time! Only a little, but still time! In any event we are sure we can work something out with a personal thanks!
Cheers,
Petrea & Kat
We appreciate all your support thus far and cannot thank you enough for your commitment to TYO. We have smashed our target figure of $2,000 which means that Issue Two is now a definite! Those who have pledged, we are getting your goodies together ready for promised delivery to you all!
As we are nearing our launch date (THURS 24 JULY 2014) we are sorry to say that any people who pledge over AUD$120ANY LATER THAN 5.00PM on TUES 8/7/14 (and are therefore are eligible to be thanked IN PRINT in our first issue) , WILL NOT be thanked formally in print. This is because TYO is headed to print first thing on WEDNESDAY 9/7/14 and we have a copy deadline. If you don't get your pledges in before 5pm you will miss out on the print run. Unfortunately there is not much we can do about that!
Apologies in advance for those last minute pledgers out there...but there is still time! Only a little, but still time! In any event we are sure we can work something out with a personal thanks!
Cheers,
Petrea & Kat
How The Funds Will Be Used
If we can reach our target, the majority of the money will go towards printing our limited edition first run of 300 copies of The Young Ones. The Young Ones will be beautifully bound using environmentally sustainable paper, with a matt finish cover and pages. It is being printed locally by the lovely and very professional lads at Impact Digital in Brunswick.
Any money left over from our target will also be put towards our launch event which will take place in July 2014 at a yet to be disclosed venue in Melbourne. This will be a chance for us to celebrate with everyone that has helped make this passion project a reality and to formally introduce The Young Ones to Melbourne’s creative community.
We will also endeavour to cover some of our curatorial and editorial costs - out of the kindness of their hearts, people have put an enormous amount of time and effort into making The Young Ones a reality and we would really love to reward them with some moolah!
At this point we also want to make it clear that The Young Ones is a not for profit project for us - all monies received from sales of The Young Ones will go straight back into making the next issue possible. Your support means not only making Issue One a reality, but also securing a second issue (which is already in the works).
Any money left over from our target will also be put towards our launch event which will take place in July 2014 at a yet to be disclosed venue in Melbourne. This will be a chance for us to celebrate with everyone that has helped make this passion project a reality and to formally introduce The Young Ones to Melbourne’s creative community.
We will also endeavour to cover some of our curatorial and editorial costs - out of the kindness of their hearts, people have put an enormous amount of time and effort into making The Young Ones a reality and we would really love to reward them with some moolah!
At this point we also want to make it clear that The Young Ones is a not for profit project for us - all monies received from sales of The Young Ones will go straight back into making the next issue possible. Your support means not only making Issue One a reality, but also securing a second issue (which is already in the works).
The Challenges
The Young Ones is built on the ideal that money should not stifle passion... however we recognise that this is very much an idealistic view! In reality, money is something that we have to consider in order to maintain a high quality and increase our distribution and readership. This will be a challenge but NOT an obstacle for us! We've spent a year collecting stories and photographs from all over Melbourne, consulting with retailers, and contacting printing vendors. And we know our work is only just begun.
The challenges for this project mainly revolve around printing costs however we have worked with our printer to source the most affordable way of printing The Young Ones so as not to compromise on quality. That being said, every publication occasionally faces unexpected setbacks with printers and delivery methods. Our best plan of action is to implement clear expectations and communication from the get-go and to be honest with you if delivery timelines need to be adjusted. Because stuff happens.
You can follow our progress on Instagram and Facebook!
The challenges for this project mainly revolve around printing costs however we have worked with our printer to source the most affordable way of printing The Young Ones so as not to compromise on quality. That being said, every publication occasionally faces unexpected setbacks with printers and delivery methods. Our best plan of action is to implement clear expectations and communication from the get-go and to be honest with you if delivery timelines need to be adjusted. Because stuff happens.
You can follow our progress on Instagram and Facebook!
An exclusive digital copy of The Young Ones Issue One - pre-launch!!!
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An exclusive first run copy of The Young Ones Issue One delivered to your door.
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An invite to the Official Launch of The Young Ones. Trust us, there will never be another one like it and we intend to go all out!
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A first run copy of The Young Ones Issue One AND an invite to the Official Launch.
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You'll get everything listed thus far! - Digital edition of Issue One - First run copy of The Young Ones Issue One - Invite to the Official Launch PLUS a special thanks in print in Issue One
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For $500 big ones, you get all of the above PLUS you are listed as a major sponsor in print in The Young Ones Issue One (your name or company name in print underneath the words 'Major Sponsor')
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TYO Small Business Package YOU WILL GET: -logo printed (black & white) underneath the words: "The Young Ones Magazine is very grateful for the support from (business name here)" -logo scaled proportionally to 30mm in width; -placement on page 4, the first page of content in the magazine; -web address alongside logo; - 4 x exclusive first run editions - 4 x tix exclusive launch party - digital copy of TYO PLUS you are listed as a major sponsor (company name underneath the words "Major Sponsor")
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You get to nominate the next Young One to be profiled in Issue 2! Whaaaaaa?!!!! Terms and conditions apply
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