Sydney’s International Food Festival kicks off in October 2009. To raise public awareness of the event, Whybin TBWA have recreated the flags of twelve countries using ingredients from their national dishes. Check out a gallery below.

The first edition of Sonar Kids took place recently as part of the Sonar 2009 International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. Where a few hours earlier there were people dancing and drinking, the next morning there was an invasion of strollers, pacifiers, diapers and children holding their parent’s hands.
Sonar Kids mixes the party atmosphere of an electronic dance music show with the family-friendly character of a carnival. The event is full of music-related activities to keep children entertained. DJ classes, beatboxing, a hip hop master dance class, modern portraits drawn by Jordi Labanda, illustration workshops, LEGO buildings, puppets [...]

In late May 2009 Sydney will be hosting the biggest light, music and ideas festival in the Southern Hemisphere. The festival, developed by Events NSW, will turn the Opera House, The Rocks, Circular Quay and the city centre into a “living canvas of music and light”. A preview:
- Luminous – Curated by “the father of ambient music” -  Brian Eno, the “music, debate, light and performance” festival will present light and art installations, including Eno’s own 77 Million Paintings:
Harnessing ‘self-generating software’, three hundred of Eno’s hand-drawn images are cut-up and rearranged to form an infinite number [...]