Wagga Needs and Wants

Needs:

Cheap accommodation/Backpackers

·      RedLion – revamp accommodation

·      Budget motel - Formula 1

·      Australian Arcade

·      1 bedroom flats – long or short term, no lease required.

·      Old hospital

Hospital/HealthCare

·      Security

·      Health Care

·      Public Dental Clinic – improve services

·      Technology to improve the hospital experience; waiting times, triage.

·      Community transport, taxi services

·      Better food - hospitality students

·      Incentives to bring doctors and nurses

·      State of the art facilities

·      Get teenagers involved with hospital and aged care facilities

Supermarkets

·      Boutique

·      Organic

·      Support local farmers

·      Community supermarket

·      Permanent market site eg. Paddy’s Markets

·      Community discount, membership, co-op.

·      Food barn for unemployed, pensioners, homeless; get donations from local supermarkets.

Industry

·      Railway upgrade at Bowman

·      Airport upgrade – direct flights to capital cities, jets

·      Recycling – free drop off for recyclables

·      Incentive for organic farmers

·      Primary Industry utilized

·      Improve council planning procedure for new industries

Teenage Activities

·      Funland

·      Amusement park

·      Family activities

·      Laser Tag

·      Local music/gigs

·      Basement theatre

·      Roller skating rink

·      Leagues club redevelopment

·      Bowling alley – over 18’s area

·      Photo’s

·      Recording studio – music, video (youtube)

·      Free WiFi

·      Live streaming concerts (holograms)

The River

·      Dance Hall

·      Restaurant – Local, Organic, display home, self sufficient, environment friendly, flood resistant, family activities.

·      Catch your own fish

·      Noah’s ark at the river

·      Sandcastle competition

·      Gumi festival – parade, miss gumi

·      Aquarium

Wants:

Lake Albert

·      Water park – slides, paddleboats, like Lake Talbot, but better

·      Skiing competition

·      Sailing

·      Beach

·      Café

·      Markets

·      Lighting up at night

·      Fireworks

Poker Machines

·      The Big Pokie

·      Limit bets, spending

·      Lower coinage 5c, 10c

·      Taxes

·      Alternatives; Dart, pool, bands, entertainment

·      Impact on society

·      Card to monitor losses

·      Flash losses on tv

Restaurants

·      Organic

·      Grow your own

·      Catch your own

·      Stylish dining room design

·      Fairy lights

Tourism

·      Amusement Park

·      The Big  [something]

·      Function centre, multi purpose venue, convention centre

Artistic Activities

·      Local music/gigs
·      Basement Theatre
·      Recording studio – music, video (youtube)
·      Artistic workshops - local/international artists

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David Carson is best known for his use of innovative design and use of experimental typography. From 1992 to 1995 he was art director for the magazine Ray Gun.  His work defined the “grunge typography” style. NEWSWEEK wrote that he ”changed the public face of graphic design”.

Some of his high profile clients include:

·      Pepsi Cola

·      Ray Ban

·      Nike

·      Microsoft

·      Budweiser

·      Giorgio Armani

·      NBC

·      American Airlines

·      Levi Strauss

·      AT&T

·      British Airways

·      Kodak

·      Sony

·      Suzuki

·      Toyota

·      Warner Bros

·      CNN

·      MTV

·      Fox TV

·      Nissan

·      Quicksilver

·      Intel

·      Mercedes-Benz

·      MGM Studios

·      Nine Inch Nails

Education:

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

1980 to 1983 – University of Arizona, San Diego State Universtiy, Oregon College of Commercial Art

Birth date – 8/9/1954

Birth Place – Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Countries in which he has had Exhibits:

·      France