Born from a desire to unite the world’s design communities, Semi-Permanent covers all disciplines of design, from web design, typography and illustration, to fashion, film and fine arts.

Guests were treated to a wealth of stories, anecdotes and behind-the-scenes insights into some of the most interesting creative jobs from around the world – not to mention making paper planes and throwing them at paper engineer, Benja Harney, as seen below...

Check out some of the photos from the night below...

Taking over the role of Showroom Account Manager is the lovely Kate Roydhouse, previously of Karen Walker. Kate has a keen eye for style, and has over four years experience in the industry - so if you need fashion advise, she's your gal. 

To kick off her time at Beat, Kate brings you her top five style tips... Enjoy!

1. Dressing for your body type over what’s “on trend”
2. Dress up! There’s no reason not to.
3. It’s better to be adventurous than boring.
4. Always have basics in your wardrobe; plain tee’s, ballet flats, black jeans & a classic blazer.
5. Don’t be afraid of a pop of colour, even if it’s just on the nails.

1. ALWAYS ON MY MIND - TIKI TAANE

2. LONG TIME - HERBS

3. PLASTIC MAGIC - HOME BREW FEAT. ESTHER STEPHENS

4. SOPHIE - GOODSHIRT

5. EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT - BABYSITTERS CIRCUS

6. POI E - PATEA MAORI CLUB

7. SECOND CHANCE - LIAM FINN

8. HOW BIZARRE - OMC

9. BROKEN MACHINE - ZOWIE

10. PUNCHING IN A DREAM - THE NAKED AND FAMOUS

At the launch, Celebrity Chef Paul Jobin prepared a tasty array of Nelson inspired side dishes and sauces to tempt the tastebuds.

For a copy of recipes, email beat@beat.net.nz.

Move over Balayage, there’s a new treatment in town.

Introducing Flamboyage, an innovative colour service personal designed by Angelo Seminara that pushes the boundaries of hair colour. The new technique allows colourists to enhance the natural reflects of the hair by spontaneously blending bright and saturated tones with natural bases. Offered exclusively to Davines salons, this new service is a revolution in hair colouring.

Offering the ultimate creative freedom, Flamboyage uses a brand new tool called Flamboyage Meche, a practical adhesive strip that provides precise and creative colouring. Once placed on a client’s head, Flamboyage Meche selects and isolates sections of hair with a simple and fast gesture leaving behind a small random amount of hair adhered to the strip that becomes a new working surface.

Flamboyage Meche is a versatile, practical and simple tool used to achieve extremely natural-looking results.

Trochut's work philosophy is "More is more." It is rich with elegant, brilliantly detailed executions that simultaneously convey indulgence and careful, restrained control. Trochut is driven by a desire to constantly evolve which can be seen in his eclectic body of work. Renowned for his technically exquisite type creations and designs, Trochut attributes his special connection with typography to his grandfather Joan Trochut – a typographer and the creator of a modular typographic and ornament system built in the 40s. Alex Trochut's client's include Nike, The Rolling Stones, Nixon, British Airways, Coca-Cola, The Guardian, Non Format, Wieden + Kennedy, Saatchi and Saatchi, BBH, Fallon, and Beuatiful Decay.

Megan from Thread.co.nz caught up with another hot name on the speaker list – Dan Gosling of Stolen Girlfriends Club. Check it out here. http://www.thread.co.nz/news/6430/15/Stolen-at-Semi/d,thread-article

Happy Easter from Beat!