Big Kahuna Profile: Simon J. Forsyth
Growing up in small coastal town, Simon wishes he had stories of being a precocious child whose need to know how things worked had him forever pulling things apart or whose brimming creativity saw him build ingenious furniture out of scraps. But alas, his formative years were really pretty average. When it came time to … Read more
BIG News: X Factor Finalist in Anthill 2011 Cool Company Awards!
With so much happening at the end of the year, we forgot to share the BIG news that Big Kahuna not only made it into the Top 50 of Anthill Magazine’s Coolest Companies but also had the honour of being a Finalist for the X Factor Award! The X-Factor Award is awarded to a company … Read more
Big Kahuna’s Dancing Elves
< With help from our friends at JibJab, the crew at Big Kahuna Imagineering wishes you a very Happy Christmas!
Big Kahuna Profile: Steve Reid
First-Class Technician Steve’s vast and varied background in engineering, film and art makes him perfectly suited for the multi-talented Big Kahuna workshop. A fitter and turner by trade, this Tassie-born imagineer got a bit restless (as imagineers do) and looking for a change, he found himself at the University of Tasmania studying furniture design. In … Read more
We’re Cool! (ahh, the Validation!)
Big Kahuna Imagineering has been named one of Australia’s ‘Coolest’ businesses in Anthill Magazine’s Sixth Annual Cool Company Awards Big Kahuna Imagineering has scored a place among Anthill’s Top 50 in its 2011 Annual Cool Company Awards, a national program developed in 2006 to recognise Australian companies that are doing things differently to bring about … Read more
Imagineering Our Clients’ Imaginations — A Peek into the Big Kahuna Imagineering Workshop
www.bki.com.au – Big Kahuna Imagineering makes cool shi… stuff. Models, Scale Replicas, Custom Builds, Props, Special Effects, TVCs, Character Suits, Creatures, Animatronics, Puppets, Experiential Marketing Tools… you imagine it, Big Kahuna imagineers it. Here’s a quick look at a few past projects that have come to fruition in our Sydney workshop and gone on to … Read more
Will Colhoun: The Big Kahuna Behind Big Kahuna Imagineering
The Big Kahuna Behind Big Kahuna Imagineering Following the feature on Big Kahuna Imagineering in the August/September 2011 issue of Australian CREATIVE Magazine, we thought we’d offer a deeper look into the man behind the company and how Big Kahuna came to be… Frustrated by the bureaucracy of the film industry, model maker Will Colhoun … Read more
Pick up the latest CREATIVE magazine & flip to p16…
For the August/September 2011 issue, Australian CREATIVE Magazine investigated — in Editor Sonia Caeiro’s words — “the wild and ever so slightly whacky world of animatronics within the context of a Sydney-based imagineering studio”. Pick up a copy and flip to page 16 for a look into the world of THE BIG KAHUNA!
The Show Has Begun!
The Venice Biennale officially opened to the public this past weekend and with the hard part done, Will is now “conducting European research”. Hany’s exhibition has been very well received, even earning a bit of fashion cred with his gold lamé information tote being dubbed the “it” bag of the Biennale by the NYTimes. For … Read more
News From Venice
Other than loving the lack of cars and abundant Venetian Spritzes, Big Kahuna Imagineering’s Managing Director Will Colhoun is doing his country proud in preparation for the Venice Biennale. As the sole Australian installer among Hany Armanious’ Venetian entourage, Will says the Australian Padilione (that’s “Pavilion” for us English speakers) is looking great thanks to … Read more
