* "Best Digital Content 2012, Silver" Melbourne Art Directors Club
* "Top 5 Must-have iPad Apps", Herald Sun June 2012
* MACWORLD: "A collection of wise, witty and fearless stories told by remarkable women has bound the digital ‘pages’ of Open Field – an Australian iPad magazine celebrating the strength of women and giving back to the cause with a charitable initiative."
* DUMBO FEATHER: "Predicated on the radically simple idea of creating a beautiful product that can generate money to be donated, Open Fields founding statement is bright-eyed in its ambition, and steely-eyed in its projected impact."
* THE BIG ISSUE: "Melbourne editor Kirsten Alexander has created the beautiful Open Field, an annual compendium of creative work (written and visual) by 28 women. Eclectic articles on subjects ranging from an Afghani talent quest to surviving a summer without speaking make for a fascinating read."
Welcome to Open Field, Issue One for the charity CARE.
Twenty-eight remarkable women share personal stories about transforming moments. From meeting nuns in Israel to creating Afghan Idol, from a summer without speech to a life without cigarettes, these stories are witty, wise, and incredibly honest.
Contributors include:
Actor Claudia Karvan
Writer Fatima Bhutto
Musician Sally Seltmann
Writer Anne Summers
New Yorker Cartoonist Liza Donnelly
Artist Lucy McRae
Photographer Lili Almog
Artist Louise Weaver
Restaurateur Nahji Chu
Moby Media Group Director Wajma Mohseni
Everyone involved in making Open Field gave their time and talent for free. None of us are affiliated with CARE. We simply wish to assist them in empowering women in developing countries.
Each of the contributors to Open Field has offered a wonderful story about a moment of change in their life, in the hope that we can, in a small way, assist another woman in changing her life.
Open Field is an annual publication. Issue Two will be available early in 2013.