Need motivation for a new brief? Got 5 minutes to kill? Or need to get in the mood as the day kicks off?
Every morning, I get a cup of tea and surf through a site that is solely about image book marking. It’s a mass collective of design and image conscious people who link and [...]
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I’m sure we’ve all come across most of these, if not all, but it begs the question, how do you handle them?
Do you have any tips to help designers who are just finding their feet? Any words of advice when handling a potentially difficult situation with a client?
Or do you have any quotes or [...]
Self taught, Hillman founded New York based digital design firm hillmancurtis, inc in 1998. After a successful 10 year music career Hillman decided to change course and bought himself an old Mac II and enrolled on a Photoshop course. Despite not having any formal training in digital graphics he has managed to utilise his artistic [...]
As the founder and driving force behind The Chase, Ben Casey is one of the most respected creative practitioners in the UK. As Professor of Visual Communication at UCLAN and a former chairman of D&AD Director’s Club’s Education Group, he also one of the most revered authorities on design education.
Most importantly, as a Prestonian who [...]
GroupHub have been organising extremely successful gatherings in Preston creating a series of informal bimonthly gatherings to explore creativity, inspiration and the alchemy involved in making a living from creative thought.
GroupHub have now teamed up with CreativityWorks to provide the first event in East Lancashire.
For this event we have managed to bring in an extremely [...]
Richard Scholey / Elmwood //
Creative Director at the ‘most effective design consultancy in the world’, on the balance between looking good and working hard.
GroupHub Meets D&AD //
An introduction to the recently launched D&AD Northwest and the first flush of a beautiful new friendship. What’s it all about and what’s in it for you?
We have David Bell, ex-Wieden and Kennedy and current Creative Director at Poulters talking frankly about the north/south creative divide.
And Robert Hempsall of Flowers and Chocolate, information designer reminding us what graphic design is really all about: communication, communication, communication.
Specialist information designer on the difference between creative communication and communicating creatively.
A scrumptious summer barbecue and your chance to grill Pete Martin - Creative Director at IAS Smarts and one of the most decorated ad man in the industry - on copywriting, design and the current state of the advertising industry.
Pete’s produced a pamphlet specifically for this gathering focusing on the difference that good copywriting can [...]
Featuring Pete Martin, Creative Director at Citigate Smarts and one of the most decorated ad men in the UK, our April gathering heralds the first of our themed events.
Pete will be joining us on April 12th to share advice and perspectives and ask the question does anybody read the copy anyway?
As well the usual exploration [...]
An evening of insights, advice and perspectives from Chris Lloyd and Mark Beaumont, Creative Directors at Dinosaur, the award-winning Manchester agency. This duo rank the likes of Selfridges and Wagamama amongst their clients and have picked up numerous awards for uncommissioned work on the Gucci brand. See for yourself: www.dinosaur.co.uk
Along with the usual networking and [...]