The Forum, Winckley Street Preston /
Speakers from 6.30pm /
Networking from 8.30pm /
Free entry, food and welcome beer /
Register here
Speakers //
Ben Casey / The Chase
Bryn Jones / City Brand, UCLan
As Preston finally begins to live up to its city status, GroupHub’s September gathering will be looking at the vital role the design and creative community needs [...]
The Forum / Winckley Street / Preston
Speakers from 6.30pm / Networking from 8.30pm
Entry Free / Register here
Speakers//
Prof Stuart Walker / ImaginationLancaster
Prof Rachel Cooper / ImaginationLancaster
Mark Beever / thomas.matthews
Chair: Steven Johnson / The Hub
Further speakers TBC
Never short on ambition, GroupHub’s July event will be asking, “Can design save the world?” If design is about solving [...]
The Forum : Winckley Street : Preston
Speakers from 6.30pm : Networking from 8.30pm
Entry Free : Register here
MATT KAY: www.kdimension.co.uk
JAKE SMITH: www.jp74.com
CRAIG OLDHAM: www.craigoldham.co.uk
STEVEN JOHNSON: www.hub-creative.co.uk
ANDREW LIVESEY
RICH TAYLOR: www.towhatenddesign.com
Pecha what? A global phenomenon with its roots in the Japanese create scene, Pecha Kucha is a fast and furious presentation format designed to condense large portions of [...]
The Forum : Winckley Street : Preston
Speakers from 6.30pm : Networking from 8.30pm
Entry Free : Register here
Deborah Dawton, DBA Chief Executive
Holly Hall, D&AD Awards Director
Lynda Forrest, Chip Shop Awards
Richard Scholey, Elmwood Creative Director
There’s no question that awards are hugely important in the creative industries: careers are launched on them, clients hypnotized by them, businesses [...]
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 [...]