Creative Lives
Meet the creatives making the industry thrive, covering early beginnings to what a typical working day looks like.
Creative Lives
On leaving your mark and making a job your own with Alexandra Kelly, head of creative production at GDS
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We chat patterns, prototypes and recent projects with GDS designer, Harry Trimble
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Stephen McCarthy, design lead at GDS, on why his first job rejection was a blessing in disguise
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How Martin Boyce’s assistant and studio manager Björg Valgeirsdóttir went from business and architecture studies to the art world
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“Be open to all opportunities, no matter how scary” – set designer Gary Card on treating every working day as a new adventure
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“It’s not all Don Drapers and Peggy Olsens, thankfully” – meet copywriter at DesignStudio, Louie Zeegen
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Scanners and ‘Stranger Things’: Take a look inside animator Peter Millard’s DIY dreamland
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“If you’re good, you’ll get noticed” – meet Vintage’s deputy art director, Stephen Parker
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We discuss flexible, future-facing skill sets with Vintage’s senior designer, Julia Connolly
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Talking images, illustrations and ideas with Vintage’s designer Rosie Palmer
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Senior designer Matt Broughton shares his book-designing wisdom after sixteen years at Vintage
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Niran Vinod, creative strategist at Facebook and Instagram, on the importance of getting out of your comfort zone
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We talk starting out, post-graduation life and heart-stopping emails with artist and illustrator Rose Blake
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“I’m paid to enjoy my hobbies; I will never stop finding that strange” Designer and columnist Daniel Benneworth-Gray:
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Freelance producer and script reader Sarah Granville on going from full-time into the unknown
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“Don’t let inexperience hold you back; go for opportunities that excite you” – Halo’s client partner Hannah Williams
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Developing skill sets: Meet Halo’s UX designer and senior developer at Halo, Tim Banks
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“Working with people is everything” – art director and senior designer at Halo, Andy German
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Halo’s visual director Hamish McWhirter on going from freelancer to full-timer and the unlikely benefits of partying
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Translator, detective or producer? Meet Lauren Doughty, producer to artist Ryan Gander
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Director Akinola Davies: “People don’t tell you it’s going to take a while – you won’t be great to begin with”
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We talk concepts, characters and comedy with freelance illustrator and cartoonist Leon Edler
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Photographic director Rebecca McClelland discusses jumping into the deep end
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ustwo senior product designer Joyce Li: “It’s okay to not know everything”