Articles
Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.
Creative Lives
Trash Gxng’s Tayo Adesina on dedication, adapting, and building an impactful brand
Insight
How to apply for roles as part of the Kickstart Scheme
All you need to know before the deadline on 24th March
In the Studio With
We meet the team behind Wix’s design school, the Wix Playground Academy
Creative Lives
Experimentation is your most valuable skill: Designer Lucy Harmony Grimes
Resources
Nine mentorship schemes celebrating and supporting POC creatives
Initiatives set up to provide support, advice and new connections
Pep Talk
Watch Ahmad Swaid’s Pep Talk on working in social media and digital content
Creative Lives
How to keep multiple plates spinning, with Burberry’s Verity Pemberton
Guide
A guide to overcoming imposter syndrome
Creative Lives
Sail Creative’s Danni Gilbert on the importance of design activism and “finding your tribe”
Portfolio Reviews
Portfolio Reviews: February 2021
Want to work in graphic design? Apply for our next session
Creative Lives
Creative technologist and educator, Jazmin Morris on the power of knowing a little about a lot
Creative Lives
Kashif Boothe on juggling multiple roles in TV and film, and producing his own award-winning web series
Resources
10 funding opportunities and schemes that you should have on your radar
Written by
Creative Lives in Progress
Pep Talk
Watch Josie Tucker’s Pep Talk on using creativity for climate activism
Creative Lives
The labour you provide should always be compensated: Motion and 3D designer TR Bennett
Creative Lives
Birds, hidden oddities and art fairs: How illustrator George Manson launched his career
Creative Lives
What is innovation design? Miki Chiu fills us in on her role as a creative consultant for Fluxx
Guide
A guide to using Instagram for your career in a healthy way
Advice
Three exercises to help you overcome procrasti-struggle
We look to the team behind failsafe zine for guidance
Creative Lives
“Be willing to learn, whether in a lecture hall or your bedroom”: Director Gabriel Moses
Insight
We’ve relaunched! Here’s an introduction to what’s new
Portfolio Reviews
Portfolio Reviews: January 2021
Get advice from top creatives on showing multidisciplinary work
Advice
Seven ways to maintain your mental ‘fitness’ in life and work
Start 2021 with a new mental-health regime, for life and work
Creative Lives
Dropbox Design product designer, Chelsi Alise Cocking, on how setbacks can be fulfilling