Articles
Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.
Insight
Be happy at work: Bruce Daisley, Vice President of Twitter Europe
Interview by
Laura Snoad
and
Creative Lives
Photographer and director Olivia Rose talks persistence, mental health and taking the right advice
First Hand
Decolonising design: How Anoushka Khandwala’s dissertation caught the industry’s attention
Written by
Anoushka Khandwala
Creative Lives Podcast
Joana Filipe on how she got into creative production for ELCAF and exhibition design
Creative Lives
Breaking down barriers: DNEG’s digital compositor Laraib Atta on becoming a VFX artist at 19
Insight
Our report into the state of the creative industries, and how grads are finding work
Written by
Laura Snoad
Creative Lives
London-based digital designer Joe Mortell on working for the New York Times
First Hand
Carly Ayres: The secret to creative fulfilment is not more side projects
Interview by
Marianne Hanoun
and
Creative Lives Podcast
From skateboarding to social anthropology: Oscar Hudson’s route into filmmaking
First Hand
Double Trouble: Seven duos on making it work as a creative partnership
Interview by
Marianne Hanoun
and
First Hand
Designer Harry Grundy makes his case for a six-sided practice
Written by
Harry Grundy
Parts of the Process
Illustrator Yehrin Tong on creating 13 pattern-filled covers for the country’s best-loved books
Advice
Emma Gannon’s nine ways to build a solid online presence to attract more connections
Written by
Emma Gannon
Creative Lives Podcast
Make few compromises: Phoenix Perry on pioneering your own path in game design
First Hand
From signing with an agent at 16, to shooting for Nike at 17: What David Uzochukwu has learned so far
Interview by
Indi Davies
and
Creative Lives
We talk teamwork and taking your time with Uniform’s client director, Joanna Rowlands
Parts of the Process
Designer Rick Banks on making a font that flows for the British Heart Foundation
Creative Lives
Well-timed emails and helicopter photoshoots: Associate creative director Mark Lee’s road to Uniform
Creative Lives
Doing your best “even in the tiniest of tasks” with Uniform motion designer, Beatriz Diogo
In the Studio With
Inside Uniform: The innovative Liverpool studio designing footballs, AI radio and 50p coins
Creative Lives
We follow the career of multitasking, multitalented artist and illustrator Julie Verhoeven
First Hand
Frazer Sparham on moving into UX design straight out of a graphics degree
Written by
Frazer Sparham
Creative Lives
‘New’ news, computers and working at the BBC: A conversation with creative technologist Mathieu Triay
First Hand
Animator Katy Wang’s rules for overcoming creative anxiety
Written by
Katy Wang