Articles
Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.
First Hand
Animator Katy Wang’s rules for overcoming creative anxiety
Written by
Katy Wang
First Hand
Nick Knight on what makes a great fashion film, and pushing forward in times of turmoil
Interview by
Indi Davies
and
Creative Lives
Telling stories of people and place: We get to know photographer Dean Davies
Parts of the Process
How Toaster developed a Progressive Web App for the Natural History Museum, inspiring kids to get outside
Creative Lives Podcast
Swapping creative isolation for constant collaboration: Rosie Wadey’s path from photographer to agent
Advice
Put your business cards away: A beginner’s guide to networking
Written by
Miho Aishima
Creative Lives
Writer Harry Ashbridge on making people care about words for digital bank, Monzo
Creative Lives
“I still can’t believe I get to do this for a living!” Meet Belfast-based illustrator and animator, Priya Mistry
Advice
How to raise money for that project: A guide to successful crowdfunding
Creative Lives Podcast
Motion designer Jace Harrison Crowley on working for Stella McCartney, cyber-punk and ‘snackable’ content
Creative Lives
Supple Studio’s designer Becks Skinner chats ideas, internships and not working in isolation
Creative Lives
Work with people, not against them: Supple Studio’s design director, Philip Skinner
Creative Lives
Give each project 100 percent: Senior designer Katie Cadwallader describes her journey at Supple Studio
Creative Lives
“Am I really getting paid to do this?” Supple designer Sherilyn Dykes talks misconceptions, fun and fears
In the Studio With
Redefining success and achieving “work-love balance” with Bath-based design practice Supple Studio
Creative Lives Podcast
Photographer Lauren Maccabee discusses personal projects, interning with Martin Parr and Instagram
Creative Lives
From Usain Bolt to garden bugs: A closer look at macro-photographer Levon Biss’ career journey
First Hand
“When we choose an artistic job we know it won’t be easy” – how Cécile Dormeau became an illustrator
Creative Lives
Advice
Six steps to becoming your own boss: financial tips for freelancers
Creative Lives
Illustrator Sonny Ross tells us why “drawing is like dessert”
Creative Lives
Developer Neal Fletcher on teaching himself to code and the joys of working on the road
Advice
Find a friend, give it a title and use your job: We get some top advice on side projects
Creative Lives
Creative Lives Podcast
Nicole Crentsil on embracing alternative paths: “Traditional routes aren’t the only way”
Advice
Words of Wisdom: Craig Oldham’s advice on going it alone and starting a studio
Written by
Craig Oldham