Articles
Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.
Creative Lives
London-based creative director and designer Bruce Usher on running his own one-man studio
Creative Lives
Hastings-based illustrator Ben Newman on building relationships, writing for children and weathering bad reviews
Advice
GDS head of design Mark Hurrell’s guide to portfolios, job interviews and starting out
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Mark Hurrell
In the Studio With
Powerful magic: A window into the world of animation and film production studio, Nexus
Creative Lives
Nexus’ creative producer Beccy McCray on going from a “university slacker to pulling my socks up overnight”
Creative Lives
Personal work, problem-solving and pitching: animation director at Nexus, Nicolas Ménard
Parts of the Process
Moving Brands’ design director Callum York on rebranding the world’s seventh largest telecommunications company
Creative Lives
“Animation is about constantly expanding your skill set” CG supervisor Mark Davies on learning and leadership
Creative Lives
Photographer and director Leonn Ward: “Have a strong vision in mind, and just don’t stop until you’ve done it”
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Creative director, studio founder and lecturer Craig Oldham: “It’s not enough to just make things look good”
In the Studio With
Friendship and skill exchange are at the heart of Manchester’s multidisciplinary collective The Engine House
Creative Lives
Graphic designer and DR.ME co-founder Mark Edwards on the struggles of setting up a studio and making ends meet
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Artist and illustrator Paul Hallows: “Your work is an extension of you; if people don’t like it you’re going to feel it”
Creative Lives
“Design isn’t magic, it’s a process” shares graphic designer, lecturer and Textbook co-founder Vicky Carr
Creative Lives
Prop maker, set stylist and textile homeware designer Mariel Osborn on the joys of physical making
Creative Lives
Writer and events producer Stephanie Hartman: “I knew by second year I didn’t want to be an illustrator”
Creative Lives
Discovery is not desk-bound for TEMPLO’s intrepid creative director, Pali Palavathanan
Parts of the Process
Keeping the creative juices flowing: Behind the scenes of illustrator Jack Hudson’s ad for Rowntree’s
Parts of the Process
London studio Sawdust explain how self-initiated type project Quainton made them more resilient for client briefs
Parts of the Process
David Pearson’s new designs for old books with Pushkin Press and The London Library
Creative Lives
Illustrator Sarah Maycock talks starting out, clients and getting fan mail from Sir David Attenborough
Creative Lives
Jennifer Zheng, junior animator at Moth, talks us through the first nine months of her professional career
Creative Lives
Producer and executive producer Peter Maynard on working your way up from the bottom
Creative Lives
Ifor Ashton, producer at animation studio Moth, discusses the joys and challenges of working with close friends