Can you?

We spent the weekend in the fab offices of Wieden+Kennedy for the equally excellent Culture Hack Day 2011. The question “Can you play nicely with other creative minds?” was painted in huge letters across one of the walls. It’s a good one to ask ourselves from time to time.  It’s not always as easy as we think. Photo from Culture Hack Day on Flickr.  Read More

If You Could: Collaborate

A visit to the If You Could: Collaborate exhibition leaves visitors buzzing with ideas and excitement about what happens when creative minds get together.   Alex Bec and Will Hudson of If You Could invited 33 creatives to collaborate with someone of their choice, giving them 12 months to develop a final piece.  The brief was completely open so the curators had no idea what the... Read More

The 24-hour book project

It looks like there’s been a hub of collaborative creative writing activity happening on the web this weekend! A group of writers have set themselves up with the task to write and publish a book in just 24 hours using online tools to work together.  The group has been using Google Docs to write and edit the document, as well as using Skype and face-to-face conversation to communicate,... Read More

Let’s make sweet music together

Music: the most collaborative art form of them all.  It often takes a range of people – musicians, vocalists and producers – to make a track happen.  Here are two inspiring examples: Read More  Read More

Online tools #2: capturing creative moments

Being creative doesn’t just happen between 9am and 5pm – you can’t switch it on and off. Good ideas come at the most unexpected moments, and that spark of inspiration can happen spontaneously. So when you’re working on a project within a team, how can you capture that creative spark and share it almost instantly? Read More  Read More

Collaborative spreadsheet art (using Google docs)

A little out of season, but this is amazing (and very pretty!). Don’t be fooled though – I’m sure it wasn’t completely spontaneous, and they had a do a little planning before getting stuck in  Read More

Maintaining your identity – a quick thought

As a talented creative practitioner, your individual work and maintaining a strong identity will always be important. Your own creative talents are why people would want to work with you in the first place! So if you are keen on collaborating, this means considering new ways of working. In addition to developing your own work, you might engage in pop-up projects and even create... Read More