Simon Vince and the Collaborate Tree
The backstory… My friend David sent me a link to this poster by Simon Vince a few weeks ago. He’d seen it on the Brainpickings website and thought that I’d like it. I did, and although I recognised Simon’s name, I couldn’t remember where from. The next day, during a random search, Simon’s name popped up on my contacts list. My notes said that we’d met at the... Read More
Something for the weekend: take part a creative jam
Image credit: goodfornothingflickr on Flickr Do you want an outlet to exercise your thinking and play with creative ideas? A hackathon-inspired event could be the answer. Hackathons (also called ‘hack days’) are 24-48 hour events where developers come together to produce a mobile or web app in response to a brief or problem. Although hack days tend to be technology-oriented,... Read More
Tea with… Hydar Dewachi
Just as we were about to leave the cafe after lively chat and a cup of tea, Hydar Dewachi said: “I prefer to collaborate with others because it brings out the best in my creativity”. It seemed like it was time to get the notebook out and stay a little longer. We spoke about collaborations, creative skills and the idea of “minglism”. Hydar has been a freelance photographer... Read More
Sprinting to the publishing line: The 24-hour book project is back
*Update: The 24-hour book project has moved to 15th October* Around 2 years ago, we wrote about the 24-hour book project, an ambitious initiative bringing people together to collaboratively write, edit and publish a book in just 24 hours. They succeeded back then, and now they’re back with a similar challenge for the South Asian Literature festival – this time with a South-Asian... Read More
Being human in digital communication
Last week two great events, although unrelated, both touched upon the human side of technology. On Friday, as part of their Out of This World series, the British Library hosted “The Age of Entanglement: are we too intertwined with technology”. They invited a panel to look at the current issue of how we deal with the increasing impact of technology on our lives. Earlier... Read More
London Design Festival, 18-26 September: Top picks for talks
With the London Design Festival now upon us, we have over 240 events, exhibitions and talks to choose from to access the latest talent and creativity in the UK design industries. We’ve picked out a couple of events you might find of interest, looking at both the processes and outcomes of creative collaborations and partnerships: Read More Read More
Making Ideas Happen – book review
Making Ideas Happen is the new book from Scott Belsky – the founder of Behance, an online platform and community for visual creators, and the 99% conference an annual event that brings together creative thinkers to discuss their effectiveness and productivity. Scott is passionate about helping creative people realise their ideas and has been researching the area since his... Read More
What can be achieved in two days? Quite a lot, actually.
Those that have been following this blog will know that last week was BracketLab – a 2 day project which brought together a group of freelancers to work collaboratively on a website and marketing campaign for Bracket’s new creative agency (which intends to work in the same way). Did it work? Even better than expected! Read More Read More
BracketLab – the team
Just one more day until BracketLab takes place and the team is now all now confirmed. Now, this is nothing new, but the way the team has formed shows the power of networks. Here is who is involved (in order of how far the network spread): Laura North – copywriter (a previous colleague) Emily Wilkinson (Empathi) – graphic facilitator/illustrator (introduced through a mutual... Read More
Open Design: Delivered in Beta
This inspiring video shows a collaborative approach to developing products. The workshop “How is social media changing design?” took place during Social Media Week 2010 in Berlin, encouraging designers to share ideas and create together. Thanks to Andrew for the link! Delivered in Beta from KS12 on Vimeo. Read More