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

Partnerships for the future – social enterprise and collaboration

A couple of weeks back, we attended Red Ochre’s one-day event “Social Enterprise and Commissioners – a partnership for the future?”.  Red Ochre is a business support organisation for social enterprises, and the event was a response to the potential opportunities arising for its clients to respond to public sector tenders. One of the breakout sessions was Developing Successful... Read More

BracketLab

Bracket is setting up an agency that will bring together independent creatives to work together on collaborative projects for commercial clients.  We are running BracketLab to kick start this – Bracket will be its own first client! How will it work? A team of self-employed creatives will get together w/c 31st May to brainstorm and develop ideas for an online presence and... Read More

Collaborating our way out of the rec******

No need to say the word – we all know what it is…! Although this may seem like an obvious post to some, it seems like a good time to reiterate that the reasons that creative practitioners collaborate become even more prominent during an economic downturn. Read More  Read More