Tag: creativity
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Book review: Still Here Still Life
“With a glass of wine in hand, Still Here Still Life began” Still Here Still Life is a joyous food forward celebration of creativity and culinary delights. In a time of isolation, Zena Kay and Tess Smith-Roberts created SHSL and invited creatives to share an aesthetic feast for the eyes, using food as a catalyst…
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Colour and creativity: Odd Orange stationery
For all creatives a notebook is their greatest partner. A close confidant to fill with secrets, mistakes, and unfiltered thoughts. It is a place for contemplation, experimentation, and creation. In choosing the perfect notebook to house all this there much to consider: the size, paper, weight, and design. Luckily Odd Orange has acknowledged all this…
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The Ever-Evolving Zella Day
With lyrics like “denim sky unbuttoned down the middle” and “can we go back to the world we had with a love so sweet it makes me sad”, American singer-songwriter Zella Day leaves an impressionable mark on new and long-time listeners. “I felt forever when I laid up on your chest in the August light.”…
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Sleepless dreamer
I’m not sure if I suffer from insomnia. Maybe I can sleep but I just don’t try hard enough. Maybe I need to actually just lie down and close my eyes for longer than five minutes, than rely on a singular cup of green tea to aid my sleep. I guess I could just be…
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* Collage project 2 *
Once again those dark winter nights are stealing our joy and creativity. So we present you with an easy fix to get those creative juices flowing once again. Digital collage. No messy glue or awkward cutting of funny shapes. Of course if you want to be traditional feel free to print out our array of…
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10 Questions with Avery Grimshaw
Graphic design is part of daily living. In a capitalist world the easiest way for companies to communicate and sell to us is through the visual world of graphic design. We spoke to Avery Grimshaw about breaking into the industry, approaching work, and his creative process. Have you always been a creative mind? I think…
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Collage project: gallery
Thank you to everyone who submitted work for our collage project. Below is a gallery of all the work submitted. We love every piece and hope you’ll contribute to future projects too. In the meantime keep on collaging!!
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Modern Poetry
First things first, lets clear something up about poetry. It’s not all dead white men. If thats not your thing, or you just want a something less intimidating to get you started then heres a couple of poets that you might want to check out. To start things off I’d like to introduce you to…
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Collage project
With winters inevitable approach and the shorter days it’s easy enough to feel too tired to do much more than boil the kettle for a cup of tea, never mind take the time for some creative release. So we thought what better way to get those creative juices flowing again than for a digital collage…
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10 Questions with Abigail Watson
Illustration is no longer limited to the covers of children’s books, and has had a real resurgence, not only thanks to the rise of social media, but companies like Etsy, Society 6, and red-bubble, allowing illustrators and artists to distribute and sell their work more easily. We speak to illustrator Abigail, about how we can…