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The Art of Digital

You know print like the back of your hand. But how do you develop your project, idea, concept or campaign not only to exist in the digital space, but come alive there whilst maintaining the integrity...

22 may 12 1 person likes this

The Art of Digital

You know print like the back of your hand. But how do you develop your project, idea, concept or campaign not only to exist in the digital space, but come alive there whilst maintaining the integrity...

22 may 12

The Creative Directors’ Clinic

In this session we bring together a selection of the most successful Creative Directors in the industry and feed them. (We feed you too.) And then you talk. You pick their brains: they give you feedb...

22 may 12 1 person likes this

Talking Digital

The digital audience aren’t consumers anymore: they’re users. They’re inhabitants of new worlds. They’re adventurers, story-makers, shape shifters, voyeurs. They’re hands on and they’re waiting to se...

22 may 12

The Creative Detox

It’s like a spring clean, a shake out, a little mental flossing, if you prefer. It’s what you do when you hear yourself overusing the words ‘No’ and ‘But’, when you start to suspect that all your ide...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

Presentation Skills

Speaking out in front of others can be a horrible and stressful experience. This session is for people who would rather save their adrenaline for something more worthwhile. This is a coaching session...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

Where do Ideas come from?

Ideas, cute little things, aren’t they? Who knows where they come from? Or why, sometimes, they don’t. Here’s your chance to spend a whole session thinking about just that. You’ll try out some new br...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

Art Directing the Idea

How do you stop your work looking like everybody else’s? Does your idea need illustration or photography? A big, splashy headline or something small and demure? Perhaps no headline at all. What about...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

The Creative Ideas Day Part 1 - Fireproofing the Idea

So, you’ve had a great idea and you love it. Well done. Now the tough stuff starts. Now everyone else gets involved. It can get messy. If you want to protect your idea you’re going to need more than ...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

The Creative Ideas Day Part 2 - Selling the Idea

Now the emotional bit. You have to present your work. In an ideal world everyone will jump up and hug you, they may even declare a public holiday in your name. But there’s just a chance that they won...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

Letterpress Typography Masterclass

This is the real thing. Touching type, not moving it around on a screen. Typesetting by hand, in metal and wood – strictly no macs allowed. A chance to experiment with the expressive potential of com...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

Taking Ideas for a Walk

This is an exercise in out-of-character creativity. Working with Malcolm Kennard, one of the industry’s most unconventional designers, you’ll operate as an ‘imaginator’, transforming objects using st...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

Better Briefing

Picture the perfect brief. Clear and concise, insightful and inspiring. Lovely little thing, isn’t it? A pleasure to work with. And now it can be yours. No, really. In this one-day session you will g...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

Where do Ideas come from?

Ideas, cute little things, aren’t they? Who knows where they come from? Or why, sometimes, they don’t. Here’s your chance to spend a whole session thinking about just that. You’ll try out some new br...

15 may 12

Tea Time at Ralph’s

Ralph are a boutique, creative production company. Join them for a lovely cup of tea as they tell you, warts and all, what agency life is really like. From turning a scribble into a monster campaign ...

04 may 12

LBi’s Digital Workshop

Work alongside the LBi team members to answer a series of client and blue-sky briefs that require quick, impromptu and often amusing ideas. Then have a beer with creatives. Available places - 30 Impo...

04 may 12

A Day in the Life of Proud Creative

The team at multidisciplinary design and branding studio, Proud Creative will show you some of their favourite projects and explain how they went about creating them. Available places - 10 Important:...

04 may 12

The Art of Art Direction

So, you’re a s*** hot creative. Excellent. Now get even better. Alexandra Taylor is famous for doing things differently: not once, but time and time again. In this single, intensive day of inspiratio...

04 may 12

Mind Design & Multistorey. DIY - How to set up a Studio

Thinking of going it alone? This is the session for you. Designers Holger Jacobs and Harry Woodrow both set up their own design studios. They’ll share practical advice on taking the independent route...

02 may 12

Tea Time at Ralph’s

Ralph are a boutique, creative production company. Join them for a lovely cup of tea as they tell you, warts and all, what agency life is really like. From turning a scribble into a monster campaign ...

02 may 12

LBi’s Digital Workshop

Work alongside the LBi team members to answer a series of client and blue-sky briefs that require quick, impromptu and often amusing ideas. Then have a beer with creatives. Available places - 30 Impo...

02 may 12

A Day in the Life of Proud Creative

The team at multidisciplinary design and branding studio, Proud Creative will show you some of their favourite projects and explain how they went about creating them. Available places - 10 Important:...

02 may 12

Meet your Mentor

What happens on the day? You'll get an individual appointment lasting around 30 minutes to discuss your career and professional development with one of the industry's very best creatives. Y...

23 apr 12

High Tea for Education Network Members

This event is exclusive to tutors that are part of the D&AD Education Network. Please confirm your attendence by clicking on the round button on the right to book. We look forward to seeing you t...

10 apr 12

Meet your Mentor

What happens on the day? Each Best of Year winner gets an individual appointment lasting about 30 minutes to discuss their career and professional development with one of the industry's very bes...

10 apr 12

High Tea for Education Network Members

This event is exclusive to Member Tutor of the Education Network. Please confirm you attendence by clicking on the round button on the right to book. We look forward to seeing you there.

05 apr 12

Hegarty on Advertising

John Hegarty’s achievements as an art director, creative director and agency owner are too many and too familiar to be listed here. The cupboards full of D&AD pencils, IPA Effectiveness awards an...

04 apr 12

A tutor-exclusive event: Making friends with social media

A talk and Q&A, especially for tutors attending New Blood. What you'll get out of it: An awareness of how social media is being used successfully in the industry with examples across various...

02 apr 12

Picture a Sound: Design and Creativity in Music

They'll cover topics including the collaborative nature of creativity within the industry, the evolution of audio formats, and adapting to the impact of new technologies. The Panel Anthony Burri...

30 mar 12

Sir Terence Conran: Designing the Way we Live

His vision of universal, high quality design, brought a smart, cosmopolitan sensibility to drab post-war Britain. Habitat stores put that sense of style on the high street and gave it an affordable p...

05 mar 12

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