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Village Underground

October 24, 2011 by Jessica Evans | 4,062 Comments

Village Underground have just launched a Kickstarter project to raise some money to launch ‘London’s most public gallery’

Basically turning their walls on Great Eastern Street into permanent gallery.

Take a look at the video to see how it works!

The Wall: London’s most public gallery from Village Underground on Vimeo.

We fully agree that this would and will be a fantastic project – good luck guys!

Pledge at the Kickstarter page here

www.villageunderground.co.uk

Flying High: Portrait of a Creative Pigeon

August 17, 2011 by Jenny Theolin | 8,421 Comments

A couple of weeks ago our office became the backdrop for a little film about a creative pigeon. Enjoy this entertaining spoof on creative pigeonholing, produced by recruitment agency We Pick Cherries, who is ”questioning how hiring choices can sometimes be made in advertising. Like Mark Twain said: “Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand”. We’re questioning industry norms that perhaps need a little shake up here or there and having some fun too.”

Directed by Bob Pipe & Miriam Elia
Written by Miriam Elia & Ezra Elia
Filmed & Edited by Bob Pipe
Produced by Amy Hart for We Pick Cherries

 

The Future of Creativity

July 25, 2011 by Julia Earthrowl | 9,826 Comments

In an economy such as ours, life for any graduate is hard. But for someone hoping to make it as a creative it’s probably the hardest. At any one time there’s rumoured to be over 300 young teams pounding the streets, portfolio in hand, hoping to impress a creative director, and if they’re lucky, they nab a placement which doesn’t necessarily mean a job! The unfortunate situation is that with such serious competition many teams get exploited for their talent and it’s often not the most creative teams that get work but those who can last the longest on unpaid placements*.

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