Night Shift is a one-night-only pop-up gallery show where female artists reveal what they create at night. I spoke with the collective of contributing artists to learn about the conception of Night Shift, how the nighttime influences the output of daytime creative professionals, and what advice they have for up-and-coming artists looking to create their own projects and make their own opportunities.
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Iconoclast, Filmmaker, & Entrepreneur Ondi Timoner’s Live Talk Show Is Turning #MeToo Into #WeDo
Ondi Timoner discusses why WeTalk is coming at a cultural crossroads, how her past experiences prepared her to make WeTalk both a sustainable and expanding series, and what creatives and companies can do to join the conversation.
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ADCAN Empowers the Next Generation of Creatives to Make an Impact
How Us By Night is Upending Design Conference Conventions
Us By Night is the insomniac brain child of Rizon Parein, a Belgian designer and illustrator. We find out what to expect in the event’s third year and why the night time is the right time for a bunch of creatives to gather within a spacious LED-walled venue for talks, live art, interactive installations, games, and mingling.
Read MoreDrinking Not Drinking Chicago: Recap
Hosted at Villains in collaboration with Southbank, our global happy hour series felt right at home. It was the ideal venue and vibe for authentic networking in the Windy City. Everyone enjoyed meeting fellow members and sampling the snacks and signature Old Fashioneds. Thanks to WNW Member Alex Garcia for taking professional portraits for attendants' WNW profiles and portfolio sites.
Read MoreFilip Peraic Sets the Stage for Leon Bridges' New LP
Filip Peraic discusses his collaboration with Leon Bridges and Columbia Records, how he thinks his artwork effectively sets the stage for Bridges' new sound, and which musicians he'd love to design artwork for next.
Read MoreWNW + Firstborn Emerging Tech Panel
On April 19th, we invited the WNW community to swing by design and innovation company Firstborn for some home-brewed beer, lite bites and a discussion on the intersection of utility, creativity and emerging tech.
Read MoreMaking London: The Conference for Creators
One day of stories and conversations with groundbreaking inventors, designers, creators and doers from companies like Instagram, Vice, Google, Adidas, ASOS, Dazed, The Orchard, The Unseen, Secret Cinema, Sofar Sounds and many more. 100% of the ticket sales are going to We Are Stripes, an organization that works to create opportunities for individuals from ethnic backgrounds in the creative industries.
Read MoreWNW Celebrates Women in Film
We hosted a special sold-out event in the center of Hollywood. Held at Black Rabbit Rose, the event brought four truly incredible women together on a panel to discuss the current state and future possibilities of women in film.
Read MoreDemystifying Blockchain + Crypto Panel: Recap
We invited the WNW community to Camp David for drinks, bites & a discussion to demystify blockchain, Bitcoin, & cryptocurrency. Attendees learned how this tech supports artists, enables unique connections with their followers, and provides new monetization methods for creators.
Read MoreWNW + Squarespace Happy Hour: Recap
WNW Members + friends were treated to drinks, light bites, and the chance to learn what working at Squarespace is all about directly from their Creative team. The Squarespace team also took sleek headshots of attendees.
Read MoreFITC Amsterdam Pub Night: Recap
To celebrate our partnership with groundbreaking design & tech conference FITC Amsterdam, we threw a closing party for WNW friends and attendees in one of the oldest pubs in Amsterdam, Schreierstoren.
Read MoreWNW Is Teaming Up With General Assembly for "Design For Good" Talks
We’ve invited three speakers from our creative community to share their work on human responses, and how our mental health and the way we live intersect with design.
Joining us for the evening will be creative studio Builders Club, artist and founder of Notes To Strangers Andy Leek, and animation storytellers Wednesday Studio.
Read MoreNeed an Inspirational Escape & Creative Recharge? Meet FITC Amsterdam 2018
FITC is returning to Amsterdam to host the groundbreaking design and tech event on the future of innovation, design, and all the cool shit in between. We talk to Founding Director Shawn Pucknell to learn what lead him to launch FITC, how the FITC team selects speakers, and more.
Read MoreChristmas Drinking Not Drinking London: Recap
We flew over to London for a Christmas Drinking Not Drinking on December 19th. It was our most festive happy hour yet. Cheers to our gracious hosts Jaguar Shoes Collective at Dream Bags in Shoreditch
Read MoreThe 2nd Annual LA Holiday Party: Recap
We partnered with our friends at Goin’ Up for the second year in a row, with the event hosted at the spectacular and spacious Playa Studios in Culver City, courtesy of Mophonics Music & Sound.
Read MoreWNW, General Assembly, & Unruly Co-Host "Design for Good" Event
We co-hosted General Assembly's latest "Inside the Minds of Brilliant Designers" series event with a specific focus on "Design for Good and Breaking the Mould." The sold-out event, held in Unruly's clubhouse, consisted of a panel discussion with London-based WNW Members
Read MoreThe 3% Conference Founder Talks Diversity & How We Can Do Better
The 3% Conference was born with the mission to champion female creativity and make the case that in order for businesses to innovate, they have to embrace diversity. Now in its sixth year, the 3% Conference is showing a true commitment to effecting change with its adaptability: "We've become increasingly aware of the danger of agencies solving for the 'woman problem' and neglecting diversity in all its facets. So our fall agenda will explore and inspire on all fronts of diversity to make it crystal clear that our tagline -- Diversity = Creativity = Profitability -- is a rally cry that leaves no one behind and no one's needs back-burnered."
Read MoreWNW + VICE Team Up For FoodFight!
Less than a month ago, Working Not Working launched the Work In Progress program and assembled a task force of 20 diverse creatives who work for companies including Google, Snapchat, XPRIZE and TED to create solutions to LA's biggest civic issues. For our first project, labeled FoodFight!, we partnered with VICE Media, local non-profits including Safe Place For Youth and L.A. Kitchen, and members of the Mayor's Operations Innovation team to develop actionable ideas to reduce food waste and improve access to healthy food at homeless shelters across the city. None of us expected that just a few weeks later, we'd have thousands of fellow Angelenos eager to support our ideas.
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