Work & Co's Founder and Design Partner Joe Stewart tells us how Work & Co was born from wanting to get his design hands dirty again, and the internal trust that exists with having agency leadership learning and building alongside you. Joe also offers great advice on what it takes to work there, as well as what he looks for in prospective hires and their creative portfolios.
Read MoreMartina Paukova Illustrates Refreshing Moments When Our "On" Buttons Are Off
The common thread through all of these scenes is normal, non-performing characters. "Especially in this time and age, when everyone’s skin is out there, curated and self-published and regrammed, I think the idea of each of us when the ‘ON’ button is off is just fascinating.
Read MoreWhy Brands Are Turning to Editorial & Storytelling Writers Like Cedar Pasori
Cedar Pasori seamlessly weaves between editorial and brand writing, having recently finished an editorial stint at Nike. As Cedar puts it, “It helps to have writers who come from true editorial, storytelling backgrounds.”
Read MoreComposer Adam Miele Talks Scores, Jingles, & the Musical Grind
Adam Miele has produced Grammy-nominated albums, written commercial "jingles by the pound," recorded personal projects, and founded his own music production house called Bear Studios. "There’s a great satisfaction that comes when someone is willing to compensate you for your creative efforts."
Read MoreThis Editorial Illustrator Wants to Make Work Actually Useful to Art Directors
WNW Member Eleni Kalorkoti has collaborated consistently with the likes of The New York Times and The New Yorker, creating painterly illustrations that have the ability to accentuate the text and tell a story all their own.
Read MoreTevin Tavares Is a Filmmaker On a Mission
Tevin Tavares knew he wanted to make Nike films. He talks about making moves, starting a collective, & life lessons from filming TX high school football post-hurricane. For Nike.
Read MoreBen The Illustrator Surveyed 1261 Illustrators About Clients, Contracts, & Loneliness
WNW Member Ben The Illustrator released a survey of 1261 illustrators from around the world. Every illustrator should buy Ben a beer for putting together this rallying force for one of the more solitary creative professions.
Read MoreWant to Work at Wieden+Kennedy? Meet Lauren Ranke
We interview Lauren Ranke, the Director of Creative Recruiting at W+K Portland. Lauren tells us how she's seen the agency evolve over her 20+ year tenure and how you can get hired.
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Photographer Jesse Rieser Celebrates Your Celebrations, the Best Christmas Tradition of All
"Going out and meeting strangers, photographing their process, and my whole process of doing it has kind of become my own tradition. It's like Christmas inception."
Read MoreThis Lettering Artist Will Expand Your Vocabulary Through Design
Creatives and artists often talk about how certain projects serve as valuable learning experiences. But WNW Member Mark McCormick's ongoing project, Word is Drawn, is literally that. And not the misuse of "literally" that people are often tossing around. Five years ago, during a creative dry spell, Mark decided to hone his skills as a lettering artist and designer by subscribing to Dictionary.com's daily email and drawing whichever word it threw at him. Mark's resulting renderings manage to perfectly blend the word's definition and a good bit of humor. In short, they're both fun and educational.
Read MoreMeet the Artist Behind Italy's First Underground Art Gallery
In our interview below, WNW Member Emiliano Ponzi perfectly sums up the brief and his creative approach for his latest project creating Italy's first underground art gallery at a subway stop in Milan. "They needed strong scenes. We decided on a series of shots able to depict the variety of people who come and go in that specific neighboorhood, which is a combination between skyscrapers, fancy apartments and the traditional 'old Milano' populated by folks who have lived there for generations. I walked around, felt the atmosphere and tried to represent these two different souls, making them living in harmony." We talk to Emiliano about some of the challenges and breakthroughs that came with this endeavor, how Milan's creative scene has evolved, and what it means to him to be responsible for Italy's first underground art gallery. We also asked who his influences were on this time-consuming endeavor, and what his ultimate hope is in hindsight. "It took 2 years between the first call with the agency to the finished job with many other projects in the meantime, so I think I didn’t have a clear influence. I just know I wanted to depict a dynamic city where everyone could find a mirror and feel represented."
Read MoreHow to Get a Job at Spotify
Spotify! I've been looking forward to this interview and I’m happy to finally share it with you. As some of you may already know, I worked at Spotify for almost three years. So I couldn’t resist reaching out to my friends and asking for their wisdom about landing a design job at Spotify.
Read MoreTobias Hall, Warburtons, & Peter Kay Present Pride & Breadjudice
WCRS and Warburtons have developed a reputation for creating blockbuster campaigns, having previously enlisted the help of Sylvester Stallone and The Muppets to help bring their message to life. This time, they called on WNW Member / Illustrator / Letterer Tobias Hall and British Comedian / Actor Peter Kay to create a hearty bread-themed parody of Jane Austen's Victorian classic.
Read MoreCoverage Coalition: Join Barton F. Graf to Spread the Health
The advertising budget for the Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare) has been slashed by 90%, and the window for enrollment, which starts November 1st, is half the length. Creative agency Barton F. Graf wants the advertising industry to come together to make up this 90% difference and ensure people sign up for affordable health care. Below, we talk to WNW Member Zoe Kessler, a Senior Art Director at BFG, who will tell you everything you need to know to help make a positive impact with the Coverage Coalition. We love seeing our members using their creative skills and communicative powers to make a difference, and this initiative perfectly encapsulates that ingenuity and spirit. #SpreadTheHealth
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 MoreA Collaboration That Mounted the World's Most Remote Pop-Up Shop
"How do you build a shop on the side of a cliff without it turning into a kite? How do you make the concept resonate with the climbing community - an often skeptical group? Can we get permitting for drones in a park that’s historically against them? Where will the shopkeeper pee?"
Read MoreThis is a "How to Look Within & Get Over Your Own Bullshit" Book
There's an abundance of "How To" books by "experts." WNW Member Adam J. Kurtz doesn't see his new book, Things Are What You Make of Them, in that light, nor does he regard himself that way. But would you really want to read a book that purported to have it all figured out by someone who's tagged themselves with every complimentary title?
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Squarespace CCO & 3 Freelancers Show You How to Stand Out
Squarespace's newest campaign is a hilarious PSA on how different types of artists, from musicians to magicians to "storytellers" can "Make It Stand Out." It points to the fact that, statistically, our job titles (and band names) aren't that unique. The campaign naturally suggests both using Squarespace to build your custom site and making a few tweaks to your self-branding to help elevate you and your work above the crowd.
Read MoreMaria Louceiro Embraces Discomfort to Develop Her Creative Eye
WNW Member Maria Louceiro is finding ways to be creatively comfortable with the uncomfortable. For one thing, it's how she created her best work as a photographer. "I was working full-time as a designer, so I took the days off, but didn’t prepare beforehand and was totally lost in Gothenburg.
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