Do you want $10k? Our friends at Dark Igloo are helping GIPHY produce its first ever micro-film festival. Film submissions must be 18 seconds or less, and Dark Igloo thinks many of their fellow WNW Members, from advertisers to animators to filmmakers, could create something enduring in that loopable timeframe. We happen to agree.
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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.
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“Paddy & Liam” Invites You to Reflect on Your Own Upbringing & Indoctrinations
The British-based WNW Member talks about the early days of his career, his interest in the traveling community of Ireland, and his latest photo book Paddy & Liam. “I guess that in some ways I just wanted to look at them as travel kids now settled, but also to reflect on the Ireland they were born into and growing up in.”
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Overshare Podcast: Jon Burgerman Is Not a Doodler
In this episode, you will learn that the key to creative freedom is really to just stop caring what other people think and you’ll learn how to reframe your thinking when jealousy of other peoples’ work or success inevitably creeps up.
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Asking Not Asking #2: Mid-Life Freelancer
“I have had many achievements that I never imagined I would have as a professional photographer over my years practicing my craft. But now as a mid-career artist, I am looking on the horizon at my life as a freelancer and I ask, ‘Did I choose the wrong life?’”
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Ana Jaks Celebrates Inclusivity with Bold, Bright, & Colorful Illustrations
Leland Foster Blurs Medium Lines with Slick & Suspenseful Oil Paintings
It’s not easy deciphering the difference between Leland Foster’s paintings, photographs, and animated illustrations. The distinctions are subtle, yet striking once discovered. It’s part of the sorcery of Leland’s approach.
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Overshare Podcast: Joan founders Lisa Clunie + Jaime Robinson on Taking No Shit & Having Fun Doing It
There's a lot packed into this episode with the two founders of creative agency Joan. There are songs sung, honest insights on the challenges of starting a business, and a few references to Howard Hughes bottling his pee. In this episode, you will learn that happiness and ambition can actually co-exist, and how meeting a stranger that shares your passions can unlock whole new chapters in your career.
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Trailers & Promo Tours Don't Cut It: Enter Giant Spoon's Experiential Film Marketing
As film companies try to buck the downward trend of theater attendance, they're eschewing traditional film marketing campaigns in favor of something more engaging and memorable. Giant Spoon shares the stories behind building a seedy pop-up tattoo parlor and speakeasy ripe with degenerate puppets, & why activations are the answer to fluffing audiences. "Once consumers step into an activation and its created world, they become hooked––and the 2-hour film they want to see becomes a continuation of the journey they just went on."
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Illustration by Allison Filice
A Mixtape from Allison Filice for Relaxing into the Cosmic Flow
“If you attempted to control every aspect of your creative career, it would look very different than if you allowed some unknowns to guide you along your path… I put together a mix of songs that help transport me into the cosmic flow. Have a listen and hopefully you’ll find yourself relaxing into a wonderful current of your own. I promise you won’t float off into the abyss.”
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How Google Creative Lab Primed Aneesh Chaganty For His Feature Film Debut
Filmmaker Aneesh Chaganty discusses the specific ways in which Google Creative Lab prepared him for making the new hi-tech thriller Searching, and why being a first-time filmmaker actually helped in tackling the film’s unique approach. Aneesh also shares advice for fellow advertisers looking to make the jump into filmmaking, and why it's the casting that he's ultimately proudest of.
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Asking Not Asking #1: Lost At Sea
“The last couple of years have been strange for me. The best way I can think to describe them is that I've been slowly drifting out to sea, further and further away from the energy and curiosity and creativity I’ve been known for my entire life. Instead of daydreaming, I stare off blankly into space. Instead of spending my weekends reading and writing like I used to, I spend them cleaning the house, doing crosswords, and napping. I don’t have the desire to be creative.”
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This Board Game Pits You Against the Ad Industry's Wrath
Adam Samara and Michael Camarra have bottled the highs and lows that come with being a creative and created "AdQuest", a board game that zeroes in on the arduous, frustrating, and occasionally rewarding journey that goes into making an ad. Here, they share the inspiration behind the game, how it works, and what advice they have for fellow creatives.
Read MoreOvershare Podcast: Adam J. Kurtz on Helping You Feel Your Feelings
For Episode 7 of Season 2, host Justin Gignac sits down in the studio with artist, author, designer, speaker, and personal growth encourager Adam J. Kurtz. In this episode, you will learn things really are what you make of them, and how a small shift in how you think can make all the difference.
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Birgit Palma Will Open Your Eyes to Impossible Imagery
Birgit Palma relishes the opportunity to paint herself out of corners. The Austria-born, Barcelona-based illustrator, designer, and lettering lover feels most comfortable creating works of paradoxical wonder. Birgit reflects on her style, her mission, her proudest moments so far, and the pressure that she and most freelancers put upon themselves.
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Illustration by Jack Teagle
Feeding the Art Monster Inside: On Being an Artist with a Full Time Job
“Art is hard. It’s hard whether you’re doing it full-time or not, but it’s also a big part of who you are… Shed your romantic ideas of who gets to be an artist, reconnect with why you started in the first place and bring that into your life in small, deliberate ways.”
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Introducing Asking Not Asking with Coach Tina Essmaker
We’re launching a brand new Magazine column with Coach Tina Essmaker. Each month, Essmaker, a creative life coach who came to know the creative community and landscape intimately as co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of The Great Discontent, will respond to letters submitted by our Members. Learn how to get involved.
Read MoreOvershare Podcast: Robyn Kanner Is Gonna Be Ok
For Episode 6 of Season 2, host Justin Gignac chats in the studio with writer, designer, and co-founder of MyTransHealth, Robyn Kanner. There's a lot of sincerity and beautiful insights to take away from this conversation. You will learn that it's okay to be messy. Not in an organizational sense, but messy in the decisions and mistakes you make. None of us are unique or special in our struggles. Once you embrace who you are and feel comfortable with your voice, it will transform your work.
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Work by WNW Member Matt Sorrell