It's nearly 2011! Almost! Just! But before it is, party like it's still the happening year of 2010 (or 1999 if you feel so inclined) to these Balearic beats tastefully put together by none other than our music maestro, Patrick Collins. [audio:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5619898/Junior%20Mix%20Tape%2005.mp3] Or, right click here to download. Every month we’ll be profiling a young artist/designer/writer/etc via the mixtape cover. Dan Gray is our junior superstar this month. ... Read More! »

It's Christmas time! Before Stan has a well earned break, he's given us a list (that he's checked twice) of some enlightening and informative goodies for you to take out to the banana lounger in the sun. Back in the 1950’s Andy Warhol was the most in demand advertising illustrator on Madison Avenue. In the 1970’s best selling author Fay Weldon was one of London’s best copywriters. And in the 1980’s two time Booker Prize winning Australian author Peter Carey had his own ad ... Read More! »

This week Stan explains how the biggest killer of ideas can be ourselves. Showing something that you created to someone else takes courage. And it takes even more courage to accept criticism of what you have created. But accept it you must. Well most of the time anyway. Because taking onboard the critical opinion of others will help make your work better. The only problem is, listening to criticism can often cause you to doubt yourself. So you end up second guessing what people ... Read More! »

Would you believe R/GA, digital agency of the decade, started in the late seventies as a production company? Founded by two brothers -- they created the first integrated computer-assisted production process (oh Wikipedia, you make us sound so clever)! Translation: they revolutionised motion graphics and special effects. Heck! They did the opening titles for the original Superman and have Oscars on their wall. Flash-forward twenty-something years and they've shaken up the fundamentals of the ... Read More! »

Getting a full-time job in any creative field is tough. But as Stan tells us, patience and persistence is key. It took me ages to get my first full time job as a copywriter. I got plenty of opportunities to work on freelance projects. And I also managed to snare two semi permanent contract gigs. But an actual full time job eluded me for quite some time. Believe it or not this is quite common. Sure you may know someone who cracked a job straight out of college, but most of us ... Read More! »