Doom! Gloom! Boo! Like us, you probably don't really consider what might happen in an economic downturn to us creative gen-y folk. We're invincible, right? Well sadly no one is, kids. And when we met with Aussie expat Heath Rudduck - Chief Creative Officer of Campbell Mithun in Minneapolis, we found out just who survives those dark days... Among other stuff. Don't worry, this ain't no '7.30 Report'. We're sure Heath's zeal for digital thinking will have you digital dreaming. Jr: So ... Read More! »

When it comes to coming up with ideas, sometimes trying too hard can be the worst way to handle it. Ever had one of those days when the ideas don’t come? Not absolutely no ideas, obviously, but no good ones. Well don’t worry. It happens to all of us. Honest! So what to do when the ideas don’t come. I’ll be honest with you and say I don’t have a definitive answer. But the one thing you should never do it get all hot ‘n bothered. Because the harder you try, the less ... Read More! »

A few years ago i did a creative internship with a well known agency. I was paired up then with another junior creative and together we came up and presented a broad range of work to the then creative director but work never saw the light of day. I was offered a full time position interstate which i took. about 3 months later after i found out that the young writer i was working with produced the campaign we worked on together and did not credited me in any of the work. I brought this matter ... Read More! »

This week, Stan tells us to reconsider an age-old medium. Sunday mornings for me are spent at the kitchen table, with bagels, jam, coffee and the Sunday papers. This has been a ritual I have followed for as long as I can remember. Quite why I do it, I don’t know. After all, I gave a talk at Melbourne University about five years on the demise of the newspaper. Yet I still read them. Obviously I’m not the only one, as today’s copy of The Age had not one but three full page, ... Read More! »

Dear Esther, I'm 23, currently working as a full-time mid-weight graphic designer in Melbourne. I love it, but I'm now looking for some extra income – and was thinking freelancing out of hours would be perfect. I was wondering if you had any advice for finding good freelance design work – out of hours? I specialise in branding, publication design, advertising design and copywriting – and I've attached my current folio to give you an idea of where I'm at. I've sent my folio around to ... Read More! »

Stan says: Sometimes you've got to be bad to be good. Every now and again someone shows me an idea that at first glance could really be called nothing other than bad. That idea could be totally off brief. It could be ill considered. It may be that the tone of voice isn’t right. Or most likely it could be just plain wrong. I’ve had ideas like these myself during my career. Lots of them. That’s because getting the bad ideas out is simply part of the journey of arriving at a ... Read More! »