Darby Hudson is a poet and artist who had a brief fling with advertising. He didn’t really win any awards, but his name was put on something he didn’t do so it looks like he did. You can find his book WALK at Readings.
You're OK
Alex Schieder is Creative Director at digital agency Slik. A designer at Leo Burnett’s for many years, he came first in Award School in 2014 before cutting his AD teeth at The Monkeys. He made us a GIF.
Top 10 differences between writers and copywriters.
Philip Taffs has worked as an advertising copywriter for over twenty years. He is a PEN prize-winning short story writer, and ‘The Evil Inside’, published by Quercus UK and distributed in Australia by Hachette, is his first novel. It has sold 10,000 copies worldwide.
Gabberissue #2: Insecurity
This issue of Gabberish we’re exploring that sneaking feeling that confirms you’re not good enough. By The Monkeys Melbourne creative Siobhan Fitzgerald.
The mirror never lies
We’re not always kind on ourselves. Lindsay Thompson is Creative Director at Khemistry in—here’s what his subconscious is telling him.
UNWANTED (The advice you never asked for)
Jim Walsh and Jess Lilley are CDs at Leo Burnett Melbourne. They created a poster series from advice overheard in agency corridors, using a font created from the logos of creative agencies around the world.
I am awful
Connor Beaver is an art director at The Monkeys Melbourne. He is also awful. Except when he’s great. When he’s not awful.
The pleasure and pain of job insecurity
Elle Bullen is co-founder and CD at SDWM, and just a couple of years ago she had nothing to feel insecure about. She had a great job and a swag of awards—she was even named Creative of the Year at the B&T Women in Media Awards. Then she packed it all in.
Hip hip hooray! for Clerehan
Times have changed and so have hairstyles. We’re celebrating Clerehan turning 25 years old.
Bit On The Side VICTORIA ILES MAKES ART
Norwegian artist and copywriter Victoria Iles switches mediums as easily as she does her artistic and advertising pursuits. When she's not working at Johannes Leonardo New York on clients including Adidas originals and Alexander Wang, she is a photographer and collage artist.
Side Hustle Hoarder
Some people like to draw. Others to sing. Niccola Phillips, Head of Art at M&C Saatchi Sydney, likes to crochet large amphibious creatures, make cookie monster costumes and mould porcelain rat skulls. The only problem is—she’s running out of room.
Jackie Dickenson on life after advertising
Former art director, copywriter and creative director, Jackie Dickenson taught a generation of students creative advertising at RMIT. Now a historian, she has published a number of books on the Australian advertising scene.
INSECURITY (a retrospective of real texts between creative partners)
Rikki Burns works as a senior creative at Meerkats Perth. When she’s not contemplating her next big idea, she’s sending highbrow text messages examining life, the universe, and her insecurities. Here we get to see inside her brain via her text messages.
Bit on the side JENNIE KO BAKES
By day Jenny Ko is an art director at Sibling. By night, she bakes, and crafts things out of sugar—ribbons and flowers, and the odd vagina.
Gabberissue #1: Rejection
Can rejection spur you into greater creativity? Siobhan Fitzgerald from The Monkeys Melbourne is on the case.
The Champion
Helen King and Alex Bolderoff from BMF have found their champion, but he might not make it.
Gift of the Gabberer: Ant Keogh
We talk about rejection to the man recently ranked #1 CCO in the world.
How thick is your skin?
What's your pain point? The Thick Skin Scale can tell you. By Katie Moore and Monica Placella from JWT Melbourne.
Seeking Approval
A Poem by Anonymous
Battle of the Tweak Beats
Small tweaks become big beats in a battle of the Tweak Beats. It's Monkeys Melbourne creatives Joe Sibley and Hugh Gurney V. account exec Marissah Oakley.