Wellison D’Assuncao is a Creative Director at Loud. He reckons you need a level playing field for competition to work its magic. Also, he wrote a poem.
Never Not Creative: fighting creative burnout
Andy Wright is Managing Director at Streamtime—and he’s also managing to fight the good fight for creatives with his community Never Not Creative.
Gabberissue #3: Awards
Max McKeon is Associate Creative Director on Tide at Saatchi & Saatchi NY, and just won a shirtload of awards for the Tide Superbowl Campaign. Now he’s looking for a little perspective.
Awards for the Un-awarded
Awards make you feel fantastic—if you win them. But in an industry that prizes them so heavily, how do you feel if you don’t?
End of a golden era: Terry Savage
After 33 years at Cannes Lions, with 15 at its helm, Terry Savage has a lot of good to reflect back on.
Gift of the Gabberer: Emma Hill
Emma Hill has just commenced as ECD at M&C Saatchi Melbourne. Having had a taste of most major global awards, now she takes them with a grain of salt.
The Sound of Sirens: Paul Le Couteur
Paul Le Couteur is Head Sound Designer at Nylon Studios’ newly launched Melbourne studio. He has a wealth of experience and a treasure trove of awards, and he’s sharing his wisdom with us.
And The Award Goes To… Your Self Esteem!
Raphael Elisha explores how awards effect our sense of self. A director and student of Psychology, he once won a bronze Lion for Best Film at Cannes but found it didn’t make a difference to anything.
The Shiny Gold Statue:a Cautionary Tale
Josh Bryer is a writer/CD who likes to innovate, ideally for the greater good. Sometimes, he wins awards—like his recent Black pencil for Palau Pledge. And every so often, he writes a children’s story.
Bit on the side: Hilary Badger is an author
Hilary Badger is a senior writer at Clemenger BBDO, and the author of over 20 books for middle primary readers, including the Space Scout and Zac Powers series. She talks to us about how the hell she does it.
True Rewards
A year out of Award School and junior creative team Pierce Thomson and Amanda Alegre (from The Monkeys Sydney) are already all over what really matters.
Had a lovely nap in the Melbourne Cemetery today
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.