Alex Wadelton is freelance creative and creative director, and he’s the best.
The Battle for Balance
Eric Franken and Marijke Spain are a creative team at The Works. Working with Insta-famous illustrator Struthless, they’ve depicted a fearsome and familiar competition.
First thought wins
Pat Langton is Creative Director at Mo & Partners—now he wonders, if you’re intuition is right, should you disregard first thoughts?
Competing for space in the bottom drawer
Moira Cotnoir is a copywriter at McCann Melbourne. She is mid-way through writing her first novel, is looking to publish her first children's book, and writes for Gabberish about competitive forces impeding the creative process.
Competition and Creativity: a complicated romance
Raphael Elisha is a director and student of Psychology. Now he’s looking at what happens when creativity and competition get it on—and it’s complicated.
Competition: the good, the bad and the good
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.