Thinking

A manila envelope with stamps and postage stickers, and an address lable that reads: But I'm not creative, Lead with Tempo, London

A zine (or a good old article) about the role and value of creativity in the 'best practice' world of content design.

Weeknotes

What I’m working on right now.

I've had an interesting couple of weeks, in terms of my understanding of where content design is in the charity sector.

Cultural recommendations in lieu of proper weeknotes, because I'm blocked and procrastinating.

I’ve been on holiday, but eased myself back into work this week with a couple of days at Substrakt’s Digital Works conference in Leeds.

A road junction with a road sign pointing in two different directions, suggesting two opposing choices

You can be readable or you can be creative, pick one. Wait…what?

Long-exposure light waves that look like sound waves

The four facets that help you find your authentic brand voice, and use it to elevate your comms and enhance your user experience.

A close up of Post-it notes on a wall

All too often workshops are a grind, leaving facilitators and participants feeling grey, flat and exhausted - the tell-tale signs of post-workshop fatigue. So how can we make them better?

A bridge over a gorge

In the 1960s, there was a creative revolution in advertising when someone decided that art and copy should try sitting in the same room. Applying a similar idea today, and getting content and design to work more closely, can transform your work for the better.

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