{"id":704,"date":"2013-09-25T11:48:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T10:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riseofthemonkeys.co.uk\/blog\/?p=704"},"modified":"2017-11-27T16:05:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T16:05:07","slug":"reasons-to-be-creative-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riseofthemonkeys.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/09\/25\/reasons-to-be-creative-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons To Be Creative 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_single_image media=”65625″ media_width_percent=”100″][vc_column_text]I was lucky enough to attend this years conference in sunny Brighton at the beginning of Brighton with my colleagues Paul Hart (@paulhartdesign) & Austin McCormick (@thatdesignboy).[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text border_color=”color-uydo” border_style=”solid” css=”.vc_custom_1511798624863{margin-right: 150px !important;margin-left: 150px !important;border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll never have a blog<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fabio Sasso \u2013 Abduzeedo<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I\u2019ll not be going in to a breakdown of what all the speakers talked about (you should have come). But I will thoroughly recommend going to a conference if you get the opportunity reasons.to<\/strong><\/a> is great & 3 days for only a couple of hundred quid it\u2019s one of the best value events you can go to (I may be slightly biased it is my 3rd year of going). But if you can\u2019t make it to Brighton have a look around, there are loads of different events\/conferences right across the UK.[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-414496″ medias=”65621″ gutter_size=”3″ screen_lg=”1000″ screen_md=”600″ screen_sm=”480″ single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″ items=”eyI2NTYyMV9pIjp7InNpbmdsZV93aWR0aCI6IjEyIn19″][vc_column_text]Going to an event\/conference is a great opportunity to see what went into someone’s work, you also get to see it from their perspective. Royal Bandit were commissioned for this years opening titles, and their talk was a great way to see their lo-fi\/handcrafted approach to creating their complex looking work.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text border_color=”color-uydo” border_style=”solid” css=”.vc_custom_1511798652783{margin-right: 150px !important;margin-left: 150px !important;border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

The word for work is play<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Julien Vall\u00e9e \u2013 Royal Bandit<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]You really get to see the personality behind the work, there can be a lot of playfulness to the creative process.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text border_color=”color-uydo” border_style=”solid” css=”.vc_custom_1511798664903{margin-right: 150px !important;margin-left: 150px !important;border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t be good be different<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jon Burgerman<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Try and think differently about the design process, communicate, ask questions (the right questions), you\u2019re trying to solve a problem.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text border_color=”color-uydo” border_style=”solid” css=”.vc_custom_1511798678607{margin-right: 150px !important;margin-left: 150px !important;border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Design is problem solving<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aaron Gustafson<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]And share what you know, if you share with others they\u2019ll share with you, you never know when you\u2019ll get stuck & need someone to help you out.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text border_color=”color-uydo” border_style=”solid” css=”.vc_custom_1511798698049{margin-right: 150px !important;margin-left: 150px !important;border-top-width: 5px !important;border-right-width: 5px !important;border-bottom-width: 5px !important;border-left-width: 5px !important;padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Share what you know<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brad Frost & Fabio Sasso \u2013 Abduzeedo<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]There was a great selection of speakers from right across the creative industry (for a full list of speakers check out the reasons.to website) I was enticed to see these lot (click their pictures to visit their site) & I wasn\u2019t disappointed. If you get the chance to go to a conference or even an evening talk go, you never know what you might learn![\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-292756″ medias=”728,727,726,725,724,723,722,721,720,719,718,717,716,715,714,713″ gutter_size=”3″ media_items=”media|lightbox|original,icon,description” screen_lg=”1000″ screen_md=”600″ screen_sm=”480″ single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″][vc_separator sep_color=”accent”][uncode_author_profile user_id=”1″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n