Creative Interviews

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Freelance

I prefer to use the term commercial artist. In many ways, this encapsulates both design and illustration, and I don’t think I could ever simply be one or the other. In my thinking, I am a designer. In my feeling, my intuition, I am an illustrator.

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Blok Design

Blok has always been a space for collaboration, for questioning, for exploration. I don’t believe in defining narrowly what we do since it limits the possibilities of where we can go …

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The White Room

With an emphasis on art direction, TWR specializes in branding fashion, arts and culture. Our clients vary, but we have developed a following among artisans who have come to us by various routes…

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Vallée Duhamel

We feel extremely lucky to have gained the trust of such amazing clients, this is a big part of what makes me love what I do.

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Formerly – Kramer Design Associates. Now – Painter

I have always, for good or for ill, been an artist. At school, I made wood cuts, lithos, etching, engravings, photographs and sculpture, and informed myself in those areas. I was entranced by architecture, and always music…

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Hulse & Durrell

We are both very passionate about making the world a better place and we believe design can contribute to that.

Freelance Illustrator - Jacqui Oakley
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Freelance

Thinking you can only be creative at a certain time of day is quite silly. You can train yourself to get into a creative mode.

Laura Stein - Bruce Mau Design
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Bruce Mau Design

“I’ve had a fairly circuitous route to design and to BMD in particular. I did a Fine Art BFA and was mostly interested in conceptual work…”

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