16th Feb 2012 ⁄ North West ⁄ Just one month in and 2012 is already looking like a successful year for Merseyside Dance Initiative, thanks to a series of successful funding bids, programme announcements and an MBE for Artistic Director Karen Gallagher. At the turn of the year...
16th Feb 2012 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ One of England's best-loved clarinet players is to perform one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire with Orchestra of the Swan next month. Emma Johnson will be playing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the leading UK chamber orchestra at Town Hall Birmingham...
16th Feb 2012 ⁄ South West ⁄ From Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 April, the Paintworks Event Space on Bath Road will play host to Expressions, a unique Festival of Creativity. Hundreds of artists have made the imagined, inner world life-size, including six giant animal-headed dolls at a tea party...
15th Feb 2012 ⁄ Are you a creative person, or are you a logical person? Chances are that if you are reading this you consider yourself a 'creative person'. If you were asked what side of the brain dominated your personality you would most likely say the right-hand side, for it is this hemisphere...
15th Feb 2012 ⁄ Or the new Interstate? Or the new Arial? If not, it certainly seems as though the Tobias Frere-Jones designed Gotham is certainly becoming the typeface of choice for the current generation of brand designers. Originally designed for GQ Magazine in 2000, Gotham has gone on...
15th Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ The UK’s largest celebration of buildings and the city, the London Festival of Architecture (LFA), will return from 23 June – 8 July 2012. The event, held since 2004, will reinforce London’s reputation as an international creative hub, as a varied programme of...
15th Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ Readers' Studios is a lot like Readers' Wives, except we're talking about photos of some of the most stimulating creative workspaces instead of... well, you know. Today we're taking a peek at the studio of RPM, an independent marketing agency based in a former treacle factory in London...
15th Feb 2012 ⁄ When you freelance, it's easy to make mistakes that can really compromise your work and client relationships. With no one else to rely on, you could mess up entire projects, damage your reputation or even rock the boat with other people...
15th Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ London creative communications agency BergHind Joseph has announced that Balogh Zoltan, from Hungary, is the winner of its annual photographic competition. His image called ‘Pyramid’ was chosen by the judging panel, which included Margaret Clarke...
15th Feb 2012 ⁄ London ⁄ Six giant carved stone sculptures of heads by renowned UK sculptor Emily Young were unveiled in London’s Berkeley Square this week. The installation is part of Westminster Council’s City of Sculpture festival to promote public art in the capital...
15th Feb 2012 ⁄ North East ⁄ North Yorkshire based band The Conspirators’ latest single release features a guest performance from a 90’s britpop legend. Glenn Johansson, lead guitarist and songwriter from famous indie band Echobelly, plays the lead solo on the Bedale band’s new track ‘Jekyll & Hyde’...
14th Feb 2012 ⁄ South East ⁄ Middlesex University has launched its new “TAL fashion studios”, at a ceremony attended by international clothing businessman, Dr Richard Lee, Chairman of TAL Apparel. The fashion facilities are part of the University’s recently opened £80m Grove centre for creative courses...
22nd Feb 2012 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A Birmingham design agency’s newest recruit has big plans for the company. Barques Design, based in the Jewellery Quarter, has appointed Kathryn Small as business development manager...
