5th Sep 2011 ⁄ South West ⁄ Sara Barbas is a Bristol-based Writer-Director with an international track record in the field of animation. Sara has been working in the animation industry since 1997 in different roles, having mainly freelanced for Aardman Animations and the BBC. We spent five minutes chatting to Sara...
22nd Aug 2011 ⁄ Yorkshire/Humber ⁄ James Whitworth is a freelance cartoonist and journalist from Sheffield. He's also the resident topical cartoonist at Creative Boom and celebrates two years of our popular Daily Fix on Wednesday 24 August 2011. It was James who first approached me, just after Creative Boom had launched and he came up with...
1st Aug 2011 ⁄ Imogen Heap is a Grammy award-winning singer, composer and songwriter from Romford, Havering. Born in 1977, she's known for her work as part of the musical duo Frou Frou and her solo albums, which she writes, produces, and mixes. She has produced three solo albums, the latest of which is Ellipse, something that was a chart success and earned Imogen...
19th Apr 2011 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ Ali Lockhart is an aspiring designer currently embarking on his design degree at the fabulous Edinburgh Napier University. I was intrigued by this young man, not only for his deliciously organic style as seen through his furniture, but also his sheer determination to make something of himself and put himself out there.
This is a much needed a...
30th Mar 2011 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ Nicole Abbott is currently in her second year at the University of Dundee studying child nursing. However, acting and fashion have interested her from an early age and are still her passions. Approximately five years ago whilst acting she was asked if she'd ever considered being a model. At that stage in her career Nicole was quite shy in front of ...
30th Mar 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ Debbie Murphy runs her own business Missfit Creations, designing and making sustainable clothing range Recreate and Pop Fashion label Tribute2. All clothing is hand-made from reworked garments and offcut fabrics and each item is individual. We caught up with Debbie to see what she's currently up to...
21st Mar 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ Lampros Kalfuntzos is a Greek digital designer based in Reading. After completing his studies at Staffordshire & Huddersfield University he has been working as a digital designer & artist for various companies around the United Kingdom. Lampros has experimented with Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Bryce, Premiere as well as many “traditional m...
4th Mar 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ Paul Askew is the editor of Ferment magazine, which he runs alongside designer Sarah Plant as well as publisher and designer James Weiner. Ferment is a new quarterly publication that combines creative writing with new illustration which they put together in a tabloid size zine, printed for them by the awesome folks at The Newspaper Club. We caught ...
28th Feb 2011 ⁄ North West ⁄ Ste Johnson is a freelance graphic designer from Liverpool. Describing himself as a worrier, hopeful and smiley type person - Ste studied Multimedia at university and now spends most of his time designing websites. He's had a fascinating career so far. Read more here...
9th Feb 2011 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ The gorgeous Claudia Carter is an aspiring top class photographer. Based in the beautiful city of Edinburgh, Claudia looks for her next photo fix. From the perfect portrait to the touching tale of wedding romance, Claudia is the photographer you've been looking for.
Not only is she talented behind the lens, ...
28th Jan 2011 ⁄ North West ⁄ Manchester born Cos is creater of Dead Ends, a graphic novel that tells the story of group of mates living and surviving in present day Worcester, 'with a hint of an upcoming apocalypse to mix things up a little.' But Cos doesn't do sugar coated drawings, the emphasis on real lives makes...
26th Jan 2011 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ Andy Murray is a fantastically accomplished award-winning product designer. Having only been out of the education circuit for little over a year, Andy has already racked up a distinct following through his innovative style and work ethic. He is a passionate designer with that intangible flair of making something simple, yet beautiful. We caught ...
10th Feb 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Blue Yates is a professional Classical guitarist, performer and recording artist, specialising in Classical, Acoustic and Latin genres and this February marks the 10 year anniversary of his guitar tui...
