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TikTok creator Francis Bourgeois joins Gucci x The North Face campaign at full steam
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The blurred line between being a creative and an influencer
Top 7 in-demand freelance skills for 2022
Instagram Introducing Paid Subscriptions
Revisiting why hyperlinks are blue
Understanding of ethics In design
The creative approach to tackling climate change
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Full Steam Ahead with Francis Bourgeois, The North Face and Gucci?
Let’s just say that we didn’t see this campaign coming. But, is it a smart move from Gucci?
The second chapter of The North Face and Gucci’s partnership has just dropped with an exclusive collaborative video from streetwear site High Snobiety that, to the internet’s delight, features TikTok star and trainspotter Francis Bourgeois.
The multi-hyphenate trainspotter, engineering student, model, and content creator took his unbridled passion for trains and railways to TikTok, where he has since garnered almost two million avid followers. Charting locomotives across England, Bourgeois records himself on his GoPro, a humorous aesthetic that has become ingrained in his TikTok psyche and persona. Running up and down the platform, gesturing for the conductor to blow the whistle, and giving us tours of rare train model interiors are all part of a day in the life of his trainspotting adventures.
Continue reading → HS
What’s to Happen to the Future of Cinema?
With the quiet award ceremonies and a declining box office goers, what’s to happen to the future of cinema?
The Golden Globes were semi ‘cancelled’ this year leaving many of us puzzled. The reason behind the awards’ omission from TV sits among questions about the organisation’s membership and its integrity.
Even so, the winners – Will Smith for Best Actor and Nicole Kidman for Best Actress – may even make us doubt whether the Globes are motivated by art or popularity. There seems to be minor acknowledgement for arts and foreign films and the motto often seems to be the bigger the star the bigger the award.
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Mucho Rebrands Visa with Modernism at its Centre
On January 14, just a few days ago, Visa launched its first rebrand since 2014. The big change? Its logo no longer includes its name, Visa. Instead, three horizontal stripes, blue, white and gold, make up this bare-faced logo.
Continue reading → wishu
Top 7 In-Demand Freelance Skills for 2022
This is one of our favourite yearly blogs. It’s always exciting to take a look at what’s in demand and how we can sell our services in the next month in a way that capitalises on our skill and squeezes the juice out of all of them.
Check out the list → wishu
Instagram Introducing Paid Subscriptions
The paid subscriptions will help creators make money from providing subscribers with exclusive content and features, like subscriber-only lives and badges.
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The Blurred Line Between Being a Creative and an Influencer 🔐
As a generation of creative freelancers and artists come of age on social media, the lines between being a creative and an influencer are increasingly blurring. There is a new wave of creatives raised from the era of Instagram, YouTube and TikTok…
Continue reading → wishu
Understanding of Ethics In Design
When we sat down to interview Ana Grigorovici of Uncommon Goods, she excited an epiphany in our relationship with design. Grigorovici reminded us that “everything is design” because almost everything is designed.
“Every interaction is designed, our outfits are designed for different occasions from interviews to parties. Someone once told society that different types of clothing are fit for certain occasions etc. From technology to architecture to fashion, these are the fabrics of society and they are all designed. Asking why design is important is like asking why water is important – our lives are made of design!”
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Revisiting why hyperlinks are blue
Black hyperlinks had been the standard for many years, but why the sudden shift to blue? One can assume that it is because RGB phosphorescent monitors were becoming more readily available in comparison to monotone phosphorescent monitors that could only produce one color.
Continue reading → mozilla
The Creative Approach to Tackling Climate Change
As a creative, it can be often depressing to hear about the poor effect some creative industries have on the environment. Take the fashion industry, for example, it accounts for about 8-10% of global carbon emissions, and nearly 20% of wastewater.
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