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e-Luminate shines light on Cambridge innovation
At the tail end of winter, the people of Cambridge are in for a treat; the streets will be alight with art and innovation. The inaugural e-Luminate Festival 2013 is an exciting visual display which showcases one of Cambridge’s most upwardly mobile sectors; Clean Technology. Running from the 20 to 24th February, a series of … Continue Reading
Write-up: Finding your mushy peas
Philip Morley, Creative Director of Think Industries, joined us in September 2012 for a thought-provoking talk on ‘finding your mushy peas.’ He’s kindly put together a summary of the key points, so if you missed it read on! Finding Your Mushy Peas A friend of mine is a financial consultant. One thing he’s good at is identifying … Continue Reading
It’s Collaboration August!
= Post Meetup Update = Thanks to everyone who came along last Wednesday, it was good to see so many for what is usually a very quiet August meetup. And some new faces too! You can see some photos from the evening on the Meetup page, and we have some follow up information from the presenters below. … Continue Reading
You Don’t Need a Mobile App. Or Do You?
Wednesday, 27th June 2012 from 7.00pm at The Fountain Inn, 12 Regent Street Cambridge CB2 1DB Get directions | Register through Meetup Everyone from multinational businesses to the local baker seems to want their own app right now, but do they really all need one? Nick Clarey, CEO and Director of successful Cambridge based mobile app developers Airsource Ltd, … Continue Reading
Q&A with Jeremy Tankard : Talking Typefaces Follow Up
Following his very popular talk at our April meetup, typeface designer Jeremy Tankard was happy to answer some questions posed by our members. This was planned for the evening of the talk, but we were so interested by his methods and stories time ran away with us! 1. Do you prefer to see your type … Continue Reading
Are graphic designers ruining the web?
* * POSTPONED * * We hope to run this talk at a future date but it has been postponed for now due to unforeseen circumstances. “Designers have turned web pages from simple sources of information into bloated showcases.” Or so it said in the Observer earlier in the year, in a piece provocatively titled Graphic designers are … Continue Reading
Talking typefaces with Jeremy Tankard
Wednesday, 25th April 2012 from 7.00pm at The Fountain Inn, 12 Regent Street Cambridge CB2 1DB Get directions | Register through Meetup Word-class typeface designer Jeremy Tankard will be joining us to talk through his career and the incredible work he has produced in recent years. He’ll tell us how he got into type design, his time at Addison and … Continue Reading
Surfin’ USA: What I learned from the big brands on the West Coast
Wednesday, 28th March 2012 from 7.00pm at The Fountain Inn, 12 Regent Street Cambridge CB2 1DB Get directions | Register through Meetup Liz Weston of Weston Communications, a marketing, PR and social media company based in Cambridge, is currently taking part in the Innovation and Leadership learning journey to the West Coast USA. Liz is visiting: Google, SalesForce, Stanford … Continue Reading
Street > Urban > Graffiti Art
Wednesday, 29th February 2012 from 7.00pm at The Fountain Inn, 12 Regent Street Cambridge CB2 1DB PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE!!! Get directions | Register through Meetup This month’s meetup is focusing on graffiti and street art. Illustrator Dill Hill from Design Illustrated will kick things off with a look at the history of the artform, followed by respected Cambridge … Continue Reading
Why November’s CamCreative will be a distinctly hairy affair
A guest post from Ann Hawkins, who will be co-presenting F*ck You, Pay Me! and CamCreative on 30th November “Moustaches Linked to Men’s Cancer!” It was a typical Daily Fail type headline that caught my eye. I immediately went into investigation mode. “What kind of moustaches?” I wondered. Is a full Tom Sellick as potent as a … Continue Reading