Stories

Free pitching is a system that fundamentally undermines the value of creative work, but this week a restaurant couldn't resist a slice of the action

Tired of being told that instead of pay, you’ll get experience in return for your work, while also hearing that you’re not experienced enough to be paid?

The recent revelations from Everpress serve a stark warning that workplace racism is still a systemic issue in the creative industries

Christopher Algar calls upon the creative industry to offer support to students who’ve been impacted by Covid-19

Scattered across seven countries and six timezones, how have New Studio mastered the art of remote working?

DixonBaxi say their current team is the best they’ve ever had. We unpick that evolution.

Having dropped out of uni, a job in the creative industries seemed out of reach for Lisa Williams, but then an opportunity came her way that changed everything

Art history acts as a thin veil to dominant power structures over the ages. That is starting to change though, as online communities begin to utilise the democratic potential of the internet, rewriting the rules of what should be archived.

While studying together, Silva Baum, Lea Sievertsen and Claudia Scheer quickly noticed a severe lack of women in the curriculum and conferences they were being presented with. So they created a platform to showcase and learn from their role models.

Feel like LinkedIn can’t help you to build a career in the creative industries? Think again.

Studying art and design is often framed as a risky decision. Jack Williams argues that instead of shaming students for choosing to follow their passion, we ought to look to universities to teach them how to make their skills relatable to working life.

Brit Seaton meets some of the individuals who are redefining online spaces, in ways that create offline impact

Find Your Intern founder Jasmine MacPhee has seen and heard it all when it comes to dodgy internships, so she’s sharing some top tips to help you sort the good from the bad

For Lucy Black-Swan and Andrés Colmenares of IAM, thinking about futures isn’t about finding answers, it’s about asking better questions. Ahead of their annual conference in Barcelona, Anna Dorothea Ker discovers what they’re turning their minds to next

As our definition of mentorship is rooted in ancient history, Renee Lee feels that now would be a good time to reframe who we consider mentors and how we think about those relationships

Working out how to properly price your work as a designer can be really tough. Our Editor Alec Dudson has some advice for different ways to approach the conundrum

‘The School of Being’ is a vivid picture of what a future art school could — and perhaps should — look like. Come and dive right in

Laura Gordon explains why failure is vitally important for creativity and why education's framing of it is deeply counter-intuitive