Small Talk - Creative Discussion

In our final episode of 2015 Dan was joined by Andy Higgs to discuss meet ups, start up acquisitions and Star Wars.

Dropbox Kills Mailbox, an App It Bought for $100M

Adobe to kill off Flash in January’s Creative Cloud update

Pele erectile disfunction ad

BBC Comedy: Look Around You

This week we talked about automation and how much control we are willing to handover to it. Also, Dan got an iPad pro with Apple pencil, is it finally the digital sketchbook he’s been craving?

An episode for the locals. We talk about gentrification in Birmingham and what can be done to help smaller business and promote footfall to other areas of the city.

This week we were joined by digital artist Antonio Roberts as we discussed the UK’s proposed surveillance rules and whether digital art has as much value as physical art.

A Pikelete

Seven major takeaways from the UK’s proposed surveillance rules

Tim Cook warns UK government against weakening encryption

Facebook says governments demanding more and more user data

Dan and Craig discuss where they’ve come from and where they want to get to based on their previous experiences. We talked about University life, what school was like at developing creative talent and getting to that next level on the mountain.

It’s time we all stopped being scared and had a proper chat about men and the things we need to talk about. This is in light of sniggergate and International Men’s Health day. We also talked about twitter and halloween. Woooooo.

What’s so funny about a men’s rights debate?

Birmingham MP Jess Phillips insists she cares about men’s issues

MPs rally in support of colleague subjected to rape threats

What Twitter must do to save itself

Sacha Baron Cohen – Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award

Matt Nation of provideshop.com joined us to talk about Ai Weiwei, his lego bricks and the ethics in choosing a political stance as a business. We also discussed the rise of subscription models across the internet.

YouTube Under Fire For Forcing Creators To Sign YouTube Red Subscription Deal

Artist Ai Weiwei banned from using Lego to build Australian artwork

The Rebuild Foundation

Provide Shop

Is recognition important? Do we need to receive feedback for our work or is that merely ego? Plus alien megastructures and a tweeting chicken on this weeks episode.

Astronomers may have found giant alien ‘megastructures’ orbiting star near the Milky Way

Europe and Russia mission to assess Moon settlement

New Facebook responses replacing like with reactions

The Surprisingly Complex Design of Facebook’s New Emoji

No More Sticky Mess! Scientists Develop Slower-Melting Ice Cream

This Poultry Company Has a Live Chicken Running Its Twitter Account

Following on from our screening of the documentary Made You Look, we discuss some of the topics raised in the film with designer Luke Tonge (Life Agency, the Recorder).

Made You Look – A film about the UK DIY graphic arts scene

Life Agency

Monotype: Recorder

KFC Rebrand

This week we were joined by Creative Director / Program Manager Jenny Theolin who helped us revisit the topic of sexism in the creative industry and offer a different perspective. We also talked about ad blocking, sticking to your morales and the spoof Nobel Prize award. We may have also had a long chuckle about pigs.

Recorded Monday 21st September 2015

David Cameron and the pig

Getting Piggy With It

Welcome to hell: Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook and the slow death of the web

Free print copies of NME magazine draw mixed reaction

Let’s not force women to smile at your Keynote event

“Name your Price” No, says Photographer to Agency Preparing to use Corbyn Photograph out of Context

Man who let bees sting his penis and 24 other parts of body wins spoof Nobel prize

Ig Prize Winners

Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s Mycroft Holmes Novel

British Isis member complains of ‘rude Arabs’ who steal his shoes, eat like children – and won’t queue