Hi I'm Ash,
I'm a 25 yr creative from the UK and currently taking part in the D&AD new blood academy, from the 11th to 22nd July.
You can find a bit more about it here:
http://www.dandad.org/en/d-ad-new-blood-academy/
In short the Academy is a creative boot camp for people who want to get into the creative industry, that could be design, illustration, photography, advertising or branding.
The next couple of posts i want to talk about what I've learnt and pass that information on to you.
To start with I'll be talking about 2 of the biggest things I've learnt so far, don't worry you don't have to be a designer to learn something from these.
1. The Creative Method
"Creativity is one of the last remaining legal ways of gaining an unfair advantage over the competition."
Ed Mc Cabe
We all have the power to come up with amazing ideas but a lot of people don't know where to start. I'll be going into detail about a creative method that works.
2. Storytelling
“The shortest distance between two people is a story.”
Patt Digh
Humans have been telling stories since the beginning of time and the stories we tell all follow a few simple story techniques.
As humans we are creative and inquisitive by nature learning these 2 fundamentals will allow us to maximize that creativity and in doing so make our life/the world a better place. I'm not a lecturer nor am I a writer so i'll be explaining these in a way anyone can understand.
See you soon,
Ash