As a am creating a website I felt it was necessary to look at other websites out there that deal with creative matter. It's been really useful to see that there are such platforms as it shows there are people interested in creativity an its byproducts.
Flight Of insight -
I have been in conversation with a designer in Canada Laurie Millotte. She contacted me thought Linkdin and told me to keep in touch, so I took this opportunity to ask her if she would be one of the designers I interview for my dissertation she said yes, and I discovered she also has a key interest in this area of graph design and creative thought and has created a website, flights of insight, where she showcases peoples creative talents through the concept of a plane journey. There are also other bits on there like 'in flight entertainment' where Lauire posts interesting things circulating creativity. I have found this website very useful in my research as it directed me to lots of things to further research.
It's Nice That -
It's Nice That is a website dedicate to spreading creativity in all forms that circulate under the umbrella of 'arts sector' such as photography, fashion, architecture, graphic design, film, illustration, music. It is great to have such a huge resource of creative output as often people who do find themselves in a creative profession such a graphic design, they will usually hold an interest and appreciation of other creative products. It's nice that also includes interviews which delve deeper into the workings of the creative which is often insightful and very useful for my study project.
Ycn
Ycn features an area on their website called 'Creative Cultures' Where they interview designers and studios about their creative endeavours. It is really interesting how differently each studio/ designer answers the set questions. It is also quite refreshing to hear about their personal approach to their chosen discipline area and their opinion, how they run things, their process etc rather than hearing about their work specifically it's more of a broad scope which allows you to build a clear vision of how they approach their work. The idea of having set questions works really well as a way of comparing opinions, this is something that I will consider doing in my practical
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