Creative Mornings

Daniel Lewington & Christian Miccio at London Creative Mornings

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A fascinating talk by two successful start-uppers about their past adventures and what’s next for their team…

Daniel and Christian speak about the relationship of music and technology and the influences of luck. They also show off their mobile app MPme.

I loved the way they shared their failures and successes – and how luck played such a big part in success. There seem to be so many start ups now, but rarely do you hear about luck being a part of it.

Will Hudson talk at London/CM hosted by Google

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2012/07 Will Hudson from CreativeMornings/London on Vimeo.

Ok, we admit that a big part of going to this Creative Morning talk was to see the Google Campus space designed by the same interiors company as our office. It's a beautiful space with a great cafe downstairs. But no one was disappointed with the talk either. Will's focus on the power of a brand was really inspiring to me, as we are facing many issues from a stagnant brand while redesigning uSwitch.com. To see how he has shaped businesses from such an emphasis on a core principle, and how that doesn't close his scope but allows him to expand his horizon from a magazine, to a shop, events, and who knows what's next... a pub?

Peter Gregson at London/CM

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2012/05 Peter Gregson from CreativeMornings/London on Vimeo.

One of the things I've always like about Creative Mornings is the diversity in the scope of the events. It's not just about the discipline of design - it's anything to do with creativity. The areas that Peter is exploring in his music and blending it with technology has a lot of similarities to our work, and I especially liked his emphasis on the technology working for us, not creativity working around technology. This is a super important point to remember in user experience design; it's worth going the extra mile technically so the experience is seamless for the user who is not even aware of the complexity involved.

David McCandless at CM/London

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2011/10 David McCandless of Information is Beautiful from CreativeMornings/London on Vimeo.

Having David McCandless to speak at Forward is a perfect match. We work in such a data-focussed company and here is one of the biggest names in infographics and visual presentation of data sharing his stories, experience and top-tips. I think Forwardians at least half-filled the auditorium space at this super popular talk - it's been a fantastic morning (despite some continued technical hiccups... we'll have them ironed out for the next CM we host!)