Jeremy Wortsman is the founder and director of The Jacky Winter Group and its gallery space, Lamington Drive (amongst many other things). If you’re ready to overdose on inspiration, read on.
Team Talk: Kllo
Because inspiration comes from well, everywhere, we thought we’d try something different. CHE Proximity’s Matt Bladin sat down with very cool musical duo Kllo to find out what inspires them.
Inspiration: That Blank Piece of Paper Could Start a War Between 50 Cent and Ja Rule
Jess Wheeler, Associate Creative Director at Fenton Stephens believes it can.
A Small Ode to Shit Ideas
Sam Dickson is a Creative Director at CHE Proximity, Melbourne. He believes in the inspirational power of shit ideas.
Isolated and Inspired: Fresh Reads to Keep Your Brain Fed
Brodie Lancaster is a writer and critic from Melbourne. She recommends the books you should be reading in iso.
Argument Starters
Nic Molyneux and Ben Mann are creatives at whiteGREY Melbourne. Here they argue the benefits of arguing.
Keeping Kids Inspired in Uncertain Times
Jess Lilley planned to share lockdown inspo for kids from creative parents. No one needs it anymore. But she wrote the article anyway. Join her on this emotional rollercoaster.
Inspiring Desire
Creativity is a powerful force in inspiring even sexual desire, writes The Good Bits co-founder Siobhan Fitzgerald.
Conflicted commentary
When your year feels like it’s been put on hold, where does motivation come from—the industry, the outside world or from within? Aaron Bethune’s plucky comment section is going to find out.
Punts and Paintbrushes: Nick Larkey
Despite feeling like chalk and cheese, artists and athletes have a lot in common. North Melbourne’s Nick Larkey is talented enough to play in both camps. We chat portraits, painting club rooms and how art is form of therapy for the centre-half-forward.
Inspiration: a Love/Hate story
Trent Hendrick is Head of Art at Cummins & Partners. He doesn’t take his on-again, off-again relationship with inspiration for granted.
InspirationTV
Wunderman Thompson’s Harry Roth takes the time you don’t have to channel all the stimulation from the outside world into one convenient screen.
Inspiration Substitution: Replacing the Things we no Longer Have Access to
Bec and Ben are a creative team at Ogilvy Melbourne. They have both personally tried and tested the above.
The Woodcock: a Pornographic Parody Poem Inspired by Poe
A pornographic parody poem inspired by Poe. Regretfully written by Ogilvy’s Zac Blakemore and illustrated by Grga Calic.
Testing positive: Tessa Midgley by Daniel Borghesi
Daniel Borghesi is a Copywriter at M&C Saatchi. Tessa Midgley is the happiest person he knows. Discover the secret to positivity and inspiration in this tell-all interview.
How to Nail Inspiration
Shaun McFarlane and Joshua Brown are a creative team at Noisy Beast Melbourne. They believe that trying to find inspiration is a lot like trying to find the love of your life.
How to Find Inspiration in Isolation
Leah Morris, copywriter at HBK Agency asks psychologist Dr Jacqueline Baulch what we can be doing to stay creative in isolation.
Dear Inspiration: by Alejandra Angeles
Inspiration can be shared person to person. In Ale’s case it was through a mentor program called The Trenches. Hers is a story about being inspired to do something inspiring.
Inspiration in Isolation
Oliver Brock is a Copywriter at Leo Burnett, Melbourne. He believes that proof reeding work is for chumps.
Where Inspiration Strikes
Hardhat creative duo Sarah and Molly believe that inspiration can strike when you least expect it. But for them, it’s not about ‘when’ but rather the ‘where’.