Archive for March, 2010
Cockpit Arts was delighted to be Southbank Centre’s partner for Bloom 2010. There has been a tremendous amount of learning that has resulted from the project which was shared at our March seminar ‘Inspiration to Realisation’, attended by over 150 creative businesses. There’s too much information to squeeze into this one article so over […]
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Tags: collaboration, commisioning, communication, exhibition, market, marketing, motivation, networking, planning, profile, Seminars
By Tania Clarke Hall I was thrilled when I heard that I had been selected to develop a range of jewellery for and inspired by the Southbank Centre. With my love of architecture and design from the Modern era, it was the perfect brief and unsurprisingly the iconic Royal Festival Hall was my starting point. […]
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Tags: makers
Created by Cockpit Arts this blog is packed full of news, top tips and articles on everything you need to know when developing and growing a business as a designer-maker.
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The Power of Planning
by Ellen O’Hara I’ve been working with creative businesses as a consultant and coach for nearly ten years now. So I know that creative people and business planning aren’t always the most natural bedfellows. In my experience, a small craft business owner will tend to take an opportunistic and organic approach to business growth to […]
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Tags: goals, planning, research, values, Workshops
Getting Site Specific
Cockpit Arts and CreateKX put public art under the microscope By Vanessa Swann On 17 September 2009, as part of the London Design festival the Wellcome Centre opened its doors to a full-house of 70 designer-makers, all keen to hear the low down on public art commissioning. The Getting Site Specific seminar was hosted by […]
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Tags: architectural, collaboration, commisioning, site specific
By Abigail Branagan The effects of the recession had been at the forefront of most designer-makers minds, which is why we decided to run a credit-crunch themed discussion in partnership with Create KX in September 2009 during the London Design Festival. Chaired by Cockpit Arts Chief Executive Vanessa Swan we invited three leading figures in […]
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Tags: collaboration, profile, recession, research, Seminars, values
Top Tips: How to manage stress
By Selina Allan With today’s hectic pace of life we all suffer from stress from time-to-time – especially if you’re running your own business. All the symptoms of stress are caused by your body producing the hormone adrenaline. This is part of the ‘flight or fight’ response which is necessary for our survival. We tend […]
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Tags: overcoming stress
By Sarah Hillman After a long break away from my Cockpit studio over Christmas, getting back into the creative swing is proving testing. After 3 months of relaxing and exploring the wonders of the world I find that I am inspired with new ideas and am itching to put them into practice; however this isn’t […]
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Tags: makers, planning, recession
Top Tips: Networking made easy
By Claudie Plen Success is all about who you know. You need to get your ideas out there and the best way to get the contacts you need is by building your network. The most effective networking is all about building real relationships, not having a great sales pitch, being the most impressive person in […]
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By Liam Dempsey As a communications designer, clients often tell me of their confusion on how to use social media to grow their business. I regularly field questions like ‘What should I blog about?’, ‘What could I possibly tweet about?’ and ‘What would I want to put on Facebook?’ My response to these concerns is […]
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