RPM Visits Glug

Our Junior Creative, Reuben, went to GLUG last night: a regular after-work creative drinks and 'notworking' event for designers, clients and friends. Here's what he saw....

"Yes, we were all having a glug at Glug, and at the same time being overwhelmed with some truly amazing things that are going on in the world of making and doing. First up was a man named Pieres with a cool hat, floral shirt and a claim that he and the people from Creative Block single-handedly started the creative Shoreditch we know today 14 years ago. With their most recent project, Creative Block sent nine people into the woods to make a film about chairs. Not a Blair Witch-style film, more of a, "we’ll give you these old crappy tools, with no electricity and no light, and you have to go and fashion a chair each, only using what nature supplies you with." Not so boring after all, and even more amazingly one of the chairs is now being sold in Ikea.

Next up, a guy that really caught my eye was Mark Davy and the work he is doing with Futurecity. Their take is really very interesting indeed, because what they do is go to a council before budgets have been allocated. These are budgets for things like bus stops, bins and chairs that are normally pretty standard designs. Once they've secured a budget, they get an architect or artist on board and make something original and amazing.

In the picture [above], you can see a 'bench' that was designed using funds from a local council. The chair seats 15 people as they relax and look to the sky all at once. Just ask yourself, why should bus stops look like bus stops? Or bins look like bins? Lets get a bit more imaginative with the world.

I’ve been down to Glug twice now and truly recommend it to anyone whether you consider yourself creative or not!"