There’s a reason everyone knows Nike. The renowned global brand knows how to craft a message that sticks. And to get it right, Nike relies on great storytellers who can put their craft — be it video editing, photography, writing, or otherwise — at the service of the brand.
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All photography by Geoff Levy
Engagement In the Grid: 3 Ways Creative Professionals Can Approach Their Instagram Feeds
“Just because you’re unsure how it will be received on social media doesn’t mean that the seed of the idea that’s scratching at your soul doesn’t have a home. Instagram isn’t a parameter for your art; it’s a visible publication platform.”
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Asking Not Asking #18: Freelance Life is Like A Drug
“Freelance life is like a drug. The just not knowing what might be possible around the corner can be addictive and exciting. But it can also be hard to know just when the time is to move on. To know when it’s over. You just don’t know. There’s always a maybe/possibly hanging around out there. It makes it hard to commit to something else, something more solid, something more stable.”
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This Photo Series Tells the Stories of Homeless People Through Their Most Essential Items
The interviews and photographs, captured at a drop-in center and safe haven in Manhattan, tell deeply personal stories of pain, addiction and loss but also of hope and ingenuity. Creatives Chris and Simon discuss the project as a reclamation of what it means for something to be “essential.” They also talk about the importance of setting aside creativity for the sake of creativity in favor of an authenticity that serves the stories of their subjects.
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Work With Frank Ockenfels 3
Work With is a new video series that introduces you to the creatives behind the work. Here, we visit legendary photographer Frank Ockenfels 3, who has spent nearly three decades shooting musicians, celebrities, and everyday people.
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The Top 50 Companies Working Not Working Creatives Want to Work Next 2018
8,934 WNW creatives took part in this year’s Top Companies survey, and named 2,832 companies. Here are the 50 that rose to the top. For the first time, we're ranking the results in order. Click here to see who made the cut.
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Meet the Membership Board: Photographers
This recurring WNW Magazine feature will introduce you to creatives on our Membership Board. It will celebrate their work and give them the mic to offer advice on how to elevate your own WNW profile. Meet photographers Julie Glassberg, Michael Starghill, & Elizabeth Weinberg.
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It’s Nice That Is Celebrating 100 Years of the Bauhaus in Printed Pages AW18
In the latest installment of Printed Pages, It’s Nice That’s biannual publication, the London-based in-house team have made it their mission to celebrate creativity at work all over the world… and in the past 100 years. Front and center is a feature on the Bauhaus school and its century-old legacy, honored and unpacked alongside Pentagram partner Sascha Lobe.
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Tim & Ron
Let Love Reign is a Testament to the Real-Life Obstacles of Unbridled Love
Catalina Kulczar and Luke Williams discuss why Let Love Reign is important to each of them, the pressures to deliver a final product that honors the stories told within, and what they learned about each other through this collaborative process. The passion and urgency that both of them have brought to every creative decision is truly inspiring and embodies what it means to use your creativity for good.
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“Paddy & Liam” Invites You to Reflect on Your Own Upbringing & Indoctrinations
The British-based WNW Member talks about the early days of his career, his interest in the traveling community of Ireland, and his latest photo book Paddy & Liam. “I guess that in some ways I just wanted to look at them as travel kids now settled, but also to reflect on the Ireland they were born into and growing up in.”
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WNW + BBH Summer Happy Hour: Recap
We recently moved our LA office from Venice to West Hollywood and needed to properly celebrate the move. So we teamed with our new officemates BBH LA to throw a happy hour in our new digs in support of one of our favorite non-profits, Safe Place For Youth. It was a great opportunity for Working Not Working Members, local creatives, and influencers to connect with each other, the WNW team, and one of Los Angeles's premiere agencies face-to-face.
Read MoreWorking Not Working Partners with Skillshare
We've partnered up with Skillshare, the online learning community with over 5 million members and thousands of classes in the creative industry, to host a 3-week long workshop exclusively for Graphic Designers. The focus is on building an online presence and getting more work opportunities.
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"Watching the World Cup" Captures the Full Spectrum of Human Emotion
London-based Photographer Jane Stockdale has created a work that documents heaven, hell, and purgatory, all reflected on the human face. It's not life or death. It's both. Watching the World Cup is a 64-page photo essay documenting the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Read MoreOkCupid's First Ad Campaign Is Down to Focus On More Than Just Hookups
We interview WNW Members Dana Davis, Designer at OkCupid, and Jessica Shriftman, Wieden+Kennedy Art Director. As Dana tells us, "The DTF campaign is a great extension of OkCupid’s mission to focus on substance and depth -- and to reflect back on the issues and passions that people care about."
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Photographer Jesse Rieser Celebrates Your Celebrations, the Best Christmas Tradition of All
"Going out and meeting strangers, photographing their process, and my whole process of doing it has kind of become my own tradition. It's like Christmas inception."
Read MoreThis Photographer's Creative Vision Tackles Avoidable Blindness
In the course of learning more about blindness worldwide, the statistic that really rocked me was that 80% of the 35 million plus people who are blind could have their sight restored or vastly improved through relatively inexpensive procedures."
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Peen Cuisine Mixes Food & Sex for Elevated Bachelorette Parties or Random Weekday Meals
Lauren Hom describes it as "elevated bachelorette party food" but that doesn't mean that she hasn't been getting help from her grandmother sampling some of the recipes before their respective launches.
Read MoreMaria Louceiro Embraces Discomfort to Develop Her Creative Eye
WNW Member Maria Louceiro is finding ways to be creatively comfortable with the uncomfortable. For one thing, it's how she created her best work as a photographer. "I was working full-time as a designer, so I took the days off, but didn’t prepare beforehand and was totally lost in Gothenburg.
Read MoreWelcome to the Vibrant & Melancholic World of Lisa Carletta
WNW Member Lisa Carletta is a London-based visual artist who uses photography as her main medium. Her work is a delicate balance, shown in the worlds she creates from both behind and in front of the camera. Every element has a purpose and a place, which often gives her work a cinematic quality; she cites both Wes Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson as influences.
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