Freelance State of Mind: is university really the only option?
Illustrator and designer Ben Tallon looks at how rising tuition fees are deterring budding creative students, and asks whether short courses could be just as valuable.
Freelance State of Mind: “You have to embrace risk”
This month freelance illustrator and columnist Ben Tallon meets ad guru Sir John Hegarty and talks about why taking risks is so important in the freelance world.
Freelance State of Mind: cutting creative youth services will only result in more crime
Ben Tallon, freelance illustrator, designer and Design Week columnist, speaks about how knife crime could be reduced if only more funding was given to youth services fostering creativity and sporting
Freelance State of Mind: creativity in London will soon become endangered
Columnist and freelance illustrator Ben Tallon talks about how designers and other creative professionals are being priced out of London – and this is to the capital city’s own detriment.
Freelance State of Mind: creativity’s impact on our mental wellbeing
Whether you’re drawing, fanaticising over comic books or exploring a niche film genre, engaging your creative side can have a positive impact on mental health, explains freelance illustrator and columnist
Freelance State of Mind: Which criticism should you listen to?
In his column this month Ben Tallon looks at criticism and thinks about when to listen to it and when to block it out.
Freelance State of Mind: how taking up a new hobby in 2017 could help your creativity
In this month’s column, freelance illustrator Ben Tallon looks at the new year as a great springboard for side projects and explains why you should follow them through.
Freelance State of Mind: Design lessons from Japan
In his column this month, freelancer Ben Tallon looks at how design-led Japanese retailers can be an inspiration to freelancers who he believes would benefit from considering how their own
Freelance State of Mind: “What perseverance taught me”
In his column this month, freelance designer Ben Tallon looks at why putting the effort in will pay dividends when you least expect it.
Freelance State of Mind: Succeeding as an introvert or an extrovert
In his column this month, freelance designer Ben Tallon says that whether you’re an introvert or an extrovert there’s a way to put yourself out there and succeed.
Freelance State of Mind: The real value in self-initiated work
Freelance illustrator Ben Tallon says that his career was kickstarted by ploughing his own furrow with his self-initiated work and ignoring trends, even when his day job was “drawing faceless
Freelance State of Mind: The Zara case puts “every independent creative professional at gunpoint”
Last week, Los Angeles-based illustrator Tuesday Bassen accused clothes retail giant Zara of copying her illustrations without permission. Design Week columnist Ben Tallon speaks about the dangers for independent artists and the
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