I like Creative Mornings. I don’t mean waking up and deciding to put odd socks on, wearing your hair a bit different or doodling on a steamy bus window on the way to work. I’m talking about the monthly breakfast lectures titled ‘Creative Mornings‘.

Creative Mornings is a series of monthly breakfast lectures given by leaders within the worldwide creative industries. Each event is totally free of charge and includes a 20 minute talk plus coffee. What a perfect way to start the day, eh!

The lectures are currently held in New York, Zurich, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Now, I know what you’re thinking. What’s a girl who lives in Salford Quays doing jet-setting across the globe every month?

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You get a great feeling of pride when you see your work appearing in a book. It’s like that nice feeling you got when your Mum put that picture you did at school on the fridge for all the family and relatives to see. I knew when I received my copy of ‘Touch this, Graphic Design that feels good’, that I had a piece inside it… it was only when I flicked through the pages that I was amazed to see three pieces of work I did with my then Art Director, Simon Rowlands, had been chosen to appear in this fabulous book.

Compiled by Designer Scott Witham, who has worked for global clients including Sony, Virgin, Orange and the Royal Bank of Scotland, ‘Touch this, Graphic Design that feels good’ features intriguing projects that incorporate a gamut of “you can’t print on that” materials, including pleated, Issey Miyake type forms and razor-thin metal business cards; X-ray film; heat-sensitive inks; ceramic tiles; and carpet samples. In short, there are design solutions in this book that use any and everything, except plain paper.

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