Moving Brands

Ex Kingston Graphic Design graduate and creative director of Moving Brands, Darren Bowels gave an inspiring talk on his success in the industry;

"SPECIAL K" - labelling kingston students.

"Sea of Sameness" - cut through with originality.

Your "…ness" - establish your individuality.

"Meat Market"

"The Exclusion Principle" - try things even only to rule them out. 5 interviews, 5 roles.

"Cheap Work Rich Learning" - gain as much experience as you can.

"The God Delusion" - you're not the finished article when you've graduated. Always work to improve yourself.

"Return to Puberty" - relax and trust your time will come.

"Ever the Apprentice" - work your way up the ranks if you're dissatisfied with where you are.

"Say Yes"

"Sponge"

"Work with people better than you"

"There's nothing more difficult to open than a closed mind"

"Work hard and be nice to people"

- An independant agency set up by students began in a streamed live aired ad in outer Mongolia, exploiting technology and taking risks. London, San Fransisco and Zurich bases. They have a broader outlook on what branding can bring to a company. 

- Multidisciplinary meeting of minds from all manner of processes leading to versatile creativity.

- 'All creativity is story telling' - behind everything you do is an influence. 

Thinking and making. Story - System - Process

- Conviction. Find the fundamentals of the company's story. Getting to the root establishes a lead. HP pitch revealed how they define a brand and where their direction lies.

-Co-create. Experimental drawing workshop with Swisscom - consultancy requires a leap of faith from clients and departure from original mark. Asking questions like 'if we were to drop your brand what would happen to it?' - finding the true nature of the brand's activities, history, values.

- Smaller company, 16 Savile Row - attracting an audience to it;s authenticity. Capturing the journey of a suit. Expensive and exclusive bespoke tailoring.

-Humanise a brand's image and create a taste of the client's identity. Ness.

-Elegance. Invest into the story, explain the process of the product and what they're selling. Edward Green & Co, 'what does the brand represent? Who are their target market?' There's an appeal in their Englishness - translating this character to the market potential.

Coming back to the roots of a brand's identity. All About Tea. Building a brand upon these truths.

- Intrigue. Inspired by the movements of a dragonfly; wings, flight, how could this be incorporated into a brand's identity? Collaboration with animator/3D digital artist.

- Emotive. Maserati - transferring sound to structure.

- Play.