PART THREE: MIND HEALTH As designers we are naturally driven, detail-obsessed, workaholics. However could it be said that our biggest weakness is our precision to detail? During job interviews its common to be asked, “What’s your biggest weakness?”. The cheat’s answer is “I’m a perfectionist”. We hope this will give our potential employer an image of us as a detail-obsessed workaholic who will not finish working until a project is completed to the highest possible standard, a

It has been almost seven years since the UK worked itself up into such a frenzy about a wedding. Then, the more traditional ceremony of William and Kate featured politicians, heads of state, celebrities, family, and friends. On Saturday, Harry and Meghan’s day was a far more glitzy affair. Sat in the choir, reserved for close family and friends, it was a who’s who of American (and a few Brits) celebrity society. Famed for her role in Suits, Meghan’s acting background has resu

So here it is - May's Create & Develop Soundtrack! This month's playlist has has been put together with love by freelance Designer Jenny Morrison. Kerry and Jenny go back a number a years, working together prior to Jenny's freelance days - thanks for your musical journey, Jenny - we have your playlist on repeat! "Hi my name is Jenny aka Miss Thread Head, a freelance fashion and graphic designer. I have worked for many brands and suppliers over the years designing predominantl

Whilst fashion may never make much of an impact on some people’s lives, the Met Gala, taking place every year on the first Monday in May, has a habit of seeping into people’s living rooms. Billed as THE fashion event of the year, it gives commentators, both the public and the media alike, a chance to dissect, praise and criticise all that is weird and wonderful about fashion and the elite crowd that attends (tickets at the gala cost $30,000 per person, or $275,000 for a table

It has been a month since Easter so it’s ok to start talking about chocolate again, yes? Especially if that chocolate is new to the chocolate family and comes in an eye-catching, trendy pink shade... Ruby chocolate has been in production for more than a decade but it was only last September that Swiss Chocolatier Barry Callebaut, the world’s largest cocoa processor, introduced Ruby to the waiting world. In joining the traditional chocolate family of dark, milk and white, ruby

PART 2: FOOD Following on from my previous blog where I explained exactly how stress affects the body internally and how our overall health is a sum of various elements, and when one or more of these are out of sync our health can suffer and our stress levels can increase. My first blog focused on the importance of relaxation and sleep, in this blog I aim to simplify how to still eat healthily when you are supper busy. As with all my blogs in this series ‘How To Look After Y