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#TopTips: Financial Resources
As a small company or a freelancer with simple accounts and financial structure it often makes sense to look after your own finances, though I know people can be intimidated at the thought and don’t know where to start. There...
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#TopTips: LinkedIn for Creatives
On 23rd May we hosting a LinkedIn for creatives workshop facilitated by Alistair Cameron from Startacus. Here are some of the main things we learnt. About LinkedIn LinkedIn is the largest professional network in the world with more than 610...
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An Interview with Jessica Fok
We caught up with Jessica Fok, Blick Resident and one of Belfast Design Week’s volunteers to chat about the upcoming event PRESENT: Paul Ryding taking place at Root & Branch’s Roastery on Saturday 8th June. Tell us a bit...
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Belfast Design Week Cathedral Quarter Design Tour
We were delighted to be involved last Saturday with Belfast Design Week with organising a Design tour for AC Marriott Hotels. The Design Tour was for a group of international design media that had been invited to Belfast for the...
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LinkedIn for Your Creative Startup: An Interview with Alastair Cameron
Alastair Cameron is the Co-Founder of online startup focused platform Startacus, the Head of Startup Programmes at Digital DNA HQ, a Maserati 100 awardee and a freelance trainer. Having bootstrapped Startacus from a Startup, the team has grown a substantial...
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New Exhibition: Refugees Welcome T-Shirt Challenge
At Belfast Design Week 2017, Refugees Welcome NI joined forces with Belfast Design Week for the Refugees Welcome T-Shirt Challenge, with a number of local designers joining us for a workshop where they created their own ‘refugees welcome’ t-shirts. The...
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#TopTips: Setting up a Website for Your Creative Business
On Tuesday 2nd April we hosted a workshop on ‘Setting up a Website for your Creative Business’ kindly facilitated by Lizi Daley head of web at Kaizen Brand Evolution. It was a fantastic workshop with loads of really useful information,...
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An Interview with Dillon Osborne
We caught up with 'Content Creator' Dillon Osborne to pick his brains ahead of our latest Faculty course 'the Rise of the Mobile Content Creator' which he is facilitating starting Tuesday 30th April. Tell us a bit about yourself...
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11 Year Lessons Blog 1
Last year was so busy for us we missed our 10-year anniversary/birthday celebrations. This year instead we plan to celebrate our survival and journey over the past 11 years. Including through a series of blogs on 11 of the most...
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#TopTops: Financial Planning for Creatives
On 27th March we hosted an event on financial planning for creative entrepreneurs, freelancers, small business owners and start-ups Here are our key lessons from the event: Put aside a small amount of money on a monthly basis for rainy...
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Finalist: ‘Best Creative Business’
Finally got ourselves organised to apply for an award and our super excited to be a finalist as "Best Creative Business Category" sponsored by Destination CQ in this years Belfast Chamber Belfast Business Awards alongside some great company - Kaizen Brand Evolution - Cinemagic...
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Self-care for Creative Entrepreneurs: Sleep
Friday was national world sleep day which got me thinking and inspired me to write a blog as sleep is something that I have been working on personally and is something I think is so important for creative entrepreneurs. Everyone...
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#MeetTheResident – Will Thornton – Thornton Architecture Studio
Meet Will Thornton, a resident of Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road. He is the founder of Thornton Architecture Studio. What do you do at Thornton Architecture Studio? "I specialise in domestic and small commercial architecture, particularly helping clients to try...
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Our Ten (Financial Commandments)… for the self-employed creative… with Compass Financial Associates
Compass Financial Associates, The Ten (Financial) Commandments… for the self-employed creative… We’ve been financial planners for over twenty years, so we like to think we’ve gotten quite good at it. Over those twenty years, we’ve built great relationships with people...
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Call For Speakers: Women Who Code x Womenfolk
Womenfolk have a super exciting collab coming up soon with Women Who Code and are looking for keen individuals to be involved in a panel event. Whether you've been in the industry since it's conception, or are dipping your toes...
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10 Top Tips for Collaboration
We've spoken to some of our wonderful residents and asked them for their top tips for collaboration - and we'd like to share them with you! Pick someone who has a similar work ethic to you. Make sure you respect...
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#MeetTheResident – Ronan Lunney – Two Digs
Meet Ronan Lunney, a resident of Blick Studios, 51 Malone Road. He is the founder of Two Digs and has been based at Blick for 3 years. What do you do at Two Digs? "I do print and digital design,...
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An Interview with Paul Doran of Tenx9
Paul Doran is our newest resident at our Hill Street Studios. After working for many years as a journalist he is now concentrating on further developing Tenx9, a story-telling event that focuses on different themes and encourages people to share their...
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An Event with Graeme Watson & The Infinite Jest
This month we have The Faculty: 6 Week Standup Comedy Course coming up with the talented Graeme Watson of The Infinite Jest. We've taken the time to ask him about his business and about the field of standup comedy. Check...
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10 Best Bits of 2018 at Blick Studios
1. The Faculty Events with Blick Studios The Faculty is a collaborative project with Seedhead Arts offering courses and workshops designed to teach you a new creative skill. Throughout 2018 we hosted some fascinating and inspiring events including: Creative Writing with Bethany...
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8 Top Tips on using Facebook for your Creative Startup
During December we hosted the Blick Academy event: Facebook for your Creative Startup. We were joined by the wonderful Astra McNicholl of Itty Bitty Book Co and Gil David of Run DMG. They had some great tips and advice to...
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Residents Rundown: Gemma O’Neill
Cotton Court resident Gemma O’Neill is an illustrator and author from the Causeway Coast. She is the author of Oh Dear, Geoffrey! and Monty's Magnificent Mane. Her books have been published globally and nominated for numerous awards. We caught up...
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Future Heritage: Share 6 at Belfast Design Week
During Belfast Design Week we hosted Share 6 - an event that invites speakers to talk upon a certain theme in order to share their ideas. The theme this time around was 'Future Heritage', our speakers discussed how Northern Ireland’s past...
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An Interview with Elena Magliveras
Elena Magliveras is the newest resident of our Cotton Court Studios, she is a graphic designer who recently moved to Belfast from Edinburgh. We caught up with her to find out about her business and her relocation. Tell us a...
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An Event with Itty Bitty Book Co.
Astra is the founder of Itty Bitty Book Co which she runs with her husband, Al. They both quit their jobs when their son was just three months old to start their business of sharing happiness, gratitude and positivity with...
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Top Tips on Video for Social Media with Dillon Osborne
The Faculty: Video for Social Media was one of the Belfast Design Week 2018 events held at Blick Studios. We were joined by Dillon Osborne who talked about creating video content for social media. We wanted to share a few...
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Top Tips for Pricing Your Work with Trish Belford
During Belfast Design Week 2018 we hosted Blick Academy's event, Pricing Your Work. Our facilitator for this event was Trish Belford, a textile designer and Senior Research Fellow at Ulster University. We wanted to share with you some of the...
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Top Tips with The Bearded Candle Makers: Instagram for Your Creative Startup
We had the pleasure of being joined by the wonderful Michael from The Bearded Candle Makers to give us some advice when it comes to using Instagram and how to operate it to best suit your creative business. Michael is...
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An Event with Dillon Osborne
During Belfast Design Week, Blick Faculty are hosting an event with Dillon Osborne on Video For Social Media. Dillon uses edited instagram stories in a vlogging style to share his daily experiences as a photographer and videographer. With over 7000...
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An Interview with Catherine Hatt
Catherine Hatt is our newest resident at our Malone Road studios, she has had a fascinating career creating music and writing within the arts and creative industry. Read on to learn some more about her. Tell us a bit about...
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An Interview with Francesca Biondi
Francesca Biondi is one of our newest residents at our Cotton Court studios, she is an Italian Art Consultant who works to support artists working in different disciplines and medium. We took a few minutes to learn some more about...
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An Event with Joe Laverty and The Design Salon
We're really looking forward to this seasons Quarterly event with The Design Salon. Joe Laverty will be joining to talk about man-made boundaries in our city. Joe Laverty is a Belfast based photographer, who specialises in architecture & the built...
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