Creativity Sucks!

Lameya Chaudhury, Ravi Amaratunga Hitchcock and Anoushka Khandwala join host Eliza Williams to discuss the success of DEI programmes in advertising and design.

We begin series 4 on a comedic note with 4creative's Lynsey Atkin, Star Quality's Hunter Ellenbarger, and McCann UK's Rob Doubal joining host Eliza Williams to discuss humour in ads.

For our final episode in series 3, we're looking at creative education, with help from Brixton Finishing School's Ally Owen, Ravensbourne University's Derek Yates, and designer, author and educator Ian Wharton.

Creativity Sucks! looks at how to nurture creative teams, with advice from Richard Holman, Rani Patel, and Sarah Watson

Guests from Revolt, Publicis MENA, and Nice & Serious join the Creativity Sucks! podcast to discuss greenwashing, B Corp, and how attitudes towards ethics in the advertising industry are changing

Host Eliza Williams talks to Ian Heartfield of New Commercial Arts; Tiffany Rolfe of R/GA, and Kwame Taylor-Hayford of Kin about new approaches in advertising.

The design canon has long been dominated by white men: is it time for a shake up? Designers Nadine Chahine, Craig Oldham and Jack Renwick discuss.

For the final episode of series 2, we delve into the complex world of brand purpose, with help from Anouk Jans of Spring Studios Milan, Clara Mulligan of Anomaly, and Pete Miller of Octopus Energy.

Ad agencies are increasingly producing branding work as well as campaigns: but do they truly understand the design process? Guests from Mother Design, Studio Nari, and adam&eveDDB discuss.

Creativity Sucks! looks at what Gen Z wants from brands, with help from guests Vairi MacLennan at Mother London; Stephen Mai of Woo; and Efemena Okogba at the Digital Fairy.

In this episode of Creativity Sucks! we?re looking at the thorny subject of pay in the creative industries, with help from designer Cat How, and creatives Sachini Imbuldeniya and Stu Outhwaite-Noel.

Host Eliza Williams gets to grips with artificial intelligence and its potential impact on creatives with the help of creative Iain Tait, designer Eric Hu, and copywriter Vikki Ross.

For our first episode of series 2 of Creativity Sucks! we dive into the world of branding and logos, with the help of three guests: JKR's Lisa Smith, Pentagram's Marina Willer, and Not Wieden+Kennedy's Adam Rix.

The last episode in the first series of Creative Review's podcast Creativity Sucks! addresses how brands should embrace sex and sexuality today. Photographer Sophie Ebrard, Uncommon co-founder Nils Leonard, and Headspace VP of marketing Louise Troen join host Eliza Williams for the discussion.

Creativity Sucks! enters the metaverse in this episode, as guests Emma Chiu of Wunderman Thompson Intelligence; Wayne Deakin of Wolff Olins; and Grace Francis of Wongdoody discuss what the metaverse looks like now; what it might become in the future; how brands should be considering it; and the desirability of digital tacos.

In this episode of Creativity Sucks! we take a look at the design of digital apps and products. Host Eliza Williams is joined by Depop and Delli founder Simon Beckerman; Koto co-founder James Greenfield; and writer and strategist Lore Oxford to discuss. 

Host Eliza Williams and three guests ? Alex Grieve, CCO at ad agency BBH; Joy Nazzari, founder of design studio DNCO; and Helen Normoyle, co-founder of femtech startup My Menopause Centre ? discuss growing older in the creative industries.

Is design and advertising a force for good or bad in politics? Three experts ?Jeremy Sinclair, Sana Iqbal, and Ben Guerin ? join CR editor Eliza Williams to discuss.

In the first episode of Creativity Sucks!, Creative Review editor Eliza Williams is joined by three experts from advertising ? Mark Denton, David Kolbusz and Melody Sylvester ? to discuss the state of the industry today.