A useful and readable ‘Creative, Cultural and Digital Industries Guide’ has been published by Business Link West Midlands It is available in hardcopy from Business Link West Midlands and downloadable as a free eBook in PDF format below. This creative business guide was written by David Parrish, author of the book ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A …
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Get out more!
At the launch party for Creative Times Online, which was full of ‘creative industries’ people clustering together, I met a civil engineer. Civil/structural engineers don’t normally attend these gatherings of ‘creatives’ (fashion designers, musicians, writers, film-makers, advertisers, artists, website designers, broadcasters and publishers, graphic designers, performers, computer games programmers, designer-makers, etc.) So I was intrigued. …
Cate Blanchett ‘Sparkles’
Congratulations to one of my client creative businesses, Sparkle Media on their successful projects in Australia ! The visual effects and animation company has recently worked in Australia with Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett and Joseph Fiennes, producing video footage for the multimedia theatrical performance Minutes of a Separation. Sparkle Media also worked for Reebok whilst …
Let your heart drive you…
A creative passion is often the driving force for creative entrepreneurs. My advice is always to recognise this, in order to understand our own motivations in business. In other words, what ‘makes us tick’. I was asked recently by Putte Svensson from Rockparty in Hultsfred, Sweden, what would be my advice if someone said they …
Download free eBook. T-Shirts and Suits
Download the free eBook version of ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’ by David Parrish. The eBook of T-Shirts and Suits is the full version of the book, in interactive PDF format. We want you to download it, distribute it to friends and associates, and add it to your website so …
Interview with David Parrish about T-Shirts and Suits
MAiLOUT Magazine interviewed me about T-Shirts and Suits in 2005, and the interview has been republished by CIDA on their Creative Portal. Link to full interview in MAiLOUT Magazine online
What is “T-Shirts and Suits” ?
I work internationally with creative people to help them make their businesses and organisations even more successful. We do this by combining the best of their creativity with intelligent marketing and great business ideas that fit with their objectives – and their values. My approach to business development combines the creative personality [the T-Shirt] with …
Creativity versus Business?
“Some people regard creativity and business as being like oil and water – they just don’t mix. They think it’s a question of choosing creativity or business. I disagree.” The above is an excerpt from the book ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’ by David Parrish. Download Chapter 1: Creativity and …
Creative Commons licence
Copyright Information and Creative Commons. David Parrish’s works Most copyright work has the phrase “All Rights Reserved” attached to the copyright notice, for example: “Copyright © David Parrish. 2015. All Rights Reserved.” Strictly speaking, this means that it is forbidden to copy the work in any way, shape or form, without the express written consent …
T-Shirts and Suits. Download chapters from the book
Download chapters in PDF format from the book ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’ Creativity and Business (PDF, 92KB)Download creativity_and_business. Excerpt from T-Shirts and Suits. A Guide to the Business of Creativity.pdf The Magic of Marketing (PDF, 92KB)Download the_magic_of_marketing. Excerpt from T-Shirts and Suits. A Guide to the Business of Creativity.pdf …