Noisy Decent Graphics tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-189114 2012-01-24T14:11:37+00:00 Written by Ben Terrett, a designer in London. This blog is about graphic design and the things I stumble upon in my life as a designer. More details about me down there on the right underneath the picture. TypePad Another reason why the internet is brilliant (type edition) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d49569e2016760ff0a88970b 2012-01-24T14:11:37+00:00 2012-01-24T14:11:37+00:00 Brilliant. You can't imagine Eric Gill writing letters to Charlie Chaplin about the typefaces on his subtitles can you... Ben

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Brilliant. You can't imagine Eric Gill writing letters to Charlie Chaplin about the typefaces on his subtitles can you...

 http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/2012/01/another-reason-why-the-internet-is-brilliant-type-edition.html The new Central Saint Martins building is lovely tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d49569e20162ffbfbd7c970d 2012-01-20T11:10:00+00:00 2012-01-20T11:10:00+00:00 Ben http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/2012/01/the-new-central-saint-martins-building-is-lovely.html Thoughts on joining GDS in the Cabinet Office tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d49569e2016760ca3151970b 2012-01-19T13:09:01+00:00 2012-01-19T13:09:01+00:00 I've written about it on the GDS blog Ben

head of design

I've written about it on the GDS blog

 http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/2012/01/thoughts-on-joining-gds-in-the-cabinet-office.html Thoughts on leaving Wieden & Kennedy tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d49569e2016760a50aa0970b 2012-01-17T09:47:00+00:00 2012-01-17T11:16:16+00:00 On December 23rd I left Wieden & Kennedy and on December 28th I joined the Government Digital Service in the Cabinet Office as Head of Design. But more about the new job later, this post is about the old job,... Ben

On December 23rd I left Wieden & Kennedy and on December 28th I joined the Government Digital Service in the Cabinet Office as Head of Design. But more about the new job later, this post is about the old job, Design Director at Wieden & Kennedy.

Dan Wieden would love this

I was incredibly sad to leave Wieden & Kennedy.

There's a good, strong culture that feeds directly into the work. They have a few mottos. Sayings that everyone takes seriously because they aren't just words, they're statements people believe in.

Weekend + Kennedy

There's one motto, the work comes first. And it really does, the downside of this is that it inherently means everything else comes second, but you can't fault the quality of the work. I've never worked (or indeed visited) anywhere with such energy and passion to just make brilliant work. To raise the bar and then keep raising it. To push on longer and harder than anyone else until the work is amazing. And I'm not just talking about creatives, I mean account people, producers and all the other guys who don't get the glory creatives do. One Saturday last November a friend said to me, 'what are you doing tomorrow?' when I replied going into the office he said, 'I guess that's what makes you guys so good, you just work harder than anyone else."

But it's not just putting in the hours.

It's having a standard and trying to go beyond that. Never settling for good enough.