RENT MYBRAIN
Ideas, concepts and creative direction.
For a new project, or one already underway.
Fresh ideas.
New perspectives.
Creative research, ideation and concept development. A brief to reframe, directions to explore, ideas to put into images. Independently or alongside your team.
Ideas &directions.
Research, ideas and development
for film, design, motion and digital projects.
Briefs. Visual positioning. Moodboards. Concept boards.
Workshop synthesis. Scenarios. Storyboards. Prototypes.
Brief writing and reframing, creative research and structured ideation. Brainstorming, associations and quick sketches open up different approaches before a selection of concepts is developed.
Concept boards, pitches and treatments bring the chosen routes into focus: the idea, the story, the format and how it could take shape.
Visual positioning maps to compare references, adjacent approaches and graphic languages. Moodboards and concept studies to develop different territories through image, typography, colour and motion.
Creative review and art direction to refine the options, assess their fit with the brief and carry the selected direction into production.
Workshop design and facilitation, from the initial question to ideas the team can develop. The people, needs and context help frame the challenge; individual exploration and group brainstorming generate possibilities.
Ideas are grouped, discussed and selected against the brief and its constraints. Rough scenarios and prototypes make the promising routes tangible enough to try, with a synthesis of decisions, open questions and next experiments.
Visual and technical research into new formats, interfaces and digital habits. Speculative concepts and future scenarios for products, services and experiences, developed through narratives, visual explorations and prototypes that can be discussed or tested.
Technical research, format studies and production tests for film, motion, design and digital projects. Generative AI and other creative tools explored through image experiments and prototypes, starting with the idea and the practical needs of making it.
Design as a tool for decision-making.
Visual maps, concept boards and rough prototypes make alternatives tangible. A common ground to compare directions, discuss the trade-offs and decide what to develop.
Solo or ingood company.
On my own.
Just the two of us.
With your team.
In a workshop.
One part of a project, or an ongoing collaboration.
Independent work from your brief: research, concept proposals, treatments or a review with suggested revisions. Material you can take back into the project.
Alongside your agency, studio or production team: contributing to pitches, developing a creative direction and following it through design and production.
Brainstorming and design thinking workshops built around your project: framing the question, opening up fresh approaches, then developing selected ideas into concept boards, scenarios and rough prototypes.
The workshop synthesis brings together the options, decisions, open questions and tests to take forward. Material for the team to work with, or a starting point for ongoing creative development.
Thinking& making.
Concepts and images.
Formats and production.
Nearly thirty years of designing and making before AI.
Generative tools in the mix today.
Experience in design, film, motion and digital production feeds into the concepts, treatments and technical research. It also means being able to work with the teams that turn those ideas into finished projects.
Generative AI is used extensively today for research, visual development and production tests. Tool evaluation and practical experiments can form part of the work, starting with what the idea needs and how it will be made.
Visual and technical research can sit alongside the concept work: references, formats, tools, interfaces and emerging digital uses, selected in relation to your brief.
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Tell me what you’re working on.
A brief, a concept, a workshop
or a project to join.