Ladies, Wine &
Design London

We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming portfolio review in collaboration with Design Bridge and Partners, featuring a fantastic line-up of female mentors working across graphic design, advertising, art direction, motion, illustration, UX design and brand strategy and design. 
Check them out below:

- Miho Aishima - Design Director at Design Bridge and Partners
- Simren Degun - Senior Designer at Design Bridge and Partners
- Émilie Chen - Graphic Designer & Art Director, emiliechen.com
- Lucy Kenyon - Brand Strategist at Design Bridge and Partners
- Iossie Ng Lei - Associate Creative Director at Wolff Olins
- Sarah Mwathunga - Senior Strategist at Design Bridge and Partners
- Sadie Devane - Senior Creative / Art Director at Nice & Serious
- Jeanne Harignordoquy - Senior Creative at Anyways Creative
- Mara Ungurean - Motion & Brand Identity Designer, maraungurean.com
- Deanna Bains - Senior Designer at Iris London & Illustrator instagram.com/deannabains
- Katja Alissa Mueller - Design Leader in tech/digital (brand, marketing, product) katjaalissamueller.com
- Chloë Morgan - Creative Agent at Grand Matter

Our portfolio review event will be held at Design Bridge and Partners.
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Thinking of going solo and starting your very own one-woman studio?

Join us for a very special evening with a panel of design studio founders, learn about their journeys and get first-hand advice from the ladies who have done it.

Ask burning questions on how to establish your venture, promote your offering and an land an ideal client.

BOOK YOUR TICKET HERE.


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Transforming Negativity into Creativity
Join us for a very special collage workshop with Louisa Tan from Common Exception at Fedrigoni London space.

This is an incredible opportunity to connect with yourself, reflect on your journey and transform your negative thoughts into something new and exciting. Expect creative destruction and joyful vibrations!

The event is BYOB, so do come prepared with your choice of drinks, food and snacks for yourself or for sharing.

Join us on Wednesday, 25 of September at 7–9pm, at Fedrigoni.

Tickets will be released tomorrow on Ticket Tailor, Friday, 13 of September at 10am so keep a lookout for our email newsletter or for the link on our social channels.

Places are limited so be sure to be quick!

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Come and celebrate summer with our annual Ladies, Wine and Design picnic on Thursday 20th of June from 7pm in Regent's Park.

Our picnic is a chance to meet the wider Ladies Wine & Design community, network with other creatives and make new friends. Unlike our other events, which we keep small and intimate, this is an unlimited drop-in meetup so everyone can join us, and at any time that evening, from 7pm to the park closing time!

The picnic is BYOB, so do come prepared with your choice of drinks, food and snacks for yourself or for sharing.

Tickets will be released on Ticket Tailor tomorrow (Friday 7th of June) at 10am.

The exact meeting point will be shared with the ticket holders a couple of days before the event.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Do you get that nagging feeling that you’re not good enough at your job and someone will eventually catch you out?

Impostor syndrome is widely acknowledged in the creative industries, but not enough is being done to support creatives and change workplace culture.

Join us for an intimate evening where we’ll be talking all things impostor syndrome and learning strategies to crush your inner critic from our special guests.

Amy Shemesh Head of Design (UKI LCS) Google
Creative leader with 15+ years of experience. Passionate about challenging conventional thinking and pushing creative boundaries. Proven expertise in leading creative projects from conception to completion. Keen eye for design consistency and ensuring brand integrity. Gifted storyteller with a knack for bringing ideas to life.

Halah El-Kholy & Heidi El-Kholy, Salt and Sister studio
Salt and Sister Studio is a creative duo of sisters (shock). Halah El-Kholy and Heidi El-Kholy work collaboratively and intuitively with their clients on branding that is as impactful as it is beautiful. An active resistance to working in restrictive toxic white office spaces, Salt and Sister believe in celebrating a brand's idiosyncrasies, cutting the corporate BS, and authentic communication. To-date they've worked internationally, with latest projects including branding for Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, The Turnpike Gallery, various arts collectives including A.MAL Projects, and have exhibited their work at subversive art festival Hysterical 2023.

Laura Bertinelli, Senior Designer
is a senior graphic designer, illustrator and mentor with over 12 years of experience working on brand communications, art direction and visual design for a broad range of industries: from arts & culture to food, hospitality, retail, stationery & product design, packaging. Her motto is 'Do good, feel good & have fun' and the work she does wants to prove that design is the best tool we have to make the world a happier place!

Maëlle Christien, Senior Designer at Praline
Maëlle is a senior graphic designer with a focus on cultural projects. She designs books, exhibition graphics and identities. Having spent her career in small studios where versatility is key, she will be giving us an introspective look on how she’s been dealing with her own self-limitations.

Tickets will be released tomorrow, Friday, 10 May at 10am.
Keep a lookout for our newsletter or for the link on our social channels.

Places are limited so be sure to be quick!

We look forward to seeing you there!
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Have you always wanted to have a discussion with brilliant creative lady you admire? Join us for our Tête-a-tête event in partnership with Design Bridge and Partners. This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to get a behind the scenes sneak peek, meet established female creatives, strategists and designers, talk about the industry and ask burning questions.

We're thrilled to be delivering this event together with Miho Aishima and Simren Degun, who have been on-going collaborators and supporters of Ladies, Wine & Design London. We will release the full line up of creative ladies at Design Bridge and Partners closer to the event date.

Tickets will be released tomorrow, Wednesday, 17 April at 10am so keep a lookout for our newsletter or for the link on our social channels.

We look forward to seeing you there!
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In celebration of International Woman's Month, we are thrilled to be hosting a very special drink and doodle evening with Creative Director & Illustrator Jennifer Hayashi, at Fedrigoni London space.

This is an incredible opportunity to connect with other designers and creatives and celebrate inspiring women in the very special suroundings of Fedrigoni's paper space.

Jennifer is a Creative Director & illustrator originally from Scotland. Having started as a passion project in 2014, Jennifer’s doodlebombs have led her to collaborate with many global brands, such as Impulse, Netflix, Refinery 29, Samsung, Lidl, Adobe and Suntory. She's obsessed with colour, pattern and bringing energy into her work.

Join us on Wednesday, 13 of March at 7–9pm, at Fedrigoni.

We look forward to seeing you there!
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This is a lovely opportunity to catch up with familiar faces and connect with the wider Ladies Wine & Design community of designers, illustrators, art directors, and strategists.

Drinks will be available to purchase at the bar and a selection of snacks will be provided.

This event is limited to 100 people so you will need to have a ticket to join us on the night.
Please note there's a £2 fee per person to cover the Eventbrite charge and the venue security staff fee.

Tickets will be available from 10am on Friday 24th of November *HERE*.

Hope to see you there!
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We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming portfolio review with a fantastic line-up of female mentors working across graphic design, advertising, art direction, illustration, UX design and brand strategy and design.

Check them out below:
Miho Aishima
Design Director at Design Bridge and Partners

Angira Chokshi
Associate Experience Director at BORN London

Etty Flynn
Advertising Creative at Boomerang

Laura Ford
Brand Strategy Director at at Design Bridge and Partners

Lauren Harewood
Art and Design Director

Nicola Humphreys
Strategic Creative and Brand Design Director

Halley Anne Kennedy
Creative director at Rowdy Studio

Lily Kong
Illustrator, Designer and Artist

June Mineyama-Smithson
Independent Brand Designer and Lecturer

Ellen Turnill Montoya
Creative director at Anyways Creative

Chloë Morgan
Creative Agent at Grand Matter

Amy Shemesh
Head of Design (UKI LCS) Google

Hope to see you there!
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We’re really excited to announce our next event, in partnership with Fail Better Talks.

Fail Better is a talk series that asks gutsy creatives to share failures they've experienced in their careers and more importantly, what they've learned from it. We all make mistakes, so why not learn from each other's cock-ups? The evening will finish with an open mic. What story will you tell?

Our speakers are:

Tanya Motsi - a London based, but internationally focused Creative Director and Spatial Designer who works across events, installations, exhibitions and experiential campaigns. Her somewhat unorthodox career journey, which spanned several industries like architecture, e-commerce and set design, has meant she's had to adapt, and sometimes survive various work cultures and environments. She's navigated the dynamics of freelance, in-house and agency worlds with varying levels of success, and sometimes failure. Tanya hopes to bring some candid truths to this event, and talk to the realities of trying to balance your values with work, when they don't centre your professional life at all.

Stefanie Sword Williams - a TEDx speaker, founder and author of F*ck Being Humble. She created the business to encourage individuals to be unapologetically proud of their achievements and overcome the fear of self-promotion. Named as Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe, Stef talks have reached people in over 50 countries and she’s delivered workshops for global brands including Apple, Unilever, Google, Adidas, Unilever, Microsoft, Innocent, Vodafone, The Guardian, The BBC as well as spoken at conferences such as Cannes Lions Festival and D&AD New Blood. In 2020 Stef released her first book ‘F*ck Being Humble: Why self-promotion isn't a dirty word’ and also delivered a TEDx Talk on why the world needs to be a little less humble. Most recently she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts following the significant contribution to social impact she has made since building F*ck Being Humble.

Simren Degun - a vibrant Designer of South Asian heritage. She is currently working at DesignBridge, with six years experience in other top tier agencies across London. Simren counts brand identity, packaging, editorial and digital design to her list of varied talents.

Simren’s design process is grounded in research, drawing on references from a diverse range of cultural and historical sources to help brands find their voice. She has worked with large brands including Diageo, H&M, PepsiCo, Lego and Unilever as well as more niche brands, such as Fortnum & Mason and Deakin & Blue.
Her motto is “Better futures through Design” and is known to champion diversity and gender equality in the creative industries. Simren is running projects to help drive transformation, whilst being an active mentor and volunteer to young creative talent for D&AD Shift, D&AD New Blood and Accumulate - a program which helps the homeless and ex homeless enter creative industries.

The event will take place on Thursday 12th of October at 7pm at Yonder Consulting.

Note this event is open to men as well as women and non-binary creatives. It is also BYOB, so bring along your favourite drink.

Hope to see you there!
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Come and celebrate summer with our annual Ladies, Wine and Design picnic in Regent’s Park.

Our picnic is a chance to meet the wider Ladies Wine & Design community, network with other creatives and make new friends. Unlike our other events, which we keep small and intimate, this is an unlimited drop-in meetup so everyone can join us, and at any time from 7pm to the park closing!

The picnic is BYOB, so do come prepared with your choice of drinks, food and snacks for yourself or for sharing.

Tickets will be released *HERE* on Thursday 29th of June at 10am.
The exact meeting point will be disclosed to the ticket holders a couple of days before the event.

We look forward to seeing you there!
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We are thrilled to be hosting our next event on side stepping in the creative industry.

Come and hear from a panel of ladies who have gone beyond their design career and side stepped into strategy, creative recruitment, partnerships and client services. You’ll be hearing about their career progression, followed by questions from the audience.

Meet our speakers:
Anoushka Rodda,
TEMPLO Managing Director and Co-Founder
Anoushka began her career as a designer after graduating with a First Class graphic design BA Hons from Kingston University. She then decided to direct her skills to account management, and now has nearly twenty years experience in the design industry.
Having seen the impact of war and human rights violations first hand (her grandmother was born in Aleppo in Syria, her grandfather was forced to leave his home in Turkey as a child during the Armenian genocide and her mother left Beirut during the civil war) Anoushka set up TEMPLO determined to use the positive power of design for social change.

Anoushka has had experience with a broad range of sectors from education to charity. Anoushka has worked with the United Nations, Amnesty International, London School of Economics, University of the Arts London and the British Council.

She is a guest lecturer at Kingston University, London College of Communication and Arts University Bournemouth and is a mentor for design students interested in the world of design management.

Nikky Lyle
Creative recruiter, Team Lead at Oneday
Nikky initially started her career as a creative. She studied at Falmouth University, but fell into creative recruitment and stayed in that sector over a decade. During that time she delivered a TEDx talk on Recruiting with conscience when hiring diverse talent, was a regular mentor, judge and speaker for D&AD, became a Domestika teacher, mentored for Outvertising and Kerning the Gap, as well as being awarded as the Dots 100+ Rising Stars.

Now her newest venture is Team Lead for an exciting new tech start up venture called Oneday. She's gone from helping people find jobs to helping entrepreneurs build their businesses.

Ornella Jefferson
Partnerships Manager at It’s Nice That
Ornella studied Marketing Design and Communication at Nottingham Trent University. Her education gave her a strong foundation in marketing strategy, visual communication, and graphic design, providing the skills to effectively communicate and promote products, services, and brands.

However, Ornella’s career led her into partnerships/sales roles, where for the last 6 years she became an accomplished media professional with a talent for building and maintaining strong relationships. Ornella has worked with brands such as Adobe, Apple, and Google. She is also passionate about supporting inclusion and racially diverse talent pools and has worked with various brands to communicate their role in investing in a more racially diverse future for the creative industries.

Ornella has also co-founded 'Power In Potential’, a personal development programme that supports and equips young black women with tools to effectively combine their skills, talents, and life experiences in order to find their unique place in the ever-evolving creative industry.

Jenny Cook
Strategist at Design Bridge
Jenny Cook is a creative, ideas-driven strategist working at Design Bridge & Partners London. With over nine years’ experience in the creative industries, Jenny began her career as a graphic designer, working across global FMCG brands in food, drink, and personal care.

Jenny's analytical and human-centred approach led her to transition into brand strategy. Her curious and creative mindset enables her to tackle complex consumer-brand challenges and translate them into rich, design-led solutions. She believes in the power of creativity to spark joy, transform behaviour, and create a more inclusive and sustainable world.

This event is limited to 30 people so you will need to have a ticket to join us.

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In celebration of Valentine's Day, we are sharing the love and appreciation for our community with an intimate and informal event.

Whether you need a career pep talk, or a little design pick me up, this session is the perfect opportunity to connect with other creatives, sharing wisdom and receiving appreciation.

Join us on 16 February at 7pm, at a Central London location.

There are only 16 spots available so be sure to be quick. Tickets will be released tomorrow at 10am on Eventbrite so keep a lookout for our email or follow us on Instagram, Facebook and check our website.

From us to you
LWD team x
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Come along to the Ladies, Wine & Design London Xmas Meet-up at the bar the Auberge in Waterloo to celebrate the end of the year!

This event is the perfect opportunity to meet the wider Ladies Wine & Design community, network with fellow creative ladies and make new friends.

Tickets will be released *HERE* on Wednesday 23rd of November at 10am. 

Please note: This event is limited to 60 people so you will need to have a ticket to join us on the night.

Hope to see you there! 

The Ladies Wine & Design team
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We’re really excited our next portfolio reviews event with General Assembly. We've got an incredible line-up of female mentors, who work across graphic design, art direction, advertising, UX design, illustration & more! Check them out below:
Elsie Ayotunde Cullen – Community manager at GUAP magazine
Kimberley Chen – Graphic designer and illustrator at Little Tiger Press
Claire Cheung – Head of creative at Penguin Books, she used to head up the illustration roster for Studio PI
Simren Degun – Designer at Design Bridge
Oriana Gaeta – Design director at Made Thought
Pamm Hong – Senior strategist at Design Studio
Efe Igbinadolor - Creative Director, Consultant and Stylist
Alice Ishiguro Tosey - Designer / Creative
Lara Juriansz – Design director at Johnson Banks
Jess Leonard – Design director for Iris Worldwide
Julia Petretta – Head of design & research with InfinityWorks (Accenture)
Tamara Piña – Graphic designer and art director at Thomas Matthews
Helen Shaffer – Design Manager at Spotify
Natalie Vosloo - Associate Creative Director at AKQA
Katherine West – Senior graphic designer at Magpie Studio
More names to be announced.
You can find more information about our mentors on our website, and on the event page
The event will take place on Thursday 27th of October at 7pm at General Assembly offices near Aldgate East.
GA is advancing the future of work by equipping individuals and organizations with the most in-demand 21st-century skills. Offering training and assessments in software engineering, data science, digital marketing, and more, GA is building transparent career pathways for people and sustainable, diverse talent pipelines for employers. With 30+ locations, Immersive online offerings, onsite trainings for the Fortune 500, and a global community of professionals that’s nearly 1 million strong, GA is the leading source for training, staffing, and career transitions.

Tickets will be available *HERE* from Friday 14th of October at 10AM. There’s limited availability, so we recommend you set up an alarm.

Hope to see you there.
The Ladies Wine & Design London team
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Explore London Design festival with Ladies, Wine & Design. Join us in-person for a curated design trail at the V&A and Brompton Design District followed by optional drinks.
This is a great opportunity to visit London Design Festival’s highlights, gather some inspiration and network with other creative ladies.

This event is now fully booked.
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Come and celebrate summer with Ladies, Wine and Design at Regent’s Park.

Our picnic is a chance to meet the wider LWD community, network with other creative ladies and meet new friends. Unlike our other events, which we keep small and intimate, this is an unlimited drop-in meetup so everyone can join us!

The picnic is BYOB, so do come prepared with your choice of drinks, food and snacks for yourself (or sharing).

We’ll be meeting at Regent’s Park, the meeting point will be disclosed to all ticket holders closer to the date.

This event is now fully booked.
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This month we’re excited to be hosting an in-person graduate special event together with B&B Studio.

Are you a recent design graduate or changing vocation and ready to launch your career but unsure where to start? Join us for an evening of practical discussions and honest advice on how you can put your best foot forward.

We'll be hearing from Jennie Potts, Amy Joslyn and Agatha Blazey from B&B Studio on how they got into the industry, their work and studio life, followed by intimate group discussions where we’ll be answering all your burning questions on what studios and agencies look for in graduate designers, portfolio and interview tips, how to look for opportunities and promote yourself.

This event is now fully booked.

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We're hosting our next in-person event on Design for Good – a panel discussion and Q&A session with women who are using their skills as a force for change.

Now more than ever designers are recognising the importance of turning their hand to facilitate social change and further culture.

Join us for an in-person evening of discussion and Q&A on Design for Good at x+why People’s Mission, and hear from the ladies using their skills as a force for change: Marcella Tarable, Co-Founder of Food for Thought // Sadie Devane, Art Director at Nice and Serious // Lara Juriansz, Design Director at Johnson Banks // Isabel McLennan, Marketing and Communications Coordinator at B Lab UK

We'll be hearing from the speakers on what they do and how they got into design for good, followed by audience Q&A for the remaining 20 minutes.

This event is now fully booked.
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This month we’re excited to host our first in-person indoors event in 2 years!

Jessie Thavonekam will host us for a special ceramic class at Cernamic Studio (36A Windus Rd, London N16 6UP) on Friday 8th of April at 7pm

Jessie is a designer who moonlights as a ceramicist. Pottery started as an after-work hobby to actively engage in a practice that doesn't require computer screens. The hobby turned into a side hustle during the pandemic and she started selling pieces online at Atelier Jessie.
Using a curated palette of colours and texture, Jessie's work is made in small batches for the considered home.

Jessie also teaches classes at Cernamic studio, and has offered to run a special 2-hour session for us. You will learn the traditional techniques of hand building like coiling, slabbing, and pinch pot, to create beautiful pieces and develop a practice that embraces organic forms. This course is great for beginners or anyone who'd like to rekindle their love for ceramic. The class cost £18, and at the end of the session you’ll choose which pots you want to keep and choose to glaze then a selection of transparent, white, or dark blue. Each pot will cost an additional £5 to glaze and be fired twice after the class. The cost of the pots can be paid with cash or via online banking at the end of the night.

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This month Bethan Thomas from Collage Crew will host a collage workshop on Zoom for Ladies Wine & Design London on Wednesday 9th of February at 7pm.
Originally held in-person at The Doodle Bar in London, Collage Crew is a relaxed space that encourages experimentation and conversation between fellow collage lovers. With a different theme each month, the participants are introduced to a variety of visual inspiration before getting stuck in with some simple and fun collage exercises.
Collage Crew is run by Bethan Thomas, a freelance senior designer who has recently relocated to Bristol after 15 years in London, who specialises in brand identity design, editorial design and image creation.
The theme for the event is Geometric. The workshop will celebrate the beauty of shape and the infinite possibility of visual compositions. We will be going for an abstract approach, working with colour and texture in mind.

The event will be held on Zoom and will last around 1 hour and 15 minutes.

This event is now fully booked.
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We're excited to announce the fourth and last event of our Expand series, which will take place on Zoom.

 This series is a collaboration between Ladies Wine & Design London and FreshMeet, a group that makes the creative industries more accessible by building opportunities and partnering with brands to inspire, empower and promote the next generation of creatives.

Have you ever wondered how to make the switch from graphic design to UX design? Want to know what opportunities are available to you in digital design? Curious to understand the differences between a job in-house and a job in a digital agency? 
We’ll moderate the panel and ask your questions to an amazing panel of women including:
Angira Chokshi is an Associate Experience Director, EMEA at Born London where she is responsible for managing projects across verticals and channels and growing and maintaining teams.
She has a Masters Degree in Communication Design from Pratt University and has been fortunate enough to find a career in UX design and is passionate about what she does. She has worked in New York and London and strives to create products that have a good balance from all the stakeholders' point of view.
Angira is also one of the hosts of Ladies, Wine & Design London, a non-profit worldwide organisation that aims to empower women in the creative industry through meet-ups, networking and themed events.



Maria Centola is a Product Designer at SEDNA Systems originally from Canada she loves community and inspiring discussion around creativity, innovation and empowering women. She's previously worked for smaller design studios in London such as Sennep and SOON_ working on projects ranging from UX focused work on the Barclays Banking App to more UI focused work on Elton John's website and now working in-house dedicated to one product, an all-in-one email tool.  

Julia Petretta is an experienced UX & Service Design Lead with InfinityWorks, where she brings her creativity to Digital Transformation projects tackling complex change. With over 14 years in Experience Design across various industries and countries (including transport, global sporting and entertainment, and technology), she fosters new perspectives, especially a bigger picture view, at the intersection between product, business and people.
Always in pursuit of outcomes over output, Julia actively promotes empathy in the workplace through facilitation and mentorship. Following a previous MA (Design) from the University of Reading, she is currently taking postgraduate studies in business strategy and systems thinking.  
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We're excited to announce the third event of our Expand series, which will take place on Zoom on the evening of Thursday 18th of November.

 The series is a collaboration between Ladies Wine & Design London and FreshMeet, a group that makes the creative industries more accessible by building opportunities and partnering with brands to inspire, empower and promote the next generation of creatives.



Want to know the ins and outs and behind-the-scenes of what a job in graphic design entails? Are you looking for advice on how to create a killer portfolio? Always wondered what it’s like to go freelance or to start your own studio? Or what are the differences between a job in-house and a job in a design studio/agency? 


We’ll moderate the panel and ask your questions to an amazing panel of women including:
Rejane Dal Bello is an award winning graphic designer and illustrator from Rio de Janeiro. She worked at the widely revered Studio Dumbar, creating award-winning work before moving to London to join Wolff Olins. Now, at the helm of her own studio, Rejane’s portfolio is packed with brands and visual identity systems for charities, community organisations and companies who generally strive to bring good into the world.

Pamm Hong is a strategist, designer and DJ based in London. As a 2016 graduate she was listed as a 'Top 20 Disruptor' and 'One to Watch'. Today, Pamm spends her time leading Strategy at DesignStudio. Helping brands big and small find their purpose for people. Her work has been recognised by D&AD, Dezeen, Frame, Huffington Post and exhibited on a global stage with LS:N Global and Most Contagious.

Laura Bertinelli is a graphic designer and art director who works across visual communication, brand identity and illustration. Her motto is 'Do good, feel good & have fun', which she translates into colourful and bold work that it purposeful and happy. After 5 years working in-house in the retail & hospitality industries alongside marketing teams, she just started a new role at Paperchase where she designs products ranges, prints and branded communications.

A fourth panelist will be announced at a later date.
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We're excited to announce the second event of our Expand series, which will take place on Zoom on Tuesday 2nd of November at 7pm.

The series is a collaboration between Ladies Wine & Design London and FreshMeet, a group that makes the creative industries more accessible by building opportunities and partnering with brands to inspire, empower and promote the next generation of creatives.

Want to know the ins and outs and behind-the-scenes of what an advertising job entails? Want to know the mindset of a creative director and what they’re looking for when they look at portfolios? Always wondered what it’s like to go freelance?

We’ll moderate the panel and ask your questions to an amazing panel of women who’ve made it into the industry, whose names we'll share with you tomorrow morning.
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Tickets are now available for our first event of ‘EXPAND’ - a panel series with industry experts in partnership with Freshmeet!

FreshMeet makes the creative industries more accessible by building opportunities and partnering with brands to inspire, empower and promote the next generation of creatives.

Want to know the ins and outs and behind the scenes of what an advertising job entails? Always wondered what it’s like from a junior illustrator perspective to go freelance? Want to know the mindset of a creative director and what they’re looking for in you to go to the next step? Want to know how to switch to digital and what that means?

Our first panel event will be on Illustration and Animation and will take place on Zoom on Thursday 27th October at 7pm.
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It’s been a tricky 18 months for everyone, especially students, graduates, and London newcomers, and there has been limited opportunities to meet people in the industry, and to make new friends. So this month we are running an online session around breakout rooms, so you can get the chance to make new connections and to talk in small intimate groups about creativity, career, and life.
We expect to see some familiar faces, but this is also a great introduction to Ladies, Wine & Design London for people who have never attended.

The event will take place on Zoom on Wednesday 29th of September at 7pm BST, we will share the Zoom link via email with you the day of the event.
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After a little summer break, we are back with our first in person event over 18 months, a Wine & Design London Summer Picnic next Thursday!
This is a great chance to come, network, and meet new friends.
The weather forecast is currently looking great for next Thursday, so we will be meeting at Regents Park (a map with the exact location in the park will be sent to the tickets holders).
Please BYO drinks & food for yourself (or sharing if you feel comfortable doing so!)
If by the day of the meetup you've developed a fever, a new, continuous cough or a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste, please cancel your tickets, and stay home. There will be more opportunities to meet in the future.
We'll be outdoors but please feel free to wear a mask if you feel more comfortable doing so. Our organisers will bring one in case you're more comfortable with them wearing one when speaking to them.

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We’re really excited to announce our amazing line-up of mentors who will hold virtual portfolio reviews across the next couple of weeks:

Deanna Bains - Senior Designer & illustrator
Laura Bertinelli - Graphic designer and art director at Paperchase
Natalie Chen - Senior Book Cover Designer at Hodder & Stoughton and John Murray Publishers.
Caitlin Clancy - Freelance designer and art director, previously worked at the Financial Times, The New York Times and CNN International in London.
Carol Feeley - EU Creative Director at innocent drinks.
Amy Foster - Head of Artist Management Agency Lo & Behold.
Tamsin Fraser - Senior designer/creative at MSL – an integrated creative agency.
Helen Fuch - European Executive Director of Design of UsTwo.
Joanna Henly - artist, illustrator, art director and founder of the Miss Led Studio.
Paulina Jawor - Senior designer for Peabody and an Adobe Stock contributor.
Renée Melo - In house senior designer at innocent drinks.
Claudia Morris - Creative Director at independent branding agency B&B studio.
Jessie Thavonekham - Senior Brand Manager at Charge Cars, previously worked with Google, Amazon, Qualcomm, McLaren, and National Geographic.
Paula Williams - Creative director at Wonder Creative and Senior Lecturer at Ravensbourne University.

Once you’ve secured a ticket, we’ll put you in touch with your mentor over email.

Each mentor will take things from there, and will liaise with you to choose a date to discuss with their chosen format for the review (either a 1 to 1 video call, a group video call with the other mentees or an email exchange).
The Review sessions will happen within the next couple of weeks (until the 15th of June), so get your portfolio ready!

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Join us for an online evening with the in-house creative team at innocent drinks for a fruity creative workshop.
innocent started back in 1999 with a dream to make it easier for people to do themselves some good. Since then their dreams have got bigger and bigger (while our drinks have stayed about the same size). So come along and find out a bit about their creative process, our team and why there’s a Pritt Stick stuck on the ceiling in our office.
We’ll be joined by European Creative Director Carol Feeley and designers Emma Fisher, Renée Melo and Katie Boorman.
We’ll be sending attendees some 'interesting' post directly at your home so please only sign up if you are based in the UK and can definitely attend. Make sure you share your address with the LWD team by Tuesday 20th April.

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We’re really excited to announce that our next event will be a Tête-a-tête with Bandcamp
in-house design team.
Bandcamp is an online record store and music community where passionate fans connect with and directly support the artists they love. Bandcamp believes that music is an indispensable part of culture and for that culture to thrive, artists—no matter the size of their audience—must be compensated fairly and transparently for their work. So when you buy something on Bandcamp, whether it’s digital music, vinyl, or a t-shirt, ticket, or cassette, 85-90% of your money goes to the artist.
We'll be joined by art director Emma Shore, design manager Zoe Minikes, product designer Kelsey Legault, app designer Lydia Laitung, and developer Sroop Calbayrac and we'll hear from them what it's like working in music and tech, how they're setting the design direction for one of the most exciting entertainment platforms in the world, and the challenges of working as a team with members spread all across the world.
Tête-a-tête is an opportunity to meet established creative ladies, and to talk with them in an informal setup about your experience and the industry. We’ll release a small number of tickets to allow more intimate conversations to arise and to make sure everyone gets the chance to ask questions, so be quick to book your ticket if you're interested.

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Had a business plan on hand for a while? Want to start but don’t know how? Pandemic ruining your mojo? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
We're hosting our next event Starting a business (during a pandemic) The highs and lows by women who’ve done it which will be a panel discussion and Q&A session with women who have started new businesses during the pandemic:

Joana Pereira - Creative Partner of design studio Uncommon Goods
Bahar Kaplan and Gizem Alemdar - Founders of Odd End sustainable accessories and homeware brand
Rossella Forlè - Co-Organiser & Marketing Director of WomenXImpact summit.

We are very inspired by their story, especially in the midst of this third lockdown and hope you will be too!

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It’s time for our annual Christmas Party! This year we might not be able to come together in person, but we’re running a virtual event, and we hope you'll join us!
We will split the session between short talks by special guests whose creativity and resourcefulness have inspired us this year, and breakout rooms, so you get the chance to make new connections and to talk in small intimate groups.

Our speakers are:
Emilia Buggins and Juliette Hettema, who founded Quiet Strength this year, a community bringing creative introverts together for monthly group meet ups and workshops
Sana Iqbal, who brightened up our days this year with her #transform stories - good news she curated and shared on her Instagram Stories during lockdown
Emma Williams, who alongside Nikky Lyle and Claire Medcalf, started Post Quarantine this spring, a series of workshops to write to your future self beyond Covid-19

Please note: This event is limited to 100 people so you will need to have a ticket to join us.

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Have you always wanted to add a handwritten touch to your design or simply write your own thank you cards but you don't know where to start?
The introduction to Calligraphy workshop will give you all the basic info and background to start your calligraphy journey. A very first look on different pens, nibs, brushes and calligraphy styles to choose your favourite approach.
We will explore and test different styles with Gloria Bertazzoni, one of our LWD London leaders, who pretty much self-taught the calligraphy art over the past 6 years.

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Whether you’re a freelancer or working full time, this has been a tricky year. And while you might be really good at helping companies promote their products and services, and you are your friends’ most vocal cheerleader, maybe self-promotion is something that you’re struggling with.

This is why we’re super excited to announce that our next virtual event guest will be Stef Sword-Williams from F*ck Being Humble, a platform that encourages individuals to be unapologetically proud of their achievements and to overcome their fear of self-promotion.

Stef will join us for a live Q&A to answer your burning questions. She will draw on her personal experience and on real-life examples to share practical advice on how to:
- identify what you stand for
- fight impostor syndrome
- master self-promotion
- realize the power of networking
- find mentors
- approach money talks with confidence
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*Virtual Workshop Announcement*

We're running a workshop with the amazing Sneha Shanker.

Sneha is an illustrator and brand designer who works from her home studio in East London. She makes work focusing on the little joys of daily life and around the theme of mindfulness. She believes in inspiring and nurturing the community so they can grow together. She has created work for clients like Vice, BBC Three, Frankie; her work has been shortlisted for Adobe Design Awards and featured on Cosmopolitan magazine.

Sneha will talk us through her illustration practice, share some pointers which have helped her move ahead in the industry, and take us through fun drawing exercises to experiment with different ways of drawing.

So grab a drink, a few sheets of paper, and any tools you have to draw with (sketch pen, brush pen, pastels, etc.) and join us online for a relaxed evening of drawing and chatting.

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We’re excited to share that we've put together an amazing line-up of mentors who will hold virtual portfolio reviews across the next couple of weeks.

Our mentors cover graphic design, art direction, illustration, animation, UX design and photography and include:

Miho Aishima - Senior Graphic Designer at Superunion
Maria Centola - Designer at Sennep
Poonum Chauhan - Creative Director at Moon Creative
Angira Chokshi - UX Director at Athlon
Jennifer Dionisio - Freelance Illustrator
Amy Foster - Head of Artist Management Agency Lo & Behold
Marisa Jensen - Senior Product Designer at us two
Katja Mueller - Freelance Design Lead & Art Director.
Chloé Templeman - Creative Director at Design Bridge
Tina Touli - Creative Director at Tina Touli Design
Paula Williams - Creative Director at Wonder

Once you’ve secured a ticket, we’ll put you in touch with your mentor over email. The mentors will take things from there, and will liaise with you to choose a date to discuss with their chosen format for the review (either a 1 to 1 video call, a group video call with all three mentees or an email exchange).

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*Virtual Workshop Announcement*

The amazing Jennifer Hayashi will talk us through how to create a doodle bomb - the art of taking existing imagery and illustrating over the top of it. Doodling is a fun way to unwind, and there’s no pressure to be good at drawing!

So grab a drink, some pens and a magazine or an iPad if you prefer digital, and join us online for a relaxed evening of doodling and chatting.

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This month we will be focusing on analysing those terms that we have been hearing a lot lately: Furlough, Universal Credit etc... What is it, how do you apply for it, how does and doesn’t it benefit you and do you have to pay any of it back?
The event will be held by our mentor Nikky Lyle, Director of Nikky Lyle Creative, Mentor for D&AD and Kerning the Gap.

If you have any question or any topic that you'd like to be covered please comment below and we will respond to them during the event!

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We know it’s been a tough few weeks and we hope that everyone is as safe and well as possible. Since our in-person meetups are on hold for now, we’ve been exploring ways to connect the community in our homes.
To make the most of our time working at home we’ll be running online salon evenings. Just like our face-to-face events, they’ll be small and intimate chats about work, life and anything else that comes up.
Limited to 6-8 participants, we’ll be launching four Google Hangout events.

Each one will be hosted by a Ladies, Wine & Design London organiser.

Please bear with us as we work out this new format!

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In collaboration with General Assembly: This event will be focused around Women knowing their self-worth, the ability to say no, discuss salary and promotion, as well as how to support other women and navigating the professional life helping others but also knowing how and when to ask for help.

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Join us if you are part of the industry, studying, thinking of starting a new career or to simply find out more about UX Design at Sennep with Angira Chokshi, our new addition to the LWD London leaders and UX Design Director.

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We kick off the year with a Newbies event at Design Bridge.

Newbies is an informal evening of discussion, drinks and nibbles with a small group of ladies. If you’re not sure where to start or just new to the city, this is a great introduction to Ladies, Wine & Design. Please note this meet up is limited to women who have never attended our talks or small group events before. But if you've only been to one of our big socials (like the Christmas party), you're welcome to join!

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Come along to the Ladies, Wine & Design London Xmas Meet-up at the Curtain in Shoreditch to celebrate a year of events and meet amazing creative women!
You’ll have the chance to walk around in a room full of creative people and chat with them in an informal environment.

The big meet ups are perfect to create new work connection and to make new friends.

Please note: This event is limited to 100 people so you will need to have a ticket to join us on the night.

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In-house Creatives will be an opportunity to discuss the realities of working in an in-house role. We'll cover the differences between working in agencies and client-side, as well as analysing both small and big environments. We will discuss the challenges, opportunities and what the future holds with a panel of seasoned industry experts.

The panel will be chaired by Megha Hirani, Senior Designer at Centre For London and our speakers are:
Kat Garner – Former UK government communication services Designer. Now working at M&C Saatchi.
Sally Green – Associate Creative Director at Pentland Brands.
Jennifer Hayashi – Former creative for Yo Sushi and Unilever (U Studio) and now at Social Life.
Sana Iqbal – Creative Consultant for The Storytellers.
Megan McGregor – Senior Creative Manager at Universal Pictures International.

The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A and networking.

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Creative Gym is back! These are workshops by LWD London to flex your creative muscles doing something a bit different from your day-to-day.

Letterpress-ups was a great success last year so we are running it again with Klara from New North Press in Hoxton.

Klara will take us through the machinery and presses, how to set a line of type and how to print. We will work together to create a group composition and you will be given a print to take home with you.

Tickets are £31.85 each (max of 2 per person), and you can book them
HERE.

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Money Talks will tackle the taboo topic of money with open discussion and empowerment. A panel of industry experts will address questions like how to set up your business, how to cost your work and time, and how to ask for a pay rise.

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An informal evening of discussion, chat and drinks with a small group of ladies. If you’re not sure where to start or just new to the city, this is a great introduction to Ladies, Wine & Design London.

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Unlike our other events, which we keep small and intimate, this is an unlimited drop-in meet-up so everyone can come! It's a great chance to come and network, meet new friends and check out our great community.
Please bring your own drinks & food for yourself (and sharing!)
Dress code: colourful
We will be meeting within sight of the Canada Memorial in Green Park. Look up for us with the signs red balloons and bunting. Please click here
to register on Eventbrite and see a map of the park with our meeting point.

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We have partnered with D&AD for their New Blood festival to bring you portfolio reviews with some amazing female/non-binary mentors!

***Note this is open to people of any gender to attend, so please share with your friends***

Our amazing mentors work in design, art direction, advertising, animation, digital, broadcast, illustration, publishing & more! Check them out below:
Adeline Chong – Design Director at Impero
Beta Yee – Senior Digital Product Designer
Kate Gallé – Creative Director at Design Bridge
Monique Bissell – Senior Art Director at Design Bridge
Lauren Pleydell-Pearce – Executive Creative Director at PwC
Helen Chapman – Senior Book Designer at Bloomsbury
Ciara Phelan – Illustrator agent at Grand Matter
Sally Green – Associate Creative Director at Pentland Brands
Emilia Buggins – Creative Director & Founder at Kireli studio
Anna Fernandez – Conceptual Designer and Art Director at We Are Social
Claire Nowrozian – Director and Creative at BBC
Lisa Rahman – Freelance Creative Director and Graphic Designer in editorial and publishing
Daisy (Margarida) Aleixo – Creative Product Design Lead at Novoda
Melissa Wong – Senior Art Director at Ogilvy & Head of Social at SheSays London
Julia Petretta – Product Design Director at Sparck
Kath Tudball – Creative Director at Superunion
Gloria Bertazzoni – Digital Creative Manager at Universal Pictures

There is a £5 (+VAT) deposit, refundable after attendance to event.

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We’re really excited to announce our next event, a Tête-a-tête with Astrid Stavro, partner at legendary design firm Pentagram.

Astrid is a graphic designer with an international reputation for concept driven design, distilling complex ideas into uniquely simple and emotionally engaging solutions applied with exquisite typography and craft. Born in Trieste, Italy, she studied graphic design at CSM (BA) and the Royal College of Arts (MA), graduating with Distinction from both colleges. She directed her own studio in Barcelona for ten years, working on editorial, identity and exhibition design projects before co-founding the design consultancy Atlas with Pablo Martín in 2013. She joined Pentagram London office as a partner in 2018. Her work encompasses brand identities, editorial and exhibition design, wayfinding systems and packaging for clients such as the arts and culture magazine Elephant where she was Art Director and Contributing Editor from 2013 to 2017, Barcelona Design Museum, Phaidon, Camper, The National Portrait Gallery, the Miró Foundation and Wallpaper*.

Tête-a-tête is an opportunity to meet established creative ladies, and to talk with them about your experience and the industry. We’ll release a small number of tickets to allow more intimate conversations to arise and to make sure everyone gets the chance to ask questions.

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Come join us for our portfolio review at Wunderman. You'll have the chance to show your work to and speak with six amazing mentors who cover art direction, design, digital and illustration:
Sarah Boris, who runs her own studio and has worked previously at Phaidon and the ICA
Lisa Campana, Director of Design at Wunderman
Rebecca Clarke, Senior Graphic Designer at Design Bridge
Ana Curbelo, a freelance multidisciplinary creative, who has previously worked at the BBC and is currently working towards transitioning into full time illustration
Laura Lee, Illustrator Agent at Début Art
Lisa Rahman, a freelance Creative Director who has worked at Elle and Glamour UK

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Join us for the Ladies, Wine & Design London Big Meet-up!
Bring your friends and colleagues for casual conversations on a wide variety of topics relating to creativity, business, and life.
This event is limited to 100 ladies so it will be a first come with our Eventbrite free ticket, first served for entry policy.
The events are open to students and professionals at any stage of their career.
This month we are being hosted by the TransferWise Design Team for food and drinks at their offices.
Get a free ticket to secure your entry:CLICK HERE
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This event will be about overcoming the challenges of returning to work after an extended break. Whether it’s maternity leave, a career break, illness or battling your own fears, the lack of support from the industry can be daunting.

We are welcoming some incredible mentors for this event sharing their experiences: Rania Svoronou, Kate Miller, Karen Burbano and Piarve Wetshi.

Tickets will be released on Wednesday 13th of March.
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A salon event with Claire Robertshaw, Executive Creative Director at Design Bridge, an award-winning global strategic brand design agency. Working across Design Bridge’s portfolio of clients, Claire is responsible for the creative management of the London Studio. Passionate about creative freedom and empowerment, Claire is also a mentor for Kerning the Gap; an organisation dedicated to achieving gender equality in the design industry, with a focus on women in leadership roles.

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We kick off the year with a Newbies event at Novoda. An informal evening of discussion, chat and drinks with six ladies. If you’re not sure where to start or just new to the city, this is a great introduction to Ladies, Wine & Design London.

This meet up is limited to the girls that have never attended any of the ticketed LWD events before.

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Join us for the Ladies, Wine & Design London Christmas Meet-up!

If you're new to Ladies, Wine & Design, come and find one of the hosts when you arrive (we'll be wearing the lanyards) and say hello. We'll find you some inspiring ladies to chat to.
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A recent study by Ulster University has shown that people in the creative industries are three times more likely to experience mental health problems.

Minds Matter: Creatives Coping with Mental Health is an evening of discussion with a group of women, all with different experiences of mental health in the creative industries. We are welcoming some incredible mentors for this event including Zoë Hough, founder of Anxiety Empire and Shona Beats, Co-Founder of Sphere.

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Ladies Wine Design London and D&AD are teaming up to celebrate the launch of their 2019 New Blood Briefs and deliver a free portfolio review event for women creatives who are currently studying or recently graduated.

Get valuable advice from 16 women leaders in the creative industry on your portfolio or a piece of work you want to discuss, insight into the realities of the industry and expand your creative network.

Mentors names and info on our Facebook page.

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Our next instalment in the Creative Gym series is a great evening in a traditional LETTERPRESS studio, New North Press in Hoxton, with the lovely technician Klara Vith.

Klara will take us through the machinery and presses, how to set a line of type and how to print. We will work together to create a group composition and you will be given a print to take home with you.

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Come and mingle with other amazing creative ladies at the Fable in Farringdon.

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Have you just discovered Ladies, Wine & Design? Our newbies event is for you! An informal evening of discussion, chat and wine with six ladies in the same situation. If you’re not sure where to start or just new to the city, this is a great introduction to Ladies, Wine & Design London. Newbies is open to anyone who hasn’t attended a Ladies, Wine & Design London event before.

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The UK design industry is overwhelmingly white - 87% so in fact. And just 12% of London’s Creative Directors are female. So what does it mean for Women of Colour?

Studies show that we all benefit from diversity and equality, especially in working team environments, so how can we create change?

We've partnered with Anoushka Khandwala to assemble a line-up of inspiring women and trail blazers, who will talk about their experience as Women of Colour in the Creative industry, share their advice and answer your questions:

- Nicole Crentsil
- Marisa Jensen
- Kei Maye
- Kajaal Modi
- Jade Tomlin

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Come and mingle with other amazing creative ladies at the Fable in Farringdon.

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"First Class Scamps" is a workshop for ladies wanting to improve their skills in the art of the scamp, storyboarding, mocking up and quickly expressing ideas through illustration.

We are running this workshop in partnership with visualisation agency Three Blind Mice: www.three-blind-mice.co.uk

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Have you always wanted to have a great discussion with an amazing creative lady you admire? experiences? Enter Tête-à-tête, a Ladies, Wine & Design London event series.
Our guest this month is the amazing Kath Tudball - Design Director at Superunion. Kath is a multi-award winning designer with over 15 years experience at design agencies Johnson Banks, the Partners and Superunion. She has worked on numerous projects in the arts, culture, education and non-profit sectors, more recently the Shakespeare Globe Theatre rebranding.

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Have you just discovered Ladies, Wine & Design? Our newbies event is for you! An informal evening of discussion, chat and wine with six ladies in the same situation. If you’re not sure where to start or just new to the city, this is a great introduction to Ladies, Wine & Design London. Newbies is open to anyone who hasn’t attended a Ladies, Wine & Design London event before.

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Going freelance or starting your own studio from the ladies who've done it.

An evening of discussion with guest speakers - Sarah Boris, Helen Friel, Claire Hartley, Helen Fleming / Melissa Phillips from Mavis and Haidée Drew. Including a chance to ask your questions in small discussion groups with the speakers.

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Bring your friends and colleagues to the Doodle Bar in London Bridge for casual conversations on a wide variety of topics relating to creativity, business and life.
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Bring your CV and/or portfolio to receive personalised feedback and advice from our lovely mentors:
Jack Renwick, creative director at Jack Renwick Studio
Lauren Pleydell-Pearce, creative director at Wunderman
Mireia Lopez, freelance design director, former creative director at Dare
Laura Lee, illustrator agent at Début Art
Lisa Goff, freelance senior creative

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How to change your career from the ladies who have done it.

An evening of discussion with guest speakers - Naomi Edmondson, Jamica Ortiz, Emily Ayres and Carolyn Jackson. Including a chance to ask your questions in small discussion groups with the speakers.

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Bring your friends and colleagues to the Doodle Bar in London Bridge for casual conversations on a wide variety of topics relating to creativity, business, life and Xmas wishes.

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