Ladies, Wine &
Design London

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!

*BOOK YOUR TICKET HERE*

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.

Tickets will be released on Eventbrite at 10 am on Friday 16th of April *HERE*

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.

Tickets will be released on Eventbrite at 10 am on Thursday 25th of February *HERE*

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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