#674 | Rules of Growth, Conscious Creativity and The Purpose Myth

Well done. You made it to December 🎉

Trump is out, a vaccine is around the corner and people are starting to feel good again. And the best bit? In 28 days we can say adiós to the sh*tshow that is/was 2020.

This month we’re responding to this wish for a “TV guide for all the awesome knowledge sharing going down” … I hope it doesn’t disappoint Jacqui 🙃  TIP: If you want to get your project or event featured here and on our Insta Stories, make sure you post it here before the end of the month.

Finally, we’ve made a new home for the Supplement on Substack, which has got us feeling all nostalgic, as our first few hundred issues were all plain text and “designed” in a time when ASCII art was (still is) a thing. It also gives us an excuse to (slowly) republish our entire 674 issue 23 year archive, so if you have any old issues lurking in your Inbox, please send them our way. The earliest one we can find is #160 from 4th April 2003, which coincidentally included this post:

Funny how things come around. Anyway, enough of the past, here’s our round-up of what you should be looking out for in the future and if you can’t wait a whole month for your next Supplement, make sure you join the Protein Community to get the daily updates:

#events

• 4th Dec - V&A Late with musician, producer, DJ and broadcaster Nabihah Iqbal
• 7th Dec - Rules of Growth a free workshop to help you grow your business, your team or yourself in a sustainable way
• 8th Dec - The new rules of writing for women with Zing Tsjeng
• 8th Dec -  Unreal City is London’s biggest public festival of AR art featuring 36 sculptures arranged as a walking tour along the River Thames
• 8th + 15th Dec - Internet Equality open day at UAL’s Creative Computing Institute
• 9th Dec - Protein Members Meet-up 🤙
• 12th Dec - Virtual gift-wrapping workshop with Zeena Shah
• 5th Jan - The Purpose Myth dives into the concept of purpose, why you won't find it at work, and what to do about it

#studios

• Sick of #WFH? Book a FREE day pass in our beautiful Shoreditch workspace to remember that feeling of sitting at a desk surrounded by interesting people  without the distraction of your housemates/kids/pets/partner/doorbell. Mulled wine and Christmas vibes included 🍷 🎄

#profiles

• If you missed Karinna Nobbs, Wayne Hemmingway MBE and Phoebe Lovatt over lockdown, you can now listen to them all on our Stories of Growth podcast

#goodgrowth

• It’s Nice That have launched a series on Conscious Creativity

#work

• Protein Amsterdam is looking for scouts in Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris
• Protein London is looking for a freelance senior insight strategist and researcher
• Looking to hire Black creatives? Start here …
• Looking to hire fashion graduates? Start here …
• Been made redundant? Adversity might just be your opportunity

#interesting

• Gucci made an online film festival and it’s pretty good
• Feeling creative? Help rebrand Wikipedia
• The story behind CK One’s new campaign on American youth
• Help bring Grafik back as a printed publication
• Sean Monahan has a new project, as does follow K-HOLE(r) Emily Segal
• A long but excellent article on the rise and fall of getting things done
• You can now knit your own Adapt Protest Scarfs
• Want to know what your future holds? Book a Tarot Reading with Claire from Hanger
• Our friends at Polyester have a new podcast
• External Pages exists on “the outskirts of the Internet, where bottom-up approaches to public art can be explored”
• Watch Dan Scott-Croxford’s new film, 18
• Disembodied Behaviors celebrates the potential of digital individuals to dismantle predictive structures of power
• The only question you need to answer this week: Who would you most want to invite over for dinner?

That’s all for this month. Enjoy the holidays (you deserve it) and see you all again in 2021 🙌

SMALL PRINT:

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