Comments on: “How are you doing?”… “Oh, busy”

By: Create something day 4: A Certain Ambiguity | Stefan Lewandowski

Create something day 4: A Certain Ambiguity | Stefan Lewandowski — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:17:35 +0000

[...] well it was bound to happen. I got busy. Yesterday I was in the office until 9.30 working on multiple things, and this morning, down to a [...]

By: Candice Smith

Candice Smith — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:17:51 +0000

Hi Stef

Just an idea. With regard to you doing an exhibition, why not make it a Birmingham Exposure collobaration. It could help reinvigorate it and give other members a taste of what it is like to exhibit, as well as showing your own images.

By: Dubber

Dubber — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:41:21 +0000

Oh… well, if it’s a competition…

By: Pablo Sultana

Pablo Sultana — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:23:47 +0000

Thanks Steff for a great, enlightening and amusing insight into not just your life, but the great “B” word.

I was just beginning to wallow in self-pity and “self-stress” about being so “Busy” but your account has shamed me out of it!

Keep creating!!

Pablo

By: stef

stef — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:32:58 +0000

Hi thanks guys!

@Charlotte - thanks for the tips - that’s very useful indeed. What’s interesting is that in the Florida books he includes any knowledge-based industries in the term ‘creative’ but in the UK, Science is taken out of the equation.

By: Rich Batsford

Rich Batsford — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:13:21 +0000

Thanks Stef - I sometimes worry that Im trying to move in too many different directions, but I feel a bit better now

Rich
Xx

By: Charlotte Carey

Charlotte Carey — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:01:47 +0000

Hi Stef

Feeling a little overwhlemed myself on the busy stakes but your workload sounds a little full-on to say the least - On a couple of issues:
Creative Industries was from recollection a term derived by our current administration back in 1997 (See Chris Smith) and to that end the governement have been driving the notion of the ‘creative industries’ all along both in terms of recognising its potential value (fingers crossed) and role within regeneration (Re: manufacturing decline). This term has not been without critics and the tide is turning at both research and policy level as it seems each city, region has its creative quater (see Kate Oakley, 2004) I think you are right to be considering the contribution the sector is making locally to the eceonmy and how it can continue to grow.

On another tip - I’ve been involved with a project called the TE3 project (technology enhanced enteprise education) which was managed by Birmignham University this was a collaboration of 12 regional universities developing teaching materials for teaching enterprise across all disciplines. You might want to make contact with Kelly Smith who heads up the project but also now Birmingham University’s in house enterprise/entrepreneruship project which I believe also looks at teaching enteprise across all disciplines (you would need to check with Kelly).

Best of luck with all your projects.

Charlotte

By: Created in Birmingham » Roundup

Created in Birmingham » Roundup — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:58:11 +0000

[...] his blog Stef Lewandowski lists all the things he’s involved with at the moment. Sobering reading if you think you’ve got a lot on your [...]

By: emily

emily — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:58:09 +0000

Wow! …so now we know why Papa Stef is such a busy man in the week and we don’t get to see him half as much as we’d like to! Hurry up the weekend!!

You’re busy doing some really amazing things and are certainly keeping the inspiration and creative spirit going in our family. Somehow I’ve got to keep up! And just wait until the little one starts creating!