1. What’s your favourite colour? Ruby Red

2. What’s your favourite film?  Royal Tenenbaums

3. What’s your favourite sound?  The crackle of the needle at the beginning of a record

4. What’s your favourite band/musician?  Black Angels, Gonjasufi

5. Favourite word? Burrito

6. Least favourite word? Alarm 

7. Finish this sentence - when I was little I wanted to grow up and be…  Retired. Seriously! Apparently my mum picked me up from preschool one day and I asked her if I could retire yet. Must’ve been a rough day in the sandpit.

8. What inspired you to work at RADAR? The desire to do something different in a creative environment with like-minded people. A job at Radar popped up and here I am!

9. What’s your background in design, i.e. education, etc? BA Media and Communications

10. What do you love about design? I love how broad it is.

11. Who is your favourite designer? Sydney based duo ‘We Buy Your Kids.’ They do amazing poster art.

12. Most memorable design exhibition/collection? Yayoi Kusama at the MCA was awesome.

13. What do you like about working at RADAR? The lovely people and the laid back atmosphere of the office.

14. What’s your favourite RADAR campaign/job?  I don’t really work on campaigns so I’d have to say being the keeper of the music remote is my favourite job.

15. If you weren’t in advertising, what would you do?  Something in the music industry.

16. Finish this sentence - The best career advice I ever received is… Do what you love!

17. What career/job would you never do?  Sanitation Plant Worker

18. Who is the funkiest dresser at RADAR? I’d have to say the ottomans in the foyer.  They dress pretty funky every day. Don’t know how they keep it up!

19. Finish this sentence - the best place to go for lunch/coffee/drinks in Surry Hills is…  Cafe Fifi does a mean BLT.

20. Finish this sentence - RADAR is…  RAD!

1. What’s your favourite colour?
To eat – red, to wear – black, to decorate; anything citrus.

2. What’s your favourite film?
ROMY AND MICHELLES HIGH SCHOOL REUNION.

3. What’s your favourite sound?
Diet coke can opening/recess bell.

4. What’s your favourite music?
Karaoke; Whitney Housten, Dance; RNB (closet Wigga), drive; anything Triple J.

5. Favourite word?
Pastiche –ha ha Marissa.

6. Least favourite word?
Hillsbus.

7. Finish this sentence - when I was little I wanted to grow up and be…
a TV Chef.

8. What inspired you to work at RADAR?
I thought it was a fast-food joint. No, an entry into the wonderful world of Advertising.

9. What’s your background in design, i.e. education, etc?
Bachelor of Communications: Public Communication at UTS.

10. What do you love about design?
It is the scenic route; everything is much easier and enjoyable with aesthetics. It’s a manifestation of everyone’s unique spirit – we all imagine, create and see it differently.

11. Who is your favourite designer?
Arist; Kandinsky/Franz Marc, Fashion: Akira, Magazines; the illustrator in Frankie Magazine.

12. Most memorable design exhibition/collection?
The Kandinsky/ Monet/ Van Gogh exhibition at Centre Pompidou in Paris.

13. What do you like about working at RADAR?
Free Diet coke, people, City Edge, the work, the music.

14. What’s your favourite RADAR campaign/job
CBA Foundations; anything copywriting and emptying the bins.

15. If you weren’t in advertising, what would you do?
Be an actress/ designer/ visual merchandiser/nomad

16. Finish this sentence -  the best career advice I ever received is…
Regret what you’ve done, not what you haven’t/ Don’t count the days  make the days count.

17. What career/job would you never do?
Sanitary Bins attendant, flight attendant.

18. Who is the funkiest dresser at RADAR
Lady Gaga……..joke. I’d say Tom/Helene/Elan.

19. Finish this sentence - the best place to go for lunch/coffee/drinks in Surry Hills is…
City Edge or the park.

20. Finish this sentence - RADAR is…  the place to be.

1. What’s your favourite colour?
Blue like the ocean

2. What’s your favourite film?
Breakfast at Tiffanys mainly for Audrey Hepburn. Love.
Up because its so sad/funny and bloody brilliant.

3. What’s your favourite sound?
Glasses clinking when you say ‘cheers’

4. What’s your favourite band/musician?
Hmm right now I’m obsessed with Julian Casablancas. Dreamboat. Amazing. Sigh.
But I’m from Manchester so my all time favourite band is Oasis.

5. Favourite word?
Cheese. I love cheese of all varieties and could probably happily live off it.

6. Least favourite word?
‘Urgent’

7. Finish this sentence - when I was little I wanted to grow up and be…
A vet cos I lived on a farm.

8. What inspired you to work at RADAR?
New challenge, new people, new clients, new routine. I loved Radar the first time I came and I had to work here.

9. What’s your background in design, i.e. education, etc?
I have a BA(hons) in Design & Art Direction from Manchester Met University.  Prior to that I was at Art College drawing and painting for two years – the best two years ever.

10. What do you love about design?
Freedom to express yourself with colour and text, I love typography and could type set all day, which is probably a good thing. I also think that working in design allows you to meet the best people and your always being inspired without even realising.

11. Who is your favourite designer?
David Carson – for his totally mega awesome typography work on Ray Gun magazine.
Peter Saville – Factory Records Manchester designer. He made the visuals of Manchester’s music history iconic and Blue Monday by New Order is my favourite track of all time. Legend.

12. Most memorable design exhibition/collection?
I just went and saw Da Vinci in the States which was good.
Most memorable was probably the Sensations Exhibition in London maybe 1998 when Damien Hirst’s sliced up cow in formaldehyde was on display. Yuck but fascinating.

13. What do you like about working at RADAR?
I’ve been here 4 days but I already feel at home and that definitely has to be down to friendly, lovely people. Cheers guys.

14. What’s your favourite RADAR campaign/job
Ask me in a month

15. If you weren’t in advertising, what would you do
Be a full time traveller photographing and painting the world.

16. Finish this sentence -  the best career advice I ever received is…
Don’t be afraid to dream….

17. What career/job would you never do?
I watched the film Food Inc recently, gross, I could never work in a meat factory.

18. Who is the funkiest dresser at RADAR
All the ladies dress funky, I’ve been fashion inspired already.

19. Finish this sentence - the best place to go for lunch/coffee/drinks in Surry Hills is…
Phamish – but its in Darlinghurst, so maybe Shakespeare for $10 meals. I pretty much love cheap pub grub.

20. Finish this sentence - RADAR is…
…..a new pretty awesome way of life for me!

1. What’s your favourite colour? It has got to be black.

2. What’s your favourite film? The Breakfast Club.

3. What’s your favourite sound? A Fender Stratocaster through a Marshall Amp.

4. What’s your favourite band/musician? The Beatles of course!

5. Favourite word? Canny

6. Least favourite word? Sunderland

7. Finish this sentence - when I was little I wanted to grow up and be…  Paul McCartney.

8. Why did you become a designer? What inspired you? I liked the fact that you can answer a brief in 100 different ways.

9. What’s your background in design, i.e. education, etc? I studied a Diploma and a Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design at Newcastle College in the UK. I also spent some time in London at a large brand agency called Corporate Edge whilst I was studying.

10. What do you love about design? The thing I love about design is the freedom it offers.

11. Who is your favourite designer? I like a lot of Peter Saville’s work. He designed a lot of album sleeves for Factory records including the famous sleeve for Joy Division’s album Unknown Pleasures. Also, although known primarily as an artist, I think Picasso’s work is a great lesson for graphic designer.

12. Most memorable design exhibition/collection? I went to the Museum of Modern Art in New York just before coming to Australia. Unbelievable. I also visited the Louvre which was amazing. The Mona Lisa is tiny!

13. What do you like about working at RADAR? Hearing Rachel talk to herself and Reece hiccup.

14. What’s your favourite RADAR campaign/job? I like working on concepts for exhibitions. It is a chance to work with a huge amount of space to bring a concept alive. We have recently created an exhibition stand for Tyndall Investment completely out of Lego which is apparently the biggest Lego structure to built outside of Denmark for 25 years. Guinness book of records anyone? (You may need to check the facts with Jordan on this one). Apart from that I like a lot of the advertising we do.

15. If you weren’t in advertising, what would you do? I would probably want to own a guitar shop.

16. Finish this sentence -  the best career advice I ever received is… if you are going to be in advertising make sure you can drink your own body weight in alcohol.

17. What career/job would you never do? Bin man.

18. Who is the funkiest dresser at RADAR? I would say Andrew’s broken fingers. Beige is in this season.

19. Who in the office would you trade places with for a day and why? Lee because I love the accent!

20. Finish this sentence - the best place to go for lunch/coffee/drinks in Surry Hills is…

Lunch
Oporto

Coffee
The Radar Kitchen

Drinks
The Radar Fridge

21. Finish this sentence - RADAR is…  a chance to work with a great team of people delivering connected creativity.

This month we spoke to Mark and found out why producing finished art is like putting together the pieces in a jigsaw puzzle…

1. What’s your favourite colour?

Sky Blue

2. What’s your favourite film?

City of the Lost Children

3. What’s your favourite sound?

King Parrot talking to me waiting to be fed

4. What’s your favourite band/musician? 

Divinyls

5. Favourite word? 

Chocolate

6. Least favourite word?

Urgent

7. Finish this sentence - when I was little I wanted to grow up and be a… 

No .1 tennis player.

8. Why did you become a finished artist? What inspired you?

Learning about typography and how powerful print is. Before computers we made up ads by hand and it was like doing jigsaw puzzles.

9. What’s your background in design, i.e. education, etc?

Kangaroo Point College of TAFE encompassing a 4-year apprenticeship learning all aspects of artwork/printing.

10. What do you love about design?

Being able to visualise how something will look, a skill not many people have. Seeing the printed product after the blood sweat and tears.

11. Who is your favourite designer?

Jonathan Theo

12. Most memorable design exhibition/collection?

Art after Dark – annual night trip around Sydney visiting various museums, art and design exhibitions.

13. What do you like about working at RADAR?

The variety and being able to work on a job from start to finish. I enjoy both long documents and large format outdoor artwork.

14. What’s your favourite RADAR campaign/job?

CBA SIBOS Conference Stand

15. If you weren’t in advertising, what would you do?

Event Management

16. Finish this sentence -  the best career advice I ever received is…

A proof reader said this to me at 18 – Don’t be frightened, take on any job and enjoy the challenge and reward.

17. What career/job would you never do? 

Garbologist – weak stomach.

18. Who is the funkiest dresser at RADAR? 

Julia day to day and Trish’s Melbourne Cup dress was a stand-out.

19. Who in the office would you trade places with for a day and why?

No-one – I enjoy finishing the designer’s creative work.

20. Finish this sentence - the best place to go for lunch/coffee/drinks in Surry Hills is…
LUNCH  - Café on Crown Street next to school
COFFEE – Japanese café on Albion Street
DRINKS -  White Horse Hotel

21. Finish this sentence – RADAR is…

the sensory use of different mediums to identify and achieve maximum results for our ever diversifying client base. In other words a clever creative agency with great people working together and achieving excellent design work.

This month Natasha fills us in on who her favourite designer is and the best career advice she has ever received…

1. What’s your favourite colour?
Fuchsia

2.What’s your favourite film?
Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrmann

3. What’s your favourite sound?
The sound of Music

4. What’s your favourite band/musician?
Julie Andrews

5. Favourite word?
Work

6. Least favourite word?
Home

7. Finish this sentence - when I was little I wanted to grow up and be a…
Supermodel

8. Why did you decide to work at RADAR? What inspired you to become an Account Manager?
The Funky down to earth environment, well actually I’m an OFFICE MANAGER!

9. What do you love about design/advertising?
The events. They’re always fun!

10. Who is your favourite designer/artist?
Emma K

11. Most memorable design exhibition/collection?
Does the Hair Expo Count??

12. What do you like about working at RADAR?
Leaving an hour earlier than everyone else

13. What’s your favourite RADAR job?
Filling the fridge for Friday drinks

14. If you weren’t in advertising, what would you do?
A Fashion Designer

15. Finish this sentence -  the best career advice I ever received is…
Never let anyone tell you what to do!

16. What career/job would you never do?
Jordan’s P.A

17. Who is the funkiest dresser at RADAR?
Me of course

18. Who in the office would you trade places with for a day and why?
Andrew and James because they always have the last say

19. Finish this sentence - the best place to go for lunch/coffee/drinks in Surry Hills is…
City Edge all the way, We love you Tommy!

20. Finish this sentence - RADAR is…
An exciting and fun place to work, come and meet our RADAR Team!

This month, we spoke to Reece and found out that artworking got in the way of him becoming a superstar…

 1. What’s your favourite colour?
Many shades of grey

2. What’s your favourite film?
Pulp fiction

3. What’s your least favourite sound?
The alarm clock 

4. What’s your favourite band/musician?
Ian Brown

5. Favourite word?
Beer, and it’s even better when preceded by free. 

6. Least favourite word?
MySpace

7. Finish this sentence - when I was little I wanted to grow up and be a…
Super Star

8. Why did you become a designer? What inspired you?
I became a designer because of personal interest in the area which was exaggerated through my friends, local artists and skateboarding.

9. What’s your background in design, i.e. education, etc?
Diploma in graphic design (TAFE)

10. What do you love about design?
The freedom of expression through artwork.

11. Who is your favourite designer?
Saul Bass

12. Most memorable design exhibition/collection?
The Monster Children Gallery is always impressive with quality artwork from a variety of interesting artists.

13. What do you like about working at RADAR?
The diversity of work and great people.

14. What’s your favourite RADAR campaign/job?
I enjoy working on the Macquarie projects; they have a stylised, clean corporate look that works well in different applications. Also, the body of work produced for the CBA is pretty cool.

15. If you weren’t in advertising, what would you do?
Product design or carpentry.

16. Finish this sentence - the best career advice I ever received is…
“Don’t settle for anything less than what it is you want”

17. What career/job would you never do?
I could never work in sales. Just the thought gives me a headache.

18. Who is the funkiest dresser at RADAR?
Lee’s hair, definitely.

19. Who in the office would you trade places with for a day and why?
Mr Flash Jordan – I would then be the coolest person in the office.

20. Finish this sentence - the best place to go for lunch/coffee/drinks in Surry Hills is…
Coffee – Café Dendu down by central
Lunch – Tailors on Central, best steak in town.
Drinks – The clock is always a safe bet

21. Finish this sentence - RADAR is…
8:30 till 6:00

22. Creative tool of choice?
Skateboard for sure.

23. If I were a brand I would be….
Apple

24. Left or right?
Right

25. Last track downloaded?
Paint it Black – The Rolling Stones

26. Connected creativity is….
The link between RADAR, our clients and fulfilling the brief.

This month one of “the suits”, Trish, explains in 20 questions why she’s scared of the Anzac Bridge and what connectedcreativity means to her 

1. What’s your favourite colour?
PMS123

2. What’s your favourite film?
Singin’ in the Rain

3. What’s your least favourite sound?
Anything too loud

4. What’s your favourite band/musician?
I can’t say for fear of being teased more than I was when I moved to Drummoyne.

5. Favourite word?
Breakfast

6. Least favourite word?
Pegasus

7. Finish this sentence - when I was little I wanted to grow up and be a…
Vet

8. What inspired you to get into design?
My aunt

9. What’s your background in design, i.e. education, etc?
I’ve been on the spare Mac, does that count?

10. What do you love about design?
What don’t I love about design?

11. Who is your favourite designer?
Antoni Gaudi

12. Most memorable design exhibition/collection?
The new range of Tupperware

13. What do you like about working at RADAR?
The biscuits

14. What’s your favourite RADAR campaign/job?
CBA pre-paid gift cards

15. If you weren’t in advertising, what would you do?
Swear less

16. Finish this sentence - the best career advice I ever received is…
Apply for a job at RADAR

17. What career/job would you never do?
Nursing

18. Who is the funkiest dresser at RADAR?
Is this questionnaire a thinly-veiled popularity contest?

19. Who in the office would you trade places with for a day and why?
Elan the cleaner – messy job but he only works once a fortnight.

20. Finish this sentence - the best place to go for lunch/coffee/drinks in Surry Hills is…
Coffee – Fifi Foveaux’s
Lunch – Bird Cow Fish if someone else is paying, IGA otherwise
Drinks – Longrain if someone else is paying, the Hollywood Hotel otherwise

21. Finish this sentence - RADAR is…
Never boring

22. Creative tool of choice?
Pencil and paper

23. If I were a brand I would be….
Virgin

24. Left or right?
Right

25. Last track downloaded?
You (Original 1977 version)

26. Connected creativity is….
Making everybody happy