https://loversandfighters.co Mareka Stake. Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:13:44 +0000 https://loversandfighters.co en https://loversandfighters.co/Menubar Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:28:51 +0000 Mareka Stake. Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. https://loversandfighters.co/Menubar ︎&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Mareka Stake ︎&nbsp; ︎&nbsp; ︎&nbsp; &nbsp; https://loversandfighters.co/Desktop Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:28:51 +0000 Mareka Stake. Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. https://loversandfighters.co/Desktop &gt;&gt; Hello. I’m Mareka. And I wear 4 hats. 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Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. https://loversandfighters.co/Book-Me LOVERS &amp; FIGHTERS[aka. how to book Mareka Stake]Under my belt I have 20+ years in the advertising industry as a senior hybrid art/copy creative personage, working in agencies big, medium and small, such as BBH London, 72andSunny Amsterdam, and Antidote, on all manner of projects from film to digital and beyond. Thinking, crafting and making are my fire. To that end, I began my own creative company (of one!) for freelance work, Lovers &amp; Fighters. <img width="2835" height="4201" width_o="2835" height_o="4201" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5fbac25c2c77d24f6b43389f9656d6b49266a70d3914a9842dcab049e51b4e32/Adjusted_Lovers_LARGE.jpg" data-mid="126305894" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5fbac25c2c77d24f6b43389f9656d6b49266a70d3914a9842dcab049e51b4e32/Adjusted_Lovers_LARGE.jpg" /> <img width="2835" height="4201" width_o="2835" height_o="4201" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/71552f4b8ac886c1ac1e3c033b9728ee1bd7d0e60d48b084005ea32ca268eeea/Adjusted_Fighters_LARGE.jpg" data-mid="126305891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/71552f4b8ac886c1ac1e3c033b9728ee1bd7d0e60d48b084005ea32ca268eeea/Adjusted_Fighters_LARGE.jpg" /> <img width="2846" height="4185" width_o="2846" height_o="4185" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4259f5fe1457518d4697b263d30054986f46cb80be370615baf4935f1fd91739/Adjusted_LandF_LARGE.jpg" data-mid="126305893" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4259f5fe1457518d4697b263d30054986f46cb80be370615baf4935f1fd91739/Adjusted_LandF_LARGE.jpg" /> [Tattoo Design by Emma ‘Kommandante’ Hedman. Maybe I’ll get it inked.] &nbsp; Lovers &amp; Fighters is my vehicle to offer myself as a (friendly) gun for hire for freelance creative advertising and marketing solutions to problems for businesses, brands or initiatives. So that might be strategic and creative thinking, conceptual ideas and executions, or the practicals of copywriting and design. They might be projects, loose short-term relationships that lend themselves to my freelance talent, or repeated working together. And since many of us still WFH after the Covid-era, Lovers &amp; Fighters operates on the local level from my base in Copenhagen, but technically my services could be applied to any brand, client or agency anywhere in the English-speaking world. (I’m working on my Danish...] The company name Lovers &amp; Fighters means that I hold dual values, both equally strong. Lovers means caring about what I do, both in the principles and the details. Fighters means standing up for what I believe in, with respect. So with this creative business, I fight for what I love, lovingly. I also have a strong social good streak, often self-initiating projects that feed that itch, and I'm particularly committed to climate action, as a founder of XR Families NL, part of the Extinction Rebellion movement, and contributing as part of XR’s Arts Circle and the Creatives For Climate collective. Plus I have volunteer coached the next generation through Project Fearless on a STEAM-based Artivism for Climate Action afterschool course, working to empower girls age 9-14 to find their creative voices on what they love and wish to fight for. If you feel like we could work together, then I’d love some fighting talk!&nbsp;And if you want me to paint your nails, then head here... mareka@loversandfighters.co +31 (0)643839155 Lovers &amp; Fighters ︎&nbsp;︎&nbsp;︎&nbsp; https://loversandfighters.co/CONCEPTUAL-CREATIVE Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:28:52 +0000 Mareka Stake. Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. https://loversandfighters.co/CONCEPTUAL-CREATIVE CONCEPTUAL CREATIVE. I’ve been in the ad business since 2001. And worked at agencies big, like BBH, medium, like 72andSunny, and small, like Antidote. Here are some of my favourite brainchildren that I’ve made: // NIKE AIR MAX x FOOT LOCKER: Loop Drops Played ACD/writer for my team at R/GA London.Nike Air Max had lost its connection with the creative youth, who don’t know its story of creativity, innovation and imagination. So with Foot Locker we created tools for them to create their own story through easy access to music. We got 2 top producers to provide the sample loops, Soundtrap by Spotify to provide the platform, and we dropped the teaser social content to get people exploring what fire beats they could cook up and share with the Foot Locker community. <img width="1600" height="1000" width_o="1600" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0117786171e04d23faa8408de19ae9a1c28db655c7533cc240d42a0a0913407/Hub_800x500_DROP_1_LDN.jpg" data-mid="140860142" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0117786171e04d23faa8408de19ae9a1c28db655c7533cc240d42a0a0913407/Hub_800x500_DROP_1_LDN.jpg" /> <img width="530" height="500" width_o="530" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bec2d8c9a9c82011a2fbec5242d2bbe1560834b00af59c3002cd6062f8afd065/01_Soundtrap_Newsletter_265x250_Generic.jpg" data-mid="140860139" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/530/i/bec2d8c9a9c82011a2fbec5242d2bbe1560834b00af59c3002cd6062f8afd065/01_Soundtrap_Newsletter_265x250_Generic.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="1000" width_o="1600" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab5e514d0af2bb9194edb04ce49ddb80a09a6736f585e1a4db9583d1de7678bb/Hub_800x500_DROP_1_MLN.jpg" data-mid="140860146" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab5e514d0af2bb9194edb04ce49ddb80a09a6736f585e1a4db9583d1de7678bb/Hub_800x500_DROP_1_MLN.jpg" /> Director: Diogo Lopez. // SNKRS AIR MAX DAY 2022: Give Fresh Air: The Game Show Played ACD/writer for my team at R/GA London.For Air Max Day, Nike wanted to give Air new meaning - championing change and those who ignite it in our communities by giving back. And SNKRS Live was the perfect place to do that and Give Fresh Air, by getting LDN, AMS, and BER to go head to head and win big for a local cause. Sneakerhead teams from places like Patta, Foot Patrol, Solebox and Overkill took part in 3 hours of live-streamed game show fun, from rounds that tested their sneaker design skills, blind silhouette knowledge, shoe print detective work and more. And we awarded close to USD 100,000 - London’s cause won the big prize, but no-one went home with an L, Amsterdam and Berlin’s causes got given fresh air too. <img width="2046" height="1536" width_o="2046" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19d2f19809f998bde00df3e7f4404da85cef3506ddd58546e9eec3fe8de7333f/IMG_2843.JPG" data-mid="141101990" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19d2f19809f998bde00df3e7f4404da85cef3506ddd58546e9eec3fe8de7333f/IMG_2843.JPG" /> <img width="1280" height="720" width_o="1280" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f37e757a8468ea665fa93c88bc38621bf871e79861650afd84f1d2dc49ffcbb/IMG_2845.JPG" data-mid="141101992" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f37e757a8468ea665fa93c88bc38621bf871e79861650afd84f1d2dc49ffcbb/IMG_2845.JPG" /> <img width="1280" height="960" width_o="1280" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38c7268442a136d075e64d3ac1ed7c0a35aa0d4e37e3294e1f326d9147f94eed/IMG_2846.JPG" data-mid="141101993" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38c7268442a136d075e64d3ac1ed7c0a35aa0d4e37e3294e1f326d9147f94eed/IMG_2846.JPG" /> <img width="1170" height="2532" width_o="1170" height_o="2532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46c943a9858de6f94e675a1cf522b7fcbe72d6be0fc3451174bb3cab236c6ffd/IMG_2537.PNG" data-mid="141102002" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46c943a9858de6f94e675a1cf522b7fcbe72d6be0fc3451174bb3cab236c6ffd/IMG_2537.PNG" /> <img width="1170" height="2532" width_o="1170" height_o="2532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73c1db08a88b3fb1a01fff4222ad6bc0b3085e0d12a20ad1fe096911b45b2795/IMG_2549.PNG" data-mid="141102206" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73c1db08a88b3fb1a01fff4222ad6bc0b3085e0d12a20ad1fe096911b45b2795/IMG_2549.PNG" /> <img width="1170" height="2532" width_o="1170" height_o="2532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae96a56b0cd7a9ca762e2530f80ff9782b8d06a186be408aa4e9148cf21caa8d/IMG_2563.PNG" data-mid="141102182" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae96a56b0cd7a9ca762e2530f80ff9782b8d06a186be408aa4e9148cf21caa8d/IMG_2563.PNG" /> <img width="1170" height="2532" width_o="1170" height_o="2532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69b11c72f59a1177da2dad7c9129fbc4f877fdede054eb912b3d130f3af24704/IMG_2565.PNG" data-mid="141102183" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69b11c72f59a1177da2dad7c9129fbc4f877fdede054eb912b3d130f3af24704/IMG_2565.PNG" /> <img width="1170" height="2532" width_o="1170" height_o="2532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd55761b5f7c1e7853beae552a71d58da08a2db0f6bc828ebb19fbb3f43690cf/IMG_2543.PNG" data-mid="141102051" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd55761b5f7c1e7853beae552a71d58da08a2db0f6bc828ebb19fbb3f43690cf/IMG_2543.PNG" /> <img width="1170" height="2532" width_o="1170" height_o="2532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc9780078151e6d1be641ee270297d7253f9a9dd06e2a0e32837d29bdb00aee8/IMG_2547.PNG" data-mid="141102052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc9780078151e6d1be641ee270297d7253f9a9dd06e2a0e32837d29bdb00aee8/IMG_2547.PNG" /> <img width="1170" height="2532" width_o="1170" height_o="2532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/835955a2f4ab1ba0387018700685394ab718f229b2fbaa3804b2c284d3e955db/IMG_2572.PNG" data-mid="141102184" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/835955a2f4ab1ba0387018700685394ab718f229b2fbaa3804b2c284d3e955db/IMG_2572.PNG" /> <img width="1170" height="2532" width_o="1170" height_o="2532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32fb8d38b823ab64b5fab517397ba720beb8c2729ed54f02fb9146fb1263e676/IMG_2576.PNG" data-mid="141102185" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32fb8d38b823ab64b5fab517397ba720beb8c2729ed54f02fb9146fb1263e676/IMG_2576.PNG" /> // UNICEF: Climate Nightmares Featured at COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, and given a nice writeup on Muse by Clio. Awarded as Lamp Finalist:Society at Dutch Creativity Awards Played CD/writer for Soursop, Amsterdam. Unicef's first foray into the climate action arena, developing the positioning that the climate emergency is a children’s emergency. Out of this, I created an online film campaign that takes the traditional situation of a nightmare and flips it on its head to be the parent having the nightmare, and the child doing the comforting. A united call from families and Unicef to world leaders for change, that was shown at COP26 cementing Unicef's commitment to climate action for every child. Director: Thessa Meijer through HALAL Productions. // THE ART PEOPLE: Christie's Awarded a Bronze Cyber Lion at Cannes Advertising Festival. To get Christie’s to stand out from their other auction house competition, it was time to focus on what makes them unique - the people within their walls. Creating an interactive documentary experience, ‘The Art People’ - a microsite lifted the lid on the art world and encouraged a much broader audience to reassess Christie's through short film, cinemagraphic, visual and written essay content.&nbsp; Film Content: Chris Hyndman at Atomized. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Digital Production: BBH Build, Media Monks. Cinemagraphs: Mill+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Photographer: Kevin Mackintosh. <img width="1369" height="921" width_o="1369" height_o="921" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59ce3c28954d27c012d3d7d92ba0c06ce897e1d01a019601616f68d60bd3dd8a/Screen-Shot-2014-01-31-at-15.10.10_o.png" data-mid="84973387" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59ce3c28954d27c012d3d7d92ba0c06ce897e1d01a019601616f68d60bd3dd8a/Screen-Shot-2014-01-31-at-15.10.10_o.png" /> <img width="4096" height="2861" width_o="4096" height_o="2861" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51af3540c957fab3628d1549380f268a519a0f79c7fb2e1487d7b74e1c2db185/Shanghai_FT_380x544_o.jpg" data-mid="84973384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51af3540c957fab3628d1549380f268a519a0f79c7fb2e1487d7b74e1c2db185/Shanghai_FT_380x544_o.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2850" width_o="4096" height_o="2850" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e01bf0038bf25bd81371f35796fd44b6ec612a851c71878008665cb9a550a1f/Photography_FT_380x544_o.jpg" data-mid="84973386" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e01bf0038bf25bd81371f35796fd44b6ec612a851c71878008665cb9a550a1f/Photography_FT_380x544_o.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2861" width_o="4096" height_o="2861" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f32c03333c570c7f739f0f8d3ff6b722e142e836f93869739792c85eb7c92a46/Impressionist_380x544_o.jpg" data-mid="84973383" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f32c03333c570c7f739f0f8d3ff6b722e142e836f93869739792c85eb7c92a46/Impressionist_380x544_o.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="2845" width_o="4096" height_o="2845" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f191e91827b6732cb854aba905cdf0926d01017210e31ee8671f99aef2c5400d/PWAC_FT_380x544_o.jpg" data-mid="84973385" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f191e91827b6732cb854aba905cdf0926d01017210e31ee8671f99aef2c5400d/PWAC_FT_380x544_o.jpg" /> // PICTURE YOUR HOLIDAY: British Airways FWA Site of the Day. Official Shortlist at Lovie Awards, International Academy of Digital Arts &amp; Sciences. Nominated at Campaign BIG Awards. In line with BA's ethos of unrivalled service, instead of making an ad talking about their holiday offering, why not create a beautiful and visual planning tool to make holiday inspiration a pleasurable joy? Presenting Picture Your Holiday, where your image choices are read by the tool to offer up 4 matching holiday destinations with each and every combination. Digital Production: BBH Build &amp; Monterosa. // THE SPA CAR: Google AdWords x Colin Furze B2B doesn't mean boring2boring. Not when it's Google, and the idea you want to remind people of is that everything starts with a Search. Tasked with making AdWords search advertising enticing for businesses, this piece showed how they and their product could easily become part of some internet madness. It was a whole heap of wet 'n' wild fun, thanks to legend of the world wide web and showman, one Colin Furze... (Parts 1 &amp; 2 and then fall down the wormhole of his YouTube channel for the engineering nerds) Directors: That Jam through Black Sheep Studios. // HERE TO CREATE: Adidas x Karlie KlossA recipe for female fitness fun: 1) Broadcast an exclusive Karlie Kloss workout live to Facebook. 2) Get Karlie to take to Instagram Stories too. And then 3)...straight afterwards, get Karlie and 16 other kickass girls to have their photographs taken, sweat and all. No glam squad, nothing photoshopped. Just fantastically sweaty women, united in their powerfulness. All of photographer David Clerihew's amazing, natural post-workout portraits went out on Instagram, and the girls involved all happily shared them with their followers too. "We sweat, and we don't care!" Photographer: David Clerihew. Director: Phoebe Arnstein through Black Sheep Studios. // IMPOSSIPOOL: Amsterdam Light Festival I entered this concept for the Festival theme of ‘Disrupt!’ and got to the penultimate round of selection. Impossipool comments on the way gentrification is disrupting the fabric of neighbourhoods, and how this ‘upgrading of the city’ can actually exclude. Embodied in a deliciously attractive disruption to the day to day canal environment that you can’t get into, Impossipool asks if we all have the same rights to the city after all?&nbsp; <img width="4724" height="1542" width_o="4724" height_o="1542" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7d388b52604347add6fb6f3c5cafeec5997381565ab15a3fe647ad3efb2e089/190307_MAGERE_BRUG_smaller.jpg" data-mid="87381336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7d388b52604347add6fb6f3c5cafeec5997381565ab15a3fe647ad3efb2e089/190307_MAGERE_BRUG_smaller.jpg" /> <img width="3228" height="3343" width_o="3228" height_o="3343" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/daeaa98e5392f21b0a3fd2d31ec670190af36e0e29a024aea2ff397aa69abf11/190307_MAGERE_BRUG_02.jpg" data-mid="87381199" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/daeaa98e5392f21b0a3fd2d31ec670190af36e0e29a024aea2ff397aa69abf11/190307_MAGERE_BRUG_02.jpg" /> <img width="2376" height="1080" width_o="2376" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bbe51454e1d4fb30f66b3a29f28ab6c64dabb01fd504a72da128e4dfe758d62/190307_IMPOSSIPOOL_01C.jpg" data-mid="87381173" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1bbe51454e1d4fb30f66b3a29f28ab6c64dabb01fd504a72da128e4dfe758d62/190307_IMPOSSIPOOL_01C.jpg" /> // GO HIT IT: British Tennis Nominated at BTAA Craft Awards and the Sports Awards. Most of us only pick up a racket after Wimbledon (or an even dustier one after the Summer Olympics once every 4 years), our tennis fever inspired by our heroes like Andy Murray. But the truth is that whoever is playing, and whenever, every game's a classic. So this film and its accompanying poster series, created through BBH Sport, aimed to remind us all of that and get more people playing tennis more often.&nbsp; Director: Mark Albiston at The Sweet Shop. <img width="900" height="301" width_o="900" height_o="301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06f59567acd23286d9cc87b7b81402045ae788f29cc74d8c4a72e0ecfb81ae72/webber-40661-w900-q80.jpg" data-mid="84976176" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/06f59567acd23286d9cc87b7b81402045ae788f29cc74d8c4a72e0ecfb81ae72/webber-40661-w900-q80.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="301" width_o="900" height_o="301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dccf55b73a57be78630acd2717069a7b916d464d58fe780a1e549d50b261755e/webber-40662-w900-q80.jpg" data-mid="84976175" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/dccf55b73a57be78630acd2717069a7b916d464d58fe780a1e549d50b261755e/webber-40662-w900-q80.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="301" width_o="900" height_o="301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34014342fc7ced267785a98ba874f38e108e1f6ccbc914f04ca1d932c90c2299/webber-40659-w900-q80.jpg" data-mid="84976173" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/34014342fc7ced267785a98ba874f38e108e1f6ccbc914f04ca1d932c90c2299/webber-40659-w900-q80.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="301" width_o="900" height_o="301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1e2d7ef99de236e8358a28a45b6f8d4a9d67fb16bf379c5320a6df70ad866ed/webber-40664-w900-q80.jpg" data-mid="84976177" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/f1e2d7ef99de236e8358a28a45b6f8d4a9d67fb16bf379c5320a6df70ad866ed/webber-40664-w900-q80.jpg" /> Photographer: Thomas Prior. // THE KILLER ADVANTAGE:&nbsp;The Disability Foundation &amp; James O'Shea After the warm-up of the 2012 Olympics, to coincide with the 'main course' of the Paralympics, I partnered up again with the wonderful Chris Hyndman to make a mini documentary for the charity TDF. We wanted to celebrate the amazing feats of Paralympic athleticism and how TDF quietly helps to make them happen. Our film featured the double amputee and great GB Gold hope James O'Shea, who swam for 100 breaststroke glory on September 5th, 2012. In his first Paralympics ever he came 4th in the world, a fantastic achievement. More information about the unique charity TDF and its complementary health services (which are available to the able-bodied too!) can be found here. Director: Chris Hyndman through Atomized. // STATUS OF AFRICA: AMREF Finalist (Silver) in Digital Communication Awards. Finalist at Campaign BIG Awards. Commendation at Creative Circle Awards. BBH Black Sheep Silver. AMREF wanted to do something disruptive to raise awareness of their work, and as a tiny charity with no money, social media seemed the right way to go, as well as being an excellent platform from which to draw parallels and cold realities of the differences of life in Africa and the more developed world. Digital Production: FEED. The 'Status of Africa' Facebook application allowed you to donate your status to one of five real African mothers or midwives, to tell their stories, giving you a revealing and moving window into other lives. Stephen Fry tweeted about the project and it was excellently received by the mummy blogger community, who got behind it passionately to stand up for their African sisters. // CHILDREN WITH CHILDREN: AMREF Finalist at Campaign Big Awards. A Pinterest project for a small charity partner AMREF, taking the next step on from our earlier social campaign 'Status of Africa' in disrupting social media for good. We sent an iPhone to Tanzania, to a 13 year old girl called Sihiba Yusufu, who was a mother already at that tender age. As many young girls in Tanzania sadly are; due to custom and a lack of sexual health information - their childhoods quickly taken from them, as they are thrust into an adult world of great responsibility. <img width="691" height="461" width_o="691" height_o="461" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6544bc61e91644e67545916308dca1821360e993c0bb7eb2a9a4838290863216/sihiba20web_o.jpg" data-mid="86394615" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/691/i/6544bc61e91644e67545916308dca1821360e993c0bb7eb2a9a4838290863216/sihiba20web_o.jpg" /> Sihiba joined Pinterest to share her life in images, and somewhat upset the status quo of the things being collected there that we think we desperately want and need. The project, although relatively simple in idea, took some time to execute, as it's tough teaching technology to a young girl at distance. Plus for her safety, Sihiba did not have the iPhone with her all the time. 3G internet signal was also only accessible at her local health centre, which she had to walk to, so Sihiba posted in irregular batches, but with Swahili notes which were translated with the help of an AMREF peer. <img width="315" height="472" width_o="315" height_o="472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c180902717872d0c22ab0814f044eb8515bce8c8445e780375028524d2cfcb5/photo3_o.jpg" data-mid="86394610" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/315/i/8c180902717872d0c22ab0814f044eb8515bce8c8445e780375028524d2cfcb5/photo3_o.jpg" /> <img width="478" height="640" width_o="478" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a65dc18e08dfb803cf9887ab2bf441fcb411fe98fff7a397426768f670db399/photo17_o.jpg" data-mid="86394611" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/478/i/9a65dc18e08dfb803cf9887ab2bf441fcb411fe98fff7a397426768f670db399/photo17_o.jpg" /> <img width="478" height="640" width_o="478" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f54ffae99bc3d7862a2579d4abdea80c238392cc04fb64ccafb776ba9dd2963/photo66_o.jpg" data-mid="86394612" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/478/i/7f54ffae99bc3d7862a2579d4abdea80c238392cc04fb64ccafb776ba9dd2963/photo66_o.jpg" /> <img width="478" height="640" width_o="478" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/568d246e1bb15374c765cb1dd8e6eab572018cf2b4720c61ecce5aacae103220/photo80_o.jpg" data-mid="86394613" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/478/i/568d246e1bb15374c765cb1dd8e6eab572018cf2b4720c61ecce5aacae103220/photo80_o.jpg" /> <img width="478" height="640" width_o="478" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93f87bdb22e273436394b2e732d108bb46076cbb03399cc65deb8d870a544737/photo94_o.jpg" data-mid="86394614" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/478/i/93f87bdb22e273436394b2e732d108bb46076cbb03399cc65deb8d870a544737/photo94_o.jpg" /> The idea was to create social value out of a pin, and hopefully also food for thought. People really responded well to it, and over 4 months followed Sihiba's daily life on Pinterest. Stephen Fry tweeted his support, and Mumsnet made it their campaign of the week. The iPhone was then sold to benefit Sihiba further - funding vocational training for her so that as she developed through her teenage years she could look after herself, her baby and even her community in future, an ambition she proudly held.&nbsp; https://loversandfighters.co/WRITER Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:28:52 +0000 Mareka Stake. Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. https://loversandfighters.co/WRITER WRITER. &nbsp;I’ve written concepts, decks, manifestos, a mini-autobiography, poetry, some op-eds, a children’s book or two, weekly web stories, tonnes of Instagram &amp; LinkedIn captions, plenty of headlines and radio ads... And started (but not finished) a screenplay. I do rather love words... Here are a few faves from the ongoing journey of my pen:// KLABU : 6 months of Freelance Impact Storytelling[plus content creation, social media and CMS management]I’ve always said I like nothing more than doing good with good people. And KLABU is an amazing NGO and social enterprise, focussed on levelling the playing field for refugees worlwide. Through shipping containers turned open-up-and-play clubhouses with sport lending libraries, they offer the tools to change lives for the better in refugee camps. And you can support that work of the Foundation through their social enterprise, which sells the bold and bright KLABU shirts worn at the cross-border sports club. I penned regular editorial pieces and social posts to bring the KLABU universe and its treasure trove of beautiful, heartwarming and transformational stories to life. And it left me feeling like impact storytelling is the very best kind of work you can call yourself lucky to do. Below a selection of the stories I told. Join the KLABU!&nbsp; <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aac70466e80c3e6cc982152643e607f5cb95292b54d14e3d3bc9e852751042e9/Slide1.png" data-mid="224725510" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aac70466e80c3e6cc982152643e607f5cb95292b54d14e3d3bc9e852751042e9/Slide1.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd0787f10860322803d8c51957f10d972e68b31fb944ded29df1760c1a4cda95/Soraya1.png" data-mid="224725445" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd0787f10860322803d8c51957f10d972e68b31fb944ded29df1760c1a4cda95/Soraya1.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c09ecee823dde7c9e829330c3bff6658eeb8b956b0275021fe8bd2ff0ec0a22c/Nyagoa_1.png" data-mid="224726763" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c09ecee823dde7c9e829330c3bff6658eeb8b956b0275021fe8bd2ff0ec0a22c/Nyagoa_1.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11849d2df468c28cfe53a5aff7d68acf6e0f9a62514538432b5c782481930a82/TAMANA_1.png" data-mid="224726955" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11849d2df468c28cfe53a5aff7d68acf6e0f9a62514538432b5c782481930a82/TAMANA_1.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c585084e87d704d250ecc8ef7fb224faa0d8f66bba6c7117ca163c33476ce81c/Slide1.png" data-mid="224725529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c585084e87d704d250ecc8ef7fb224faa0d8f66bba6c7117ca163c33476ce81c/Slide1.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63ee79b61f89fb43b36328e6eb5060ac5a940e4d779697f28266a2f0f35c4abf/John1.png" data-mid="224726849" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63ee79b61f89fb43b36328e6eb5060ac5a940e4d779697f28266a2f0f35c4abf/John1.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6327867eda60ea6cfeef6047c8d793018e7086a222bfaa5bc226c08eae471aa3/Final_Robin_Carousel1.png" data-mid="224725526" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6327867eda60ea6cfeef6047c8d793018e7086a222bfaa5bc226c08eae471aa3/Final_Robin_Carousel1.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c0bd4e3c93e73eebfaf37879dac7912cd6e658fb81c03821e8acf1af4edd19b/SenorHermes_IG_grid.jpg" data-mid="224727351" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c0bd4e3c93e73eebfaf37879dac7912cd6e658fb81c03821e8acf1af4edd19b/SenorHermes_IG_grid.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d511dec6e9f231229f7c902afe6b09f74733cd574493e0d1e2ca2fbbc0d6a903/Slide1.png" data-mid="224726847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d511dec6e9f231229f7c902afe6b09f74733cd574493e0d1e2ca2fbbc0d6a903/Slide1.png" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d1008afedbc0d192d6f3e2e0b3c49205860abac8bdb3e4dee9ee05a5ac317d4/Laurens_altbike1.png" data-mid="224727438" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d1008afedbc0d192d6f3e2e0b3c49205860abac8bdb3e4dee9ee05a5ac317d4/Laurens_altbike1.png" /> // ALL WELCOME TO THE TABLE : Article for FOYER MAG 4[Illustrations from my photos by Sophie Holländer] Whilst at KLABU I met many refugee newcomers in Amsterdam first hand, hearing about their life experiences, and what matters to them and helps them feel grounded in their new cultures. It inspired me to write a piece for the Food issue of Foyer Magazine, which celebrates and explores untold stories from people of mixed, third culture and second-generation cultural heritage. You can read it here.&nbsp; <img width="2388" height="1668" width_o="2388" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba59a974b2254a77da15edb69b6fcdd70147c4e2943fea7f30924a94362aaaeb/Untitled_Artwork-8.jpg" data-mid="242389105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba59a974b2254a77da15edb69b6fcdd70147c4e2943fea7f30924a94362aaaeb/Untitled_Artwork-8.jpg" /> <img width="1668" height="2388" width_o="1668" height_o="2388" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6709138c3c211b211b425868765e4a1ab86ef2700092763bc9e0294118c453b/Untitled_Artwork-1.jpg" data-mid="242389104" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6709138c3c211b211b425868765e4a1ab86ef2700092763bc9e0294118c453b/Untitled_Artwork-1.jpg" /> <img width="1668" height="2388" width_o="1668" height_o="2388" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5bd9c7477782ee7f14ee6e6c08b55a6a5a34f7204ae2243d62ef8bcdfeec2ce/Untitled_Artwork-6.jpg" data-mid="242389106" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5bd9c7477782ee7f14ee6e6c08b55a6a5a34f7204ae2243d62ef8bcdfeec2ce/Untitled_Artwork-6.jpg" /> // “JELLYPIE, FIREFLY” : Co-written Children’s Book[plus Creative Direction, Design &amp; Typography] Good friend and ex-colleague Anne Graham came to me with a fledgling manuscript draft for this wonderful character full of ‘glow magic’ that represents a useful metaphor for a child with an ADHD diagnosis. We developed the book further together, honing the structure and length, the story arc and the functionality - creating ‘Jellypie, Firefly’ as a series of spreads that spark conversation between child and carer to help them make sense of the letters A, D, H &amp; D and thrive in their neurospicyness. We found our illustrator Emma Gandolfi, I wrote all the concept briefs for her spreads and creative directed along the way. I also put together all the Kickstarter material to help get our book fully funded (including voicing the project film), created all the content for the social channels, and also oversaw the printing process for the book, having designed and laid it all out... A labour of love that has me glowing from top to bottom too, just like Jellypie herself! Scroll the slideshow beneath for some of my favourite spreads, copies will be available to buy from late Feb 2024. &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="2391" height="3256" width_o="2391" height_o="3256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bcbafaa55e73ca5ccc58e2c7987add73bcae44adfffe8dbdb59bd413693a1e1/FrontCover.jpg" data-mid="203047924" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bcbafaa55e73ca5ccc58e2c7987add73bcae44adfffe8dbdb59bd413693a1e1/FrontCover.jpg" /> <img width="5063" height="3298" width_o="5063" height_o="3298" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee1f44a791c661bb508d3bee77aa21ccf38c95a0d05039431d2f1d9d2eda69ec/Dino_Spread.jpg" data-mid="203048402" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee1f44a791c661bb508d3bee77aa21ccf38c95a0d05039431d2f1d9d2eda69ec/Dino_Spread.jpg" /> <img width="5100" height="3300" width_o="5100" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ccc7803f55aefba48f22ab0d85cdb0bc6069530e2d6647a02b4de816177c5c43/Hello_Spread.jpg" data-mid="203048403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ccc7803f55aefba48f22ab0d85cdb0bc6069530e2d6647a02b4de816177c5c43/Hello_Spread.jpg" /> <img width="5066" height="3300" width_o="5066" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/57880470a3ddf3c823b0a0d6e6efa9c85f1a3ebb5f9175b7fc76b09b19497589/Octopus_Spread.jpg" data-mid="203048404" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/57880470a3ddf3c823b0a0d6e6efa9c85f1a3ebb5f9175b7fc76b09b19497589/Octopus_Spread.jpg" /> <img width="5066" height="3300" width_o="5066" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d710b710e56c632f4817524948ed33af9c3b33bfa6aaf331e234afe27323f2d5/Somersault_Spread.jpg" data-mid="203048405" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d710b710e56c632f4817524948ed33af9c3b33bfa6aaf331e234afe27323f2d5/Somersault_Spread.jpg" /> // *PERSONAL* MIDJOURNEY A.I. : &lt;Input&gt;Haiku {Output}: IllustrationLike all good creatives worried they might lose their job to a computer, I had an A.I. mess-around with the MidJourney beta, and I thought I’d challenge my potential robot overlord by feeding it with some shortform haiku poetry I wrote as the input, just to see what it would spit back out. Verdict: it’s too much fun. I’m sure A.I poetry’s probably pretty good too. But for now I’m still the one holding the pen...and doing the input (and the design overlay!) <img width="2134" height="2134" width_o="2134" height_o="2134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a3947ccd8108d5aac8db57950da653b542e581d6f89f40790f0cf72199a2d74/MidJourney_Haiku1.jpg" data-mid="146457337" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a3947ccd8108d5aac8db57950da653b542e581d6f89f40790f0cf72199a2d74/MidJourney_Haiku1.jpg" /> <img width="2135" height="2134" width_o="2135" height_o="2134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fe637e44a2b68c87d255940af8ba812b5399de0d3ab06c84f6a16b2709c8e6b/MidJourney_Haiku2.jpg" data-mid="146458597" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9fe637e44a2b68c87d255940af8ba812b5399de0d3ab06c84f6a16b2709c8e6b/MidJourney_Haiku2.jpg" /> <img width="2135" height="2134" width_o="2135" height_o="2134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e4f5f3e7010603ccf9cdbf2a0556159e9b072d9afbb8d081270e14554fcce25/MidJourney_Haiku3.jpg" data-mid="146459153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e4f5f3e7010603ccf9cdbf2a0556159e9b072d9afbb8d081270e14554fcce25/MidJourney_Haiku3.jpg" /> <img width="2134" height="2134" width_o="2134" height_o="2134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb6a3c791d579271bc0554ee9537e5b82e0f7c5513a3ec1ccfb124631709c894/MidJourney_Haiku4.jpg" data-mid="147528987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb6a3c791d579271bc0554ee9537e5b82e0f7c5513a3ec1ccfb124631709c894/MidJourney_Haiku4.jpg" /> <img width="2134" height="2134" width_o="2134" height_o="2134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f8fa6f5c6ae14b301c955a400b018b12db5d0319270275136ec04b224a33e72/MidJourney_Haiku5.jpg" data-mid="147528989" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f8fa6f5c6ae14b301c955a400b018b12db5d0319270275136ec04b224a33e72/MidJourney_Haiku5.jpg" /> <img width="2134" height="2134" width_o="2134" height_o="2134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eee8466fd89781652a1505cdfdedccfda9a2de908c3a8c5f6116151a0b41b26f/MidJourney_Haiku6.jpg" data-mid="147528991" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eee8466fd89781652a1505cdfdedccfda9a2de908c3a8c5f6116151a0b41b26f/MidJourney_Haiku6.jpg" /> // GABBERISH : The Guilt Issue I was asked to contribute to the ‘Creative Therapy’ section of this magazine, and chose to write on the theme of working mother guilt, penning a letter to my beloved children and illustrating what the juggle-struggle-blend often feels like around my greatest ever creative products. <img width="2224" height="1668" width_o="2224" height_o="1668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a81f4be83e782a79b0112bb184ac56ae599ef41ad77041e797106cec9addb487/Guilty-As-Charged.png" data-mid="110876043" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a81f4be83e782a79b0112bb184ac56ae599ef41ad77041e797106cec9addb487/Guilty-As-Charged.png" /> <img width="1700" height="2200" width_o="1700" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d47f57942cd5d1545d79e53b442b1035ade8da2e9fdf2fe7d4de92d16b7e783/Guily_As_Charged_Text.jpg" data-mid="110876279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d47f57942cd5d1545d79e53b442b1035ade8da2e9fdf2fe7d4de92d16b7e783/Guily_As_Charged_Text.jpg" /> // ANTFUCKER 'zine Written to enlighten people as to why the smallest meeting room at 72andSunny was called 'Mierenneuker'. This was printed as a *tiny* magazine on a big newspaper stick, for perusal in the little meeting space. Made with the legends that are Mark Jenkins and Valentina Mandozzi. // The AXE Fragrance Generator A speculative and playfully bonkers little experience made to celebrate 'Rainforest &amp; Graffiti', one of AXE's unexpected fragrance combos. So we thought why not make unlimited suggestions? Can you smell them all? Made with the coding brains of Mark Jenkins (again) and fellow writer and all-round crazy talent Andy Johns. // PROJECT POO We decided to make the toilets gender neutral at 72andSunny. So I wrote some pooetry to commemorate the moment, and toilettiquette to help people cope with the change. <img width="1182" height="1772" width_o="1182" height_o="1772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/431018a240c31be9bba1ab7d8c653cd7d5afb1c31b7f5e146d361df0e1f4b1e8/Toilettiquette_10x15cm_Frames_Page_4.jpg" data-mid="86424483" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/431018a240c31be9bba1ab7d8c653cd7d5afb1c31b7f5e146d361df0e1f4b1e8/Toilettiquette_10x15cm_Frames_Page_4.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a07e1bea2b7a723a8018f7518289ac5608f5463181cd51622aec6e993144c7aa/Toilet_Mockup-copy.jpg" data-mid="86424486" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a07e1bea2b7a723a8018f7518289ac5608f5463181cd51622aec6e993144c7aa/Toilet_Mockup-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1182" height="1772" width_o="1182" height_o="1772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9c7d212c0bfeda4c8e0ce4c014b221e6bc5780587775e713f5b29f93adc8faf/Toilettiquette_10x15cm_Frames_Page_1.jpg" data-mid="86424484" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9c7d212c0bfeda4c8e0ce4c014b221e6bc5780587775e713f5b29f93adc8faf/Toilettiquette_10x15cm_Frames_Page_1.jpg" /> <img width="1689" height="5984" width_o="1689" height_o="5984" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b424910cb97fbf5beebdad8fb9b2acb5269190268e040058ccaf70176f84a5cc/Door_Roll.jpg" data-mid="86424485" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b424910cb97fbf5beebdad8fb9b2acb5269190268e040058ccaf70176f84a5cc/Door_Roll.jpg" /> // HUMAN LIBRARYMy advertising life story so far. Writing it was pretty cathartic. Cover designs by Wendy Richardson. // GOOGLE x BBC: Child Internet SafetySadly this project died deep into the discussions stage with these 2 iconic brands, and I’ll never fully get why. Meme culture was planned to be put to new, subversive smart-thinking use as a way for kids to communicate better behaviour amongst themselves in their online lives. The message bearers could go where no ad campaign could ever hope to reach. Roll Safe, Danny Dyer, BBC newsreaders, nature documentary sloths; we twisted too many bits of TV and internet culture to share here, but it was a joy to write on. <img width="960" height="540" width_o="960" height_o="540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e269dadf3b549e549a0a4af2e39e748ec1ca7e16a0edc4bee9dd2e9e351900c/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief.jpg" data-mid="87379103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/0e269dadf3b549e549a0a4af2e39e748ec1ca7e16a0edc4bee9dd2e9e351900c/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief.jpg" /> <img width="3590" height="2020" width_o="3590" height_o="2020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d1361d5b55e4ecea5f010323bca3678f7db9107b8745e988467449c0e0d6037/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief_Page_29.jpg" data-mid="87379099" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d1361d5b55e4ecea5f010323bca3678f7db9107b8745e988467449c0e0d6037/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief_Page_29.jpg" /> <img width="6630" height="3730" width_o="6630" height_o="3730" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/105d5f7a294aa37235c295aed4bbd5168db415ca360e4f8b41bf67c996df4bb1/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief_Page_28.jpg" data-mid="87379098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/105d5f7a294aa37235c295aed4bbd5168db415ca360e4f8b41bf67c996df4bb1/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief_Page_28.jpg" /> <img width="5090" height="2864" width_o="5090" height_o="2864" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dae3935ea6999380190b7f30a495b270998072e4d3e0c7b91f699b66540b9b84/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief_Page_31.jpg" data-mid="87379100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dae3935ea6999380190b7f30a495b270998072e4d3e0c7b91f699b66540b9b84/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief_Page_31.jpg" /> <img width="4330" height="2436" width_o="4330" height_o="2436" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6dd6b30dbad1c68435f7e6128074b3a3092a23d03321e5b48fc08f1b2176989a/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief_Page_33.jpg" data-mid="87379101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6dd6b30dbad1c68435f7e6128074b3a3092a23d03321e5b48fc08f1b2176989a/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief_Page_33.jpg" /> <img width="5990" height="3370" width_o="5990" height_o="3370" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b377f6969c2f449a3fc3bb3f338ebbbae7017b1609bd94a0b319c71bf30c902e/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief_Page_42.jpg" data-mid="87379102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b377f6969c2f449a3fc3bb3f338ebbbae7017b1609bd94a0b319c71bf30c902e/The-Making-of-a-Meme_-Google-x-BBC-Debrief_Page_42.jpg" /> // OUTDOOR SEASON: The GuardianI penned these radio spots featuring the comic talent of Tim Key, giving boring tour guide commentary to somewhere that sounds very much like it could be your house. Nominated Finalist for Campaign BIG Awards. // ROYAL BALLET LIVE: The Guardian Probably the longest headline I’ve ever managed to get away with in my copwriting lifetime. <img width="1660" height="2599" width_o="1660" height_o="2599" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b29242c7409fe589ea6b058577430176b1ee48e8d649082a2aae8a98fc02e2f6/BEFORE29440_ROH_220x141_p1_scr-5_o.jpg" data-mid="86423710" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b29242c7409fe589ea6b058577430176b1ee48e8d649082a2aae8a98fc02e2f6/BEFORE29440_ROH_220x141_p1_scr-5_o.jpg" /> document.addEventListener("adobe_dc_view_sdk.ready", function(){ var adobeDCView = new AdobeDC.View({clientId: "0d18fa081c6941d1a1e2e7c448b4578a"}); adobeDCView.previewFile({ content:{location: {url: "https://acrobatservices.adobe.com/view-sdk-demo/PDFs/Bodea Brochure.pdf"}}, metaData:{fileName: "Bodea Brochure.pdf"} }, {embedMode: "LIGHT_BOX"}); }); // LIFE IS DRAMA: National Theatre I highly enjoyed distilling the UK’s National Theatre stage plays down to the very barest of synopses, in this campaign that shows how even the most ancient play is bang up to date on the zeitgeist and rollercoaster ups and downs of modern life.&nbsp; <img width="494" height="760" width_o="494" height_o="760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/834d9748c2c01c57c4d39625dc1b4b0769b51e2aabbf88a2ca37f3526d9aa594/National-Theatre-04-2_494.jpg" data-mid="85764151" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/494/i/834d9748c2c01c57c4d39625dc1b4b0769b51e2aabbf88a2ca37f3526d9aa594/National-Theatre-04-2_494.jpg" /> <img width="494" height="760" width_o="494" height_o="760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dce684a846625c0de44d6516b609e457e1a976d93e94e62bdd744f0d33e7cb41/National-Theatre-04-1_494.jpg" data-mid="85764150" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/494/i/dce684a846625c0de44d6516b609e457e1a976d93e94e62bdd744f0d33e7cb41/National-Theatre-04-1_494.jpg" /> <img width="494" height="760" width_o="494" height_o="760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54b88179c42d7db3275abc351f85f5a0fff98aa3f50bc92f08ea0e044a43f659/National-Theatre-04-7_494.jpg" data-mid="85764152" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/494/i/54b88179c42d7db3275abc351f85f5a0fff98aa3f50bc92f08ea0e044a43f659/National-Theatre-04-7_494.jpg" /> <img width="494" height="760" width_o="494" height_o="760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa93117cf8dcda4dcfca07274793cc8f56c956b0549db66684b4cf474c5fd5a9/National-Theatre-04-11_494.jpg" data-mid="85764154" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/494/i/aa93117cf8dcda4dcfca07274793cc8f56c956b0549db66684b4cf474c5fd5a9/National-Theatre-04-11_494.jpg" /> <img width="494" height="760" width_o="494" height_o="760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0419070ce556143207a4b6b5292649cfd072b33d6c3ef849a648bc458cf88a4/National-Theatre-04-16_494.jpg" data-mid="85764155" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/494/i/e0419070ce556143207a4b6b5292649cfd072b33d6c3ef849a648bc458cf88a4/National-Theatre-04-16_494.jpg" /> <img width="494" height="760" width_o="494" height_o="760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b959b8215c9ff4c17254926cfb9ba00db9d7fa347244ec4e6d1adc3f12ae92c8/National-Theatre-04-8_494.jpg" data-mid="85764153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/494/i/b959b8215c9ff4c17254926cfb9ba00db9d7fa347244ec4e6d1adc3f12ae92c8/National-Theatre-04-8_494.jpg" /> // EAT DIFFERENT, EAT: Young’s&nbsp;I put on an anti-meat-eating hat and wrote this campaign from the voices of other animals...to encourage fish consumption. <img width="839" height="1192" width_o="839" height_o="1192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/610295dd2fbb17d612def53a8b3c5f4a6e79546c534a7e429535b9dbc261545e/YOUNG_VINTAGE-CHEDDAR_1_o.jpg" data-mid="85764691" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/839/i/610295dd2fbb17d612def53a8b3c5f4a6e79546c534a7e429535b9dbc261545e/YOUNG_VINTAGE-CHEDDAR_1_o.jpg" /> <img width="839" height="1192" width_o="839" height_o="1192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9318d61882209832ce756b769a68226fde6b205a3816f914f1bd1ae83dfa6987/YOUNG_FISH-CAKES_1_o.jpg" data-mid="85764692" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/839/i/9318d61882209832ce756b769a68226fde6b205a3816f914f1bd1ae83dfa6987/YOUNG_FISH-CAKES_1_o.jpg" /> <img width="839" height="1192" width_o="839" height_o="1192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49e7e6dabae4cf0661c24a1f2c42ad7ac7714ba3d2920b62f72843cb7dec5464/YOUNG_FISH-FINGERS_1_o.jpg" data-mid="85764693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/839/i/49e7e6dabae4cf0661c24a1f2c42ad7ac7714ba3d2920b62f72843cb7dec5464/YOUNG_FISH-FINGERS_1_o.jpg" /> <img width="839" height="1192" width_o="839" height_o="1192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aee24cafbb890d48e56ac18bd0e970a5114460438926dba6205d2ce58f3d0b5e/YOUNG_PINK-SALMON_1_o.jpg" data-mid="85764694" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/839/i/aee24cafbb890d48e56ac18bd0e970a5114460438926dba6205d2ce58f3d0b5e/YOUNG_PINK-SALMON_1_o.jpg" /> // HOW TO SPEND IT: The Jacques Allain Edition If the fancy page-flipping pretend magazine linked here proves too difficult to consume, then please head to the pure words of some spoof articles scribed in loving pastiche of the FT’s How To Spend It, for a dear friend’s landmark birthday. Apparently he very much enjoyed reading them in the bath and at other inappropriate moments for a father of two. <img width="469" height="287" width_o="469" height_o="287" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3754b5d638b35c03a61726c6a18e79296bc138fd5679c0f854b1c10edea687c2/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-00.29.48.png" data-mid="87369609" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/469/i/3754b5d638b35c03a61726c6a18e79296bc138fd5679c0f854b1c10edea687c2/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-00.29.48.png" /> <img width="2339" height="3308" width_o="2339" height_o="3308" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dde52682452efdc268aae1b0cd47ae0563357b44e301a65f56614edc74ad67ac/H-T-S-I-4_Page_21.jpg" data-mid="86426995" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dde52682452efdc268aae1b0cd47ae0563357b44e301a65f56614edc74ad67ac/H-T-S-I-4_Page_21.jpg" /> <img width="2339" height="3308" width_o="2339" height_o="3308" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5fcf77bf2ec311de583d626da7cecf4a11eed9147248899c0a68d65edc2834d/H-T-S-I-4_Page_22.jpg" data-mid="86426996" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5fcf77bf2ec311de583d626da7cecf4a11eed9147248899c0a68d65edc2834d/H-T-S-I-4_Page_22.jpg" /> <img width="2339" height="3308" width_o="2339" height_o="3308" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14aed0cb047ab1779be15e5c9e689ddd5ebbd2fe5ccfb351e7645be306fb0f29/H-T-S-I-4_Page_28.jpg" data-mid="86426997" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14aed0cb047ab1779be15e5c9e689ddd5ebbd2fe5ccfb351e7645be306fb0f29/H-T-S-I-4_Page_28.jpg" /> https://loversandfighters.co/ACTIVIST Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:28:52 +0000 Mareka Stake. Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. https://loversandfighters.co/ACTIVIST ACTIVIST.Social impact matters to me. In an ideal world, that combines with anything that I work on, so I hope to do much, much more. But so far I’ve created a Families movement within Extinction Rebellion and a hit non-plastic shopping bag. I’ve rebelled for life on the streets, and started conversations about boobs. I’ve also formed a working mothers’ group, and answered umpteen ‘creativity for good’ briefs with the Creatives For Climate collective. You could say I like to put my creativity to active use...// PARO STORE: THE SUSTAINABLE STOP AT MODEFABRIEKI was very drawn to the idea of disrupting the business-as-usual of the Modefabriek, a huge fashion trade show held in July 2022, with Amsterdam sustainable fashion hub owners Ruth Sutherland and Zoe Patience of PARO Store. They were attracted to the original Creatives For Climate database of posters submitted by member creatives, and I created a fashion-specific brief calling for more additions to it (contributing more artworks myself), to help bring protest power to The Sustainable Stop at the centre of Modefabriek and support the emerging brands showing that fashion can be done another way; good design that’s good for the world. <img width="3292" height="4676" width_o="3292" height_o="4676" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27af187bc8098ddfc32dc9698626706b2ddb3a35a1767f6e5afef661a62d7362/PARO_MAREKA_POSTER_SET_Page_1.jpg" data-mid="154981400" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27af187bc8098ddfc32dc9698626706b2ddb3a35a1767f6e5afef661a62d7362/PARO_MAREKA_POSTER_SET_Page_1.jpg" /> <img width="3308" height="4678" width_o="3308" height_o="4678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17fc7785d194e9bc5ea0171ebf0b02bbd552a733150f71d18d5e5eda7bd3811b/PARO_MAREKA_POSTER_SET_Page_5.jpg" data-mid="154981403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17fc7785d194e9bc5ea0171ebf0b02bbd552a733150f71d18d5e5eda7bd3811b/PARO_MAREKA_POSTER_SET_Page_5.jpg" /> <img width="3308" height="4678" width_o="3308" height_o="4678" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be1391dcebb34a782fde9baa03923732a6c9c3257a398f9c076db53fa496060b/PARO_MAREKA_POSTER_SET_Page_3.jpg" data-mid="154981402" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be1391dcebb34a782fde9baa03923732a6c9c3257a398f9c076db53fa496060b/PARO_MAREKA_POSTER_SET_Page_3.jpg" /> <img width="2613" height="3695" width_o="2613" height_o="3695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7f20035974224c7191e5b143dc210a1fb698b8eb5c094114537cc8fbaf68e7b/PARO_MAREKA_POSTER_SET_Page_2.jpg" data-mid="154981401" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7f20035974224c7191e5b143dc210a1fb698b8eb5c094114537cc8fbaf68e7b/PARO_MAREKA_POSTER_SET_Page_2.jpg" /> <img width="1687" height="2386" width_o="1687" height_o="2386" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b345eb4070e9805cf4d794018e4027dbd351a8ad0ecaec01e6b489e341cc9e7/PARO_MAREKA_POSTER_SET_Page_6.jpg" data-mid="154981405" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b345eb4070e9805cf4d794018e4027dbd351a8ad0ecaec01e6b489e341cc9e7/PARO_MAREKA_POSTER_SET_Page_6.jpg" /> // XR FAMILIES I am one of the founder parents of the Families group within Extinction Rebellion in the Netherlands. When we meet, I get the kids to draw a ‘rebel animal’ incorporating XR’s Extinction Symbol, the hourglass within a circle.&nbsp; They come up with some amazingly creative things, and then I turn them into bilingual posters that call for more families to join the cause and rebel for life. Loads more here for your download and print pleasure! <img width="1754" height="2481" width_o="1754" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1a0437324c49e1f037ae73ebfb35989a886d96db0a696205be383b844bcc769/RebelFrog_NL-copy.jpg" data-mid="86352337" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1a0437324c49e1f037ae73ebfb35989a886d96db0a696205be383b844bcc769/RebelFrog_NL-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1754" height="2481" width_o="1754" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e14d24f12ea99c827ead253417563ea890b4eb19cc7b90238ae9416d1427817d/RebelFrog-copy.jpg" data-mid="86352338" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e14d24f12ea99c827ead253417563ea890b4eb19cc7b90238ae9416d1427817d/RebelFrog-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1754" height="2481" width_o="1754" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a111bfc781f11368ccb8a264a54f3fab716243b08fbf101ddc57b7872591c34/RebelGiraffe_NL-copy.jpg" data-mid="86352339" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a111bfc781f11368ccb8a264a54f3fab716243b08fbf101ddc57b7872591c34/RebelGiraffe_NL-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1754" height="2481" width_o="1754" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5103b4fad58ba9ef8ba8389071382247d50fb34fccaff05297a78f5486f3d849/RebelGiraffe-copy.jpg" data-mid="86352340" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5103b4fad58ba9ef8ba8389071382247d50fb34fccaff05297a78f5486f3d849/RebelGiraffe-copy.jpg" /> // REBELLION ON THE STREETS I also contribute a lot of messaging and artwork to the fight for climate action, and take to the streets with it through XR’s working Arts Circle. Here are just a few of many examples I’ve penned, pixelled and painted, and I lead a team that also got an activist concept through to the penultimate round of the Amsterdam Light Festival again in 2020, under the theme ‘When Nature Calls’.&nbsp; <img width="1066" height="1600" width_o="1066" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8fdb08d6a5b0806c49e7e552584424442dfc3c0812df014ea64471f5af9c053/6745b156-1eed-4a98-8541-3455d98636c6.jpg" data-mid="86352502" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8fdb08d6a5b0806c49e7e552584424442dfc3c0812df014ea64471f5af9c053/6745b156-1eed-4a98-8541-3455d98636c6.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="1066" width_o="1600" height_o="1066" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7826e5d8e8edc7634eccf686d84201a76e63e9511a2c7b7cffb6bc5866c05f10/9503ecf0-4781-4cc6-8e79-83bea7490e05.jpg" data-mid="86352505" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7826e5d8e8edc7634eccf686d84201a76e63e9511a2c7b7cffb6bc5866c05f10/9503ecf0-4781-4cc6-8e79-83bea7490e05.jpg" /> <img width="3793" height="2844" width_o="3793" height_o="2844" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c1a694d2805eea56aae34d344e10305e02dc8e9c6b92788bf0668752dda8fc0/IMG_0384.jpg" data-mid="86352508" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c1a694d2805eea56aae34d344e10305e02dc8e9c6b92788bf0668752dda8fc0/IMG_0384.jpg" /> <img width="3646" height="2734" width_o="3646" height_o="2734" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed6d4ddaa76e4e054ffb353b62422125455edf3fb114458b0fba429421f99d74/IMG_0385.jpg" data-mid="86352510" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed6d4ddaa76e4e054ffb353b62422125455edf3fb114458b0fba429421f99d74/IMG_0385.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd49300e3112ce71ad2cbbf34f226022e8238c080a394ad337384d1f1a4a1cae/IMG_5190.jpg" data-mid="86352512" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd49300e3112ce71ad2cbbf34f226022e8238c080a394ad337384d1f1a4a1cae/IMG_5190.jpg" /> <img width="2264" height="3018" width_o="2264" height_o="3018" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cd1cacc93a4519a805f5a4d4b73068735492fb7d608ecc107a3e792c63b72c1/IMG_8011.jpg" data-mid="86352517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7cd1cacc93a4519a805f5a4d4b73068735492fb7d608ecc107a3e792c63b72c1/IMG_8011.jpg" /> <img width="1755" height="2481" width_o="1755" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/718e1d70965ac801afd935fff464a1026169220986694c5d2cc9478e61f84ef6/MarekaStake_XR_RWB_19.jpg" data-mid="86352555" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/718e1d70965ac801afd935fff464a1026169220986694c5d2cc9478e61f84ef6/MarekaStake_XR_RWB_19.jpg" /> <img width="1755" height="2481" width_o="1755" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/137fad72f78d4b37837efc0cb38973a2f6b5764e97c5a12f5dec82e25fcf7f8d/MarekaStake_XR_RWB_1.jpg" data-mid="86352556" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/137fad72f78d4b37837efc0cb38973a2f6b5764e97c5a12f5dec82e25fcf7f8d/MarekaStake_XR_RWB_1.jpg" /> <img width="1664" height="2401" width_o="1664" height_o="2401" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5b6ef23de4cf03fa618bd028fe6301e7d6c83992dcad818a4d8ffef5d998af7/MarekaStake_OOO_PTO_RWB.jpg" data-mid="86352558" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5b6ef23de4cf03fa618bd028fe6301e7d6c83992dcad818a4d8ffef5d998af7/MarekaStake_OOO_PTO_RWB.jpg" /> // CREATIVES FOR CLIMATEAs a core member of this collective, I’ve provided lots of creative content for movements like Fridays For Future, Break Free From Plastic, XRNL Fashion Action, and Register to Vote in the UK. I also wrote, voiced and oversaw production of this summary film for us as a global intelligence and action network. Motion Designer: Madison Arias. <img width="1755" height="2481" width_o="1755" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5081df99a3cbaf697e168bc4dd7f49e2a56cd0ed04515631db3cee353a36535e/FFF_POSTER-03_MarekaStake-copy.jpg" data-mid="86353096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5081df99a3cbaf697e168bc4dd7f49e2a56cd0ed04515631db3cee353a36535e/FFF_POSTER-03_MarekaStake-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1755" height="2481" width_o="1755" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebdeeeaec7eee3fb8c9e6f2b51429ac0cca4aaec67bc8a674e4718255c807325/FFF_POSTER-05_MarekaStake-copy.jpg" data-mid="86353097" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebdeeeaec7eee3fb8c9e6f2b51429ac0cca4aaec67bc8a674e4718255c807325/FFF_POSTER-05_MarekaStake-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1755" height="2481" width_o="1755" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c352e3d6dbf07ee3335abb0d6061fa497cab1f02280dc6e135a8068e5f4c60c/FFF_POSTER-06_MarekaStake-copy.jpg" data-mid="86353098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c352e3d6dbf07ee3335abb0d6061fa497cab1f02280dc6e135a8068e5f4c60c/FFF_POSTER-06_MarekaStake-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1755" height="2481" width_o="1755" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/137cdfd3aa78c78eda78988f56ec2999d98d7f14732110adaefc5c9becfe72bc/FFF_POSTER-10_MarekaStake-copy.jpg" data-mid="86353099" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/137cdfd3aa78c78eda78988f56ec2999d98d7f14732110adaefc5c9becfe72bc/FFF_POSTER-10_MarekaStake-copy.jpg" /> <img width="700" height="700" width_o="700" height_o="700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2755035356dc27b86a287fc12fa2b644d47aa18934ad5e53beeee941af07cdce/BREAKFREE_MESSUP-copy.jpg" data-mid="86356149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/i/2755035356dc27b86a287fc12fa2b644d47aa18934ad5e53beeee941af07cdce/BREAKFREE_MESSUP-copy.jpg" /> <img width="700" height="700" width_o="700" height_o="700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ebc2a7451812717e21b6224c804974b5d8796098dc1fd91af2938a289b40dd9/BREAKFREE_NOFUTURE-copy.jpg" data-mid="86356150" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/i/9ebc2a7451812717e21b6224c804974b5d8796098dc1fd91af2938a289b40dd9/BREAKFREE_NOFUTURE-copy.jpg" /> <img width="700" height="700" width_o="700" height_o="700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89c2652680b8eceafd54b07ed9f195d7fe045e140c6c253b511ef50b2a665336/BREAKFREE_SOS-copy.jpg" data-mid="86356151" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/700/i/89c2652680b8eceafd54b07ed9f195d7fe045e140c6c253b511ef50b2a665336/BREAKFREE_SOS-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1755" height="2481" width_o="1755" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0ecfdaa41b9f4cad55bce673c1b1b47e9929ad69514588b4198ef25e7538611/MarekaStake_XR_FashionAction-13-copy.jpg" data-mid="86356154" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0ecfdaa41b9f4cad55bce673c1b1b47e9929ad69514588b4198ef25e7538611/MarekaStake_XR_FashionAction-13-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1755" height="2481" width_o="1755" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3be88e19e290138afcde918740cee91eed6856c1cfc8731bf46138ada122efb9/MarekaStake_XR_FashionAction-07-copy.jpg" data-mid="86356152" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3be88e19e290138afcde918740cee91eed6856c1cfc8731bf46138ada122efb9/MarekaStake_XR_FashionAction-07-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1755" height="2481" width_o="1755" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d76663ce4a412881908e13cc7ff90137b52a7f61b02b689f2e45f91d2b7b45c8/MarekaStake_XR_FashionAction-09-copy.jpg" data-mid="86356153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d76663ce4a412881908e13cc7ff90137b52a7f61b02b689f2e45f91d2b7b45c8/MarekaStake_XR_FashionAction-09-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1755" height="2481" width_o="1755" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38c9518102cd19a09f1788e74b2ad07518f9227a58252f18f3faf723af189687/MarekaStake_XR_FashionAction-19-copy.jpg" data-mid="86356156" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38c9518102cd19a09f1788e74b2ad07518f9227a58252f18f3faf723af189687/MarekaStake_XR_FashionAction-19-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0aa333daba24dc02c8afa8d8a1a6fbaf1496e3d9be8f274e7691e5bcd8449ec4/ClassicalClimArt_Collage-copy.jpg" data-mid="86356557" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0aa333daba24dc02c8afa8d8a1a6fbaf1496e3d9be8f274e7691e5bcd8449ec4/ClassicalClimArt_Collage-copy.jpg" /> // PLASTIC AIN'T MY BAG: We Are What We Do Awarded at Creative Circle + D&amp;AD. Every plastic bag takes up to 500 years to decay in landfill, and in the UK alone, 8 billion plastic bags were being thrown away every year in 2007. That’s why we wrote and designed 'I'm Not a Plastic Bag' for Anya Hindmarch to create a bag around. The bag was sold for £5 at 300 Sainsbury’s supermarkets. Then it went global, selling 120,000 bags in four countries in the first hour. Coverage included 60 TV news features globally, 1,200 press articles worldwide and three million search results on Google. A national campaign followed – ‘Plastic Ain’t My Bag’ – with major retailers signing up to say no to automatic distribution of plastic bags. These hit bags of 2007 embodied the moment that people stopped to think whether they really needed another plastic bag. <img width="2048" height="1448" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7b0c087fb51d47c6e19d30d6a701fd3b1724df574724cf8cf9ed2fbd75355ba/Anya_Bag_o.jpg" data-mid="85781271" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7b0c087fb51d47c6e19d30d6a701fd3b1724df574724cf8cf9ed2fbd75355ba/Anya_Bag_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1448" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67c454bb74bb84e3577744a06023e2ca0e5c1100ed04373fd1a7f3071466cee5/MC_collaboration_o.jpg" data-mid="85781273" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67c454bb74bb84e3577744a06023e2ca0e5c1100ed04373fd1a7f3071466cee5/MC_collaboration_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1448" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1b6eb4b55b47ed74e91f61edeb1878faecb377a3550528efbd96c7d13508143/Marie_Claire_Bag_o.jpg" data-mid="85781272" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1b6eb4b55b47ed74e91f61edeb1878faecb377a3550528efbd96c7d13508143/Marie_Claire_Bag_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1448" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01ebd77608e9771af294c2e08526c3e7d512ab4850498a808b9eedbe5b5ad639/Plastic_Window_o.jpg" data-mid="85781270" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01ebd77608e9771af294c2e08526c3e7d512ab4850498a808b9eedbe5b5ad639/Plastic_Window_o.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="2896" width_o="2048" height_o="2896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d336ab92b8aa941069972b0cbe53228ddf665edb247e6a7374eddb2f3372dbe/plastic_bag_black_o.jpg" data-mid="85781274" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d336ab92b8aa941069972b0cbe53228ddf665edb247e6a7374eddb2f3372dbe/plastic_bag_black_o.jpg" /> // #JUSTBOOBS for International Women's Day 2019.Campaign Magazine Top 5. I was part of a team of women at 72andSunny who got together to create a provocative action for IWD, launching 5 floating breasts onto the Amsterdam canals. Ms. Hairy, Tiny, Saggy, Weird and Fake got people talking, were made one Campaign's Top 5 campaigns, and I got to write an opinion piece for the Metro newspaper about it all. [More round up from fellow my creative collaborator Laura Colored here.] Director: Carlos Ortiz.&nbsp; Editor: Kees van Hattum. <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5adf5b413f07b00bb40a66f829ec52efcd8f09ac08c5b5c4fdd551af182f979a/IMG_5013-copy.jpg" data-mid="87384520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5adf5b413f07b00bb40a66f829ec52efcd8f09ac08c5b5c4fdd551af182f979a/IMG_5013-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2c3f667ba110de123aedeed6206c923b6a9e9055351784871f995f0c97ea2d8/IMG_4989-copy.jpg" data-mid="87384519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2c3f667ba110de123aedeed6206c923b6a9e9055351784871f995f0c97ea2d8/IMG_4989-copy.jpg" /> &nbsp;// CUPPA COMPOST This was my winning idea in the 'Useless to Useful' Big Green U competition at BBH, and was rolled out as part of the agency sustainability strategy - we recycled all our tea and coffee waste instead of sending it to landfill, creating fertiliser for staff to take home and even the possibility of a hard surfacing material for office refurbishment&nbsp;(with Adam Fairweather of Smile Plastics). <img width="2048" height="2896" width_o="2048" height_o="2896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/727f58b7a2e6630f41abf91bae74d6697aa3f2f0fbdcb0902d27294135d94eb8/Simplified_Tea_Poster_o.jpg" data-mid="85778800" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/727f58b7a2e6630f41abf91bae74d6697aa3f2f0fbdcb0902d27294135d94eb8/Simplified_Tea_Poster_o.jpg" /> <img width="1944" height="2592" width_o="1944" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d4bb10111394152a33f77a52e4f1f7835ffc3c54a6135544d04813471284a95/DSC08352_o.jpg" data-mid="85778801" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d4bb10111394152a33f77a52e4f1f7835ffc3c54a6135544d04813471284a95/DSC08352_o.jpg" /> <img width="670" height="692" width_o="670" height_o="692" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aeef65d067ff244d4bf96235ad135cca994f83c23b8cfb56a2f3d86ea222500d/-1_o.jpg" data-mid="85778803" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/670/i/aeef65d067ff244d4bf96235ad135cca994f83c23b8cfb56a2f3d86ea222500d/-1_o.jpg" /> // THE CONNECTED GARDEN&nbsp; I helped to plant a community garden of edibles at 72andSunny and illustrated/created a website that allowed people to track the activity happening or required there, whilst everyone worked mostly from home during COVID-times. &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1365" height="1848" width_o="1365" height_o="1848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f39591d429a49ea5d38421a4a3423f055e55bd8474235ffd4c89a6d9e6229f5/typorama.jpg" data-mid="85778985" border="0" data-scale="45" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f39591d429a49ea5d38421a4a3423f055e55bd8474235ffd4c89a6d9e6229f5/typorama.jpg" /> &nbsp;<img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b30b21f2f2aac75f02f41549b57093ef370f0c119d9d947de0f44faa93d23a46/IMG_3347.jpg" data-mid="86355784" border="0" data-scale="46" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b30b21f2f2aac75f02f41549b57093ef370f0c119d9d947de0f44faa93d23a46/IMG_3347.jpg" /> // CONNECT THE DOTS was a hands-on art piece I drove at BBH to mark Climate Impacts Day, and the idea of connecting the dots between extreme weather and climate change. Giving everyone a blank dot to fill in, together we created a spreading grid of dots that showed our collective perspective on the issues of climate change and solidarity with those on the front line of it. <img width="1890" height="1422" width_o="1890" height_o="1422" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5cc7422404dd39a32ae6658ddb5476d75bb0f3519ae2c5041cccba373be141d/Dots_o.jpg" data-mid="85778965" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5cc7422404dd39a32ae6658ddb5476d75bb0f3519ae2c5041cccba373be141d/Dots_o.jpg" /> https://loversandfighters.co/MAMA-MENTOR Tue, 06 Oct 2020 10:11:13 +0000 Mareka Stake. Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. https://loversandfighters.co/MAMA-MENTOR MAMA-MENTOR.I’ve got 2 kids so I know a bit about the fluffier stuff of passing on skills and patience. I’ve taught light art in schools and ARTivism afterschool, worked with junior talent in all my agency jobs and in the outside world with future generations. And I get a definite warm glow from it.&nbsp;// PROJECT FEARLESS: ARTivism for Climate ActionOf the TEN seasons (and a half if you include a stint co-coaching Sustainable Sewing!) of this afterschool course that I have co-created and co-coached through the non-profit Project Fearless, I’ve loved every minute working to empower girls age 9-14 to find their voices through hands-on art and science activities around climate change topics. Teaching the next gen creative rebellious skills makes me very happy and hopeful all at the same time. - SEASON X: ‘Trash to Treasure’ with Stryker - Spring ‘25The ARTivism dream team of Cathy Sorbara and Lieneke Leep and myself rounded up 5 years and 10 seasons of ARTivism in true style, with a LOT of recycled materials and a lot of kid creativity, making a wearableTrash Suit, our own recycled paper, e-waste treasures and food waste candles among many eye-watering learnings on our wasteful world. - SEASON IX: ‘Freak What You Feel’ - Autumn ‘24 Collaborating with mindfulness therapist Sanne Buis of Mind For Good, we took a tour through our own emotions and expressed each one artistically, to get a handle on what makes us tick and channelling that as ARTivists into creative expression - what we truly want to say to the world. From Emotion Islands to Angry Art,&nbsp; - SEASON VIII: ‘Innovation For Good’ with Stryker - Spring ‘24 Partnering with medical technology company Stryker and their Women’s Network, we unlocked the innovation mindset in our girls, looking for ways to change the environments and communities they live in meaningfully. And a creative spark that never settles for status quo, things can always be different, better, brilliant... - SEASON VII: ‘Life Reimagined’ with Lynk &amp; Co - Autum ‘23Partnering with Lynk &amp; Co, the sharing economy car pioneers, we explored what our worlds might look like in future and what we might not need to own but could share. From multi-person doughnut cars to off grid self-sustaining homes, from the circular economy and designing out waste and how to be more discerning and sustainable when we do shop for something, we pulled all our learnings together in a public exhibition in Lynk &amp; Co’s Amsterdam club, peppered amongst their showroom. - SEASON VI: ‘Fearless Energy’ - Spring ‘23 Learning all about renewable energy became our focus, making solar powered prints, envirobatteries from lemons and potatoes, and we’re immensely proud of the end product screened at our Fearless Energy Festival in July 2023... Check out “Stop Gas With Stop Motion”, a short film hand-crafted by our crew of 12 in support of Gemeente Amsterdam’s energy transition plan to get the city off fossil fuels by 2040. - SEASON V: ‘Fearless Frames: Visions of a Greener Amsterdam’ with Polaroid - Autumn ‘22 12 Fearless Framers spent a fantastic 8 weeks exploring and expressing their creative visions with the collaboration of Polaroid. And they ended it in fearless style with a presentation of their sustainable visions to members of the Gemeente Amsterdam responsible for the Groenvisie 2050 for the city. &nbsp;Read all about it here! <img width="1778" height="1980" width_o="1778" height_o="1980" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a9d646e2aa1bba50672a07a5626a642c2349909877226b1f168fa079e958885/IMG_7939.JPG" data-mid="154983524" border="0" data-scale="43" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a9d646e2aa1bba50672a07a5626a642c2349909877226b1f168fa079e958885/IMG_7939.JPG" /> - SEASON IV : ‘The House of ARTivism’ with VANS - Spring ‘22We wrapped up this season with an Earth Day art exhibition showcasing our girls creative self-expression and what they stand for on the earth they stand on, with the highlight pieces being the creative canvasses (shoes) from VANS that each girl custom designed and painted. - SEASON III: ‘The Writers Room’ - Winter ‘21 Our fearless team worked together to create of a set of storylines and key visuals for Global Girl, the badass climate action superhero alter ego of the ARTivism course. The goal was for the pitching of a combined animated and behind the scenes climate action series, written and developed with the girls.&nbsp; I eventually managed to pitch this as an RFP to Waterbear - sadly it didn’t come to pass, so any interested production parties out there, do hit me up if you want to talk about it and partner with our Project Fearless creative crew! - SEASON II:&nbsp;‘Fearless Schools For Climate’ - Spring ‘21This season ended with the creation of an open-source website and karmic ideas initiative from the brains of 13 fearless girls, to inspire sustainable change in Amsterdam schools and beyond! <img width="1251" height="631" width_o="1251" height_o="631" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ea3c49d96613a5e4765013f844d14fb24616099f3c6d106fd605e02c319cda7/hero-new-classroom.psdthe-green-classroom.jpg" data-mid="112721037" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ea3c49d96613a5e4765013f844d14fb24616099f3c6d106fd605e02c319cda7/hero-new-classroom.psdthe-green-classroom.jpg" /> <img width="1251" height="631" width_o="1251" height_o="631" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d85059c9fcaa04b0687c4f1a4a758d88af496543b4b392ef4049dc19171a305/hero-new-classroom.psdPlastic-Free-Craft-Challenge.jpg" data-mid="112721035" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d85059c9fcaa04b0687c4f1a4a758d88af496543b4b392ef4049dc19171a305/hero-new-classroom.psdPlastic-Free-Craft-Challenge.jpg" /> <img width="1251" height="631" width_o="1251" height_o="631" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5ff2c907677ebfaf0ad2001f9dca8c08663b073c127ef26631049eac32772da/hero-new-classroom.psdthe-clothing-fabriek.jpg" data-mid="112721036" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5ff2c907677ebfaf0ad2001f9dca8c08663b073c127ef26631049eac32772da/hero-new-classroom.psdthe-clothing-fabriek.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="540" width_o="960" height_o="540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcb9c1886362cecd3426e4d571a89e4485e27827320e5f2cded480d47f30ba2e/ARTivism_Wrapup7.jpg" data-mid="112718983" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/fcb9c1886362cecd3426e4d571a89e4485e27827320e5f2cded480d47f30ba2e/ARTivism_Wrapup7.jpg" /> - SEASON I:&nbsp; ’Global Girl’&nbsp;For 8 weeks in Autumn 2020 we lived vicariously through the badass gender fluid form of Global Girl. 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Taking the animal eyes drawn from their imaginations, I taught them how to transform them into ‘living, breathing’ animations with the coding platform Scratch. 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Their enthusiasm and collaboration was utterly infectious, and their willingness to both ask for and take advice made me want to do more work with the next generations of creative minds. <img width="1434" height="806" width_o="1434" height_o="806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cca17934e14c4a863a930ee5af79cd4bfe1c636c86b4252e73684c8c1961ed9a/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.55.59.png" data-mid="86430789" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cca17934e14c4a863a930ee5af79cd4bfe1c636c86b4252e73684c8c1961ed9a/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.55.59.png" /> <img width="1434" height="806" width_o="1434" height_o="806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b0182499763920e0872b85038f2ab9cf425e78a2e0acf526607ee6b8008d308/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.56.41.png" data-mid="86430790" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b0182499763920e0872b85038f2ab9cf425e78a2e0acf526607ee6b8008d308/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.56.41.png" /> <img width="1433" height="804" width_o="1433" height_o="804" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b8459b09bca0bc1669faa8db6f8e91c31d9245f2109af931c469bddb68817d1/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.59.51.png" data-mid="86430792" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b8459b09bca0bc1669faa8db6f8e91c31d9245f2109af931c469bddb68817d1/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.59.51.png" /> <img width="1432" height="806" width_o="1432" height_o="806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e44cc4f960ac3b3b2ec375ca57bef41c430b41b77ad99d046c5d45d02a82a8d/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.57.13.png" data-mid="86430791" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e44cc4f960ac3b3b2ec375ca57bef41c430b41b77ad99d046c5d45d02a82a8d/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.57.13.png" /> <img width="1273" height="714" width_o="1273" height_o="714" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9712556af653ff9601810b2e20eaf8ffff7763d4eb9e8a30b34beb359a3586d/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.54.51.png" data-mid="86430788" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9712556af653ff9601810b2e20eaf8ffff7763d4eb9e8a30b34beb359a3586d/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.54.51.png" /> <img width="1275" height="715" width_o="1275" height_o="715" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa006bb1b5196cdf8fbf7b43191488a377b4083d6653a5e5200acd697cf29694/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.51.28.png" data-mid="86430786" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa006bb1b5196cdf8fbf7b43191488a377b4083d6653a5e5200acd697cf29694/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.51.28.png" /> <img width="1274" height="714" width_o="1274" height_o="714" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28d5d00288d5a49676f412189fd9bef63b72811066fa841c9a65bc888f96e55d/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.54.07.png" data-mid="86430787" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28d5d00288d5a49676f412189fd9bef63b72811066fa841c9a65bc888f96e55d/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-01.54.07.png" /> <img width="1273" height="716" width_o="1273" height_o="716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88e03a15192db8d6c04e3bc23ee655b70a25c99061efcaac99507eab26b73a60/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-02.03.01.png" data-mid="86430912" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88e03a15192db8d6c04e3bc23ee655b70a25c99061efcaac99507eab26b73a60/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-02.03.01.png" /> // KEEP AARON CUTTING: BBH Barn Awarded In Book for Integrated &amp; Earned Media, D&amp;AD 2012 and Gold at 2011 BBH Black Sheep Awards. Nominated for Campaign BIG Awards 2012. Keep Aaron Cutting was a project created with BBH Barn, the agency’s creative internship, in response to the London Riots. We wanted to show that youth and social media could do some good, instead of being blamed for the situation at the time. And it worked. I was super proud of mentoring the young team and working together with them in "doing something good, famously" - £35,000 was raised in 72 hours to Keep Aaron Cutting following the disorder in London. I was also very proud and touched to meet and interview the man himself, and of the fact that he remained in the shop 6 days a week cutting hair and still going strong after the project, becoming a bit of a famous fella around the world. So naturally I jumped at the invite to Aaron's 90th birthday party, extended by my cheeky elderly admirer and his wider family. In the aftermath of the riots I remained great friends with Aaron and visited with him regularly. I wrote about his story for Blurb's Nation of Storytellers competition, and we won, being featured in the 20 chosen stories for the published book, which can be bought here.&nbsp;*POSTSCRIPT*Aaron passed away in late November 2013, still working in the shop until about a month before he fell ill (at almost 92 years of age). We became very close over the years, and in my grief and out of respect, I created a memorial website of his little shop that the good people of the internet had helped to refurbish, to allow them to leave their thoughts, mark the loss of a legendary man and keep him cutting forever. *RIP Mr Biber.* <img width="657" height="433" width_o="657" height_o="433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8230aaf16c7c75560c1a1d7a95cf2d4b0a24034818813b3e7660161276fefaa/NOS1_o.jpg" data-mid="86649325" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/657/i/f8230aaf16c7c75560c1a1d7a95cf2d4b0a24034818813b3e7660161276fefaa/NOS1_o.jpg" /> // MOTHER OF ALL MEET UPS I started the Amsterdam chapter of a network for working mothers in creative industries. I designed the logo, kickstarted the first few events and I run the social feed. Sadly as a one-woman show it’s become quite irregular, perhaps a testament to modern working motherhood... But I enjoy the sisterhood camaraderie, and am inspired by the challenge to pick up the pace on it again someday and perhaps turn it into a proper events series! So if any working mamas out there are doing it brilliantly 9-5 (I know you are!) and fancy helping out, then hit me up. <img width="5334" height="3000" width_o="5334" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c196b834d0bebd011a49eb2337f367a98ffa5c1a01dbce1941d916cd13a82a1f/MOAMU.jpg" data-mid="86031465" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c196b834d0bebd011a49eb2337f367a98ffa5c1a01dbce1941d916cd13a82a1f/MOAMU.jpg" /> https://loversandfighters.co/Haikus Tue, 06 Oct 2020 10:55:19 +0000 Mareka Stake. Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. https://loversandfighters.co/Haikus // A FEW MILDLY NARCISSISTIC HAIKUS A girl from London. Who loves macaroni cheese. With hidden green peas.Bike rider daily. Sometimes over big ass hills. For cha-ri-dee mate. Lover, mother. Twice. Speaker of rusty German. Spreek nu Nederlands. I wish the Earth would Just wake up... Smell burning? Yes! Our house is on fire. Working on good things With good people is all I Want to do. Shall we? <img width="421" height="421" width_o="421" height_o="421" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d0b48964b778736f1aebe8961937c3de6909bd6d517801c480d1a92c92b2ee4/d157df42c2d0270c17f97a392dd2fc95-sticker.png" data-mid="86649910" border="0" data-scale="28" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/421/i/5d0b48964b778736f1aebe8961937c3de6909bd6d517801c480d1a92c92b2ee4/d157df42c2d0270c17f97a392dd2fc95-sticker.png" /> // SOME NICE THINGS SAID BY OTHER PEEPS Laura Visco, ECD at 72andSunnyWorking with Mareka has been an absolute pleasure. She excels&nbsp;at making the most difficult briefs, extremely human. She's the type of writer that really&nbsp;makes you feel something with her words. She really gets under the skin of the target audience. Poignant and sharp, but always with a smile, she injects a sense of purpose to everything she does. Hope our paths cross again soon. Carlo Cavallone, Chief Creative Officer, 72andSunny The great thing about Mareka is that she cares deeply about everything she does. Her work is an expression of whom she is as a person: smart, thoughtful, empathetic, brave, always looking to inject purpose in her ideas and to bring her personal POV to the world. She's one of the least superficial creatives I have ever worked with and, whatever the project or initiative, she fully commits to it and sticks to it, through thick and thin. Mareka is also a very modern creative. She stays clear from "traditional" solutions, she has a real (and uncommon) understanding of tech and she is never afraid of experimenting with her work - she'll bring the most wonderful and weird thoughts to the table, backed by her understanding of how to turn them into reality. It was great to have Mareka with us at 72 because, apart from her talents and work ethic, she brought a lot of good to our culture - her activism and her kindness towards other humans has been really inspiring. Simone Moessinger, Creative Director, 72andSunnyMareka has access to a well of words and ideas that does not seem to dry up.&nbsp;No matter what the brief, category or ask is, she has an ability to find herself in it. Making all the work that follows both meaningful and personal.&nbsp;A pure heart, hungry soul and well spoken mind make her an engine that can propel a project forward with enviable inertia. Short copy. Long copy. Supporting ideas. Etc. She is an effusive creative. Gregg Clampffer, Creative Director, 72andSunnyMareka is a passionate, kind human who knows how to be additive and help build a company’s culture. I found her to be a competent and responsible client whisperer adept at fast iteration, and great on set running a production. She is an advocate for infusing purpose into work, and brings an artistic sensibility to her writing. She believes in the work she is making and pours herself into it accordingly. I would work with her again, with pleasure. https://loversandfighters.co/World Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:11:36 +0000 Mareka Stake. Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. https://loversandfighters.co/World // THE WORLD It’s worth taking care of people... <img width="842" height="1191" width_o="842" height_o="1191" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b2643e5da40edd7fa62eb7338ae9b76479ef87708807955e58ff3801c1f1cf8/GLOBE-297-x-210_Page-1_o.jpg" data-mid="86349222" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/842/i/6b2643e5da40edd7fa62eb7338ae9b76479ef87708807955e58ff3801c1f1cf8/GLOBE-297-x-210_Page-1_o.jpg" /> <img width="842" height="1191" width_o="842" height_o="1191" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/37688b7436e60ec390d5ac20248e9f91d5883cb880a0f44bf7233d940e8952d4/GLOBE-297-x-210_Page-2_o.jpg" data-mid="86349223" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/842/i/37688b7436e60ec390d5ac20248e9f91d5883cb880a0f44bf7233d940e8952d4/GLOBE-297-x-210_Page-2_o.jpg" /> <img width="842" height="1191" width_o="842" height_o="1191" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15b0e1b0bd25dcd62df06a4ec69b2f8945f190b90cde8786b61129876f5c511a/GLOBE-297-x-210_Page-3_o.jpg" data-mid="86349224" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/842/i/15b0e1b0bd25dcd62df06a4ec69b2f8945f190b90cde8786b61129876f5c511a/GLOBE-297-x-210_Page-3_o.jpg" /> https://loversandfighters.co/Cushions Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:13:44 +0000 Mareka Stake. Creative, Writer, Activist, Mama-mentor. https://loversandfighters.co/Cushions // SIDEHUSTLE SEWINGGently pressing the foot pedal of a machine and watching the resulting running stitch, or having a needle and thread in my hand really relaxes me. So I put together patchwork cushions made from recycled T-Shirts - commissions taken over on Etsy! <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e3db5d2e36704631c101085ab4e064b325f26cfc8dc67bb869a363ac34e62e5/DSC05978_o.jpg" data-mid="86349261" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/4e3db5d2e36704631c101085ab4e064b325f26cfc8dc67bb869a363ac34e62e5/DSC05978_o.jpg" /> <img width="480" height="640" width_o="480" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/623bcf29b39d7af0984ce51bc118abd9114912b4e18ba55e6c18a3aa618303d6/DSC05980_o.jpg" data-mid="86349262" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/480/i/623bcf29b39d7af0984ce51bc118abd9114912b4e18ba55e6c18a3aa618303d6/DSC05980_o.jpg" /> <img width="480" height="640" width_o="480" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d94a761feaaf75a12240a53781878f483e64a35fb49bf80fdf2f05375fcc2eb6/DSC05981_o.jpg" data-mid="86349263" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/480/i/d94a761feaaf75a12240a53781878f483e64a35fb49bf80fdf2f05375fcc2eb6/DSC05981_o.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e19a28537e9fe7aaf5e671e9d1219e8c79c9b1944b18919dfcdc0366cb0114a/DSC05986_o.jpg" data-mid="86349264" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/1e19a28537e9fe7aaf5e671e9d1219e8c79c9b1944b18919dfcdc0366cb0114a/DSC05986_o.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b08f801ecdddf283a81d238e062e7daf61979d08f610aebe09f637a963678cd/DSC05987_o.jpg" data-mid="86349265" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/7b08f801ecdddf283a81d238e062e7daf61979d08f610aebe09f637a963678cd/DSC05987_o.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6355e21c385611b10d754f71227606dc0325c452ae78c66ec12ce449a4e8fdd/DSC05988_o.jpg" data-mid="86349266" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/c6355e21c385611b10d754f71227606dc0325c452ae78c66ec12ce449a4e8fdd/DSC05988_o.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac1d2096b9a1e61cb45a2ec929f21fed413b44e8d369f75f056db9c2c91445ce/DSC05989_o.jpg" data-mid="86349267" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/ac1d2096b9a1e61cb45a2ec929f21fed413b44e8d369f75f056db9c2c91445ce/DSC05989_o.jpg" /> <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ede3e0b0b45c259c08032916e6d38689f3a1fdbf2f7271117ca1f1c21dc7edd/DSC05990_o.jpg" data-mid="86349268" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/4ede3e0b0b45c259c08032916e6d38689f3a1fdbf2f7271117ca1f1c21dc7edd/DSC05990_o.jpg" /> <img width="480" height="640" width_o="480" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/177741e7a05b6193133d2857852a39517ca5f4939c752c8315c07678e57d911f/DSC05991_o.jpg" data-mid="86349269" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/480/i/177741e7a05b6193133d2857852a39517ca5f4939c752c8315c07678e57d911f/DSC05991_o.jpg" /> I also made myself, my family and friends some pretty natty Corona-proofing with fabric offcuts I have collected over the years... 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