Tim Cumming
Contributor
Dani Coyle: Pulling focus
Combining her ongoing portrait project, Inter-Face, which focuses on the intersex community, and her work [as global creative lead] with Burberry, among other luxury brands, Dani Coyle talks to Tim Cumming about her work, her process, the all-encompassing terrain of social, and her balancing cultural and sexual politics with the lineaments of luxury.
Richard Brim speaks from the heart
After a long time at adam&eveDDB, servicing the headline news that is John Lewis Christmas, it’s been all change for Richard Brim. Now ensconced on the fourth floor of a Soho office block, with a workforce of around 25, Brim is turning his new agency, Ace of Hearts, into a future-focused, brand new style of agency.
Radheya Jang: Playing his cards right
Radheya Jang’s beautiful but dark animated film, Trading Cards, plays with the imagery of crystal balls, fortune cookies, tea leaves and Tarot cards. Here, the director's assistant at BlinkInk talks to Tim Cumming about fortunes, futures and aiming for features.
Anthony Moore: At the centre of the sonic boom
From a chance meeting at a BBQ to becoming Factory Studios’ CCO and owner, Anthony Moore has been at the beating heart of Britain’s advertising soundscape for nearly 30 years. Tim Cumming talks to him about mentors, Mother and Monty the Penguin.
Max Miechowski: Border force
London-based photographer Max Miechowski mixes long-form projects such as Burgess Park and the book and exhibition Land Loss, which explore relationships between people and place, with commercial and editorial work. Here, he talks to Tim Cumming about working within defined parameters, learning to expand those boundaries, his output and its preoccupations.
Peter Thwaites: The chemistry of creativity
The Corner Shop’s Co-Founder Peter Thwaites talks to Tim Cumming about his four decades of creative adventures. First, he discusses life as a DP, working magic in the analogue days of film before becoming a director of spots for the likes of Audi, Honda, Guinness and more. Then he talks of setting up The Corner Shop to face the challenges and innovations of the digital present.
Emma Wright: Blaze of glory
The Bear Meets Eagle on Fire lead producer talks to Tim Cumming about the secrets and strategies of producing award-winning campaigns as the shots Awards Asia Pacfic Agency of the Year, 2025.
Blockhead's altered images
Stefan Coory [left] and Nigel Mortimer [right], partners at Australian VFX company Blockhead, talk to Tim Cumming about campaigns, creativity and ensuring that AI is your servant, not your master.
Gaming the system; Advertising's state of play
Advertising is famously a long-hours culture, where the work is king. But behind the work, the creativity, inspiration, innovation and improvisation necessary to achieve best-in-class results depends on the impish, unruly spirit of play.
British Arrows at 50: Cutting to the craft
The new co-chairs of the British Arrows’ Board of Directors, Dom Thomas and Charlie Gatsky-Sinclair, talk to Tim Cumming about their plans for the future of the Arrows as it marks five decades celebrating craft and creativity.
Production in 2026: All change
With AI reshaping workflows and agency networks expanding their in-house production capabilities, the commercial production landscape is shifting fast. Tim Cumming speaks to a range of producers from The Sweetshop, Saatchi & Saatchi, Uncommon, Rogue, The APA, and The Martin Agency to sift through the changes and challenges they face in a rapidly evolving present, and to look towards the sector’s possible futures.
Well, well, wellness
Wellness is everywhere now, in our tech, in our daily lives, in our household brands. Tim Cumming looks at its strange history and evolution – from a niche hippyscape to a multi-billion dollar industry – and talks to a range of brands and creatives about selling wellness in the 2020s