The Jam Factory Interview
Matt Riley
Since kicking off Idea bounty I've been following the interesting goings on of one @Jamfactory. I've been blown away by how much the guy was getting up so I decided to investigate - and I'm very pleased I did. Mr Gavin Strange is the man behind Jam Factory and he turns out to be a hell of a nice guy with a lot of amazing work, and dare I say, a few words of wisdom.
I chatted to Gav about what makes him tick (and asked some odd questions) and he kindly agreed to put his hustle machine on pause and tell us how he keeps so busy and seemingly so stoked. Enjoy.
You get stopped at customs and they ask you ' What is a JamFactory ? ' - you say what ?
You seem to be doing a lot of stuff. Can you give us a little breakdown of your roles at Aardman , Xynthetic, and the happy world of Droplets ?
What's the Droplet story? They are in Urban Outfitters now so i guess they are officially a success. Where did the idea come from?
The Xynthetic collective seems to be pretty organic unit - doing what comes naturally (urban/bike/skate inspired) . How much of being successful as a creative is about hustle and hard work, and how much is being able to do work that you love.
You are pretty active on twitter, your site is regularly updated etc. Is there a set of magic rules to getting noticed when the web is so cluttered?
I've seen a tweet or two about riding into work in the British winter. Lets see a picture of the fixed-geared-steed that inspires this madness (Matt’s note - I'm from South Africa and I gave up the crazy pursuit of winter riding 4 months ago)
Finally can you share a few of your favourite online spaces that keep you inspired and tickle your fancy?
Comments
Nice interview - good to see how Droplets got off the ground!
@Rotub and @Dave , thanks guys. I think I might harass Gav again - really enjoyed it.
Always nice to hear startup stories and see how others got going. Thanks for a informative interview :)
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Rotub on 28/01/2009
I been following Gavin and xynthetic for so long now it's been great following the whole team