The Team
Podge Identity
Stereo have created the concept looks and feel for this year's digital podge lunch. The Stereo team have raised the bar creatively and we need a challenger for the 2009 lunch. Any takers?
Podge Information Hub
The Mooksters have once again proved themselves the equal of one of the industry's most demanding and tempestuous clients - Podge! Describing the blood, the sweat and the hot angry tears doesn't alter the fact that we volunteer to look after the website because it's a real privilege to have been there from the beginning. Long live Podge!!
Podge Copywriter
This year's words were brought to you by the fingers of Paul Moulton, freelance copywriter. After 15 years of through-the-line endeavour, he now works for "anyone who'll pay in 30 days and isn't a total lunatic."
Tactical Formation?
The team at Preloaded have built a "genius" seating organiser that makes its second appearance at this year's digital podge lunch.
Podge Fuel
No Podge get-together would be complete without alcohol. After the lunch at 5pm, Digital Podge attendees will have the opportunity to raise several glasses to mediaCentrix, in return for nothing more than gratitude. Cheers to Paul Angeli!
The A Team
The Podge lunches are made to look very slick and polished due to the organisational skills of the volunteers. Clare, Barbara, Vicki and Eleanor will make sure everyone gets a warm welcome and is seated in the correct place. All of them take unpaid time off work to make this lunch happen.
Podge Photos
Carl Ison doesn't earn his living as a photographer - but Phil reckons he takes a very good picture! He's a designer/CD who enjoys capturing the finer moments of digital podge. Shots you don't get unless you're last man standing at Podge. Carl's business cards all feature photographs that inspire him, pick one up on the 20th November and give him a call.
Podge Zone
The Arts Club has earned the right to be the regular venue for all the Podge Lunches. Great venue, great chef, and Ian, Brian, Tino, Yaz and the team are incredibly attentive to the needs of our illustrious creative gathering. Major refurbishment is about to happen in 2009 at our club.
Why not join the club? www.theartsclub.co.uk
Media Sponsor
Thanks to Michael Nutley, Justin Pearse, Andy Oakes and the fantastic team at NMA, digitalpodge welcomes the support and energy provided by NMA. Thanks for your continued support for the digital community & special thanks to George Stuart in production.
Allies of Podge
Adobe have stepped into the breach and offered financial and logistical support to help with all the nice touches that will be seen around the room on the day. Asking nothing in return they are just keen to put something back into the digital community. Thanks in particular to Robin and her team.
The Big Idea
"You might imagine that as the editor of the industry's leading magazine, I am inundated with glamorous gala lunch invitations. But the fact is that there are too few genuinely decadent events in the new media calendar. So when Phil suggested organising an annual get together for digital creatives and principals, with no other motivation than having fun and drinking your own body weight in wine, myself and my esteemed publisher jumped at the chance. digitalpodge is now an unruly five years old, and we're delighted to have helped Phil bring it into the world."
Michael Nutley
Executive Editor