Revolver Revolver Agency

Chris Redshaw is the leader of a small design company of 6. His first employer in a design studio told him that you don't have to be a businessman to start your own business or studio. When that small design company was sold to a big company; Redshaw stated that it felt like everyone was just a number on a chair, everyone was given a brief and they work on it themselves. With help from Derby University where he studied; he was given money and bought some computers and desks and opened his own studio. However it wasn't going that well so he went to NYC with no money, contacts or anything to come back to. This was so that he could gather his thoughts and come back with a brand new perspective. Sometimes Redshaw stops working when he's stuck and goes for a walk, this gives him a break to gather his thoughts.

Revolver revolver is 6 years old. He worked for a few companies and knew what he wanted his own business to be like. At the start a lot of his work was under priced but this gave him a portfolio and some contacts to pass on his name. With over 4 people now employed in revolver, it's placed in the top 20% of design companies. His team collaborates together and with many other types of people who specialise in many things. Redshaw believes that not one person has the answer, the team collectively comes up with the answer. Small teams allow tight knitted friendships to form and they banter, spend days out eg go carting.

Redshaw has found that what you do in the outside world really has an effect on how you work and the type of work you produce. One of their rules is that anyone can speak out if something isn't right, this allows them to collaborate and develop their work. Time is massively recorded in the studio because they charge £520 per day, time could be the factor of whether a company can afford their services or not.

The process that they take during a project is the following order.

Understanding

Visit the client

Inspiration

Break

Initial concept - hand sketch

Digital production

Refine - printed and refined

Selection of the work

Revolver Revolver has designed the F1 winners presentation stage that is shown after every F1 race, a cafe in Matlock employed them to do complete interior design including the chairs, tables, floor, paint colours and accessories that they bought from several sources online.

Chris Redshaw stated that the best advise he could give us is to network as much as we could and get our names out there.

I found this very interesting to find out about because of the possibility that one day I could be working with or in a creative team. This really inspires me to meet people in my industry so that one day I might have a customer base and people that I can talk to in order to get work.