Our elevator pitch...
Traditional communication models have broken; creative businesses are rarely seen at the top table, and there is little vision and innovation in the sector. Leaders from all creative and client disciplines have joined our active network to work with us and to collaborate with other members to drive innovation and put creativity back at the heart of business. Around this we’ve developed a host of solutions to enable agencies, clients, and their teams to work better.
The Future Department offers members a global community of like minded pioneers across every creative discipline for innovation, collaboration, research, learning, leadership and partnership.
Member benefits
As with everything of this nature, the more you put into it the more you get out of it however we 'push' key elements (below) around which you can build your own involvement.
The more you contact us and challenge us to help, the more events you attend, the more topics for debate you suggest, the more involvement in our activities you take and the more work of yours you send through the greater the value membership will be.
The Future Department members can be involved in, comment on, request, use, read, ask, or lead on the following…
- Access to our global network of industry leaders, thinkers and businesses.
- 5 copies of ‘The Next Issue’ – The Future Department’s monthly magazine plus
- Tickets to TFD Events around the world.
- The Critical List - regular email updates on interesting events, trends, new talent, work, news, reviews and insights.
- Access to our growing digital library of features, research papers, articles, insights, future studies, interviews, creative showcases and contacts – The Knowledge Bank.
- Hotline to The Future Department for help with projects, and connections.
- Exclusive page for your company on www.futuredepartment.com.
- Regular meetings, dinners and events for members and invited guests.
- 10% discount on all TFD Intelligence products and events.
Application process
Membership is strictly limited and usually by invitation only, however if you’ve got this far then you obviously feel that you’d like to know more; and as we reserve some additional memberships for people we haven’t connected with then we welcome your interest.
The annual fee for new members is currently £950 / $1,750 / €1,250 however the cost of membership rises as the network grows. To take it further do contact us to discuss membership and to see if we're a good fit with your organisation and vice versa.
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Tom Adams MookWill Alsop SMC AlsopSimon Andrews MindshareTim Ashton AntidoteRachael Baird Tilt Studios, Inc.Hashem Bajwa Goodby, Silverstein & PartnersLars Bastholm AKQAAndre Baumann FHV BBDOCarsten Beck Copenhagen Institute for Future StudiesMike Bennett Oil ProductionsLewis Blackwell Getty ImagesMark Boyd BBHEduardo Braniff ImaginationGeorge Bryant The Brooklyn BrothersChristophe Cauvy McCann WorldgroupMarc Cave DrugstoreEngin Celikbas Kessels KramerMark Chalmers Perfect FoolsAndy Chambers DigitCristiano Correa Ponto de CriacaoTony Davidson Weiden + KennedyRussell Davies Open Intelligence AgencyJulian Davies Lyndon ConsultancyCarlos de Spinola UndercurrentJim Diaz VUZEGraeme Dignan Erasmus Consulting Ltd.Philip Dodd Made in ChinaStephen Donnelly PangaeaBuster Dover VCCPFreeman Dyson
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Richard Eisermann Prospect DesignSten Ernott SeekNearTina Fegent Tina FegentLuiz Fernando Musa Ogilvy & MatherDaniele Fiandaca ProferoPeter Fjall PeacockAlex Freund Big CorporationCindy GallopAlexandre Gama NEOGAMA BBHTamara Giltsoff OZOLabJohn Grant The John GrantJon Hamm Greenroom DigitalMorihiro Harano Drill Inc. TokyoGuy Haywood 180 AmsterdamMarcelo Heidrich Ponto de CriacaoSteve Henry TBWARichard Hollingum The Department of DoingPaul Isakson Space 150Carl Johnson AnomalyLucy Johnston GDRSimon Jordan Jump StudiosElizabeth Kiehner Thornberg & ForesterLuiz Lara LEW'LARA/TBWADede Laurentino LEW'LARA/TBWAPaul Lavoie TAXIJaques Lewkowicz LEW'LARA/TBWAZe MacFarlandJohn Maeda Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAdele Major Digit
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Mike Mathieson Cake MediaKevin McCullagh PlanRichard Monturo CleanerLisa Mosko Big CorporationProf Jeremy Myerson RCA InnovationMark O'Sullivan Branded EntertainmentMarcio Oliveira LEW'LARA/TBWABenjamin Palmer The Barbarian GroupSean Pillot de Chenecey Captain CrikeyMalcolm PoyntonAnselmo Ramos Ogilvy & MatherHanid Rashid AsymptoteCharles Rosen Amalgamated NYCJader RossettoGreg Rowland SemioticsStefan Sagmeister Sagmeister Inc.Oliver Salway SoftroomAdam Sefton The Reading RoomGustaf Sehlstedt Le BureauTomas Seo PhorecastDaljit Singh DigitSean Singleton SkiveMatt Smith The Viral FactoryJosh Spear UndercurrentRoger Stighall North KingdomOlaf Swetsloot Pink & PoodleFutaba Tanaka Hakuhodo Inc.Ben TerrettAmelia Torode VCCP
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Michael Trudgeon Crowd ProductionsRichard van Laken Design PolitieSteve Vrannakis VCCPJohnny Vulkan AnomalyMark Waites MotherSimon Waldman Guardian Media GroupSimon Waterfall PokeMatt Wells The Talent BusinessAlex West The Future DepartmentMike Wilson Tap ClarityKen Yeang Llewelyn Davies Yeang