Bring your work
A laptop, a draft, or three pieces you want to sharpen.
About the exchange
One evening. Useful opinions.
Civic Cream is hosting a candid portfolio review for early-career designers. Bring the work you care about, sit with working creative leaders, and leave with specific next steps.
The room stays small on purpose, giving each guest the time and attention that rushed online feedback rarely provides.
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Guest speaker
Rowan Price
An independent design director known for clear systems, humane digital products, and unusually practical critique. Rowan opens the night with a short talk on making a portfolio feel unmistakably yours.
“Show the decisions, not just the finish.”
How the evening works
Arrive curious. Leave with a route forward.
A brisk, low-pressure format designed to turn generous conversation into useful momentum.
Meet a reviewer
We match your questions to the right creative perspective.
Talk it through
Twenty focused minutes, with room for honest questions.
Choose the next move
Turn the feedback into one concrete edit you can make.
Stay for supper
Keep the conversation moving over drinks and small plates.
Running order
Thursday evening, mapped out
Times may wander by a useful conversation or two.
17:45Doors & name badgesTea, music and settling in
18:15Welcome to the roomA quick guide to the evening
18:30Rowan Price speaksThe work behind the work
19:00Portfolio conversationsTwo focused review rounds
20:10Open studio promptA collective final question
20:35Food, drinks & loose endsStay as long as the conversation is useful
Reviewers
A cross-section of sharp minds
In no ranked order—every table brings a different lens.
Field Note Studio Brand systems
Morrow & Finch Digital products
West Parade Press Editorial
Common Weather Creative direction
Brass Tacks Works Campaigns
Northbound Type Typography
Good Measure Co. Packaging
Local Signal Independent practice
Sunday Assembly Culture
Who is attending
A room full of working ideas
50 seats · 18 disciplines · one generous Thursday