For many who attended Futurising last week, most could be forgiven for not knowing exactly what to expect as they bore down on the Nicholls & Clarke building at the heart of Shoreditch. The event, like nothing that had gone before it, promised to be 'the first opportunities and recruitment festival specifically tailored to the needs of creative graduates' offering a 'one-stop shop of opportunities, advice and information for all future and current creative graduates from all universities across the UK.'
Sure Futurising took the traditional careers fair formula and gave it a shake to make it fit the ever shifting landscape that is the creative industries, but how do you explain it to those who weren't there?
The answer came halfway through the opening day when a sun drenched Tuesday witnessed the twittersphere light up with enthusiastic chatter and chirping with visitors eager to share their experiences so far. With the word out and the Futurising hash tag bouncing and rebounding around the social networks of the attending young creatives so the crowds and the clammer grew.
After two jam packed days came the closing of the show and now many have begun reflecting on what had been. So here are the pick of the blogged accounts from Futurising:
Finally, get a great view of the event as snapped by the Futurising commissioned student photographers on the Futurising
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