When I was a kid, I was obsessed with creativity and ingenuity.
Aged 10, I was designing business cards for my mum's friends. By 12, I was running a community sourced video game reviews site called NuclearPig. At 14, I was growing and selling plants to neighbours from outside my parents' house. I wanted to make things that made the world a more beautiful place.
It seemed obvious that I would go into the 'creative industries'. I studied Graphic & Communication Design at Leeds, and eagerly went out into the world of work.
But when I got there, I felt a disconnect. I felt as if creativity wasn't so much as encouraged to grow, as shackled to the machinery of capitalism. Surely there was more to creativity than using it to fuel an endless drive to sell?
Fast forward fifteen years, and I realised there must be others who felt the same. So I decided to start building, in earnest, a place for these people to gather, and called it Good Eye.
Fast forward fifteen years, and I realised there must be others who felt the same. So I decided to start building, in earnest, a place for these people to gather, and called it Good Eye.
I coined the term 'shamelessly idealistic creativity' – because I truly believe this is the kind of creativity which makes the world a better place to live.
I coined the term 'shamelessly idealistic creativity' – because I truly believe this is the kind of creativity which makes the world a better place to live.
A year later, Good Eye runs a series of events ('Eyedeas' sessions) where we learn, inspire and foster shamelessly idealistic creativity among our community. We incorporated as a CIC in 2026 and hope to continue spreading our message of reclaiming creativity as a force for good.