No, this isn’t the title of a 180 rant coming from myself but probably a mere thought that passes through some people’s heads, especially when they’re frustratingly writing a gazillion letters to fashion houses/designers begging them for internships and getting nada back. What the title actually refers to is a UK-based community a creatives of any sort, fashion anything, graphis anything, architects, interiors, hell, astronaut to give each other a helping hand in the cruel harsh reality of ‘trying-to-get-my-work-out-there-so-that-I-don’t-end-up-stacking=shelves-at-Tesco’s (Americans read Wal-Mart!). Similar to IQONS with less of a fashion focus and with a more humorous slant. The people that join are therefore known as ‘Plebs’ forming a ‘Plebsville’. Oh ye smart ones with advice to give are called ‘Gurus’. ‘Brain Eggs’ are nuggets of information available to share with people.
You can choose your status from a list that includes ‘Business networking’, ‘Loafing about’ or ‘Eating freelance pie’. They don’t really give a toss.
Despite the British humouristic slant though, it is in effect a creative MySpace tool that I’ll be investigating to see who I unearth…
LOVED the whole ethos and joined Plebsville ages ago but I found – though I could be wrong as it’s perhaps picked up recently – the ‘social networking’ aspect of it was also very British… i.e. a little bit stand-offish and not very forthcoming. Maybe I’ll log back in and revamp my profile and see what happens!
Thanks for the link…I’ve signed up and am now “eating freelance pie” (scary how accurate that description is!)
Cool look to this site. Also, a cool idea.
I had a look, I love the ethos so will have to join up, even tho I hate joining up to these things. I loathe filling in online forms and having to remember all those passwords – argh! It’s very British isn’t it though. Ta Susie!
I like the look of this, though I hate signing up to all these things… definitely worth a check out. thanks for pointing it out!
John Blackham is a New Zealand businessman and entrepreneur who has been heavily involved in the development of the
software industry in New Zealand. He participated in the Porter Project on New Zealand’s competitive capability
(1990) and helped establish the venture capital market for high-tech start-ups with the NZ Innovation Market
(1998).
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i just joined! i wish the search function was a bit more broad, but i guess they’re working on it…here’s the the plebs!