Ian Mumford
I've sat here and thought about the best way to explain who I am. How to express my passion for all things creative. How I love to get 'under the skin' of the product or service in question until I 'know it' as well or better than the client. How to stress my belief that ideas are individual, like each new brief, and how I put words before pictures so I know that if the concept works, the images will follow. How I thrive on inspiring other people and how other people inspire me.
What's the best way to put into words the attention to detail I pride myself on, the analytical creative thought process that makes me, me. How to tell you the excitement I feel after a presentation when I can truly say to myself, we answered the brief and they loved it.
How can I help you understand the value I place on creativity?
A great man once commented on my other great passion in life, and I feel his words... slightly tailored... sum up my feelings.
"Some people believe creativity is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that".
Ian's top fives...
Albums
- Appetite for Destruction - Guns 'n' Roses
- Blue Lines - Massive Attack
- Stanley Road - Paul Weller
- Version - Mark Ronson
- Hand Built by Robots - Newton Faulkner
Bands
- Guns 'n' Roses
- Queen
- Paul Weller
- Embrace
- Oasis
Books
- Band of Brothers - Stephen E. Ambrose
- Winning - Sir Clive Woodward
- Managing My Life: The Autobiography - Sir Alex Ferguson
- Hillsborough. The Truth - Phil Scraton
- The Sound of Laughter - Peter Kay
Dinner
- Sir Clive Woodward
- Jeremy Clarkson (and ideally Richard Hammond and James May if they could make it too!)
- David Beckham
- Ant & Dec
- Sue Johnson
Films
- The Pianist
- Casino Royale
- Moulin Rouge
- Oceans 11
- Worlds Fastest Indian
TV shows
- Top Gear
- Prison Break
- Heroes
- Long Way Round
- Waking The Dead
