Morning Person: Jamie McLellan

With June’s CreativeMornings talk just over a week away, we thought we should take a moment to get some inside information on our speaker. Meet Jamie McLellan!

Who are you?
Jamie McLellan.

What gets you up in the morning?
Going to work in a boat shed.

Explain what you do in Five words or less.
Make things with clever people.

What’s a surprising fact about you?
I dimension everything in multiples of 6.

What is your favourite thing about Auckland?
Auckland grows better by the day before our very eyes.

Best breakfast you’ve ever had?
Colaba House in Delhi (now the Rose) served by the smiliest lady named Mumta.

Best piece of advice you’ve received?
Try to be the Marc Newson of New Zealand. Haven’t followed this advice per se, but it was good food for thought.

Who would you love to hear speak?
Castiglioni. I’d give him a hug too.

Secret Superpower?
Monkey fists.

Is less more?
Often, but maybe not always…

Jamie will be speaking at CreativeMornings on Friday 27 June, hosted by Designworks Auckland. Full details here. 

Tickets go live Monday 23 June at 11am. Sign up to our newsletter to get a reminder email on Monday morning.