Video: Gavin Strange – Less Thinkering More Tinkering

Gavin Strange has been part of our Berlin edition before. This time he came back to give a presentation, but also designed the whole theme including the opening titles.

If that is not the best way to underline what he says in his talk “Less Thinkering More Tinkering”, then I don’t know what is. Enjoy the talk and get motivated to finally work on that project that you always wanted to start. Or that you started and never finished, as it would not make any money anyways. Need convincing? Watch the video ;)

If you want to read along, you find the full transcription of Gavin’s talk here.

Less Thinkering More Tinkering

A neon-soaked passion-filled presentation of all things creativity, trying to strike the elusive balance between uncurbed enthusiasm and pragmatic process.

Director & Designer Gavin Strange plots his creative journey through his time in the design and film industry– picking it apart and extracting the lessons and learnings from it all. It’s loud, silly, and hopefully energising. The aim of the game is to convince YOU to make more of the stuff that makes YOUR heart sing.


A black and white photo of Gavin Strange behind the speaker desk on stage at beyond tellerrand. He is gesturing with his hand and makes a grim face while explaining something that is important to him. On the slide, which you can only see parts of, in his back it says “Less Thinkering More Tinkering”.
Gavin Strange on stage at beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 2025. More photos by Florian Ziegler

More information about Gavin Strange on his Speaker page


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