(Re)Introducing the Db x Looking Sideways Fund.
Two years after the inaugural DB x Looking Sideways Fund, our quest to support innovative creative projects returns once more.
Much has changed in the two-and-a-half year since we launched the inaugural Db x Looking Sideways Fund.
In hindsight, it was the beginning of my mission to help my Looking Sideways listeners and readers find their own answers to two fundamental questions, which have also been at the heart of the various Creative Exchanges I’ve been hosting with my friends at Db over the last few years:
“How can I spend more time doing the things I’m passionate about?”
“What does a ‘successful’ creative life actually look like?”
Which is why, to celebrate the launch of Db’s brilliant new Keep Dreaming Differently campaign (above), we are bringing back the Db x Looking Sideways Fund for a second time, so two lucky winners can end 2024 and kick off 2025 with a creative bang!
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Db x LS Fund - What we’ll offer you
This time around, we will choose two winners and help them tell their stories. These winners will receive:
A budget of up to €5000 to make your project a reality.
Mentorship from our unrivalled team of creatives. Together, we’ve made books, films, podcasts, events, exhibitions and everything else. Whatever your idea, we’ll match you up with people who can help guide you every step of the way.
Help getting your finished project out into the world.
The deadline for entries? January 31st 2025.
Winners will be announced by February 28th 2025.
Insights gang - listen up!
Sounds amazing right? Remember: we’re looking for an original idea, and a story that you’re burning to tell that the rest of the world needs to hear. (‘I want to drive a van around Iceland and take pictures like Chris Burkard’ is unlikely to make the grade).
Helping my readers and listeners understand how to tell their own stories in their own way is, of course, exactly the idea behind Insights, the Looking Sideways section exclusively for my paid subscribing community.
It’s where you’ll find exclusive blogs, podcasts, video chats, guest posts and articles that’ll be a huge help when it comes to honing your idea and your application.
Try this little lot for size:
As part of their subscription, Insights subscribers can also hit me up for advice or guidance:
Phew. There’s a lot to take on board there, right? Ready to enter? You know what to do - hit the button below