On the 10th December 2014 Ian Livingstone (CBE, Co-Founder of Games Workshop) gave a talk at Leeds College of Art as part of the Creative Networks events that invite creative professionals to present and discuss their work with other creative professionals and students in and around Leeds.
Ian’s professional career is a vast one including and not limiting to Co-founding the iconic Games Workshop, Co-authored Fighting Fantasy game book series, Founder of The Livingstone Foundation, Chairman of Playdemic Ltd, Chairman of Midoki Ltd, Chairman of PlayMob Ltd, Chair of Skillset’s Video Games Council, Chair Next Gen Skills Committee, Vice Chair of UKIE, Member of the Creative Industries Council, Trustee of GamesAid and an Adviser to the British Council. In 2012 he was listed as the 16th most influential person in the UK’s digital economy in Wired Magazine.
As part of this years schedule, Paisley Boyd had to opportunity to conduct a 15 minute interview with Ian Livingstone to discuss boardgames, earlier career and the Gaming Industry. This interview will be made available soon on the Creative Networks website and also printed in a later issue of NEST Magazine.
Images by Hamish Irvine
