THE WANDERING CREATIVE

The wandering creative is into all things visual so you’ll see him sketching or taking photographs wherever he goes. He’s lately also got into doing short videos, so you may well find him spending hours plugged into his headphones, perusing audio for use as soundtracks for his next projects. Because inspiration is all around, he hates being stuck in the office, choosing instead to explore the world whenever possible. After all, that’s where the symbols, metaphors and hidden meanings of life are.

IN HIS POCKET SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 10+

This year, our favourite Creative gets a snazzy new phone that lets him directly pursue his passions of sketching and drawing – the Galaxy Note 10+. With the Note 10+ and its S Pen, the Creative can even sketch and draw in augmented reality, so he can truly create his own realities. When it comes to video, the Note 10+ has a virtual zoom-mic for better audio and built-in editing capabilities so he can get his clips perfect without even using a computer.

ON THE GO PEAK DESIGN EVERYDAY SLING 10L

When you’re getting out and about you really need a good bag with you. That’s something that’s large enough to carry everything you need for the day, while being compact to stay out of the way. That’s why we’re gifting the Creative a new Peak Design Everyday Sling 10L. Made with a weatherproof 400D nylon canvas shell, the Everyday Sling 10L has origami-inspired FlexFold dividers so he can easily organise a camera with spare lenses, and a tablet to boot.

APPLE IPAD PRO

Speaking of tablets, another Christmas gift the Creative will definitely love is the new iPad Pro paired with an Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan. That combination lets him sketch, paint and draw to his heart’s content using Adobe Fresco, and he’ll also be able to directly edit and manage his photographs with Photoshop for iPad and Lightroom for iPad, synching it all in the cloud to his PC for final touch-ups when he gets home.

BACK AT HOME MICROSOFT SURFACE STUDIO

When it comes to a computer system for design and photography work, the Creative definitely wants a nice large monitor with accurate colours, and of course, a speedy system. The Surface Studio is both of that and more. He’ll get a speedy i7- 7820HQ processor, up to 32GB RAM and a NVIDA GeForce GTX 1070, plus a 28- inch PixelSense Display with 4,500 x 3,000 resolution ( 192 PPI) and 10 point multitouch. He’ll also get the Surface Pen to use, so he can draw directly onto the screen.

SYMFONISK TABLE LAMP

Finally, here’s a present for when the Creative is ready to

CREATIVE INPUT, INNOVATIVE OUTPUT!

settle down for the day. The SYMFONISK table lamp with Wi- Fi speaker is exactly what its name implies – a mood lamp that streams his favourite audio feeds wirelessly. It supports all the major music streaming services via Wi- Fi so he won’t need to keep his phone or tablet around, and it even connects to any Sonos product for a quick multiroom setup.