Pride, Work and Necessity of Side Projects: Designers Miho Aishima and Kat Garner Founded Creative Space “Rye Here Rye Now” as a More Friendly, Less Formal, Gathering for the Creative Community

What are you working on—on the side?

We run Rye Here Rye Now, a creative platform based in Peckham Rye, London. We hold monthly meetups bringing together creatives from all areas of the industry. We’ve also run events with Tate Modern, the Great Get Together and Peckham Festival.

We started holding our monthly meetups two years ago because we felt that a lot of the design talks and events we were going to were quite formal and could be intimidating to people just starting out. We wanted to crea...