Productive As

Whatwe do

Danielle Edwards is Productive As. With over 20 years of production experience in photography, moving image and large scale installations, spanning the worlds of music, film and art. During that time she has worked with some of the world’s leading brands and creative icons, from Apple to Nike, David Bailey to Robbie Williams, British Vogue to iD.

Often fusing the artistic with the commercial, shifting across different disciplines to achieve extraordinary requests and navigate the paths less travelled. For the last eight years, Danielle has worked closely with photographer and film maker Dan Tobin Smith specialising in large scale installation and in-camera special effects film and stills production. Alongside the commercial output, she helped him develop a significant portfolio of personal work and exhibitions. 

Most recently, Danielle was the executive producer for VOID a multi-sensory spatial installation by Dan Tobin Smith and creative studio The Experience Machine, in partnership with Gemfields at the London Design Festival.

Work

VOID
Dan Tobin Smith & The Experience Machine
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The First Law of Kipple
Dan Tobin Smith
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Nike AF1
Dan Tobin Smith
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Imaginary View
Dan Tobin Smith & Rachel Thomas

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Dan Tobin Smith
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UBS
Dan Tobin Smith

Nike Roshe
Dan Tobin Smith
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Still Life with Flowers
Dan Tobin Smith
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The Winter Warm Up
David Bailey
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The Stockdale Effect
David Bailey
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Portraits
David Bailey
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Bailey’s East End
David Bailey
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Spunkbubble
Tom Browne

ProducerCredits

Editorials


Another Magazine, Document, Exhibition Magazine, GQ, Hole & Corner, iD Magazine, Man About Town, Numero, Vanity Fair, Vogue (British, Italian, US), Wallpaper*

Advertising


Apple, Bvlgari, Cartier, Chivas, Dior, Dom Perignon, Evian, Gemfields, Gucci, Johnnie Walker, Louis Vuitton, Nike, Swarovski, Tiffany

Exhibitions and installations


2019 VOID by Dan Tobin Smith & The Experience Machine at the London Design Festival

2016 The First Law of Kipple by Dan Tobin Smith at the Wilhelm Hack Museum, Germany

2015 The First Law of Kipple by Dan Tobin Smith at the Redline Gallery, Denver

2014 The First Law of Kipple by Dan Tobin Smith at the London Design Festival

2014 Still Life with Flowers by Dan Tobin Smith at the Chelsea Fringe

2013 Imaginary View by Dan Tobin Smith & Rachel Thomas at the 
 Somerset House

2012 Bailey’s East End by David Bailey at the London Olympics / Create London

2012 Sculpture + by David Bailey at the Pangolin Gallery

2011 The Stockdale Effect by David Bailey at the Paul Stolper Gallery

2010 Now by David Bailey at the Hamilton’s Gallery

2009 Pure Sixties. Pure Bailey. by David Bailey at Bonhams

Testimonials

Producers tend to fall in two categories: ball busters or everyone's best friend. Danielle is the rare find that does both. Someone who can think across so many platforms, processes and industries along with an insatiable appetite for calmly navigating the unknown which is simply indispensable.

Chris Pearson, Founder / Director — The Experience Machine

I’ve known Danielle for 20+ years. She has always been as comfortable in a boardroom as she is in the studio. Unfazed, facilitating and fostering with a kind and collaborative approach that draws on her multifaceted and meaningful network of contacts. She has always sought out the greats in the industry and complements them well with her fast, frank and original outlook.

Dan Chalmers, Head of Music EMEA, Youtube / Google

I have worked with Danielle for many years, she is an excellent producer and organiser, with a creative eye for detail and opportunity. We have made many projects together, ranging from still life shoots to a massive installation for London Design Week. She has a great attitude and makes things happen.

Dan Tobin Smith, Photographer / Director

Walking the line between prioritising the creative while delivering on practical considerations isn’t easy but Danielle demonstrates the ability to deftly balance the two, keeping everyone happy in the process. Danielle combines true professionalism with a warm, fun human touch and I look forward to working with her again in the future.

Rachel Thomas, Set Designer & Art Director

Danielle’s an amazing mix of experience, professionalism and above all; a super positive, anything is possible attitude that makes her such a pleasure to work with. She is someone that will brighten up any production and make everyone’s day better.

James Tonkin, Director — Hangman

Danielle Edwards, with her sunny disposition, was a joy to work with during her time at ie: music. Buzzing with ideas, organised and with an ability to deal with artists and their often difficult demands with aplomb, she was a terrific asset to our company.

Tim Clark, Founder / Chairman — ie: music

Contact

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Artist

Dan Tobin Smith

“Last week I stuck my neck out and said this would be one of the best shows of the London Design Festival. I was wrong, or rather I was too cautious. It’s one of the best shows of the year.”

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About

Useless objects by design or state are collected to cover all horizontal surfaces within a space generating swathes of colourful chaos. Philip K Dick’s term kipple has been described as “domestic entropy” — the physical manifestation of spent and misguided human energy in everyday life.

The installation and series of images explores the kipple’s parallels with the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, a theory describing how all heat in the universe flows from a hot ordered state into a cold disordered one and which predicts the eventual heat death of the universe.

Taking these concepts and extending them to the production of contemporary designed objects and the need to question their validity in the world and the psychological effect they have on us. The installation questions the boundaries between beauty and usefulness, luxury and necessity, addressing the epic proportions of material waste created by humankind.

Exhibited as part of London Design Festival 2014

Credits

Photographer: Dan Tobin Smith
Producer: Danielle Edwards