{"id":227143,"date":"2023-02-22T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=227143"},"modified":"2023-02-22T17:17:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T17:17:07","slug":"set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Self-proclaimed 'creative Jedi', Set Free Richardson, has been named as <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/the_directory\/clarks-shoes\/\">Clarks Originals<\/a><\/span> new Creative Specialist. Richardson has been brought in to help bring life and personality to the Clarks and New York city story.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to Clarks, Richardson will play a \"multifaceted role\", working with the brand team to lead creative projects, help produce live events, and act as an ambassador with a special focus on art, sports and music.<\/p>\n<p>Free\u2019s Directorial debut role for Clarks Originals on the short film Clarks and New York, Soles of the City won Gold at the Corporate Cannes Awards, followed by three Platinum and two Gold Awards at this year\u2019s Muse Creative Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Then in November 2022, in collaboration with Clarks Originals, and bringing the basketball and hip hop worlds together, The Compound \u201cFloor Seats\u201d Wallabee was released, inspired by the courtside lifestyle, taking design cues from vintage leather basketballs with its perforated beeswax leather construction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-227165 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nyc36.jpg\" alt=\"LARKS ORIGINALS APPOINTS SET FREE RICHARDSON AS CREATIVE SPECIALIST\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nyc36.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nyc36-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nyc36-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nyc36-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/nyc36-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the partnership, Set Free Richardson commented: \"It\u2019s not often you get the opportunity to work with a brand that you\u2019re truly a real fan of. Working with the Clarks team feels like working with family, there\u2019s a mutual trust and belief in my creative vision which I truly appreciate. The partnership so far has been great, and we\u2019re only just getting started.\"<\/p>\n<p>Tara McRae, Chief Marketing and Digital Officer at Clarks, added: \"Working hand in hand with Free on our now multi award-winning Clarks and New York short film was a triumphant experience, and the start of a working relationship that we felt could only go from strength to strength. We already have lots lined up with Free for the coming year and I cannot wait to see what we can achieve together.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":227166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,6,20822],"tags":[15841,4659,9875],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Self-proclaimed &#039;creative Jedi&#039;, Set Free Richardson, has been named as Clarks Originals new Creative Specialist. Richardson has been brought in to help\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist - TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Self-proclaimed &#039;creative Jedi&#039;, Set Free Richardson, has been named as Clarks Originals new Creative Specialist. Richardson has been brought in to help\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-22T08:00:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-22T17:17:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CLARKS193.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Shearsmith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Shearsmith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Shearsmith\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/0ef585178e99d23ac0b525337547c9be\"},\"headline\":\"Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-22T08:00:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-22T17:17:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/\"},\"wordCount\":302,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"appointment\",\"Clarks\",\"Footwear\"],\"articleSection\":{\"0\":\"Brands &amp; Designers\",\"2\":\"News &amp; Insight\",\"3\":\"People\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2023\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/\",\"name\":\"Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist - TheIndustry.fashion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-22T08:00:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-22T17:17:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"Self-proclaimed 'creative Jedi', Set Free Richardson, has been named as Clarks Originals new Creative Specialist. Richardson has been brought in to help\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\",\"name\":\"TheIndustry.fashion\",\"description\":\"Fashion news, insights, podcasts and events for professionals from across the fashion sector.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TheIndustry.fashion\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LOGO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LOGO.png\",\"width\":585,\"height\":217,\"caption\":\"TheIndustry.fashion\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theindustryfash\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theindustryfashion\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/10970016\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/0ef585178e99d23ac0b525337547c9be\",\"name\":\"Tom Shearsmith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1993ae8ec37cfdfcf1fe2dc8bb0c7b8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1993ae8ec37cfdfcf1fe2dc8bb0c7b8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tom Shearsmith\"},\"description\":\"Tom Shearsmith is the News Editor &amp; Senior Writer at TheIndustry.fashion, joining the company in January 2019. Tom also produces the podcasts for TheIndustry.fashion\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist - TheIndustry.fashion","description":"Self-proclaimed 'creative Jedi', Set Free Richardson, has been named as Clarks Originals new Creative Specialist. Richardson has been brought in to help","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist - TheIndustry.fashion","og_description":"Self-proclaimed 'creative Jedi', Set Free Richardson, has been named as Clarks Originals new Creative Specialist. Richardson has been brought in to help","og_url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/","og_site_name":"TheIndustry.fashion","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/","article_published_time":"2023-02-22T08:00:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-22T17:17:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CLARKS193.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tom Shearsmith","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@theindustryfash","twitter_site":"@theindustryfash","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Shearsmith","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/"},"author":{"name":"Tom Shearsmith","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/0ef585178e99d23ac0b525337547c9be"},"headline":"Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist","datePublished":"2023-02-22T08:00:56+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-22T17:17:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/"},"wordCount":302,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization"},"keywords":["appointment","Clarks","Footwear"],"articleSection":{"0":"Brands &amp; Designers","2":"News &amp; Insight","3":"People"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2023","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/","name":"Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist - TheIndustry.fashion","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-02-22T08:00:56+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-22T17:17:07+00:00","description":"Self-proclaimed 'creative Jedi', Set Free Richardson, has been named as Clarks Originals new Creative Specialist. Richardson has been brought in to help","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Set Free Richardson named as Clarks Originals Creative Specialist"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/","name":"TheIndustry.fashion","description":"Fashion news, insights, podcasts and events for professionals from across the fashion sector.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization","name":"TheIndustry.fashion","url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LOGO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LOGO.png","width":585,"height":217,"caption":"TheIndustry.fashion"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/theindustryfash","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theindustryfashion\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/10970016\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/0ef585178e99d23ac0b525337547c9be","name":"Tom Shearsmith","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1993ae8ec37cfdfcf1fe2dc8bb0c7b8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1993ae8ec37cfdfcf1fe2dc8bb0c7b8a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tom Shearsmith"},"description":"Tom Shearsmith is the News Editor &amp; Senior Writer at TheIndustry.fashion, joining the company in January 2019. Tom also produces the podcasts for TheIndustry.fashion","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227143"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227168,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227143\/revisions\/227168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}