Rich Orrick’s Creative Radar Runs on Bikes, Radio 4, and Derby
July 10, 2025
Work Editorial editor and Founding Partner, and current Editor of the Year at shots Awards The Americas and EMEA, Rich Orrick, talks technology, TV's golden era, and the travails of being a Derby fan, as he reveals what's on his creative radar.
What website(s) do you use most regularly?
Outside of shops?… That’s pretty much most of it. Idle window shopping while sat at a desk. The only other stuff is news sites like The Guardian, and BBC Sounds for the radio – Radio 4 and 6, coz 5 doesn’t work for the football in Spain. And Radio 3 for our dog when we pop out... he’s a fan.
What’s the most recent piece of tech that you’ve bought?
Apart from phone, laptop, iPad, bike computer, and all that stuff, the most recent bit of tech is actually an old, refurbished stills camera, because I want to try to learn the process of how to take photographs on film. I appreciate how handy it is to be able to point your phone and snap away, but I don’t think I really have much satisfaction from looking at the finished images. Could be I’m just a terrible photographer.
What product could you not live without?
A bicycle.
What’s the best film you’ve seen over the last year?
I’m pretty sure the best film is, ironically, one I haven’t seen yet. I missed The Zone of Interest while it was out in cinemas because of working, or being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But I didn’t want to watch it at 30,000 feet. So, I hope to catch it soon at a cinema and appreciate the sound in the way it was meant to be heard.
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