A few years ago I needed an old beer poster for a presentation. I knew the Art Director’s name – John Knight, so headed to Google – nothing! I then searched the agency name, the year, the writer’s name, the photographer’s name – nope! Desperate, I googled every every miss-spelling I could think of – diddly squat! I eventually found it after trawling through a ton of old awards books. While leafing through all those award winning ads from theRead more
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ANNUALS: D&AD 2004.
In 2004 Nick Bell became President of D&AD, one of his first duties was to choose the designer for the next annual. He chose me, or CDD to be more precise. Back in 2004, the D&AD Annual was one of the few places you could get a concentrated hit of good advertising and design, consequently they were collected. Getting the chance to design one was a great honour. 1st IDEA: If a thought is printed in the D&AD Annual it’s considered out ofRead more