MY AD OF THE WEEK .18

Wallace & Gromit can't put a foot wrong can they.  They put in another great performance for the new VisitEngland campaign, it's got some really nice touches particularly the postcards. How have they not been recruited by VisitEngland in the past?

Watch it in YouTube

Each time I watched it, I kept spotting something else. I especially love the 'Cats' postcard. What's your favourite postcard?

SNEAK PREVIEW

Here's a sneaky preview of what I've been illustrating over the sunny bank holiday weekend. It's for a Paul Smith competition and I'll be sharing the final illustration on completition next week, so watch this space.

NEW BUSINESS CARDS SHOWCASED BY DESIGN BLOGS

My new business cards have been picked up by a few design blogs. They are currently being shown on their front pages. A huge thanks to The Design Inspiration, Cardonizer, Cardobserver and Smashing Hub (who have selected it in their '35 Fresh Brand Identity Business Card Designs' article) for showcasing them.

If you'd like me to DM you a pair, drop me an email: henry@henrybillington.com

MY AD OF THE WEEK .17

Snickers and AMV BBDO do it again, as part of this years ‘You’re Not You When You’re Hungry’ campaign. I love table football and I think this is great. I'd really like to see if the table still exists. I wouldn't be surprised if some AMV BBDO creative is playing it right now. The Googel interactive experience, that's also part of the campaign is pretty ace too.

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY ILLUSTRATION COMPETITION WINNERS

A couple of months ago I went back to Lincoln University where I studied Illustration. I gave a lecture, created with a fellow alumnus, entitled ‘Life after university with an Illustration degree’. At the end of the lecture, I set the third year students an open brief to create an illustration around Palmer Hargreaves and the agency’s office refurbishment, with the winners having their work showcased in the new reception.The brief was well received, but we could only pick three winners, so my creative director and I judged the illustrations. The three pieces that stood out for us in terms of their illustration style and their ideas behind them were by Hayley Wells, Grace Sandford and Jenny Palmer. Well done to all three of them. Keep your eyes out for them in the future.

Grace Sandford

Hayley Wells

Jenny Palmer

MY AD OF THE WEEK .16

I really like ads that use a media space in a clever way and this is a great example of how it's done well, for Warburtons 'Half and Half' bread. Well done WCRS.

INSPIRING QUOTE .16

This quote was quoted in an article I read in Creative Review (March 2013) in the section Paul Belford writes 'Art directing the idea'. It stood out for me and as Paul puts it 'An attitude more art directors would be well advised to adopt'.