Jeff Gill, award-winning designer
25 June 2007, 23:33
My brushes with design fame have been slight.
I won a poster contest (mine was the fastest selling poster, by the by), then I was mentioned in this magazine, back in 2005, and I have a couple pieces and an interview in this book that was published earlier this year.
But now I have truly arrived. On 12 June I won Welsh Language Board Bilingual Design Award in the Food and Drinks Packaging Category for my Calon Lân identity and packaging. To add sweetness to the win I beat the shortlist of myself (Gwdihw) and a couple other brilliant designers.
This may earn me some Welsh design street cred. Ironically, I’m moving away from commercial design to do this.
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Many thanks to Geraint Hughes and the folks at Menter Môn for being brilliant clients and entering the Calon Lân packaging.