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Published every year for 45 years and designed by a different creative team each time, the Annual has an important place in studios, agencies, colleges and universities alike. This year it has been designed by Fabrica, the Benetton research centre on communication, based in Treviso, Italy.
Fabrica began thinking about the Annual by highlighting a part of the D&AD ethos that is very close to their hearts; the belief that a great idea that is well executed has the ability to transcend cultural and geographical boundaries. With this at its core the Flag Project was born. The D&AD flag was sent to an international selection of 500 leading creatives who were asked to use it in the freest and most original way they could: ‘You can burn it, stab it, wrap it, fold it, tear it, drape it over a coffin, use it as a cape, as a banner, as a kite, as a water filter, as a declaration for peace, as a pirate flag, to aid your rescue from a desert island, as a patch in a quilt, as a trophy, as a tool to strangle your mistress, as a towel to protect your decency...’
The result is a collection of images about creativity and about personal and cultural differences rather than sameness. Selections feature in the 2007 Annual and are being exhibited in both London and Manchester.
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