September 2008
D&AD announced that Garrick Hamm will become its President on 18 September. Hamm will use his year to motivate his peers to encourage new talent. “Our industry and agencies are dead without the next wave of creative thinkers. Few of us were born geniuses. Remember – we all started somewhere,” said Hamm.
“When I first joined the D&AD Executive 4 years ago I was in awe of the amount of other work D&AD does. I had thought it was about 3 people running the awards – I had no idea about the education side, and I think many others still don’t. Every year about £2millon is ploughed back into programmes that wouldn’t exist without the time and energy spent by experienced creatives. The next generation is our creative lifeline and the work we do to support them is what makes D&AD special and different.”
Taking over from Simon Waterfall, Hamm will be D&AD’s leading ambassador and spokesperson for the next 12 months. Hamm said, “Yes, D&AD has work to do – putting even more of our content online will be a positive step. Shaking a Yellow Pencil out of the Graphic Design jury, even better. But D&AD does a lot right and a lot of good and I’m very proud to be its next President.”
“D&AD deserves Garrick Hamm,’ said outgoing President Simon Waterfall. “Over the last four years, he has shown the most amazing energy and enthusiasm for the education side of D&AD, which is our reason for being. He is a champion amongst men with a quiet and self-deprecating manner, basically everything I am not and aspire to be.”
Hamm is creative partner at branding agency Williams Murray Hamm. The award-winning agency’s work includes branded packaging, identity, film, retail and exhibition both in the UK and for international markets. As President he will also work closely with the Chairman, Executive Committee and Directors to oversee the affairs and set the objectives for the organisation.
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