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The Disciples Of Design

Welcome. The Disciples Of Design are a global creative collective.
We are a broad church of design academics, practitioners, artists
and students who are committed to one common aim - the creation
of an ever evolving visual hub for the sharing of ideas and thoughts.

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Andy Bainbridge – Lecturer in Visual Communications – Preston UK
Mike Rigby – Creative Director Interbrand – Sydney AUS
Billy Harkcom – Creative/Director Hark!Design – San Francisco USA
Jon Harker – Lecturer in Visual Communications – Preston UK
Jennie Spiller – Designer Turner Duckworth – London UK

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SOMEWHERETO_BT TOWER COMPETITION

Posted by AndyB

A look black at the John Player Special press advertisments of the early 1980’s.

While Silk Cut was changing the face of cigarette advertising with the purple cut campaign, JPS remained firmly old school. The featured campaign relies on an increasingly tenious word play and standard pack shot solution, which now looks truly dated.

In the interveening years our societies attitude to smoking and especially the advertising of the product has changed radically. Smokers or ‘snoutcasts’ have been increasingly margionalised and all tobacco related advertising outlawed. Images extracted from our extensive ephemera archive.