In 1980 the D&AD launched its first ever student awards. In January of that year 74 heads of department from Art Colleges, Art Schools and Polytechnics from all over the United Kingdom came to London to receive briefs set by David Abbott, Chris Wilkins and Rod Springett.

The first submission consisted of 254 entries and the Graphics course at Preston was to sweep the board in all three catagories “setting the standard for others to follow”.

The judges were to comment  ”there was one outstanding and very exciting presentation from Preston Polytechnic….the execution was excellent, they had thought through the briefs thoroughly and come up with some very original concepts”

Tutor Ben Casey and student Susan Lee receive the first ever first Prize from Alan Parker

The following year the Preston Graphics course was to continue its success with a futher raft of nominations and a first prize award for a poster design set by Alan Fletcher

Selecting the best work from the 1981 D&AD student submissions. Alan Fletcher – Pentagram  Geoffrey Seymour – Advertising Film Writer  Neil Godfrey – Collett ,Dickenson, Pearce & Partners

Drawing from a collection of over 20,000 educational and industrial films, the A/V Geeks Stock Footage collection provides a wide spectrum of material from later half of the 20th century – hundreds of hours worth of footage available for your project (broadcast, DVD, online, corporate, student films). Visit the site here.

Some great archive footage of Terry Gilliam giving a lesson in how to create your own animation from scratch. Thanks to our friend Mr Griff for the heads up on this.
 

David Bowie

This was Bowie at the peak of his powers, changing rock n roll forever in 72′.

Hunter S Thompson

Anti authoritarian, Inventor of Gonzo Journalism and author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. There are a few Hunter posts on the blog, this one is a collection of his more famous quotes.

Johnny Cash

Andre the Giant. 

If you only read one article, make it this one. Describing some of the – quite frankly - INCREDIBLE drinking exploits of Andre the Giant. Here’s a snippet…

“You won’t find it in the Guinness Book of World Records, but Andre the Giant holds the world record for the largest number of beers consumed in a single sitting. These were standard 12-ounce bottles of beer, nothing fancy, but during a six-hour period Andre drank 119 of them. It was one of the few times Andre got drunk enough to pass out, which he did in a hallway at his hotel. His companions, quite drunk themselves, couldn’t move the big man. Fearing trouble with cops, they stole a piano cover from the lounge and draped it over Andre’s inert form. He slept peacefully until morning, unmolested by anyone. Perhaps the hotel people thought he was a piece of furniture.

Think about it: 119 beers in six hours. That’s a beer every three minutes, non stop. That’s beyond epic. It’s beyond the ken of mortal men. It’s god-like.”

French wrestler Andre Rene Roussimoff, best known as “Andre theGiant” during a Paris fashion exhibition. At 19, Andre reportedly stands 7 feet and 4 inches tall – 1966.

Wilt Chamberlain, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andre the Giant, on the set of Conan.

This 1950′s photo shows how Times Square used get there message across what ever it took, using somewhat Guerilla tactics to emphasise the amount of litter mounting up on the street of NYC. (Not too sure if its actually calculated litter being used)

Vintage Me Oh My is a site dedicated to the collection of design ephemera. Created and run by Megan Cummins, a graphic designer living in downtown San Francisco. See more of the collections here.