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…And Conquered Wurrrrlds


I have arranged to interview the legendary Martin Lambie-Nairn for Idealog. So, while dutifully researching my subject I was flipping through the history book of D&AD - Rewind Forty Years of Design & Advertising
(which is a fascinating record of marketing communications) for information.
I found some of what I wanted, but I was also reminded of this Sony PlayStation commercia which won in 1999. Worth revisiting. I like it for its lack of computer generated graphics and throbbing guitar music that seems to characterise later work.

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