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MARITA LASHKO & DAVID HODGSON


Marita Lashko - creative director

Trained at Maidstone College of Art, worked for The Partners for 12 years becoming associate director. Working for such clients as House of Fraser, IBM, Freshfields, The Design Council, The NatWest Group, Harrods, Morgan Grenfell, Bowater, Patek Phillipe, Larfarge Plasterboard, City & Guilds. Throughout her career she has won awards for annual reviews and direct mail literature. In 1993 she participated as a juror for The Design and Advertising UK industry and has been a 1999 judge for Design Week Awards.

After leaving The Partners she developed her own client base and worked for Lewis Moberly before setting up LASH&KO and has worked for The post Office, All Saints, Sheppard Moscow, Miller Freeman, Hassans of Gibraltar, Comic Relief and Pell & Bales.

awards

The Art Directors Club 75th Annual Exhibition
1996 Merit awards for Istd Fine Papers self promotion
Anton Biscuits

D&AD Istd Pressboard
IBM
Design Council Annual Review
WH Smith Basic Stationery Packs

Second round of Design Effectiveness
NatWest Annual Report

Finalist in Design Week Awards
City & Guilds Annual Report

IBM
Winner of Design Week environmental use of paper



David Hodgson | dnh design

SIXTIES | born, raised, schooled: NE england
SEVENTIES | O levels (8 inc Maths, Art, English): A levels (Art, Maths, Physics): Foundation in Art & Design
EIGHTIES | Escape to London! Degree in Fine Art (sculpture): Rock Band: Motorcycle courier: Kids! Mortgage!
NINETIES | Macs and "proper career": full time work at Apollo magazine (fine art) left to start own magazine:
British Art Journal (ongoing) and founded dnh design.
NOUGHTIES | Established designer (in all mediums, print web, packaging advertising etc.)

clients include:
House of Lords
The Art Fund
Authentics
Joanna Simon (wine correspondent Sunday Times)
LSA international
SULA fashion

I have art-directed photoshoots, websites, books, magazines, hard-backed books, catalogues, packaging, and commercial adverts

philosophy
I have learned to trust my artistic instinct and am very quick to visually process information and understand the best way to communicate. Simplicity and Clarity are key, complicated concepts can be communicated effectively. I also am highly technically literate. I was using computers before the internet (and pdf's) and have watched these technologies mature and dominate. I can provide a one-stop service from initial concept to final delivery.