D&AD President’s Lecture

Left to right: Domenic Lippa, Lorenzo Apicella, Justus Oehler, DJ Stout, Daniel Weil, Michael Bierut, William Russell, Lisa Strausfeld, Abbott Miller and Alan Livingston.

A sell-out crowd of 1,200 people filled London’s Old Billingsgate Market on Tuesday night to hear Lorenzo Apicella, Michael Bierut, Domenic Lippa, Abbott Miller, Justus Oehler, William Russell, Lisa Strausfeld, DJ Stout and Daniel Weil share their opinions on the culture of Pentagram in an insightful discussion.

The London audience was joined by students from the Berlin School for Creative Leadership, who viewed the talk in Germany via live video-link.

Professor Alan Livingston CBE, led the discussion on different aspects of the firm’s organization for over ninety minutes before opening the floor to questions from the audience.

Partners on stage during the final preparations.

DJ Stout signing the poster for the event, designed by Harry Pearce.

DJ Stout, Daniel Weil, Alan Livingston, Michael Bierut and William Russell.

The conference hall at the Old Billingsgate Market was filled by 1,200 people.

Two large screens flanked the stage to allow everyone a view of the action.

A question-and-answer session followed the main discussion.

Pentagram partners and their guests relaxing after the talk.

Illustration of the talk by Gwen Yip. To see more of Gwen’s drawings from the night, click here.