In 1988 I won a design competition.

I had designed a logo, pictured, for an
inter-school writing challenge. I won!

My prize was this T-shirt (pictured) with the logo on it. From that moment onwards, I wanted to win every logo competition and design logos every day of my life. So sweet.

I was 14 and knew, with absolute clarity, that I wanted to be a graphic designer.

I hand-drew the logo, and it would have been recreated by a graphic designer. Remember, this was pre-computers. So, this would have been set, using Letraset and hand drawn by the designer. It would have then been photographed on a PMT camera and the artwork would have been cleaned up with a scalpel and possibly re-photographed before it was made into film to print from.

Not a quick process.

Here is the letter confirming my win…