GBH (Gregory Bonner Hale) is a London-based

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and

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agency founded in 1999 by Jason Gregory, Mark Bonner and Peter Hale. The studio's proposition is that it 'is not Design, it is not Digital and it is not Campaign, but it works in the space between these disciplines, fusing crafts in order to make work that cuts through'.

Publishing

GBH published its first major book
'Charm, Belligerence & Perversity: The Incomplete works of GBH'
in 2017 with Black Dog Publishing. The book attempts to convey what it takes to run a creative studio to young creatives and showcases the studio's 20-year output.

Awards

In 2011, GBH was ranked No. 1 Design Agency worldwide according to the now defunct 'Pencil Rankings', a collaboration between Design & Advertising Award and Education charity, D&AD an
The One Show
In New York. In 2012, GBH was ranked 2nd in the UK Top 50 Creative Survey, an annual industry ranking based on three schemes: D&AD awards,

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awards and the Creative Review annual.

Clients

GBH creates work in

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, print,

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, digital, retail, environment, advertising and online. It has worked with brands such as Apple, America's Cup Event Authority, BMW, Puma, Flos, Eurostar, Hummel, Mama Shelter, Mob Hotel, Miss Ko, Yotel,

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, Samuels & Associates and Virgin Galactic. The agency frequently collaborates with French designer

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, including a 2005 project with

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for the

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company brand identity. GBH's work with

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's brand identity encompasses more than 550 projects since 2003 and has helped the agency to win a D&AD Yellow Pencil in 2004 and three more Yellow Pencils in 2011, as well as a 2012 Design Week award.

D&AD

GBH Founder and co-Creative Director, Mark Bonner was D&AD's 52nd President in 2015.

References

External links

GBH website
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Live From GBH
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