Grade's Key People
Peter Dawson FISTD - Creative Director/Director
Graduating with a first class honours degree in Graphic Design
from Kingston University in 1992, Peter has over 18 years
experience within the design arena working for a huge range
of commercial and public service clients. Having worked as a
Designer and then Creative Director at a number of established
design companies before starting Grade. Peter has worked for
clients as diverse as 3i, Asprey, Barbican Art Gallery, Bloomsbury
Publishing, British Library, Dell Computers, Garrard, Motorola,
The NHS Confederation, Royal Mail, SONY, Thames & Hudson
and Walt Disney.
Among the awards for his work are the Gold Federal Tait
Award, D&AD, Donside, McNaughtons Review and recently
an ISTD Certificate of Excellence.
In addition to his role of co-managing Grade, designing and
directing Grade's creative output, Peter is a Fellow of, and Chair
of the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD).
An organisation with over 500 members of designers and
typographers worldwide.
He has also held part-time lecturing posts teaching typography
and design at Kingston University, Central St. Martins, London
College of Communications and Notre Dame University in Beirut,
the Lebanon.