A Lawyers2you illustration by Phil Wrigglesworth distributed at the Birmingham Gay Pride festival last May was chosen as an example of Best of British illustration last week.
Every year, the Association of Illustrators award prizes for the year’s ‘Best of British’ Illustrations. A panel of eminent industry professionals forms the jury to decide on the best illustrations designed in the previous last months across a range of sectors.
This year, the Gay Pride illustration produced for Lawyers2you was chosen to be amongst the best work commissioned for the advertising section of the competition. The illustration will now be published in an Annual, which will be sent out to thousands of regular commissioners of illustration and form part of an exhibition held at the London College of Visual Communication.
The illustration formed the centrepiece of a Lawyers2you stand at the Birmingham Gay Pride festival that 10 lawyers took to the vibrant festival last summer. The award marks the culmination of over 3 years of work between Phil and Blakemores/ Lawyers2you. During this time, Phil has worked alongside our lawyers to get a feel for the firm and the services offered producing a series of drawings to depict what we do and the way that we do it, as well as regularly illustrating for such publications such as The Guardian, The Times and Radio Times amongst others.
Lawyers2you Chief Executive Guy Barnett commented:
“It was key to our National Consumer strategy to use illustration in the marketing of our legal services portfolio. Lawyers2you is all about interacting with a wide range on diverse communities, in order to give them access to justice. The illustration Phil devised to launch our Gay Pride Campaign was both fun and contemporary. I am proud on behalf of Lawyers2you to be associated with Birmingham Gay Pride but also Phil’s artistic work”
Illustrator Phil Wrigglesworth said:
“Lawyers 2 You commissioned me to create a unique visual identity for their brand around a year ago and during that time we have worked closely on the ideas and the aesthetic, producing a wonderful array of illustrations on a wide variety of topics and issues. I could have entered any one of the illustrations into the Best of British Illustration competition, but chose the Gay Pride illustration because it encapsulates the innovative nature of Lawyers2you, you don’t tend to see many law firms at Gay Pride! I look forward to continuing to develop and work with Lawyers2You – I’m always amazed by their openness to ideas, which makes my job a lot more enjoyable”
