After a decade in publishing, Mike Dempsey formed the highly successful design consultancy Carroll, Dempsey & Thirkell (CDT) in 1979, which he ran for twenty-seven years. In 2007, he left to set up Studio Dempsey. Mike’s awards include the New York Art Director’s Club Silver Cube, the CSD Minerva Award, ten D&AD Silvers, the coveted Gold award; and in 2012 he received a special D&AD, Black Pencil for one of the most awarded designers in their fifty-year history. He is a member of Alliance Graphic International, a past President of D&AD, a Past Master of The Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry, and in 1994 he was made a Royal Designer for Industry. He lives and works in London and Dorset.
In this 60th edition of RDInsights, Tom Lloyd RDI takes over the reins to interview Mike Dempsey RDI about his life and work, his love of music, cinema, book cover design, dyslexia, along with his unconventional entrée into the world of graphic design.
59 mins
Listen
Pause
'Blackeyes' film poster. Granada Films
1984
1984
English National Opera poster
1992
1992
'Visual Triggers' series. Studio Dempsey
2014
2014