Background
Stephen John Gibbons was born on 8 October 1956.
Stephen John Gibbons was born on 8 October 1956.
He was educated at Bedford Modern School and trained at the Royal College of Art where he graduated Master of Arts in 1982.
Dew Gibbons was itself voted United Kingdom Design & Branding Consultancy of the Year in 2014 by The Drum with a focus on health and beauty brands. Gibbons has been the recipient of two silver Doctorate&AD Awards for environmental graphics and signing schemes, and various other awards including the Chartered Society of Designers Awards, XYZ Magazine Awards, Communication Awards in the Building Industry, Donside Graphic Design and Print Awards and Doctor of Business Administration Design Effectiveness Awards. His work has also been selected for various international awards including the Art Directors Club of New York, Personal Digital Cellular Gold Awards United States of America, Creativity United States of America, Communication Arts United States of America, Graphis Switzerland, International Poster Biennale, Poland.
He lectures at various United Kingdom universities, is a regular contributor at conferences on graphic design and is an external moderator for the Bachelor in Graphic Design at Kingston University.
Gibbons has been an occasional design juror for the Doctorate&AD Awards and was a member of its executive committee until 1998.