Jonty Harbinson, a young emerging design talent from South Africa has been appointed as Brothers and Sisters Head of Design. His brief is to supercharge the agency's design output across all platforms, and create world class design work from the agency's Clerkenwell HQ.
“As design plays an increasingly important role in our lives, from the way we furnish our homes, to the way we use the apps on our phones, more than ever the modern creative agency needs brilliant multi-platform design talent to create work that looks beautiful and works seamlessly." Said Andy Fowler, founder and ECD of Brothers and Sisters
Jonty Harbison, Head of Design, Brothers and Sisters, said “Brothers and Sisters has a rich heritage of vibrant creative work for blue chip clients, it's an honour to be tasked with ensuring their design aesthetic continues and actively evolves in the face of major innovations and fundamentally new attitudes to design from both clients and platforms alike.”
Jonty was born and raised in Johannesburg, and graduated in 2004 at South Africa’s leading creative university The Design Center, with a graphic & multimedia degree. Afterwards he worked at a range of agencies including Y&R, HKLM and Actuate. In 2010 he launched his own mini gallery and creative studio in the heart of the city. After running NewClr for two years, he moved to Milan where he focused on art and print making. Eighteen months ago he returned to London and began at Brothers and Sisters working on numerous pitches and campaigns including Sky Sports and blu eCigarettes.