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Years active
  
1966–present

Spouse(s)
  
Vik Haydn Taylor

Name
  
Perry Taylor



Born
  
July 26, 1966 (age 57) (
1966-07-26
)

Occupation
  
Creative director, designer and entrepreneur

Children
  
3 Daughters: Helvetica Haydn Taylor, Perpetua Haydn Taylor, Clarendon Haydn Taylor

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Perry Haydn Taylor (born 1966) is an English creative director, designer and entrepreneur, who lives in Somerset and works in London. He is the founder and creative director of Big Fish Design, a brand, design and marketing consultancy.

Contents

Building A Brand Without Advertising


Career

Haydn Taylor founded Big Fish Design in 1994, and its clients have included Yeo Valley Organic, Dorset Cereals, Sipsmith, Harrods, the BBC and Coca-Cola.

Haydn Taylor co-owns Chesil Smokery and T.G Green and is consultant Creative Director for both Gü and Boden (clothing). He is also a shareholder and advisor for Boden (clothing). He has invested in and helped to start Biscuiteers, Cornishware, Katherine Hooker, Tom&Co, Chesil Smokery, Alma de Cuba, Grub Pies, Posh Paraphernalia, Mr. Bunbury, Swamis and The Groovy Love Foundation. He has helped to launch Richard E Grant's perfume JACK.

He was part of the startup team for sofa.com, branding and designing the website at Big Fish. He cites it as "the most challenging and most successful digital project I've ever worked on".

Between 1998 and 2003 Lauren Child worked for Big Fish, whilst creating her early works, and includes Taylor in the dedications of her books.

He has three daughters, each named after a different typeface: Perpetua, Helvetica and Clarendon.

Awards and recognition

  • Gold Design Effectiveness Award- Dorset Cereals
  • Natural & Organic Award- Best New Packaging
  • Dieline Award- branding and packaging Steve's Leaves
  • Pentawards- clipper tea
  • Design Week Award- Gü
  • Design Week commendation- Dorset Cereals
  • Three of his brands have appeared in Sunday Times Fast Track 100.

    In 2009, Haydn Taylor was a member of the jury for the D&AD design awards.

    References

    Perry Haydn Taylor Wikipedia