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Meet Anthea, our Manchester Madam…

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

1. What’s your favourite colour?
Blue like the ocean

2. What’s your favourite film?
Breakfast at Tiffanys mainly for Audrey Hepburn. Love.
Up because its so sad/funny and bloody brilliant.

3. What’s your favourite sound?
Glasses clinking when you say ‘cheers’

4. What’s your favourite band/musician?
Hmm right now I’m obsessed with Julian Casablancas. Dreamboat. Amazing. Sigh.
But I’m from Manchester so my all time favourite band is Oasis.

5. Favourite word?
Cheese. I love cheese of all varieties and could probably happily live off it.

6. Least favourite word?
‘Urgent’

7. Finish this sentence - when I was little I wanted to grow up and be…
A vet cos I lived on a farm.

8. What inspired you to work at RADAR?
New challenge, new people, new clients, new routine. I loved Radar the first time I came and I had to work here.

9. What’s your background in design, i.e. education, etc?
I have a BA(hons) in Design & Art Direction from Manchester Met University.  Prior to that I was at Art College drawing and painting for two years – the best two years ever.

10. What do you love about design?
Freedom to express yourself with colour and text, I love typography and could type set all day, which is probably a good thing. I also think that working in design allows you to meet the best people and your always being inspired without even realising.

11. Who is your favourite designer?
David Carson – for his totally mega awesome typography work on Ray Gun magazine.
Peter Saville – Factory Records Manchester designer. He made the visuals of Manchester’s music history iconic and Blue Monday by New Order is my favourite track of all time. Legend.

12. Most memorable design exhibition/collection?
I just went and saw Da Vinci in the States which was good.
Most memorable was probably the Sensations Exhibition in London maybe 1998 when Damien Hirst’s sliced up cow in formaldehyde was on display. Yuck but fascinating.

13. What do you like about working at RADAR?
I’ve been here 4 days but I already feel at home and that definitely has to be down to friendly, lovely people. Cheers guys.

14. What’s your favourite RADAR campaign/job
Ask me in a month

15. If you weren’t in advertising, what would you do
Be a full time traveller photographing and painting the world.

16. Finish this sentence -  the best career advice I ever received is…
Don’t be afraid to dream….

17. What career/job would you never do?
I watched the film Food Inc recently, gross, I could never work in a meat factory.

18. Who is the funkiest dresser at RADAR
All the ladies dress funky, I’ve been fashion inspired already.

19. Finish this sentence - the best place to go for lunch/coffee/drinks in Surry Hills is…
Phamish – but its in Darlinghurst, so maybe Shakespeare for $10 meals. I pretty much love cheap pub grub.

20. Finish this sentence - RADAR is…
…..a new pretty awesome way of life for me!