Gillies MacKenzie was born in Argyll, Scotland. After studying graphic designing at Portsmouth College of Art, he moved to Berlin until changing careers to become an advertising copywriter and livi...view moreGillies MacKenzie was born in Argyll, Scotland. After studying graphic designing at Portsmouth College of Art, he moved to Berlin until changing careers to become an advertising copywriter and living first in Düsseldorf, where he worked on accounts for Volkswagen and P&G, then later to Hamburg to work on various Siemens accounts. Today he lives in Copenhagen and still works as a copywriter in Germany.view less