Malcolm Garrett is Creative Director of Images&Co, a communications design consultancy based in London, UK. He is Ambassador for Manchester School of Art and co-founder of the annual Design Manchester festival. He is noted for his collaborative approach to design and his commitment to design education. Malcolm is widely regarded as a key influence on the development of contemporary British graphic design. As a punk at art school in Manchester in 1977 he founded the innovative graphic design group Assorted iMaGes, and subsequently created landmark designs for Buzzcocks, Duran Duran, Boy George, Simple Minds and Peter Gabriel.