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Most design company biographies make dull reading. Why? Because everyone repeats the same things over and over again. And uses the same threadbare language over and over again. So, reading any further is optional.
Intro is a design company that makes television commercials, designs and builds websites, creates printed communication campaigns and occasionally does all three at once for the same client. It's called being 'cross-media'.
Best known for its music industry work, the company has now squirmed its tentacles into the arts, finance, telecommunications and numerous other sectors. Clients include: The Art Fund, BBC, Channel 4, Deutsche Bank, Eyestorm, Gulf Air and Sony. Among the many music industry clients are Mute, Blood & Fire, Howie B, Primal Scream and Warp.
Intro has won a few awards, appeared on television and radio, written and designed three books, given some lectures and stayed solvent for 13 years.

Adrian Shaughnessy is creative director of Intro. He is the author of the two highly successful surveys of contemporary music graphics--Sampler: Contemporary Music Graphics and Sampler 2: Art, Pop and Contemporary Music Graphics. He is also a regular contributor to Creative Review, Design Week and The Wire. He lives in London, England.