Patrick Gardner

Patrick Gardner’s career has been anything but typical.   Prior to his entry to digital media, he was part of the White House staff and writing speeches and essays for the then US Vice President.

He went on to manage marketing projects in the US, Indonesia, Mexico, China, Russia and Sweden before moving into digital media in 1996 and co-founding Houdini Digital Creations in 1999 and Perfect Fools in 2002.

Perfect Fools has been listed by Creativity as one of one of the world's top interactive production companies and foolish campaigns have earned a broad array of awards and honours, including a Cannes Grand Prix.

Gardner has delivered award-winning online experiences for international brands such as BBC, Coca-Cola, Ericsson, Electrolux, Hyundai, Kraft Foods, Samsung and many more, served in a number of leading awards juries, and published articles in a variety of magazines including Computer Arts Special, Cre@teOnline and CAP & Design.