Brief

Photographer David Partner and illustrator Andrew Davidson collaborated closely to create the images for Railtrack’s 1997/8 annual report, titled Moving Forward. Designed by Stocks Austin Sice for the second successive year, illustrations and photographs were combined for the full-colour spreads. The company is now one year into a ten-year 17bn investment plan, and SAS designer Mark Bonner was briefed to demonstrate where that money was going – into tracks, signals, bridges, tunnels and stations. The combination of the visual styles is meant to convey that transformation within the company. As with last year’s document, the annual report is covered in a specially designed poster.