design & designer 036 Johnson Banks >>> £15

published by Pyramyd Editions

Michael Johnson, the mischief-maker of British design, is an artist acknowledged not just for his work for johnson banks, the agency he founded in 1985, but also for his involvement in bodies promoting British design.

A Brit and proud of it, Johnson likes to play on the national sense of humour. In his commissions for a variety of government-related enterprises, such as the British Council and Royal Mail, in spite of the constraints imposed by his clients, the sharp wit and the cheek of his executions is unsubdued. He plays on words, and on associations of ideas and expressions, while treading within the bounds of British propriety. Michael Johnson is gradually extending his graphic reach – turning his hand to websites, visual identities and even stamps. He also works for the UK’s Yellow Pages, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and, in France, for the Parc de la Villette in Paris, for which he has refreshed the logo and also creates posters and cinema advertising.

preface by Alan Fletcher


description:
'design&designer 036 – Johnson Banks', bi-lingual [english AND french], published in 2005 by Pyramyd Editions, Paris, 120 pages, colour throughout, 15 x 16cm, paperback with flaps, ISBN: 2-35017-004-7.

Comes with assorted Stereohype postcards.