Michael Johnson (graphic designer) explained

Michael Johnson
Birth Place:Derby, England, UK
Occupation:Graphic designer
Nationality:British

Michael Johnson (born 1964, Derby) is a British designer and brand consultant. In 1992 he founded the design studio Johnson Banks in London, UK. Johnson received the Design and Art Direction (D&AD) black pencil award for his fruit and veg stamp designs and the organisation's President's award in 2017. Johnson has published three books and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) have nineteen of his designs in their permanent collection.

Career

After graduating Michael worked as a designer and consultant for Wolff Olins, Sedley Place, and Dentsu, Tokyo.[1]

In 1992 he set up Johnson Banks and went on to advise and create brands for clients including Virgin Atlantic, Science Museum (UK), Shelter (UK), The Guggenheim Foundation (New York, USA), Sendai Space Observatory (Japan) and Pew Center for Arts and Culture (Philadelphia, USA). Johnson has designed posters and stamps such as The Beatles for Royal Mail in 2006.[2]

In addition Johnson writes for many design journals, judges design competitions and lectures worldwide as far afield as Toronto, Tokyo, Berlin and Goa on branding, identity issues and design history. He has won some design industry awards. Specifically, eight D&AD ‘pencils’, and he presided over the organisation in 2003. Johnson has nineteen designs in the V&A's permanent collection.[3] D&AD named his as the seventh most awarded designer in its history in its fifty-year celebrations in 2012.[4] The second edition of his first book Problem Solved[5] was published in autumn 2012.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Johnson designed 1993's Fruit and Vegetable stamps and The Beatles album cover stamps.[10]

Awards and recognition

D&AD Awards

Art Directors Club of New York Awards

Four Art Directors Club of New York ‘cubes’ and six distinctive merits:

Other Awards

Exhibitions

Bibliography

As author

As contributor

Solo monographs

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: michael johnson (johnson banks) interview. 2013-03-13. 2021-01-18. Designboom. Butler. Andy. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111140431/https://www.designboom.com/design/michael-johnson-johnson-banks-interview/. 2021-01-11. live.
  2. Web site: Postage stamps: Miniature artwork with mass appeal. 2007-02-18. 2021-01-18. The New York Times. Rawsthorn. Alice. https://web.archive.org/web/20191215234714/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/style/18iht-design19.html?pagewanted=all. 2019-12-15. live.
  3. Web site: Michael Johnson search results. 2021-01-18. 2021-01-18. Victoria and Albert Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20210118191428/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?limit=15&q=Michael+Johnson&commit=Search&collection%5B0%5D=THES48595&narrow=1&offset=0&slug=0. 2021-01-18.
  4. http://www.dandad.org/dandad/latest/news/most-awarded-designer D&AD's Seventh Most Awarded designer in D&AD's history
  5. Web site: Problem Solved: A Primer in Design and Communication (review). 2005-08-04. 2021-01-19. Project MUSE. Behrens. Roy R.
  6. Web site: Problem Solved Second Edition About. 2021-01-19. Phaidon. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021153708/https://www.phaidon.com/store/design/problem-solved-2nd-edition-9780714864730/. 2020-10-21. live.
  7. Web site: CLOSE-UP: NEWSMAKER/MICHAEL JOHNSON - New D&AD president may be a mystery to adland. 2002-09-06. 2021-01-19. Campaign. Watts. Jenny. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119182224/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/close-up-newsmaker-michael-johnson-new-d-ampad-president-may-mystery-adland/157365. 2021-01-19. live.
  8. Web site: Living it small. 1999-03-05. 2021-01-19. Design Week. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119184143/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/4-march-1999/living-it-small/. 2021-01-19. live.
  9. Book: Zappaterra, Yolanda. Typography: Real-world typographic projects - from brief to finished solution. Rotovision SA. 1999. 2-88046-469-2. Switzerland. 116. Satta King.
  10. Web site: The top 50. 2007-09-01. 2021-01-18. The Guardian. https://web.archive.org/web/20201102211720/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/sep/01/design. 2020-11-02. live.
  11. Web site: D&AD Awards 2017: the design winners. 2017-04-28. 2021-01-19. Design Week. McLaughlin. Aimee. https://web.archive.org/web/20201126161239/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/24-30-april-2017/dad-awards-2017-design-winners/. 2020-11-26. live.
  12. http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/22725/Michael+JOHNSON.aspx Debrett's People of Today entry on Michael Johnson
  13. Web site: The Beatles Rock on Philatelically. 2008-09-27. 2021-01-20. Robert L Peters. Peters. Robert L. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021193812/http://robertlpeters.com/news/the-beatles-rock-on-philatelically/. 2020-10-21. live.
  14. Miller, Anistatia.R (1993). The 72nd Art Directors Annual, p.417. RotoVision, SA. .
  15. http://www.adcglobal.org/downloads/mini-sites/83winners/design.swf Fruit & Veg stamps on the New York Art Director's Club website
  16. http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/search/?year=&id=2171 Glenfiddich Barrel Art on the New York Art Director's Club website
  17. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?listing_type=&offset=0&limit=15&narrow=&extrasearch=&q=johnson+banks&commit=Search&quality=0&objectnamesearch=&placesearch=&after=&after-adbc=AD&before=&before-adbc=AD&namesearch=&materialsearch=&mnsearch=&locationsearch= Johnson Banks's works held by the V&A
  18. http://www.designweek.co.uk/hot-50-michael-johnson/3023149.article Michael Johnson listed in the Design Week Hot 50 in 2011
  19. Web site: Michael Johnson "Words & Pictures" Creation Gallery G8. 2021-01-20. Tokyo Art Beat. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235044/http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2004/85A1. 2016-03-03. live.
  20. http://www.arup.com/News/Events_and_exhibitions/Penguin_Pool.aspx Past event listing on Arup website

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