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Michael Johnson is creative director of the brand consultancy Johnsonbanks, UK.

Michael Johnson spent his twenties learning graphic design in locations as varied as Wolff Olins in London, Emery Vincent in Australia and Dentsu in Japan. In 1992, at the age of 28, he established his own company. Now in its 14th year of business, johnson banks has gradually established itself as one of the pre-eminent British design companies.

He has won eight ‘Pencils’ from D&AD (British Design and Art Direction) including their highest and rarest prize, a gold, 10 Design Week awards and gold and silver from the Art Directors Club of New York. 25 of his poster designs are held in permanent collection of the V&A.

He was recently selected as one of the 10 most notable British Designers by the Independent Newspaper, and in both 2003 and 2004 featured in Design Week’s ‘Hot 50’ list of the most influential figures in design.

Johnson has integrated himself into design education by teaching regularly at Central St Martins, and being the external examiner at Glasgow School of Art and Kingston University. He lectures worldwide on design theory and practice.

He spent half a decade on the executive committee of D&AD; two of which were spent planning, co-writing and co-curating the book and exhibition at the V&A of the first forty years of the organisation, called ‘Rewind’. He spent 2003 as president of the organisation, one of the youngest presidents ever.

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