Forget the rules. Celebrate the mutable, the modular and the mashed-up

TYPO Berlin 2011 Shift | Friday, 21 October | 12:00 pm | english

There are too many rules in graphic design. What happens if you start asking »what if« more often? Michael Johnson from London-based johnson banks explains his design world of identity, design and typography, a world where the best results come allowing mash-ups and mutations, a world that allows for happy accidents and solutions that fall way outside the textbook solutions. With examples drawn from design projects in the UK, USA, China and Japan.

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson

‎Creative Director, Principal / johnson banks (London)

Johnson Banks defines then design brands that want to make a difference: tackle hunger; fight for an open internet; raise billions for education; bring culture and enlightenment to the world; shift paradigms and change lives. Johnson’s clients include Cambridge University, Action Against Hunger and Mozilla. His new book, “Branding: In…

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