Jonathan Barnbrook retrospective

Since 1990, Barnbrook Design has produced a wide range of innovative graphic work, under the direction of Central St Martins graduate, Jonathan Barnbrook. The studio is notable for its belief in the ability of graphic design to facilitate social change. From print design to corporate identity, magazine work to typeface, industrial design to CD covers, Barnbrook’s output is prolific and always deeply thought-provoking.

As well as collaborations with Damien Hirst and David Bowie, Barnbrook is a regular contributor to the Canadian anti-corporate magazine, ‘Adbusters’, and has shown self-initiated, often daring, political exhibitions in Tokyo and Seoul.

We caught-up with Jonathan ahead of his latest project, ‘Friendly Fire’, a retrospective of his work to date, being shown at London’s Design Museum, to ask him a few home truths about his working life, hear his thoughts on graphic design as a social and political tool, and take a look behind the scenes of his exhibition.

To read our exclusive interview with Jonathan Barnbrook, click here.

Click on the image below to go behind the scenes at the museum.

21 June 2007 | Art