Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties

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An exhibition curated by

Barbican Art Gallery (2004) charting over 40 years of graphic design in the United Kingdom
.

The first major attempt to reflect on how the smaller independent studios and agencies marked and shaped the way we look at images in our everyday lives: from book and magazines, music covers and promotions, web design, corporate identities, politics and society and self-initiated projects.

The exhibition assembled some of the most iconic pieces produced since the early sixties. From the covers for

Never Mind the Bollocks – Here‘s the Sex Pistols, the Channel4 and BBC2 TV idents by Martin Lambie-Nairn, the graphic work for Pirelli
by Fletcher/Forbes/Gill.

Other designers and studios included: Lucienne Roberts,

Peter Saville, Vaughan Oliver, Mark Farrow, Tomato, Intro, 8vo, Richard Hollis, Herbert Spencer, Ken Garland, Margaret Calvert, Jonathan Barnbrook, Why Not Associates, Trickett & Webb, Graphic Thought Facility, Jannuzzi Smith
, Fuel, Kerr/Noble, Alan Kitching, The Designers Republic, Hi-Res, Paul Elliman, Nick Bell, Phil Baines and many others.

Exhibition venues

  • Museum für Gestaltung, Switzerland 18 Mar - 7 May 06
  • Guangzhou Museum of Art, China 29 Apr - 15 May 05
  • Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Centre, China 2–19 June 05
  • Chongqing Three Gorges Museum, China 29 Jul - 14 Aug 05
  • Millennium Monument- Beijing, China 16 Sept - 9 Oct 05
  • Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK 16 Sept 04 - 23 Jan 05

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