consultancy founded london 1992 1992 founder michael johnson headquarters london uk website http www.johnsonbanks.co.uk johnson banks is a design consultancy based in london . founded in 1992 the company specialises in brand consultancy and visual identity systems focusing on work for the not for profit education cultural and blue chip sectors . 1 contents 1 history and ethos 2 work 2.1 notable branding projects 2.2 other work 3 awards and recognition 4 references 5 external links history and ethos edit johnson banks was founded in london in 1992 by michael johnson . initially johnson banks focused on both print and identity work but since the mid 2000s has specialised in identity and branding projects . undertaking both the strategic stage and creative stage of branding projects johnson banks is unusual in doing large projects with only a small team . 2 3 work edit notable work by johnson banks includes the rebrand of the charities shelter 4 and christian aid 5 and the 2010 re brand of london s science museum . 6 as well as branding the company has also conducted several experimental typography projects including creating a bilingual typeface based on japanese katakana 7 a pictogrammic symbol set 8 based on mandarin characters and in january 2012 in collaboration with ravensbourne college they created arkitypo a typographic alphabet using 3d prototyping techniques . 9 notable branding projects edit bfi british film institute london 2006 10 christian aid uk 2005 5 more th n 2001 2 parc la villette france 1999 2006 11 science museum london 2010 6 shelter uk 2004 4 think london 2004 12 virgin atlantic 2010 13 other work edit fruit and veg uk 2003 and beatles stamps for the royal mail uk 2006 14 world questions king s answers for king s college london uk 2010 12 15 awards and recognition edit johnson banks has won a number of awards including seven d & ad yellow pencils 16 one d & ad black pencil 17 13 design week awards 16 four art directors club of new york cubes and six distinctive merits . references edit profile of michael johnson in design week magazine a b interview with johnson in computer arts magazine article about michael johnson on design is history a b article about the shelter rebrand in design week magazine a b article about the christian aid rebrand in design week magazine a b article about the science museum rebrand in creative review magazine article about phonetikana johnson banks bilingual typeface on design boom mandagram chinese pictogrammes on johnson banks website article about arkitypo in wired magazine uk article about the bfi rebrand in design week magazine profile of michael johnson in design week magazine article about the think london identity on logo design love article about the virgin atlantic rebrand in design week magazine interview with michael johnson about stamps on the aiga website feature on the king s campaign a b debrett s people of today entry on michael johnson page about the black pencil award winning project fruit & veg stamps external links edit johnson banks official website thought for the week official johnson banks blog arkitypo on design boom retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title johnson banks & oldid 694335689 categories branding companiescompanies established in 1992companies based in londongraphic designcommunication designgraphic design studios navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 december 2015 at 16 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view