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An exhibition curated by [[Rick Poynor]] at the [[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 [[Penguin Books]] by [[Derek Birdsall]] and [[Romek Marber]], the magazines ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'' by [[Neville Brody]] and ''[[i-D]]'' by [[Terry Jones]], the memorable ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks]] – Here‘s the Sex Pistols'', the Channel4 and [[BBC]]2 TV idents by [[Martin Lambie-Nairn]], the graphic work for [[Pirelli]] by Fletcher/Forbes/Gill.
Other designers and studios included: Lucienne Roberts, [[Malcolm Garrett]], Kate Hepburn, [[Peter Saville (artist)|Peter Saville]], [[Vaughan Oliver]], [[Mark Farrow]], Tomato, Intro, 8vo, [[Richard Hollis]], [[Herbert Spencer (graphic designer)|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
== Sources ==
*''Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties'', Laurence King Publishing, 2004 ({{ISBN|978-1-85669-422-3}})
*http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=3729 (Barbican Art Gallery)
*http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?id=3729&pg=108 (Barbican Art Gallery)
*http://design.weblogsinc.com/2004/09/21/barbican-exhibit-celebrates-40-years-of-independent-british/ (DesignWebLog)
*https://web.archive.org/web/20101013121213/http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch/Htmls/Ausstellungen/Archiv/2006/communicate/communicate_d.html (Museum für Gestaltung)
*https://web.archive.org/web/20090116001749/http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-add-design-graphic-design-communicate.htm (British Council)
*http://www.eyemagazine.com/review.php?id=117&rid=555 (Eye Magazine, Issue 55)
*https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/aug/28/art (The Guardian)
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