Simon Johnston
Simon Johnston studied at the Basel School of Design, where his teachers included Armin Hofmann and Wolfgang Weingart. In London during the 1980s, he co-founded the influential design studio 8vo and co-edited the experimental typography journal Octavo.
Johnston's award-winning design practice, Simon Johnston Design, specializes in publications for museums and galleries, with such clients as the Whitney Museum, Gagosian Gallery, the Getty Museum, Steidl Verlag, Blum & Poe, Marian Goodman Gallery, and Yale University Press. He also runs a small publishing imprint, verbeditions.com, producing prints and multiples by himself and other artists.
Johnston retired as Professor of Typography and Design at ArtCenter College of Design in 2024, where he was named Faculty Emeritus. As founding Creative Director of HMCT in 2015, he created the Center’s visual identity and has shaped its artistic direction over the past decade.
All work designed by Simon Johnston except for 8vo studio works (1984-88) co-designed with Mark Holt and Hamish Muir, and the two ArtCenter view books designed with ArtCenter design office team Winnie Li, Eliana Dominguez, Seth Ferris, and Andrea Carrillo. All works are offset litho unless otherwise noted.
Simon Johnston
Simon Johnston studied at the Basel School of Design, where his teachers included Armin Hofmann and Wolfgang Weingart. In London during the 1980s, he co-founded the influential design studio 8vo and co-edited the experimental typography journal Octavo.
Johnston's award-winning design practice, Simon Johnston Design, specializes in publications for museums and galleries, with such clients as the Whitney Museum, Gagosian Gallery, the Getty Museum, Steidl Verlag, Blum & Poe, Marian Goodman Gallery, and Yale University Press. He also runs a small publishing imprint, verbeditions.com, producing prints and multiples by himself and other artists.
Johnston retired as Professor of Typography and Design at ArtCenter College of Design in 2024, where he was named Faculty Emeritus. As founding Creative Director of HMCT in 2015, he created the Center’s visual identity and has shaped its artistic direction over the past decade.
All work designed by Simon Johnston except for 8vo studio works (1984-88) co-designed with Mark Holt and Hamish Muir, and the two ArtCenter view books designed with ArtCenter design office team Winnie Li, Eliana Dominguez, Seth Ferris, and Andrea Carrillo. All works are offset litho unless otherwise noted.
Simon Johnston
Simon Johnston studied at the Basel School of Design, where his teachers included Armin Hofmann and Wolfgang Weingart. In London during the 1980s, he co-founded the influential design studio 8vo and co-edited the experimental typography journal Octavo.
Johnston's award-winning design practice, Simon Johnston Design, specializes in publications for museums and galleries, with such clients as the Whitney Museum, Gagosian Gallery, the Getty Museum, Steidl Verlag, Blum & Poe, Marian Goodman Gallery, and Yale University Press. He also runs a small publishing imprint, verbeditions.com, producing prints and multiples by himself and other artists.
Johnston retired as Professor of Typography and Design at ArtCenter College of Design in 2024, where he was named Faculty Emeritus. As founding Creative Director of HMCT in 2015, he created the Center’s visual identity and has shaped its artistic direction over the past decade.
All work designed by Simon Johnston except for 8vo studio works (1984-88) co-designed with Mark Holt and Hamish Muir, and the two ArtCenter view books designed with ArtCenter design office team Winnie Li, Eliana Dominguez, Seth Ferris, and Andrea Carrillo. All works are offset litho unless otherwise noted.
