Graphic Thought Facility
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Graphic Thought Facility (also known as GTF) is a London
-based graphic design
agency.
The studio was founded in 1990 by Royal College of Art
graduates Paul Neale, Nigel Robinson and Andy Stevens. Nigel left the practice in 1993 to pursue a solo career and was later replaced by Huw Morgan.
Since its inception, the company has produced work for a range of clients such as the stores Habitat, the Science Museum, the Tate
, the One the Little Indian Records and the influential art magazine Frieze. Their designs is to be noted for a very intelligent and innovative use of material and production processes.
Graphic Thought Facility has been shown in numerous exhibition including GTF: 50 Projects (DDD, Osaka
, 2006), The/Le Garage (with Paul Elliman, 15 éme Festival International de l’affiche et des arts graphiques, Chaumont
, 2004) and Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties
(Barbican Art Gallery, London
2004).
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
-based graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
agency.
The studio was founded in 1990 by Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
graduates Paul Neale, Nigel Robinson and Andy Stevens. Nigel left the practice in 1993 to pursue a solo career and was later replaced by Huw Morgan.
Since its inception, the company has produced work for a range of clients such as the stores Habitat, the Science Museum, the Tate
Tate
-Places:*Tate, Georgia, a town in the United States*Tate County, Mississippi, a county in the United States*Táté, the Hungarian name for Totoi village, Sântimbru Commune, Alba County, Romania*Tate, Filipino word for States...
, the One the Little Indian Records and the influential art magazine Frieze. Their designs is to be noted for a very intelligent and innovative use of material and production processes.
Graphic Thought Facility has been shown in numerous exhibition including GTF: 50 Projects (DDD, Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, 2006), The/Le Garage (with Paul Elliman, 15 éme Festival International de l’affiche et des arts graphiques, Chaumont
Chaumont
-France:* Chaumont-Porcien, in the Ardennes département* Chaumont, Cher, in the Cher département* Chaumont-le-Bois, in the Côte-d'Or département* Arrondissement of Chaumont, in the Haute-Marne département...
, 2004) and Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties
Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties
An exhibition curated by Rick Poynor at the Barbican Art Gallery 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...
(Barbican Art Gallery, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2004).