Designer: Terry Jones

Terry Jones is a British graphic designer and art director born in 1945. He is best known as the founder and creative director of i-D magazine, launched in 1980, which became one of the most influential publications in fashion and youth culture. His approach to layout, improvisational, deliberately rough, and rooted in punk and DIY aesthetics, transformed editorial design and established a visual language that shaped a generation of designers and art directors.

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A 1,500 essay on the transformative era of graphic design from the 1970s to the 1990s. Moving beyond the constraints of modernism, designers like Wolfgang Weingart and April Greiman redefined visual communication through bold experimentation with type, colour, and early computer graphics. This essay highlights how postmodernism and New Wave design introduced complexity, individuality, and digital innovation in to graphic design.

Artefacts Featuring the Work of Terry Jones

i-D, no.21, December/January 1984

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i-D, no.21, December/January 1984

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Terry Jones
  • Year: 1984
i-D, no.35, April 1986

From the graphic design archive:

i-D, no.35, April 1986

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Terry Jones
  • Year: 1986
i-D, no.32, December/January 1986

From the graphic design archive:

i-D, no.32, December/January 1986

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Terry Jones
  • Year: 1985
i-D, no.19, October 1984

From the graphic design archive:

i-D, no.19, October 1984

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Terry Jones
  • Year: 1984
i-D, no.29, September 1985

From the graphic design archive:

i-D, no.29, September 1985

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Terry Jones
  • Year: 1985
i-D, no.26, June 1985

From the graphic design archive:

i-D, no.26, June 1985

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Terry Jones
  • Year: 1985
i-D, no.28, August 1985

From the graphic design archive:

i-D, no.28, August 1985

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Terry Jones
  • Year: 1985

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