About me

Award-Winning Scottish Graphic Designer and Art Director based in Oxford. Graduate and double-winner at D&AD Shift 2019 ✏️. Known for bringing a diverse range of skills and innovation to each project whether it’s a multi-award winning idea for Starbucks ☕️, filming and designing a Music video for The 1975 🎬, Art Directing the world’s first robot Artist 🦾, or exhibiting an experimental typeface at the Design Museum 🏛 If you have a project, opportunity or just fancy writing an email send it to > cj@christianjohnstone.com

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Projects

• 13

  Ai-Da Robot Design Museum CatalogueCatalogue to coincide with Ai-Da's Exhibition at the Design Museum, London.
• 2

  Secret 7" 2020, Foo Fighters 'This is a call' — Album ArtExhibited as part of the Secret 7" Exhibition 2020.
• 4

  Vogue (Condé Nast) — Social Motion DesignArt direction and design for Vogues social channels
• 1

  Ai-Da Robot 'Unsecured Futures' — Exhibition GraphicsExhibition graphics for Ai-Da Robot's inaugural exhibition 'Unsecured Futures'
• 3

  Impossible Shape Stickers — IllustrationAgency: Creature, London
• 1

  The 1975 x Ai-Da Robot — Music Video 'Yeah I Know'Client: The 1975 x Ai-Da Robot Design & Filming: Christian Johnstone Edited: Cut & Run Curation: Ben Ditto Producer: Leighanne Murray

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Projects credited in

• 30

  Formula E x D&Ad Shift
• 4

  Every Name's A Story #whatsyournameWinner of the Channel 4 Diversity in Advertising Award Directed by Nicolas Jack Davies Produced by Hannah Cooper Created by Eli Vasiliou, Richard Peretti, Giulia Frassine, Anny Heyden and Matt Gray Creative Directed by Grant Hunter By Iris Worldwide for Starbucks
• 22

  Beats x D&Ad Shift

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Work history

Graphic DesignerBurberry
Jun 2022London, United KingdomFull Time
DesignerChristian Johnstone Studio
Oct 2019Oxford, United KingdomFreelance
My freelance design practise. Current clients are Vogue, Royal Opera House and Ai-Da Robot.

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Skills

• Design Direction
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Strategy
• Marketing
• Photography
• Illustration
• Graphic Design
• Branding Design
• Typography

Education

New Blood ShiftD&AD
Sep 2018London, United Kingdom