Editor: Xavier Calvo
Publisher: Ajuntament de Barcelona
Publication: 2002, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Pages: 132
Size: 190 x 240
Text: Catalan, Spanish, English
Design: The Designers Republic
Established in Sheffield in 1986 by Ian Anderson, The Designers Republic has grown from a cult design group into an internationally influential phenomenon. Famous for its subversive power and unique sense of humour, their work is one of the most distinctive bodies of graphic design on the global scene. Brain-aided Design[trademark] is the long-anticipated first compilation of their work past, present and future. The ultimate Designers Republic book, it spans early music industry graphics including sleeves and identity design for the Sheffield label Warp, through work for a diverse range of clients such as MTV, Adidas, Sony, JVC, Polygram and Swatch. In 1994 Emigre magazine devoted a whole issue to The Designers Republic which has now become a collector's item.
Brain Aided Design was a major TDR retrospective show at La Capella de l’Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu Gallery organized by SONAR / Xavier Calvo, curated by TDR’s founder Ian Anderson and funded by Barcelona’s Junta de Govern de l’Institut de Cultura de Barcelona. This is the 136pp catalogue of the show which, at the time, was the most comprehensive published collection of TDR’s work to date, featuring scaled versions of the 2x1m vertical banners of remixed personal and commercial work which typified TDR shows up to and around the millennium. It also includes work exclusive to the show as well as the TDR Tokyoscape in full.