▁New sp aper ▁named ▁him ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁UK ' s ▁top ▁ 5 0 ▁design ers . ▁D & AD ▁named ▁his ▁as ▁the ▁sevent h ▁most ▁awarded ▁designer ▁in ▁its ▁history ▁in ▁its ▁fifty - year ▁celebr ations ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁The ▁second ▁edition ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁book ▁Problem ▁Sol ved ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁aut umn ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁Guardian ▁has ▁described ▁Johnson ▁as ▁‘ B right , ▁fl uent , ▁rel ent lessly ▁art ic ulate ’ , ▁Design ▁Week ▁said ▁‘ John son ▁has ▁a ▁kn ack ▁of ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁dist il ▁the ▁complex , ▁diff use ▁or ▁work ad ay ▁down ▁into ▁simple , ▁intellig ent , ▁w itt y ▁messages ’ . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁n inet ies , ▁The ▁Sunday ▁Times ▁described ▁Johnson ▁as ▁‘ The ▁Government ’ s ▁favour ite ▁designer ’ . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁been ▁named ▁‘ One ▁of ▁Europe ’ s ▁fin est ▁graph ic ▁design ers ’ ▁ ▁Awards ▁and ▁recognition ▁ ▁D & AD ▁Awards ▁ ▁President ' s ▁Award ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁ 7 ▁D & AD ▁Silver ▁awards ▁( ‘ yellow ▁p enc ils ’ ; ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 4 ) ▁ 1 ▁D & AD ▁Gold ▁award