DesignerSpotlight! Neville Brody The Punk Rock Effect in Typography

THE PUNK ROCK IFFECT Highly criticized, yet widely acclaimed. Neville Brody is famous for his eccentricity and relentless experimentation with design ideas. THE MAN Birth: • 23 April, 1957 • Southgate, London, UK Profession: • Graphic Designer · Typographer • Art Director Royal College of Art Head of the Communication Art & Design F < THE STUDENT • Minchenden Grammar School A' level Art · Hornsley College of Art Fine Art foundation course DECADES IGN. • London College of Printing B.A. in Graphics THE FREETHINKER • Influenced by late 70's punk rock • Queen's sideways head postage stamp Nearly chucked out of London College • First year thesis was unusual for its time A comparison between Dadaism and Pop-art IO "An electrician isn't an opinion former, but a graphic designer is. My argument is that all graphic designers hold high levels of responsibility in society. We take invisible ideas and make them tangible. That's our job." gshder BITT UNRAVEL PIORIATIC TALL THE member of FontShop in London TYPOGRAPHER Magazine Graphic Design • Typeface UMBLING • Co-founder of the FontFont typeface Ashy • Famous typefaces include: · Arcadia • Industria • Times Modern • New Deal THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND ART DIRECTOR • The Face magazine 777 BON • The Arena magazine • Notable Single and Album Covers: • The Bongos • Cabaret Voltaire • Zuice • Level 42 • Clock DVA • Kurtis Blow Founder of Research Studios Now known as Brody Associates Expanded to: • New York • Paris • Berlin • Barcelona BBC websites 'global visual language' Collaboration with Masha Ma Get It Louder art biennale in Beijing Design for Tribeca Issey Miyake (NY) with Frank Gehry THE HUMAN DYNAMO • Thames & Hudson published his work in two volumes THE GRAPHIC LANGUAGE OF NEVILLE BRODY The Graphic Language of Neville Brody' • Best-selling graphic design book in the world · Exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum • Prince Philip Designers Prize (2010) WITH 474 ILLUSTHATIONS. L01 • D&AD President's Award 2011 "People think that digital language is a fixed language, but it's not it's very fluid. It's like l'm doing a painting where the paint refuses to dry." thJnkdesign SPIN N ING DESIG N IDE AS @LOGODESIGNGURU 6. /+LOGODESIGNGURUCORP f /LOGODESIGNGURU in /COMPANY/LOGODESIGNGURU uno quiew