Neville Brody

Neville Brody is perhaps the best known graphic designer of his generation. He studied graphic design at the London College of Printing and first made his way into the public eye through his record cover designs and his involvement and in the British independent music scene in early 1980s.

He rejected all commercialization of his graphic style, so his designs soon became much-imitated models for magazines, advertising and consumer-oriented graphics of the 80s. Later on he began designing his own typeface, open the way for the advent of digital type design. He embarked on a completely opposite way using minimalist, non-decorative typography. He was working for the British labels Stiff Records and Fetish Records.

He was art director of the magazine The Face where he designed various typefaces. He was postmodetnist, challenged conventions in editorial design. He incorporated hand-drawn typefaces and custom graphic symbols into his page layouts. He inspired a magazine designers by designing a distinctive typographical appearance. Later on he worked for the Apple Mackintosh.

In 1994, together with business partner Fwa Richards, launched Research studios, London. He was constantly pushed the boundaries of visual communication in all media through his experimental and challenging work, and continues to extend the visual languages we use through his exploratory creative expression. The best selling graphic design book was his first of two monographs, published in 1988.

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Neville Brody | Designer | FontShop. 2014. Neville Brody | Designer | FontShop. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/designer/neville_brody/. [Accessed 18 January 2014].

Neville Brody: Biography & Graphic Art. 2014. Neville Brody: Biography & Graphic Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://schoolworkhelper.net/neville-brody-biography-graphic-art/. [Accessed 18 January 2014].