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Neville Brody

Bio

Neville Brody is an English Graphic Designer, Typographer, and an art director.

Born in April 23, 1957, from Southgate, London. Brody is an alumnus of the London College of Printing, and Hornsey College of Art. Beginning his studies in the 1970s in Britain, Brody took on three years in the London College of Printing — with his naturally experimental works, received more ill criticism due to the institution’s more traditional approach and discipline to design and printing.

However, Brody gained more opportunity and more public acclaim after his work as an art director for The face magazine, where he worked from 1980 to 1993. This magazine was popular around then for its forming of trends in design in that time period — it was referred to as a “fashion bible.”

In 1994, Brody established the Neville Brody Studio, which has expanded to having Offices in major European cities such as London, Paris, Barcelona and Berlin. And as a founding member of London Typeface foundry, Fontworks (which designed around 20 typefaces, during Brody’s presence).

FUSE is a publication for experimental typography and its practices, which Brody was a major contributor for. This publication was a large user of computers and their usage as primary design tools. One of the publications to largely use this form of design around the time.

Works by Brody

For some good examples of typography creations and signage, The Brody Associates web page provides some good examples of how Brody approaches the design of some of his typefaces. As well as the second site (fontfont.com) that provides a brief biography, as well as typography design.

Brody Associates Page

(fontfont.com) Biography/Font gallery