Designers - Friday

Neville Brody

Early in his life, professors didn’t approve of Brody’s style because it reflected the rebellion of the punk movement too much. Upon graduation, he found his niche in the music industry working for several labels designing CD covers, posters, etc. He quickly moved up in the world and became the art director of Face magazine after just two years. His work there made him finally be recognized as an influential designer. He also started Fuse magazine with several other designers, and in 1988 the world’s best selling graphic design book was published, a book all about Brody as a designer. His work uses a lot of contrasting colors that pop off each other, as well as playful, inventive use of typography.

  

Art Chantry

Chantry was influenced by his grungy childhood in southern Washington, growing up poor with his mother after they left his abusive father. He was also influenced growing up in the 1960s by rock and roll, psychedelic spirit and punk. He avoided technology and instead he uses a lot of found imagery, altering it and incorporating it into his designs. He liked to manipulate materials by hand, and used many various typefaces and even their woodblock forms.

  

Storm Thorgerson

Storm uses a lot of layered imagery and creative photography, and his most well-known projects are CD covers from the 60s and on. He worked a lot for Pink Floyd and his Dark Side of the Moon cover is a famous piece. Many of his designs featured a large, central object with a smaller object next to it to create tension and questioning.