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Hudson published the first of two volumes about his work, which became the world's best selling
graphic design book. Combined sales now exceed 120,000. An accompanying exhibition of his work
at the Victoria and Albert Museum attracted over 40,000 visitors before touring Europe and Japan.
Amongst countless other projects, in 1989, upon request by the then-director Gerhard Coenen, to
Neville Brody, the young Swiss graphic artist and typeface designer Cornel Windlin, then working at
the then called "Neville Brody Studio" designed the Corporate Identity for the Haus der Kulturen der
Welt (House of World Cultures) in Berlin, Germany. Subsequently, Brody, Windlin, and staff Simon
Staines, Giles Dunn and others visited Berlin more than once on projects; resulting in several
collaborations with Berlin-based graphic artist and typeface-designer Kolja Gruber and artist Nina
Fischer for the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in the following years.
1994-Present
Neville Brody still also continues to work as a graphic designer and together with business partner
Fwa Richards launched his own design practice, Research Studios, in London in 1994. Since then
studios have been opened in Paris, Berlin and Barcelona. The company is best known for its ability
to create new visual languages for a variety of applications ranging from publishing to film. It also
creates innovative packaging and website design for clients such as Kenzo, corporate identity for
clients such as Homechoice, and on-screen graphics for clients such as Paramount Studios, makers
of the Mission Impossible films.
Recent projects include the redesign of the BBC in September 2011, The Times in November 2006
with the creation of a new font Times Modern. The typeface shares many visual similarities with
Mercury designed by Jonathan Hoefler. It is the first new font at the newspaper since it
introduced Times New Roman in 1932.
The company also completed a visual identity project for the famous Paris contemporary art
exhibition Nuit Blanche in 2006.
Brody's team launched a new look for the champagne brand Dom Prignon in February 2007,
having been appointed in 2004 to help the brand with its strategy and repositioning. A sister
company, Research Publishing, produces and publishes experimental multi-media works by young
artists. The primary focus is on FUSE, the conference and quarterly forum for experimental
typography and communications. The publication is approaching its 20th issue over a publishing
period of over ten years. Three FUSE conferences have so far been held, in London, San Francisco
and Berlin. The conferences bring together speakers from design, architecture, sound, film and
interactive design and web.
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Neville Brody
Feb 3, 2014 | Design Inspiration, Design Resources, Graphic Designers, Typography | 2 comments
Nationality: British
Born: 1957
Famous For: his record covers, magazine
art direction and typography.
Neville Brody is a British Graphic
Designer,
Typographer and Art Director currently
working in
his own design practice called Research Studios.
He may be best known for his work on The Face magazine and various
album covers, but hes also a leading typographer and internationally
recognized brand strategist.
In 1988, Thames & Hudson published part one of a two-volume set of Neville
Brodys work The Graphic Language of Neville Brody, which became the
best-selling graphic design book in the world. To coincide with that, his work
was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum which attracted over 40,000
visitors.
He is a founding partner of FontShop and has designed many typefaces such
as Industria, Insignia and Blur, which was included in the Museum of Modern
Arts architecture and design collection in 1992.
Despite making a name for himself through his work in the 80s and 90s,
Neville Brodys recent work includes a rebranding of the BBC in 2011, a
redesign of The Times typography in 2006 and on-screen graphics for
Paramount Studios. Research Studios has expanded from its London base in
1994 to several studios in Paris, Berlin, New York and Barcelona.
In January 2011, he became the dean of Communication and head of Visual
Communication studies at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London.
The Face and Arena Magazine Covers Designed throughout the late 80s
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