Neville Brody

 Neville Brody is a British art director, typographer and graphic designer whose style of graphic design is disruptive, avant-garde and distinctive. He went to the London College of Printing, where he broke from contemporary standards of design and explored new means of representing visual things that made him the great artist he is today. His greatest contribution was in the 1980s through his work on The Face magazine, where he revolutionized editorial design through his application of experimental techniques in composition and typography.

Brody modernized typography as an art form in itself, rather than just as a means of communication. He designed new faces that departed from the strictness of conventional design and brought forth a bold and distinctive visual language. With The Face (1981-1986), a music and youth culture magazine, as art director, Brody took with him a revolutionary graphic style that eschewed conventional magazine design, using custom type, skewed composition, and raw, in-your-face appearance. His work mirrored the iconoclasm and franticness of new wave and punk music, using disjunctive composition, blinding contrast, and the sense of ceaseless motion in design – all the trademarks of postmodernism. His research contributed to advertising, branding, and digital design and initiated the innovation of design in the age of technology. He has also founded Research Studios, a studio that has worked with international brands such as Nike, Adidas, and Coca-Cola.