Neville Brody
British graphic designer
Neville Stanley Brody (born 23 April 1957) is an English graphic designer, typographer and art director. He is known for his work on The Face magazine (1981–1986), Arena magazine (1987–1990), and designing record covers for artists such as Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, The Bongos, 23 Skidoo and Depeche Mode.2
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Born Apr 23, 1957.1
About
He created the company Research Studios in 1994 and is a founding member of Fontworks. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). He was the Dean of the School of Communication at the Royal College of Art, London until September 2018. He is now Professor of Communication.
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Companies
- FontShop InternationalFounder15
Early life and education
- Date not recordedMinchenden School3
- Date not recordedLondon College of Communication3
- Date not recordedMiddlesex University3
Brody was born in Southgate, London. He attended Minchenden Grammar School and studied A-Level Art, from a fine art viewpoint. In 1975, Brody went on to do a Fine Art foundation course at Hornsey College of Art.
In late 1976, Brody started a three-year BA course in graphics at the London College of Printing. His work was influenced by the emergence of punk rock in London life. He designed posters for student concerts at the college, most notably for Pere Ubu, supported by The Human League.
His first-year thesis was based around a comparison between Dadaism and pop art.
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Career
Occupation: designer, typographer, graphic designer, postage stamp designer, art director, graphic artist, type designer.6
- Date not recordedFounded FUSE4
- Date not recordedFounded FontShop International5
Music industry
Fetish Records
Art Director (1980)
Your Mum, Album Cover (1981)
Bush Tetras, "Das Ah Riot/Boom", Single Cover (1981)
The Bongos, Time and the River, EP Cover (1981)
The Bongos, "Zebra Club", Single Cover (1981)
The Bongos, "In The Congo/Hunting/Mambo Sun", Single Cover (1981)
Clock DVA, "4 Hours", Single Cover (1981)
Clock DVA, Thirst, Album Cover (1981)
23 Skidoo, The Gospel Comes To New Guinea/Last Words, Single cover (1981)
23 Skidoo, Seven Songs, Album Cover (1982)
23 Skidoo, Tearing Up The Plans, EP cover (1981)
Throbbing Gristle, Five Albums Album Cover (1982)
8 Eyed Spy, "Diddy Wah Diddy" Single Cover (1982)
Z'EV, "Wipe Out/Element L" Single Cover (1982)
Stephen Mallinder, Pow Wow Album Cover (1982)
Various Artists, Last Testament Album Cover (1982)
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Cabaret Voltaire
Numerous T-shirt, badge and poster designs.
"3 Crepuscule Tracks" 12" Single Cover (1981)
"Red Mecca" Album Cover (1981)
"Crackdown/Just Fascination" 12" Single Cover (1983)
"Just Fascination" 7" Single Cover (1983)
"James Brown" 12" Single Cover (1984)
"Microphonies" Album Cover (1984)
"The Covenant, The Sword and the Arm of the Lord" Album Cover (1985)
"Code" Album Cover (1987)
"Here To Go" Single Cover (1987)
Other
Psychic TV, "Force The Hand Of Chance", Album Cover (1982)
The Birthday Party, "Junkyard", Album Cover (1982)
23 Skidoo, "The Culling Is Coming" Album Cover (1983)
23 Skidoo, Coup, Single cover (1984)
23 Skidoo, Urban Gamelan, Album cover (1984)
23 Skidoo, Language, Single cover (1984)
23 Skidoo, Thoughts Of You, Single cover (1985)
23 Skidoo, Beyond Time, Album cover (2013)
Defunkt, "The Razor's Edge" 12" Single Cover (1982)
Depeche Mode, "Just Can't Get Enough" Single Cover (1982)
Level 42, "Standing in the Light" Album Cover (1983)
Level 42, "Micro-Kid" Single Cover (1983)
Elephant Talk, Album Cover (1983)
Kurtis Blow, "Party Time" 12" single Cover, Club Records (1985)
Jamie J. Morgan, Shotgun Album cover
Raybeats, "Holiday Inn Spain/Cocktails" 7" single cover on Don't Fall Off The Mountain label (1981)
Zuice, "Everyone A Winner" Album Cover (1986)
Zuice, "I'm Burning" Album Cover (1987)
Zuice, "Bless Your Lucky Stars " Album Cover (1987)
Zuice, "shought owt to all the run it straight crew an all mah dirty-30 ninjas out der tongan crip souljah 4 life" Album Cover (1987)
Magazine work
1981–1986 Art director for The Face magazine
1987–1990 Art director for Arena magazine.
Misc
1990 – Opened FontWorks and became the director of FontShop International
1994 – Founds Research Studios
Postage stamps by Neville Brody
2010 – "global visual language" (GVL) to establish consistency across BBC websites – starting with Doctor Who and BBC News
2010 Collaborates with Masha Ma in an art-fashion crossover installation at the Get It Louder art bienalle in Beijing.
2014 – Rebrands Research Studios as Brody Associates
2015 – Designs custom typefaces Chadwick and Horseferry for Channel 4
2018 – Designs The Coca-Cola Company's first ever own-brand typeface: TCCC Unity
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Personal life
Awards
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataNeville Brody on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaNeville Brody on Wikipedia
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- 13WikidataNeville Brody: X, on Wikidata
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- 15WikidataFontShop International, Founder
- 16Wikimedia CommonsNeville Brody photo by FontShop, Amber Gregory, CC BY 2.0