Friday, May 8, 2009

Influential Designers Day #2

Neville Brody:
1957, London
Professors didn't approve of unusual style
Punk music influence
Bands he worked with: Cabaret Voltaire, Depeche Mode
Face Magazine- named art director within 2 years
City Limits, Lei, Arena Magazines
Fuse Magazine
1988-Graphic Language of Neville Brody (most popular graphic design text)
Research Studios 1994
Use of Contrast of colors and layout of typography

Art Chantry:
1954, Seattle Washington
Childhood influenced style greatly
Tacoma Washington after mom left dad
High School- Psychadelic, posters, rock n roll, french symbolist, girls, poetry, and existentialism influence
pacific lutheran university
fort steilacoom community college
western washington state college
Resistant use of technology, Used screen print. Recycled imagery. 
Influenced by pop art

Storm Thorgerson:
Brittish
Uses photography with layers
Designed band covers
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon cover
Big central object, small object to side is a major theme
Led Zepplin- House of the  Holy
BA in English and Philosophy
1968- Him and Aubrey Powell formed "Hipgnosis" graphic design studio- worked with album covers
Never had a set price in the company
Storm left 1985
Formed Green Back Films with Powell and Christopherson..didn't make a lot of money
Munch, Dali, and Maurice Sendak influenced him
Made music videos and documentaries 
StormStudios- still making album covers


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