90s post modernism

90’S POST MODERNISM

NEVILLE BRODY

HIS WORK

• Typographer, graphic designer and art director of ‘The Face’ magazine from 1981 – 1986

• ‘Arena’ magazine (1987-1990)

• Designed record covers for The Bongos, Cabaret Voltaire, and Depeche Mode

• Head of the communication Art & Design department at Royal College of Art in London

• Influenced by punk rock

‘THE FACE’ MAGAZINE

• British music, fashion and culture magazine

• Started in 1980 by Nick Logan

• Influential in showcasing style trends of youth culture in early 1980s.

• Distinctive typography

• Brody created some of the most well known covers

• Used hand-drawn typefaces and custom symbols on his page layouts

• Impacted photography, typography and simplicity

• Strong contrast and juxtapositions of text and images

BRODY ON ‘THE FACE’

Design