Neville Brody

Neville Brody is a British graphic designer born in 1957 who’s portfolio of work continues to expand. He is the former art director of the Face Magazine after which he proceeded to carry out work for various other international magazines including The Observer. He uses experimental techniques to achieve original designs; his work for Face which began in 1980 was extrememly innovative for the time. However he began making his way by designing posters for local gigs. Today he works with research partner Fwa Richards at his company Research Studios which they launched in 1994.

As the title suggests this poster is made up of four cassettes inserts. Being such an original idea it makes it a very successful piece. The poster shows a boy grinning at something; you’re drawn to his gap-toothed smile. In the lower left hand corner there are some shapes that’s could be trees and clouds. There is another child in the top right hand corner who is also smiling. The central boy is pixellated which makes it feel dated.

This is a magazine spread Brody designed for an article on Brian Eno. As it is a magazine article Brody has used justified columns with bold headings. The introduction is larger and bolder than the main article. The ‘o’ from the heading ‘Eno’ overlaps with a black cross. This cross is mirrored in white on the opposite page over the top of the black and white photograph. The focus of the photo is an ashtray and not Eno; he is resting his head on his hand looking away from the camera.

Here is another spread for face magazine that Brody designed. He has labelled each face modelling sunglasses with a number. The numbers then match up to the relevant captions in the bottom right hand corner.