Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Jonathan Barnbrook quick overview


Part A:



date of birth - 1966

place of birth - Luton, England (still living)

training or education
- Central St Martin's and the Royal College of Art

milestones in their life
 - Influenced by record covers in early career

Founded studio in 1990 and Virus Foundry in 1997

Barnbrook collaborates Damien Hirst, most notably on the design, layout and typography of I Want To Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now

worked on the cover artwork of David Bowie's 2002 album Heathen which used his 'Priori' typeface

where do/did they live
:-  Londan, England, United Kingdom

image of your typographer

Part B: 
Font(s) designed by your typographer
:

list all the fonts that your typographer designed
: Apocalypso, Bastard, Bourgeois, Coma, Delux, Doublethink, Drone, Echelon, Exocet, Expletive Script, False Idol, Infidel, Mason, Melancholia, Moron, Newspeak, Nixon Script, Nylon and Draylon, Olympukes, Patriot, Priori Sans, Priori Serif, Prototype, Prozac, Sarcastic, Shock & Awe, State Machine, Tourette

 

Part C:
Cultural or historical event

 

Many of Barnbrook’s fonts revolve around social action or current political events (such as the war in Iraq.)  They also may be named in an offensive manner.  

http://www.emigre.com/Bios.php?d=21

http://www.virusfonts.com/

http://www.myfonts.com/person/barnbrook/jonathan/

Barnbrook Bible

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Barnbrook

http://www.designmuseum.org/design/jonathan-barnbrook

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Moco Loco --- Interesting design site

A site with some really interesting design work.