15 Facts About Neville Brody

Neville Stanley Brody was born on 23 April 1957 and is an English graphic designer, typographer and art director.

Neville Brody is known for his work on The Face magazine, Arena magazine, and designing record covers for artists such as Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, The Bongos, 23 Skidoo and Depeche Mode.

Neville Brody created the company Research Studios in 1994 and is a founding member of Fontworks.

Neville Brody's work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

Neville Brody was the Dean of the School of Communication at the Royal College of Art, London until September 2018.

In 1975, Brody went on to do a Fine Art foundation course at Hornsey College of Art.

In late 1976, Neville Brody started a three-year BA course in graphics at the London College of Printing.

Neville Brody's work was influenced by the emergence of punk rock in London life.

Neville Brody designed posters for student concerts at the college, most notably for Pere Ubu, supported by The Human League.

Neville Brody's record cover designs largely consist of work with grunge and punk rock bands.

Neville Brody directed the art design of other newspapers and magazines including City Limits, Lei, Per Lui, Actuel and Arena, as well as the redesigns of British newspapers The Guardian and The Observer.

Neville Brody was partly responsible for instigating the fusion between a magazine, graphics design and typeface design.

Neville Brody launched Research Studios with Fwa Richards in London in 1994.

Neville Brody completed a visual identity project for the Paris contemporary art exhibition Nuit Blanche in 2006.

In 2021, Neville Brody joined the advisory board of Dogami, a blockchain-based "Petaverse" game, in which users "adopt" dog-inspired non-fungible tokens.