1. Robert Brownjohn was an American graphic designer known for blending formal graphic design concepts with wit and 1960s pop culture.
13 Facts About Robert Brownjohn
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Robert Brownjohn is best known for his motion picture title sequences, especially From Russia with Love and Goldfinger.
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Robert Brownjohn was born to British parents on August 8,1925, in Newark, New Jersey, where his father was a bus driver.
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Robert Brownjohn worked as a freelance designer for several magazines, including Esquire and Coronet.
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In 1951, Robert Brownjohn returned to New York City in order to further his graphic design career.
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Robert Brownjohn became addicted to heroin in earnest during this period.
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Robert Brownjohn was never to conquer this affliction and it contributed to his untimely death at the age of 44.
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Robert Brownjohn initially worked at the J Walter Thompson advertising agency before leaving the firm to join McCann Erickson in 1962.
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Robert Brownjohn's career began to shift to working primarily with moving images.
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Robert Brownjohn designed the British posters for the film featuring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman over a gold painted Margaret Nolan.
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Robert Brownjohn created moving graphics for Midland Bank and Pirelli between 1966 and 1970.
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Robert Brownjohn's final piece of graphic design was a poster for the New York Peace Campaign in 1969: an ace of spades playing card is laid on a plain white background with the letters "PE" hastily scribbled to the left of it and a question mark to the right.
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Robert Brownjohn died from a heart attack in London on August 1,1970, a week shy of his 45th birthday.