DAVID CARSON + NEVILLE BRODY

 

 

 

Carson was born on September 8, 1954 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Since then he has lived in and traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe and lectured frequently around the world. Carson's first actual contact with graphic design was made in 1980 at the University of Arizona on a two week graphics course, taught by Jackson Boelts. He attended San Diego State University and Oregon College of Commercial Art. Later on in 1983, Carson was teaching high school Sociology in del mar California when he went to Switzerland, where he attended a three-week workshop in graphic design as part of his degree. This is where he met his first great influence, who also happened to be the teacher of this course, Hans-Rudolf Lutz. Carson has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.







Neville Brody is an alumnus of the London College of Printing and Hornsey College of Art, and is known for his work on The Face magazine (1981–1986) and Arena magazine (1987–1990), as well as for designing record covers for artists such as Cabaret Voltaire and Depeche Mode. He created the company Research Studios in 1994 and is a founding member of Fontworks. He is the new Head of the Communication Art & Design department at the Royal College of Art.

The final product that we will be making is a CD cover. the theme of the task is 'memories and words'. our final art work must include;

• Appropriate use of typography
• Appropriate photography and/or your own graphics
• Appropriate use of lighting and colour

And the designers we will be covering in lesson are;

• David Carson
• Neville Brody

Typography is two thing:

1. The art or process of setting and arranging types and printing from them.
2. The style and appearance of printed matter.