6 Designers

Fred Woodward

Fred Woodward has contributed a lot to graphic design but he is especially known for what he contributed during his time working for Rolling Stone. He worked for the magazine from the year 1987 to 2001 and largely changed its visual style. He made it more expressive and eclectic, showing both modernism and American vernacular. He showed this through fat woodblock display faces and a weathered color palette. He received much inspiration from 19th century playbills.

Gail Anderson

Gail Anderson worked from 1987 to 2002 as the senior art director for the Rolling Stone. While she was there she did work with Fred Woodward making the Rolling Stone into a magazine with modernistic and eclectic style. She also worked at Spot Co as a creative director. There she worked with advertising for arts and entertainment.  She stayed there until 2010 when she left to be a partner at Anderson Newton Design.

Tibor Kalman

Tibor Kalman worked for the Benetton-sponsored Colors magazine as the founding editor in chief. His focus in this magazine was multiculturalism and global awareness. He wanted this magazine to be about the rest of the world. The design hat he used was very bold, and he often used very recognizable figures in his articles. One of his articles included Queen Elizabeth and the Pope as racial minorities. He also did design work through M&Co. which he worked on before and after his time at Colors.

Alexi Brodovitch

Alexi Brodovitch was a russian photographer and graphic designer who did some of his most notable work for Harper’s Bazaar in the mid 30’s to late 50’s. Brodovitch felt that combining elegance with innovation would create the best design for Harper’s Bazaar. He also experienced with surrealism in his works as well. In his time color magazines were considered new and luxurious, so he was able to experiment with that to give the magazine a very high class, expensive feel.

Neville Brody

Neville Brody is most noted for his contributions to The Face magazine from 1981-1986 as well as Arena which he worked on from 1987-1990. He also founded the company Research Studios and is a founding member of Fontworks. His work was usually very experimental and changing with the times. He has also created many typefaces through Fontworks. 

David Carson

David Carson a graphic designer from America. He is best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. He was the art director for the magazine Ray Gun, in which he employed much of the typographic and layout style for which he is known. In particular, his widely imitated aesthetic defined the so-called "grunge typography" era.