This is a blogg on a production review.

1. Production review: The Graphic Language of Neville Brody
The Graphic Language of Neville Brody is a book which was written in 1994 by Jon
Wozencroft published by Thames and Hudson, which displays a wide range of Neville
Brody’s typographic designs. The book contains 175 pages which relate to design and
graphic arts, and measures 30.9x1.4x25.6cm. ‘The Graphic Language was a tribute to one of
the most influential graphic designers of the 1980s. However the chosen typography which
features on the front cover also matches some of the colours and layouts within the book.
Fig1 The Graphic Language Fig 2 Inside layout
Front cover
The cover is paperback and does not have any protective covering; however both the front and the
back cover have the same colour theme. I have notice that the typography on the front cover has
been designed in a unique style; where each of the separate type is different sizes and has different
alignments between each other. Also the number 2 has been repeated twice within the text. This
shows that the number within the background gives that echo effect contrasting with the different
colours. I think that ‘Brody has transformed his typography to create a new visual language.’ Once
you start to open and look inside the book you get to see how the type and typefaces start to change,
using various different types of colour, size, lettering, images, shapes and format layout. Each page
contains a different typeface with different design layouts which are ‘fruits of five years'
experimentation.’
Each person who looks at this book cover will have a different opinion on which design is best for
the principle of the front cover. His typefaces are more with geometric elements, symbols and
pictures. This is to catch the audience’s attention in wanting them to open and read the book.
Brody’s typographical style uses aesthetic elements from Art Deco and constructivism. He designed
20 different font families during his career. He made a great impact by designing his own typefaces
In my own opinion I feel that Neville Brody has used this typeface in his works to show the
boldness, the bright colours and the spacing between each colour. . He was experimenting with
layout, running words and headlines using them rather as symbols or street signs. ‘Brody is mainly
known for his use of typography.’ The poster example in figure 2 is the perfect example of the front
cover. This type poster has a bold typeface with contrasting bold and bright colours. I believe that

2. the type overlaps each other and is placed too to the edge of the page. The colour and style of this
writing is really stylish, I love the colours and the blunt, capitalisation of the letters makes it look
really bold.
Bibliography:
The Graphic Language of Neville Brody 2
By John Wozencroft
1994
http://www.slideshare.net/fkgraphicdesign/neville-brody-presentation-2011
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Graphic-Language-Neville-Brody/dp/0500277702
http://sylvialondou.blogspot.co.uk/2012_05_01_archive.html