The document profiles several influential magazine designers: Christophe Brunnquell, who has been the art director for Purple magazine since 1993; David Carson, known for his experimental typography as the designer of Ray Gun magazine; Jop Van Bennekom, the art director and publisher of magazines such as BUTT and Re; M/M (Paris), the design partnership known for collaborations with fashion and music figures; and Yorgo Tloupas, an art director who has worked for brands like Lacoste and is currently redesigning publications for Liberation Media Group.

1. Influential creators for
magazine design

2. Christophe Brunnquell
He’s an art director for purple magazine
He brings a sense of balance to his art and magazine work with his
positioning of blank spaces
Started working as an art director for Encore magazine when he
graduated instead of going to art school.
While he was working for Encore, the editors-in-chief of Purple
magazine, Elein Fleiss and Oliver Zahm interviewed Christophe for the
magazine. After the interview, Christophe was told that they needed
an art director at Purple so he decided to work with them.
He came on board as an art director for Purple in 1993 with their
second issue

3. David Carson
He’s an American graphic designer, art director and surfer
Best known for his magazine design style and his use of experimental typography
Carson was hired by the publisher of Ray Gun who is Marvin Scott Jarrett to design Ray Gun which is a alternative
music and lifestyle magazine
Becoming the designer of Ray Gun made Carson well known and gained a lot of interest in his work and he has been
featured in publications such as The New York Times and Newsweek.
In 1995, Carson left Ray Gun and started up his own studio called David Carson Design and it is based in New York City.
He attracted major clients from all over the United States and during the next three years, Cason was doing work for
major brands such as Pepsi Cola, Ray Bans, Nike and British Airways.
He named and designed the first issue of the adventure lifestyle magazine Blue in 1997- he designed the first issue and
the first three covers.
In 2000 Carson closed his studio and went to South Carolina for his family
In 2004 he became the freelance creative director of the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston and in 2011 he worked
as a worldwide creative director for Bose Corporation
He was invited to judge the European Design Awards in London in both 2010 and 2011
In 2015 he was commissioned to design the posters and publicity for the Harvard Graduate School of Design
He has “changed the public face of graphic design.”- Newsweek magazine

4. Jop Van Bennekom
Influenced to design from going to a bookstore near his parents’ house at 17 and he
saw a book which contained work from members if the Dutch design association
called the BNO and this was how he discovered graphics. At high school and art
school he read a lot of magazines and also created his own and he was most
interested in counter-cultural magazines. The people who had the biggest influence
on his work was Karel Martens who was his teacher for five years in Arnham and
Mevis+Van Deursen, Armand and Linda who later on became good friends with Jop.
He was also influenced by other Dutch designers such as Wim Crouwel and Jan Van
Toorn.
The art director, editor and publisher of magazines such as BUTT and Re. BUTT is a
gay culture magazine and Re magazine focuses on different issues in each copy.
He was prompted to launch Re-Magazine in 1997 because he states he wanted to
“redefine communication” by making a “form of media that was as direct as
possible.”
He avoids having clients as he likes to be 100% responsible for his work.

5. M/M (Paris)
An art and design partnership of Mathias Augustyniak and
Micheal Amzalag and it was establishes in Paris in 1992
Best known for their collaborations with well known
figures like musicians such as Madonna and Kanye West,
with fashion designers such as Yohji Yamamota and Calvin
Klein, magazines such as Vogue Paris and Purple Fashion
and contempory artists such as Pierre Hughes and Sarah
Morris.
M/M was influenced by post punk aesthetics and the
Swiss school of graphic design and also the Polish school.
Their most well known designs are hand drawn and are
describes as illustrative and expressive.
Examples of M/M’s design technique

6. Yorgo Tloupas
He’s a French- Greek art director and designer
He’s worked for a range of clients including Lacoste,
Cartier and Absolut Vodka
His design studio is called Yorgo&Co and was founded in
2011 by Yorgo Tloupas and Emmanuelle Beaudet
His company specializes in brand identity and magazine
art direction.
He is currently working on a redesign for the Liberation
Media Group
He is the co owner and art director of Black Brows Skis.