This month marks the 30th anniversary of the first publication of legendary UK style and culture magazine
The Face. Art directed by
Neville Brody from 1981-86, it was groundbreaking both in its content and its design, and spawned countless imitators.
The Face was home to many talented art directors over the years, but for me it was Brody's covers and design that remain most memorable for their imaginative use of imagery and creative typography. Sadly, there's no graphic archive of
The Face. We've cobbled together a small collection of our favorite covers of
The Face, most designed by Nevile Brody. If you have more favorites, please send them along and we'll add them on!
Many of these covers and much more good work has been collected in the book
The Graphic Language of Neville Brody, available
here.
(Above): Issue #1 of The Face, May 1980, featuring Jerry Dammers of The Specials. This cover was art directed by Steve Bush, the founding art director.
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