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The Face magazine, 30th anniversary

The Face magazine, 30th anniversary

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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Rare Specimens, Indeed

Rare Specimens, Indeed

So you think you've got rare specimens? I'll see your rare specimen and raise you one major rare specimen that I dug up in preparation for the upcoming HOW conference in June. I recently dug up some old stuff for a talk on inspiration, and while combing through my bookshelves, came across one of my earliest attempts at page layout--my J5 scrapbook. 

Note the silhouettes and the custom typography. The flow. The structure. The...uh, attention to detail. Who knew that a little Elmer's Glue could actually stick to a page for over 35 years?
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