Jon Wozencroft
Jon Wozencroft (born June 1, 1958 in Epsom , England ) is a British graphic designer , author and teacher. He is the founder of the independent multimedia publisher and music label Touch .
Live and act
Wozencroft studied at the London College of Printing (now the London College of Communication ). He worked as a writer for various publishing houses such as Reader's Digest and, together with numerous artists and musicians, as a graphic designer.
In 1982 he founded the multimedia publishing house Touch. Touch created a close collaboration with graphic designer Neville Brody . In 1988 Wozencroft published the highly regarded designer monograph The Graphic Language of Neville Brody through his colleagues . In 1990 Wozencroft founded the design project FUSE together with Brody , which as a foundry was primarily devoted to the development of experimental graphic design and typography as well as the sale of modern fonts (until 2000). Designers such as David Carson , Matthew Carter , Tibor Kalman, Vaughan Oliver , Erik Spiekermann and Cornel Windlin have worked at FUSE .
From 1992 Wozencroft taught as a lecturer at London's Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design , where he introduced a new bachelor's degree in graphic design. In 1994 he became a tutor and assistant course director in the field of interactive multimedia design at the Royal College of Art . Today Wozencroft is Senior Tutor in the Communication Art and Design Department of the Royal College of Art.
Together with Geir Jenssen (Biosphere) Wozencroft released the MP3 / FLAC album Substrata 2.1 on their own label in 2010 .
Publications
- The Graphic Language of Neville Brody. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1988, ISBN 0-500-27496-7 .
- The Graphic Language of Neville Brody 2. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994, ISBN 0-500-27770-2 .
items
- Out of the Blue , article about Peter Saville's design of the album Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division in the art magazine TATE ETC, issue 10, summer 2007. ( Text online )
Web links
- Biography ( June 20, 2010 memento on the Internet Archive ) of Jon Wozencroft on the Touch website
- Interview with Jon Wozencroft on the Touch website (1992)
- Interview with Jon Wozencroft on the Touch website (2000)
- Jon Wozencroft at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jon Wozencroft. Touchmusic, archived from the original on June 20, 2010 ; accessed on January 7, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Jon Wozencroft Biography. (No longer available online.) Royal College of Art, archived from the original on August 31, 2010 ; accessed on January 7, 2011 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wozencroft, Jon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British graphic designer, writer and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Epsom , England |