Famous Graphic Designers

Whilst most designers slave away with little recognition, other than our clients cheque or the occasional award, there are some designers that have gained international fame for their work. Are we bitter and twisted?

Well... possibly. But to show that we harbour no hard feelings, we focus on some of them here.

In all seriousness, few of these designers are celebrities, in the normal sense of the word - certainly outside of the design community (with the possible exception of Jonathan Ives - Apple's designer of the iPod and the recent iMacs). And most of these designers have become famous for the influence of their work, rather than as the result of any kind of personality cult.

Indeed, some of them are important enough to have had an influence on the very meaning and interpretation of the history of design itself. If you have any suggestions or comments about any of our featured artists, please feel free to let us know.



Ron Arad

Ron Arad is a well known furniture designer, artist and architectural designer. Ron Arad's work has been exhibited at many major museums and galleries throughout the world and his work is in many public collections.

Giambattista Bodoni

Giambattista Bodoni was an Italian typographer, engraver, type designer and printer who lived between 1740 and 1813. Giambattista Bodoni gave his name to the series of fonts that he designed.

Neville Brody

Neville Brody became famous in the 1980's for his typographic design work on numerous British magazines, in particular The Face and Arena. Brody used newly invented desktop publishing tools to the fullest and continues to be influential as a type designer for both print and web.