Neville Brody is one of the leading graphic designers of today. Brody was born in London, England in 1957 and studied design at the London College of Printing between the years of 1976 and 1979. Because Brody enjoyed experimenting with non-traditional methods and designs, his work at the college was met with much criticism. However, in leaving college, he stepped into the freelance designer and did a lot of work for the music industry, designing record sleeves. He became the designer for The Face magazine in 1981 where his experimentation gained global praise. In 1994, Brody was integral in developing the company, Research Studios, which is currently undergoing a name change to Brody Associates. Since its founding, Research Studios has done international work in Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Barcelona, and New York! Brody continues to work extensively in typeface integration into design and the aid and usefulness of technology in the field of design and typography.
Sources:
http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/designer/neville_brody/
http://www.rca.ac.uk/more/staff/professor-neville-brody/
http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/reputations-neville-brody
Wolfgang Weingart
Wolfgang Weingart is known for breaking from the mould of the accepted standards of typography and pioneering new ideas, contributing what is known today as 'Swiss Punk' or 'New Wave'. Born in 1941 in Germany, and studied applied art and design at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart. It was after graduating, during his apprenticeship at Ruwe Printing in Stuttgart that he met designer Karl-August Hanke who was instrumental in introducing him to design outside of Germany - particularly that of Switzerland. These styles and methods began to influence his work as he continued his apprenticeship. This especially included the use of grids and other methods of logical placement of information on the page. However, Weingart began to expand upon the Swiss ideas and developed his own style. Whereas the Swiss were concerned with logic and meaning, Weingart began to take those logical forms and introduce more creativity and variance. Sort of a "know the rules and when to break them" type approach. Weingart transformed typographic and design world with his ideas which quickly became international. In 2000, he published a book entitled My Way to Typography, which - in and of itself - is a design masterpiece.
Sources:
http://www.aiga.org/medalist-wolfgang-weingart/
http://keithtam.net/writings/ww/ww.html
Armin Hofmann
Armin Hofmann is known to be one of the most significant teachers in the graphic design field. Additionally, he is one of a number of great Swiss designers of the 1900's, aiding in revolutionizing the design world. Hofmann was born in Winterthur, Switzerland in 1920. He completed his studies at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zurich and went on to work as a lithographer's apprentice and open his own studio in Basel. In 1947, at the age of 27, he returned to the School of Arts and Crafts as a teacher and remained there for 40 years. Hofmann's legacy as a teacher is unprecedented. Students in his classes were impressed by his charisma, energy, and extreme patience. He absolutely loved the design process and wanted students to fully flesh out their ideas and designs, regardless of the amount of time it took. He was a constant encouragement in the classroom, allowing students the freedom to do their own work and generate their own ideas while he directed and guided them. Students who spent time with him outside of class recall that he loved to have fun and crack jokes. In terms of his typographic and design style, he was known for purity and simplicity. There is a certain timelessness to his work, not tied down to the fads of the day. He wrote a book, Graphic Design Manual, which continues to influence and inspire designers today.
Sources:
http://www.aiga.org/medalist-arminhofmann/
http://www.designishistory.com/1940/armin-hofmann/
Erik Spiekermann
Erik Spikermann is an information architect, type designer, and author numerous books and articles on the subject of type and typography. He was born in 1947 and studied History of Art and English in Berlin. At the age of 32, he founded MetaDesign, Germany's largest design firm, which now has offices in Berlin, London, and San Francisco. Big name clients have included Audi, Skoda, Volkswagen, Lexus, Heidelberg Printing, as well as many German companies and organizations. He is also the founder of the well known site, FontShop, a font production and distribution center. He continues to work extensively in the field of typography. In the past 10 years, he has received many honors and awards for his vast contributions to the work and study of typography. He is currently a professor at the University of Arts in Bremen.
Sources:
http://spiekermann.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bio_en_1208.pdf
Jessica Hische
Born in South Carolina in 1984, Jessica Hische grew up in Pennsylvania. Her parents were not artistic, but were encouraging of her ambitions. In college, she was a star student and absolutely poured herself into her work. She graduated from Tyler School of Art in 2006 with a degree in Graphic and Interactive Design. Fresh out of college, she was hired by Headcase Design in Philly as a freelance designer where she helped design books and grew in her love for illustration and image-making. When the Headcase cut her hours, she developed a promo for herself and was hired by Louise Fili's studio in Brooklyn, where she stayed for two and a half years. Since leaving Louise Fili's, she started her own company and continues to be quite successful as a freelance artist. One of her most recognizable works is the logo and branding redesign for MailChimp.
Sources:
http://jessicahische.is/anoversharer
and... the dreaded Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Hische
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