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Barnbrook

London·United Kingdom
Barnbrook website screenshot

Founded

1990

Founder

Jonathan Barnbrook

Notable Typefaces

Bourgeois RoundedBourgeois Slab

Style

britishdisplayexpressiveactivistcontemporary

Notes

Jonathan Barnbrook founded this independent creative studio that gained international recognition for designing David Bowie's Blackstar album, winning both a Grammy Award and Design Museum's Graphic Design of the Year in 2016. The studio had retrospectives at the Design Museum London (Friendly Fire, 2007) and Ginza Graphic Gallery (2004), with touring exhibition Collateral Damage shown across Europe. They work on diverse projects from brand identity for Art Basel and Roppongi Hills to custom fonts, and Jonathan Barnbrook is available for teaching and lecturing worldwide.