{{Short description|English graphic designer (born 1966)}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Jonathan Barnbrook | image = 20161128-142503-Jonathan Barnbrook-m-NP.jpg | caption = Jonathan Barnbrook, November 2016 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = [[Luton]], England | occupation = [[Graphic designer]] and [[typographer]] | spouse = }}

'''Jonathan Barnbrook''' (born 1966) is a British [[graphic designer]], film maker, [[type design]]er, and [[typographer]].<ref name="Jonathan Barnbrook MyFonts">{{cite web |url=http://www.myfonts.com/person/barnbrook/jonathan/ |title=Jonathan Barnbrook " MyFonts |publisher=Myfonts.com |date=22 February 1999 |accessdate=20 October 2013 |archive-date=26 November 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126085341/http://www.myfonts.com/person/barnbrook/jonathan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He trained at [[Saint Martin's School of Art]] and at the [[Royal College of Art]], both in London.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.designmuseum.org/design/jonathan-barnbrook |title=Jonathan Barnbrook / Friendly Fire : – Design/Designer Information |publisher=Designmuseum.org |date=10 October 2007 |accessdate=20 October 2013}}</ref>

==Work== Barnbrook designed the [[cover art]]work of [[David Bowie]]'s 2002 album ''[[Heathen (David Bowie album)|Heathen]]'', where he used his 'Priori' typeface for the first type.<ref name="emigre1">{{cite web |url=http://www.emigre.com/EFfeature.php?di=197 |title=Priori Design Information: Emigre Fonts |publisher=Emigre.com |date= |accessdate=20 October 2013 |archive-date=2 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202085211/http://emigre.com/EFfeature.php?di=197 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He went on to design the sleeves for ''[[Reality (David Bowie album)|Reality]]'' (2003), ''[[The Next Day]]'' (2013) and ''[[Blackstar (album)|Blackstar]]'' (2016), each with their own specially designed typography.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/features/designing-bowie-jonathan-barnbrook |title=Designing Bowie – Jonathan Barnbrook &#124; Features &#124; Clash Magazine |publisher=Clashmusic.com |date= |accessdate=20 October 2013}}</ref> He cites [[record cover]] artwork as an early design influence, and possibly the interest that drew him to graphic design, with other covers including ones for [[John Foxx]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glassmagazine.co.uk/forum/feature.asp?tid=219#title |title='john foxx's dna' |publisher=glass magazine |date= |accessdate=20 October 2013}}</ref> [[Tuxedomoon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wallpaper.com/art/jonathan-barnbrook-interview/1531 |title=Jonathan Barnbrook interview &#124; Art &#124; Wallpaper* Magazine |publisher=Wallpaper.com |date=20 June 2004 |accessdate=20 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017175426/http://www.wallpaper.com/art/jonathan-barnbrook-interview/1531 |archivedate=17 October 2013 }}</ref> and [[Cult with No Name]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://virusfonts.com/news/2012/06/cult-with-no-name-above-as-below/ |title=+-+-+ Barnbrook Design {{!}} VirusFonts {{!}} Blog +-+-+ |website=virusfonts.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704122011/http://virusfonts.com/news/2012/06/cult-with-no-name-above-as-below/ |archive-date=2012-07-04}}</ref>

Barnbrook is also a type designer and has released typefaces including [[Bastard (typeface)|Bastard]], [[Exocet (typeface)|Exocet]], False Idol, Infidel, Moron, Newspeak, Olympukes, Sarcastic, Shock & Awe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virusfonts.com |title=v i r u s |publisher=Virusfonts.com |date=13 May 2013 |accessdate=20 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310160905/https://virusfonts.com/ |archive-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many have emotive and controversial titles reflecting the style and themes of Barnbrook's work. His typeface [[Mason (typeface)|Mason]], originally released as Manson,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/speaker_detail/798/ |title=Battle of Ideas 2007 &#124; speaker &#124; Jonathan Barnbrook |publisher=Battleofideas.org.uk |date= |accessdate=9 January 2013 |archive-date=26 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526235045/http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/speaker_detail/798/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> is available from [[Emigre Fonts|Emigre]].<ref name="Jonathan Barnbrook MyFonts"/>

From 1997 to 2003 Barnbrook collaborated with [[Young British Artist]] [[Damien Hirst]], mainly on the design, layout and typography of his book ''I Want To Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now'',<ref name="onefriday1">{{cite web|url=http://www.onefriday.co.uk/?mode=article&id=7HjhgWKtXfBCgF3y3xqU |title=Home |publisher=One Friday |date=23 February 2007 |accessdate=20 October 2013}}</ref> and on artwork associated with his restaurant [[Pharmacy (restaurant)|Pharmacy]].

[[Image:Barnbrook DesignersStayAway.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''Designers, stay away from corporations that want you to lie for them''; on billboard, Las Vegas. (c) Jonathan Barnbrook, 1999]] A recurring theme of Barnbrook's graphic design is the series of personal responses to political events, which often follow or develop [[detournement]] methods. He describes as a major influence to his work "an inner anger which is a response to all the unfairness that is in this world".<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.typographer.org/archive/mag-interview-barnbrook.html |title=typographer.com |publisher=typographer.com |date= |accessdate=20 October 2013}}</ref> He has stated his ambition to use "design as a weapon for social change".<ref name="emigre1"/>

He was a signatory to the [[First Things First 2000 manifesto]], in which graphic designers pledged to "put their skills to worthwhile use'"and address the "unprecedented environmental, social and cultural crises" that they saw in the world. In 2001 Barnbrook made a work entitled ''Designers, stay away from corporations that want you to lie for them'', a quote from [[Tibor Kalman]]; it took the form of a large-format advertising billboard and was first displayed in Las Vegas during a convention for members of [[AIGA]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tm.uiah.fi/connecting/proceedings/Pelta.pdf|title=AIGA|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070122203106/http://tm.uiah.fi/connecting/proceedings/Pelta.pdf|archivedate=22 January 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the American 'Professional Association for Design'.

Barnbrook has also contributed work to, and been art director of two editions of, [[Adbusters]],<ref name="onefriday1"/> a graphically designed magazine devoted to political and social causes, and run by an organisation aiming to "advance the new social activist movement of the information age".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adbusters.org/network/about_us.php |title=About &#124; Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters |publisher=Adbusters.org |accessdate=20 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514034106/http://adbusters.org/network/about_us.php |archivedate=14 May 2008 }}</ref>

==Work in Japan== Barnbrook is well-known in Japan. His studio completed the logo and corporate identity for [[Roppongi Hills]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roppongihills.com/en/information/logo.html|title=Roppongi Hills : Roppongi Hills Logo|date=3 March 2003|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030303121703/http://www.roppongihills.com/en/information/logo.html|archivedate=3 March 2003|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the largest post war development in Tokyo, and also worked on the corporate identity of [[Mori Arts Center]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moriartscenter.org/en/index.html |title=Mori Arts Center |publisher=Mori Arts Center |accessdate=20 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727092851/http://www.moriartscenter.org/en/index.html |archivedate=27 July 2011 }}</ref> and [[Roppongi Hills Mori Tower#Mori Art Museum|Mori Art Museum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mori.art.museum/eng/index.html |title=Mori Art Museum |publisher=Mori Art Museum |date= |accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref> He has also worked for [[Shiseido]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shiseido.co.jp/com/ |title=Official Shiseido Cosmetics Global Website Language Selection |publisher=www.shiseido.com |accessdate=20 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524205044/http://www.shiseido.co.jp/com |archivedate=24 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Contemporary culture== An exhibition of Barnbrook's work, entitled ''Friendly Fire'', ran between June and October 2007 at the [[Design Museum]] in London. The exhibition included work in response to the first and second Iraq conflicts, the First Things First Manifesto, examples of Barnbrook's typography and film work. A 320pp hardback collection of his work – 'The Barnbrook Bible' – was published in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rizzoliusa.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780847829989 |title=The Barnbrook Bible |publisher=Rizzoliusa.com |date= |accessdate=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927181345/http://www.rizzoliusa.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780847829989|archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref>

==Bibliography== *''Typography Now Two: Implosion'' by Rick Poynor (Booth-Clibborn Editions) was designed by Barnbrook and features leading graphic designers of the late 20th Century and early 21st Century including [[Tomato (design collective)|Tomato (Collective)]], [[April Greiman]] and Jonathan Barnbook himself. *''Barnbrook Bible'' by Jonathan Barnbrook – 2007 (Booth-Clibborn Editions/Rizzoli) sees Barnbrook revisiting his earlier projects and presenting his views on design and his personal graphic work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.booth-clibborn.com/books/barnbrook-bible/ |title=Barnbrook Bible // Books // Booth-Clibborn Editions |publisher=Booth-clibborn.com |date=10 October 2007 |accessdate=9 January 2013}}</ref> The book was released to coincided with the Friendly Fire exhibition at the Design Museum in London.

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==External links== {{Commons}} *[http://www.barnbrook.net/ Barnbrook's official site]

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