I understand if the title of this post gets flagged, or ends up as ‘W***er or genius?’ but this is the title of the talk that a few of us were recently at in London; a kind of interview meets discussion with world re-knowned graphic designer Neville Brody. The talk had been greatly anticipated in recent months and was highlighted in the last few issues of Creative Review.
The event was held in Logan hall, London and the entire theatre was absolutely packed. The interview was very informal as questions had been ‘tweeted’ in the lead up to the event and were put to Brody on stage – the audience was also allowed to pose questions and at the end decide either ‘genius’ or ‘wanker’ in a ‘ready-steady-cook’ style vote. (Despite the image below the over-whelming result was ‘genius’) Topics revolved around the future of graphic design, the growth of a global culture, the role of the graphic designer and how graphic design is taught in universities.
More details and better photos can be found at Research Studios. The event was filmed by D&AD and will be available at the link above very soon.
