Paul Barnes (designer)

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Paul Barnes
Born	1970 (age 43–44) Harlow, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Graphic artist and typographer

Paul Barnes (born 1970, Harlow, England) is a graphic design and typographer. He has designed several new typefaces.

Career

After an education at the University of Reading, in 1992 he emigrated to the United States to work with Roger Black. In 1995 he left Roger Black and began work as a freelance designer in London. He has worked with many large corporations, making logos for such well known companies as Givenchy, ABC television and the English bands New Order, Electronic^[1] and Joy Division. He has designed typefaces for The Guardian newspaper (with Christian Schwartz).

In April 2007 he designed the logo for Kate Moss with Saville.^[2]

Awards

In September 2006 he was named one of the 40 most influential designers under 40 in Wallpaper and in September 2007 The Guardian named him one of the top two designers in Britain. ^[3]

Typefaces designed by Paul Barnes

Brunel - 1996
Stephenson Sans - 2001
Ironbridge - 2002
Pagan Poetry - 2002
Austin - 2003
Stockholm - 2004
Dala Floda - 2005
Guardian Egyptian - 2005, with Christian Schwartz
Marian - 2005

Magazine articles by Paul Barnes

Jonathan Hoefler, Baseline 23, edited by Mike Daines & Hans Dieter Reichert, Bradbourne Publishing, 1996

External links

Modern Typography

References

Persondata
Name	Barnes, Paul
Alternative names
Short description	English artist
Date of birth	1970
Place of birth	Harlow, England
Date of death
Place of death

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