Jon Wozencroft (born 1 June 1958, in
Epsom
Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain ...
,
England
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) is a graphic designer, author and instructor.
Wozencroft founded
Touch
The somatosensory system, or somatic sensory system is a subset of the sensory nervous system. The main functions of the somatosensory system are the perception of external stimuli, the perception of internal stimuli, and the regulation of bo ...
, an independent multimedia publishing company. Between 1982 and 1986 Touch "released around 15 products, concentrating on producing interactive, audiovisual magazines such as ''Feature Mist'' and ''Touch Travel'', both of which sold over 5000 copies without any advertising (which we could not afford)." Touch is still active today.
In 1988 Wozencroft's book on his colleague
Neville Brody
Neville Stanley Brody (born 23 April 1957) is an English graphic designer, typographer and art director. He is known for his work on '' The Face'' magazine (1981–1986), ''Arena'' magazine (1987–1990), and designing record covers for artis ...
was published as ''The Graphic Language of Neville Brody''. Wozencroft and Brody went on to found and publish ''FUSE'' – an experimental publication of graphics and experimental fonts.
According to his biography, Wozencroft has had extensive experience teaching design. He has been a lecturer at
Central St Martins College of Art & Design and at the
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public university, public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City, London, White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design uni ...
, both in
London
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. According to his RCA biography, "In 1994 he was appointed main tutor and assistant course director for MA Interactive Multimedia at the Royal College of Art. He is currently a Senior Tutor on the Visual Communication course at the Royal College of Art."
Books by Jon Wozencroft
* ''The Graphic Language of
Neville Brody
Neville Stanley Brody (born 23 April 1957) is an English graphic designer, typographer and art director. He is known for his work on '' The Face'' magazine (1981–1986), ''Arena'' magazine (1987–1990), and designing record covers for artis ...
'', Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1988. ()
* ''The Graphic Language of Neville Brody 2'', Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994. ()
* ''Touch & Fuse: the aftershock of the invisible'', University of Porto, 1999. (Depósito Legal 136162/99)
Articles by Jon Wozencroft
* "Out of the Blue", ''
TATE ETC.'', Issue 10, Summer 2007. Article on
Peter Saville's design for
Joy Division
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's ''
Unknown Pleasures
''Unknown Pleasures'' is the debut studio album by the English rock band Joy Division. It was released on 15 June 1979 through Factory Records. The album was recorded and mixed over three successive weekends at Stockport's Strawberry Studios i ...
''
Text online
References
External links
Jon Wozencroft biographyfrom the Royal College of Art
from the Touch website
from the Touch website
from the Touch website
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1958 births
Living people
English graphic designers
People from Epsom