Paul Barnes (designer)

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

Paul Barnes
Paul Barnes speaking on the differences between printing and carved lettering in 2013.
Born1970 (age 49–50)
Harlow, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationGraphic artist and typographer

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. With Christian Schwartz he designed the very large Guardian Egyptian family typefaces for The Guardian newspaper and operates the digital type design company Commercial Type.[2][3][4]

In April 2007 he designed the logo for Kate Moss with Saville.[5]

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 50 designers in Britain. [6]

Typefaces designed by Paul Barnes

Magazine articles by Paul Barnes
gollark: If people are silly dodecahedra who refuse to learn new tech, that is their problem.
gollark: A lot of the time you as a user *can* just pay directly by card, which is better in some ways and worse in others.
gollark: Anyone can screw you over horribly because payments are broken.
gollark: You also can't really reverse transactions in a cryptocurrency, but that could be seen as a good thing.
gollark: Governments probably wouldn't unless they're being really experimental for some reason, yes, since unless they make themselves the only issuers they can't muck with the money supply all the time.

References
  1. Discogs
  2. Walters, John; Esterson, Simon. "Reputations: Commercial Type". Eye. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. Grant, Angelynn. "Features: Commercial Type". Communication Arts. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. Boulanger, Marie. "Christian Schwartz, Partner at Commercial Type: Interview March 1st, 2019". Medium. ECVNY. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. CR Blog » Blog Archive » Kate Moss: The Brand
  6. "The top 50", The Guardian, 1 September 2007.
  7. http://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/39449/national-trust
  8. "Type Tuesday: Reputations, Christian Schwartz & Paul Barnes". Eye. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  9. Stössinger, Nina. "Dala Prisma". Typographica. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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