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In-house design teams: how do the Barbican’s designers work?

Design Week

.” Allen is one quarter of the Barbican’s in-house design team, established in 2011 and in more normal times based in the Brutalist arts centre itself. Opened in 1982, the arts centre is a much-loved London destination, celebrated as much for its architecture as its creative programme.

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Emblem Logo Design Inspiration: Top 10 Examples

Inkbot Design

It encapsulates his nighttime reign over Gotham’s rogues’ gallery of deranged supervillains. Its off-centre visual creates subtle instability, subconsciously generating interest that sucks in one’s gaze. The 2011 version refreshed the details with a cleaner “Siren” image and altered wordmark.

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35 Famous Graphic Designers You Need To Know

Shillington

On top of this, she is also a teacher at the School of Visual Arts, contributes to Imprint and Uppercase magazine and has co-authored numerous books, including The Typographic Universe, American Typeplay and New Modernist Type. He lectures at his alma mater the School of Visual Arts and other colleges across America.