Rian Hughes studied at the LCP in London before working for an advertising agency, Smash Hits, i-D magazine and a series of record sleeve design companies. Under the name Device he now provides design, custom type and illustration for advertising campaigns, record sleeves, book jackets, graphic novels and television. His first graphic novel was The Science Service for Belgian publisher Magic Strip, published in five languages. This was followed by “Dare” for IPC’s short-lived Revolver, an “iconoclastic revamp of the ’50s comic hero Dan Dare”, written by Grant Morrison.
His strips for 2000AD have been collected in Yesterday’s Tomorrows (“Dare”, “Really and Truly” plus others) and “Tales from Beyond Science” (written by Mark Millar, John Smith and AlanMcKenzie). More recently he wrote and drew a Batman: Black and White tale, contributed to Vertigo: Magenta, designed the map of the DC Multiverse and was reunited with Morrison for two stories in the SF Special issue of Heavy Metal.From his studio, Device, he has also worked extensively for the British and American comic, publishing, advertising and music industries as designer, typographer and illustrator. Work includes title sequences for “The Box”, poster designs for Tokyo fashion company Jun Co.’s Yellow Boots chain and he has designed many logos for DC, Marvel, Valiant, Image and other comic book companies for titles such as Batman, X-Men, James Bond, Spider-Man and many others. He is the author of numerous books on design and typography, including Logo-a-Gogo, which will be published soon. Other books include Custom Lettering of the 20s and 30s and he sets out his memetics manifesto in Cult-ure: Ideas Can Be Dangerous. |
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