This event is in the past.It took place on February 9, 2017 at Michigan Theater.
Jonathan Barnbrook, the graphic designer behind David Bowie's haunting final album Blackstar, unpacks the visual language of an icon's farewell. His Grammy-nominated artwork helped shape one of music's most powerful swan songs: hear the stories behind the symbols just days before the awards.
design talk
David Bowie
Grammy nominated
graphic design
Tips
đ”"the Penny Stamps season has got the pulse of the moment" (Hamilton)
âBlackstar released 2 days before Bowie's death
đšBarnbrook also created Bowie's Heathen and Reality covers
Jonathan Barnbrook at Penny Stamps Speaker Series
Old Fourth Ward
Jonathan Barnbrook, the graphic designer behind David Bowie's haunting final album Blackstar, unpacks the visual language of an icon's farewell. His Grammy-nominated artwork helped shape one of music's most powerful swan songs: hear the stories behind the symbols just days before the awards.
design talk
David Bowie
Grammy nominated
graphic design
Tips
đ”"the Penny Stamps season has got the pulse of the moment" (Hamilton)
âBlackstar released 2 days before Bowie's death
đšBarnbrook also created Bowie's Heathen and Reality covers
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