Christophe Brunnquell
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Christophe BrunnquellChristophe Brunnquell (born 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Seine
, France
) is a French art director
, and artist
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and Elein Fleiss for Purple magazine
, they hired Brunnquell as art director from Purple’s second issue in 1993. The popularity of Purple helped boosting his own career, and since then he has been working with art direction and design consultancy for, among others, Louis Vuitton
, the Venice Biennale
, Le Figaro
’s fashion guide, Fabien Baron
, Colette
, Balenciaga
, Céline
, Cosmic Wonder, and Zucca
.
In 2004 Brunnquell launched Carnaval magazine, a publication mainly displaying his own art work.
Brunnquell’s engagement in Purple has shifted through the years, and since the Summer 2007 issue the art direction is made by M/M Paris
; though he seems to remain a part of the Purple crew – the Summer 2007 issue contained several of his monochrome paintings, and Brunnquell’s artist’s book Années érotiques was attached to the Spring/Summer 2008 issue. In an interview by Yasushi Fujimoto, Brunnquell explained his wish to work more or less full-time as an artist in the near future; and that his motifs are inspired by Japanese Yōkai
(ghosts). The incorporation of typography in his paintings reveals his background as a graphic designer.
In 2009 he collaborated with Italian agency Studio Blanco http://www.studioblanco.it for Carte Blanche, a capsule collection project designed for Sportmax (Max Mara Group).
Brunnquell’s atelier is located in Paris’ 18th arrondissement
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Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Although Neuilly is technically a suburb of Paris, it is immediately adjacent to the city and directly extends it. The area is composed of mostly wealthy, select residential...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French art director
Art director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
, and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
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Biography
Brunnquell started working as an art director for Encore magazine after graduating from high school. After being interviewed by Olivier ZahmOlivier Zahm
Olivier Zahm is the founder and owner of the French fashion and culture magazine Purple.-Career:Olivier Zahm worked as a freelance arts journalist contributing to Artforum, Flash Art, Art Press and Texte Zur Kunst during the 1980s and early 1990s.Zahm is an art curator and has selected exhibitions...
and Elein Fleiss for Purple magazine
Purple (magazine)
-History:In 1992, Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm started the magazine Purple Prose as a reaction against the superficial glamour of the 1980’s; much as a part of the global counterculture at the time, inspired by magazines like Interview, Ray Gun, Nova, and Helmut Newton’s Illustrated, but with the...
, they hired Brunnquell as art director from Purple’s second issue in 1993. The popularity of Purple helped boosting his own career, and since then he has been working with art direction and design consultancy for, among others, Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton Malletier – commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton , or shortened to LV – is a French fashion house founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The label is well known for its LV monogram, which is featured on most products, ranging from luxury trunks and leather goods to ready-to-wear, shoes,...
, the Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
, Le Figaro
Le Figaro
Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...
’s fashion guide, Fabien Baron
Fabien Baron
Fabien Baron is a French art director. He is editorial director of Interview magazine.-Life and career :In 1982, Baron came to New York with the idea of staying for six months....
, Colette
Colette (boutique)
Colette is a concept store and the preeminent Parisian fashion and style boutique founded in March 1997 by Colette Roussaux and her daughter, Sarah Lerfel. It is located at no...
, Balenciaga
Balenciaga
Balenciaga is a fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga, a Basque designer, born in the Basque Country, Spain. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior. His bubble skirts and odd, feminine, yet ultra-modern...
, Céline
Celine (brand)
Céline is a French luxury house founded in 1945 by Céline Vipiana. Today, it is an international luxury goods brand owned by LVMH, purchased in 1996 for 2.7 billion French francs ....
, Cosmic Wonder, and Zucca
Zucca
Zucca is Italian for pumpkin.Zucca is a commercial Italian aperitif. Although its name is Zucca, the Italian word for squash, and is featured at Zucca's Bar located in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milano, its base ingredient is Rhubarb, hence its name Rabarbaro Zucca. It is also combined with...
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In 2004 Brunnquell launched Carnaval magazine, a publication mainly displaying his own art work.
Brunnquell’s engagement in Purple has shifted through the years, and since the Summer 2007 issue the art direction is made by M/M Paris
M/M Paris
M/M is an art and design partnership consisting of Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag , established in Paris in 1992....
; though he seems to remain a part of the Purple crew – the Summer 2007 issue contained several of his monochrome paintings, and Brunnquell’s artist’s book Années érotiques was attached to the Spring/Summer 2008 issue. In an interview by Yasushi Fujimoto, Brunnquell explained his wish to work more or less full-time as an artist in the near future; and that his motifs are inspired by Japanese Yōkai
Yōkai
are a class of supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore. The word yōkai is made up of the kanji for "otherworldly" and "weird". Yōkai range eclectically from the malevolent to the mischievous, or occasionally bring good fortune to those who encounter them...
(ghosts). The incorporation of typography in his paintings reveals his background as a graphic designer.
In 2009 he collaborated with Italian agency Studio Blanco http://www.studioblanco.it for Carte Blanche, a capsule collection project designed for Sportmax (Max Mara Group).
Brunnquell’s atelier is located in Paris’ 18th arrondissement
Arrondissements of Paris
The city of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux administrative districts, more simply referred to as arrondissements . These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements, which subdivide the 101 French départements...
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