Christophe Brunnquell (born 1969) is a French

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Biography

Brunnquell was born in

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, and started working as an art director for ''Encore'' magazine after graduating from high school. After being interviewed by

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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,

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, the

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's fashion guide,

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, 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 M/M (Paris) is an art and design partnership consisting of Mathias Augustyniak (born 1967) and Michael Amzalag (born 1968), established in Paris in 1992. M/M are best known for their art direction and collaborations with musicians ( Björk, Madon ...

; though he seems to remain a part of the Purple crew – the Summer 2007 issue contained several of his monochrome paintings, and Brunnquell's

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''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 ''

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'' (ghosts). The incorporation of typography in his paintings reveals his background as a graphic designer. In 2009 he collaborated with Italian agency Studio Blanc

for Carte Blanche, a capsule collection project designed for Sportmax (Max Mara Group). Brunnquell's atelier is located in Paris' 18th Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissement.Fujimoto, Yasushi; The 10 Influential Creators for Magazine Design; Pie Books, Tokyo 2007; p.8-9

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External links

Photos from Brunnquell’s studio

Sportmax Carte Blanche Project
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