BARON Fabien (Art director)

Fabien Baron's clean, clear layouts, allowing tangled graphics to float luxuriantly in vast areas of space, recall the power of Alexey Brodovitch's work and have set new standards in modern design. Starting his career at New York Woman in 1982, Baron moved quickly to Italian Vogue, and a stint at Interview magazine, before he was appointed creative director at Brodovitch's old home, Harper's Bazaar. His style has been widely influential and Baron acknowledges, "the look doesn't belong to me any more". He directed Madonna's Erotica video and designed her metal-covered book, Sex. The frosted bottle for Calvin Klein's unisex CK One perfume was also his creation. 

Klein says, "We are on the same wavelength, except Fabien goes way beyond my capabilities of aestheticism". From 2003 to 2008 he was creative director at French Vogue alongside his art director and marketing agency Baron + Baron which he founded in 1990. 

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