Christophe Szpajdel

Christophe Szpajdel is a Belgian illustrator and calligraphist. He was born on September 29th 1970 in Gembloux, Namur, Belgium, and then grew up in Louvain-la-Neuve, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2006, he has been residing in Exeter, Devon, England. After designing his first logo for the Finnish band Disgrace in 1990, he has today drawn over 10,000 logos, mainly within the black metal, death metal and dark ambient music scenes. The amount of work he has done in the industry has lead him to be nicknamed the "Lord of the Logos", which was reinforced when he authored a book of the same name (published in 2009) showcasing his design over the years. His most prolific logo was the one the he designed for Emperor in early 1993. In the 2010's Szpajdel has been exposed to major publicity after working with the Foo Fighters and Rihanna.