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Steve Rigley

Recent articles by Steve Rigley

Buying timeIssue 79, Spring 2011
Feature

	With shorter, more commercially driven degrees under serious consideration, Steve Rigley argues…
Design’s wayward cousinsIssue 68, Summer 2008
Feature

	Humble and often vulgar, chapbooks offer an illuminating window into the medieval world.
Revolutionary material in the fleshIssue 55, Spring 2005
Review

	Glasgow’s Hunterian Gallery is home to a collection of James Abbott McNeill…
      
Andre’s mug: inspiring prank, global brand… or a one-hit wonder?Issue 62, Winter 2006
Review

	The hard-sell intro to Supply and Demand will, no doubt, have many digging into…
      
Thinking in solid airIssue 57, Autumn 2005
Feature
Design educators are finding that letterpress nurtures creativity and visual abstraction
Digital cut and paste from IndiaIssue 53, Autumn 2004
Review

	‘In a realm of Calvino-esque echoes, the “invisible cities” begin to unravel…
      
Refreshing but inscrutably exoticIssue 69, Autumn 2008
Review

                Now that the Olympic Circus has finally rolled out of town, it is highly likely…
      
Abram GamesIssue 59, Spring 2006
Review

                Visitors to this exhibition may have noticed a London bus ticket modestly tucked…
      
New eraIssue 58, Winter 2005
Review

                Delegates registering for Era 05 in the vast lobby of Copenhagen’s Bella Centre…
      
A lifetime of brush-script problem-solvingIssue 51, Spring 2004
Review

	There is a photograph of Ashley Havinden (1903-73), taken for Country Life…
      
Working lunchIssue 56, Summer 2005
Feature
Mumbai’s dabbawallas deliver 175,000 meals daily to hungry workers using a unique system
Re-tooling the culture for an empire of signsIssue 52, Summer 2004
Feature

	‘Creative destruction’ and synthesis in the rapidly changing subcontinent
Dancing and demolition in old BeijingIssue 65, Autumn 2007
Opinion

	The destruction of ancient Chinese alleyways undermines the Olympic ideals of…
      
Imperialism by another name?Issue 60, Summer 2006
Opinion
India’s designers need to compete globally, but Western-style professionalisation could threaten…

Recent blog posts by Steve Rigley

If you know where to look …

9 November 2018

Graphic design academics assemble in Sheffield to prepare for the next REF, the Research Excellence Framework. Report by Steve Rigley

The Research Excellence Framework (REF), which takes place every seven years, is the means by which UK funding councils assess the quality and impact of academic research in higher education, writes Steve Rigley.

Design city in a hurry

18 November 2013

Singapore’s graphic design story matches the city-state’s dramatic narrative, but this breathless overview leaves little time for reflection

In the introduction to Independence: The History of Graphic Design in Singpore since the 1990s, author Justin Zhuang quotes Deyan Sudjic, ‘design is the language that a society uses to create objects that reflect its purposes and values’, writes Steve Rigley.

Graphic design reading lists

21 March 2012

How should we choose texts to guide students through the info-blizzard?

Twenty years ago creating a reading list for graphic design students was relatively easy, writes Steve Rigley.