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Professor Rick Poynor
\nDavid King: Authoring the Visual Narrative by Design<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing<\/a>\u00a0(CBCP) is pleased to host this free online event which is open to all.\u00a0This research seminar will be a hybrid event, taking place on the University of Reading campus (room TBC) and online. Please register your interest to receive the Zoom link here: https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/182700621477<\/a><\/p>\n

David King (1942-2016) occupies an unusual position in British graphic design and publishing. At the\u00a0Sunday Times Magazine<\/em>, where he worked for 10 years, he was both a designer and a visual journalist, developing, researching and sometimes photographing his own stories. In 1972, he co-authored his first book, about Trotsky, and he went on to build up a world-class private collection of graphics and photographs from the Russian revolutionary period (now owned by Tate), which he used in his own work. As an expert visual researcher with an ever-developing command of the subject, he designed and authored a range of catalogues and books about Russian and Soviet history, among them\u00a0The Commissar Vanishes<\/em>\u00a0(1997),\u00a0Ordinary Citizens\u00a0<\/em>(2003) and\u00a0Red Star Over Russia<\/em>\u00a0(2009). King was a leading example of \u201cthe designer as author\u201d, able to conceive and construct visual narratives that would never be attempted by text-led historians or designers who lacked his deep historical knowledge. This talk will trace the development of King\u2019s visual practice as an author, consider the visual signature he derived from constructivism, and assess the combination of visual and editorial skills that enabled his publishing projects. What are the implications of King\u2019s body of work for a more complex form of visual authorship?<\/p>\n

Rick Poynor<\/strong>\u00a0is Professor of Design and Visual Culture at the University of Reading. He was the founding editor of\u00a0Eye<\/em>, the international review of graphic design, and co-founder of the\u00a0Design Observer<\/em>\u00a0website. His most recent books are\u00a0David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian<\/em>\u00a0(Yale University Press, 2020) and\u00a0National Theatre Posters: A Design History<\/em>\u00a0(Unit Editions, 2017). His other books include\u00a0Obey the Giant: Life in the Image World<\/em>\u00a0(2001),\u00a0No More Rules: Graphic Design and Postmodernism<\/em>\u00a0(2003) and\u00a0Jan van Toorn: Critical Practice<\/em>\u00a0(2008). Occasional Papers will publish\u00a0Graphic Cultures<\/em>, his fourth volume of essays, in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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