Steve Rigley

• Undergraduate Programme Leader Communication Design
• Design-Communication Design

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6 x 6 Letterpress Project

Rigley, Steve 6 x 6 Letterpress Project. In: due to be published November 2012. TBC.

An Unbearable Lightness?

Rigley, Steve (2019) An Unbearable Lightness? In: The Graphic Design Reader. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London, pp. 78-83. ISBN 978-1-4725-2647-2

Article

The Challenges for Graphic Design in Establishing an Academic Research Culture: lessons from the last Research Excellence Framework

Corazzo, James, Harland, Robert George, Honnor, Alison and Rigley, Steve (2019) The Challenges for Graphic Design in Establishing an Academic Research Culture: lessons from the last Research Excellence Framework. The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design, 23 (1). pp. 7-29. ISSN 1460-6925

Design’s Wayward Cousins

Rigley, SJ (2008) Design’s Wayward Cousins. Design’s Wayward Cousins, 17 (68). pp. 16-17. ISSN 0960-779X

Working Lunch

Rigley, SJ and Rawatt, Kurnal (2005) Working Lunch. EYE - The International Review of Graphic Design, 14 (56). pp. 58-64. ISSN 0960779X

Abram Games: maximum Meaning, Minimum Means

Rigley, Steve (2006) Abram Games: maximum Meaning, Minimum Means. Eye: The International Review of graphic Design (59). ISSN 0960-779X

Avant garde Graphics 1918 - 1934

Rigley, Steve (2005) Avant garde Graphics 1918 - 1934. Eye: The international Review of Graphic Design (55). ISSN 0960-779X

Buying Time

Rigley, Steve (2011) Buying Time. Eye Magazine (79). pp. 98-99. ISSN 0960-779X

Dancing and Demolition in Old Beijing

Rigley, Steve (2007) Dancing and Demolition in Old Beijing. Eye: The International Review of Graphic Design (65). ISSN 0960-779X

The Designer and the Artist

Rigley, Steve (2004) The Designer and the Artist. Eye: The International Review of Graphic Design (51). ISSN 0960-779X

Digital Kanthas: print waste as ornament

Rigley, Steve (2013) Digital Kanthas: print waste as ornament. Craft Research, 4 (2). pp. 245-264. ISSN 2040-4689

Graphic Design Reading Lists: How should we choose texts to guide students through the info-blizzard?

Rigley, Steve (2012) Graphic Design Reading Lists: How should we choose texts to guide students through the info-blizzard? Eye magazine Online.

I love my India

Rigley, Steve (2004) I love my India. Eye: The International Review of Graphic design (53). ISSN 0960-779X

Imperialism by Another Name?

Rigley, Steve (2006) Imperialism by Another Name? EYE - The International Review of Graphic Design (60). ISSN 0960-779X

Other Peoples Trades

Rigley, Steve (2013) Other Peoples Trades. Message: Communication Arts Research, 1.6/6. pp. 44-49. ISSN ISBN: 978-184102-347-2

Re-tooling the culture for an empire of signs

Rigley, Steve (2004) Re-tooling the culture for an empire of signs. EYE - The International Review of Graphic Design (52). ISSN 0960-779X

Review of: Space as Language: The Properties of Typographic Space by Will Hill

Rigley, Steve (2023) Review of: Space as Language: The Properties of Typographic Space by Will Hill. Parenthesis (46).

Supply & Demand: The work of Shepherd Fairey

Rigley, Steve (2006) Supply & Demand: The work of Shepherd Fairey. Eye: The International Review of Graphic Design (62). ISSN 0960-779X

Thinking in Solid Air: Design educators are finding that letterpress nurtures creativity and visual abstraction

Rigley, Steve (2004) Thinking in Solid Air: Design educators are finding that letterpress nurtures creativity and visual abstraction. Buying Time. pp. 56-64. ISSN 0960-779X

An Unbearable Lightness?

Rigley, Steve (2007) An Unbearable Lightness? Visual Communication, 6 (3). pp. 281-304. ISSN 1470-3572

Conference or Workshop Item

Graphic design research: a cause for the concerned

Harland, R., Corazzo, J., Gwilt, I., Honnor, A. and Rigley, S. (2018) Graphic design research: a cause for the concerned. In: Design Research Society 2018 Conference: Catalyst, 25th - 28th June 2018, Limerick, Ireland.

All that is solid melts into arial

Rigley, Steve (2004) All that is solid melts into arial. In: Crossroads of Civilisations - Association Typographique Internationale 2004, 30 September–3 October, 2004, Prague.

Beauty and the Beast

Rigley, Steve (2003) Beauty and the Beast. In: ATypI 2003 Vancouver: Between Text & Reader, 25th- 28th September 2003, Vancouver.

Beyond Babel: Visualising the territories of graphic design

Rigley, Steve (2013) Beyond Babel: Visualising the territories of graphic design. In: Blunt: Explicit and graphic design criticism now, 12-14th April 2013, Norfolk Virginia, USA.

Education and Practice: An Unbiased Travellers Review

Rigley, Steve (2009) Education and Practice: An Unbiased Travellers Review. In: World Design Congress. Education Conference, 24th - 30th October, Beijing.

Other People’s Trades: Towards mapping an expanding practice

Rigley, Steve (2016) Other People’s Trades: Towards mapping an expanding practice. In: Graphic Design Educators' Network Pedagogic Research Symposium 2016, 20 Apr 2016, Loughborough University, UK.

Roll on’s, butt toners and fantastical gadgets: Guilt-tripping in the supermall.

Rigley, Steve (2015) Roll on’s, butt toners and fantastical gadgets: Guilt-tripping in the supermall. In: UDAD Universal Design and Development 2015, 13-14 March 2015, The Residency Hotel, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

SWG3 Caseroom Residency

Rigley, Steve (2018) SWG3 Caseroom Residency. In: SWG3 Caseroom Residency and Talk, 27- 31 August 2018, SWG3, Glasgow.

Stand Well back! Hybrid Firework Packaging from South India

Rigley, Steve (2015) Stand Well back! Hybrid Firework Packaging from South India. In: Material Culture in Action: Practices of Making, Collecting and Re-enacting Art and Design, 7-8 Sep 2015, The Glasgow School of Art, UK.

Graphic Design and the REF

Rigley, Steve, Corazzo, James, Harland, Robert and Honnor, Alison (2018) Graphic Design and the REF. In: Graphic Design Educators’ Network (GDEN), The Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD), the Art and Design Research Centre (ADRC), and the Sheffield Institute of Arts (SIA)., 17 Oct 2018, Sheffield Hallam University.

Playing to the REF’s whistle: Graphic Design research falls behind again.

Rigley, Steve, Gwilt, Ian, Corazzo, James, Harland, Robert and Horner, Alison (2017) Playing to the REF’s whistle: Graphic Design research falls behind again. In: Ideas of Revolt: The Graphic Design Educators’ Network 2017 Conference, 7-8 September 2017, Sheffield Institute of the Arts, Sheffield Hallam University.

The Visible Word

Rigley, Steve and Maguire, Paul (2023) The Visible Word. In: The Visible Word: GSA Research Cluster, 10 January 2024, 4 University Gardens, University of Glasgow.

Out of Print: Glasgow 501

Rigley, Steve and Pickstone, Edwin (2008) Out of Print: Glasgow 501. In: Out of Print: Glasgow 501, October 2008, St. Brides Printing Library, London.

Artefact

Neue Jugend revisited: into the forest with John, and into the city with George (2021)

Rigley, Steve (2021) Neue Jugend revisited: into the forest with John, and into the city with George (2021). [Artefact]

Scarehead

Rigley, Steve (2022) Scarehead. [Artefact]

Scarehead Poster Series

Rigley, Steve (2023) Scarehead Poster Series. [Artefact]

Show/Exhibition

Out of Print

Baines, Marc, Rigley, Steve, Stickley, Paul and Stark, Andy (2007) Out of Print. Philadelphia University, 01 April -01 May 2007 [Show/Exhibition]

MetaMétier

Rigley, SJ (2001) MetaMétier. Parsons School of Design, New York, 03/10/01 - 09/11/01 [Show/Exhibition]

Like that Only. Meena Kadri & Steve Rigley

Rigley, Steve (2007) Like that Only. Meena Kadri & Steve Rigley. Atrium Gallery Glasgow, May 2007 [Show/Exhibition]

The Redheaded Stepchild

Rigley, Steve (2004) The Redheaded Stepchild. The Glasgow School of Art [Show/Exhibition]

The Visible Word 2

Rigley, Steve and Pickstone, Edwin (2023) The Visible Word 2. New Glasgow Society, 4-5th September 2023 [Show/Exhibition]

Visible Language: GSA Caseroom Research Cluster Work in Progress

Rigley, Steve, Pickstone, Edwin, Robertson, Frances, Bremner, Elaine, Lamb, Andrew and Maguire, Paul (2022) Visible Language: GSA Caseroom Research Cluster Work in Progress. Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art, 27th October - 18th November 2022 [Show/Exhibition]

Recent Works: Rigley, Petty & Roan

Rigley, Steve, Roan, Susan and Petty, Jo (2003) Recent Works: Rigley, Petty & Roan. [Show/Exhibition]

Monograph

The Future of Design Education: A collaboration between the Design Council, The Indian Design Council and the British Council

Rigley, Steve, Boddington, Anne, McLaren, Graham, Bichet, Jo-Anne, Dewsberry, Emma, Innes, Derek and Curtis, Kerry (2018) The Future of Design Education: A collaboration between the Design Council, The Indian Design Council and the British Council. Project Report. British Council / Design Council / Indian Design Council.

Image

Collected works 2018/19

Rigley, Steve (2019) Collected works 2018/19. [Image]

Other

Design city in a hurry

Rigley, Steve (2013) Design city in a hurry. Eye Magazine, http://www.eyemagazine.com/blog.

Making Spaces (Part of Patricia Cain exhibition)

Rigley, Steve (2011) Making Spaces (Part of Patricia Cain exhibition). Patricia Cain, Glasgow.

The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design

Rigley, Steve (2012) The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design. Phaidon, London.