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Steve Rigley

  • Undergraduate Programme Leader Communication Design
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Job Title
Undergraduate Programme Leader Communication Design
School or Academic Area
School of Design
Email
S.Rigley@gsa.ac.uk
Professional Address
Reid Building 164 Renfrew St, Glasgow G3 6RQ

Biography

Steve has contributed papers to a number of journals and International conferences, including the Association Typographique Internationale, the Design Research Society, the AIGA, and the World Design Congress. He has been a visiting lecturer at institutions in Europe, India, China, and the USA. Steve has been a regular contributor to Eye: The International Journal of Graphic Design and has contributed to The Graphic Design Reader (Bloomsbury 2019) and the Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design (2012). He was the recipient of the 2019 North Lit Prize for Creative Writing.

Research Interests

Steve's current research interests focus on the relationship between Dada typography and concrete poetry and how the mapping of practice and creative writing may be used as tools for understanding graphic design history.

Latest Additions

  1. Rigley, Steve (2023) Review of: Space as Language: The Properties of Typographic Space by Will Hill. Parenthesis (46).
  2. Rigley, Steve and Pickstone, Edwin (2023) The Visible Word 2. New Glasgow Society, 4-5th September 2023
  3. Rigley, Steve (2023) Scarehead Poster Series.
  4. 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
  5. Rigley, Steve (2022) Scarehead.
  6. Rigley, Steve (2021) Neue Jugend revisited: into the forest with John, and into the city with George (2021).
  7. 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
  8. Rigley, Steve (2019) An Unbearable Lightness? In: The Graphic Design Reader. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London, pp. 78-83. ISBN 978-1-4725-2647-2
  9. 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.
  10. Rigley, Steve (2013) Other Peoples Trades. Message: Communication Arts Research, 1.6/6. pp. 44-49. ISSN ISBN: 978-184102-347-2