DESIGN LECTURE SERIES: RICK GRIFFITH

“Alternative Model for Professional Practice”

For just under 20 years, Rick Griffith has sought clarity about language and communication through the broad discipline of design and more specifically typography. His works are both elemental and ambitious, as they offer his remarks often tethered to a vaguely representative object designed to inspire dialog. His projects and commercial works have been cited in national and international resources, including several books by Rockport Publishers, Print Magazine, AIGA 365, Dwell Magazine, and most recently, Art for Obama, Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change. His work is included in the AIGA National Design Archives at the Denver Art Museum, The Butler Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts at Columbia University, and the Tweed Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

For 15 years, he has taught graphic design and typography for the University of Colorado, Denver, The Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, and most recently, The University of Denver. He serves as lecturer and panelist for conferences and presents on either his method for teaching and practicing as a designer/typographer or the model of professional practice of his studio and laboratory MATTER .