Theo Inglis

THEO INGLIS

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ABOUT:

Birmingham-based graphic designer, focusing primarily on the design of publications and other typographically-driven printed matter, including typesetting, usually for clients in cultural sectors.
I am also a writer, focusing mainly (but not exclusively) on graphic design history. My debut book; Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design, was published by Batsford in May 2019. The Graphic Design Bible was published by Ilex Press in September, 2023.
Lecturer on the BA Graphic Design course at Birmingham City University.

C.V.

Education

2015–17:
MA Critical Writing in Art & Design,
Royal College of Art.

2009–12:
BA Graphic Design,
Norwich University of the Arts.

Employment

2024–present:
Lecturer in Graphic Design, Birmingham City University.

2015–present:
Freelance Designer & Writer.

2021–22:
Acting Senior Designer,
Granta.

2021–22:
Lecturer in Graphic Design, University of Salford.

2019–21:
Lecturer in Graphic Design, University of Suffolk.

2016–18:
Freelance Reporter,
Grafik & Monotype.

2012–15:
Graphic Designer,
Echo Brand Design.

Freelance Design Clients

Ache Press
Arts Emergency
Banned Books Week UK
Batsford Books
Clinic Poetry
Crecy Publishing
Daunt Books
Erica Starling Productions
Exeter University
Falmouth Art Gallery
Granta Magazine
Holocaust Centre North
House Sparrow Press
Ian Allan Publishing
Ilex Press
Kingston University
Muslim Hands UK
National Landscapes Association
openDemocracy
Penguin Press
Peninsula Press
Pluto Press
Poetry London
Prototype
Queen Mary University of London
Royal College of Art
Test Centre
The Poetry School
UEA Publishing
Verso Books
Visual Editions

Writing Clients

AIGA Eye on Design
Apollo Magazine
Communication Arts
Pentagram
The International Society of Typographic Designers
The Financial Times
Grafik
Monotype
Creative Review
Eye Magazine
Computer Arts

Publications

The Graphic Design Bible (Ilex Press, 2023)
Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design (Batsford, 2019)
Chapter in Building Utopia: The Barbican Centre (Batsford, 2022)
Contributor to Type Directory (Thames & Hudson, 2019)

SELECTED WORK

The Graphic Design Bible

The Graphic Design Bible, written and designed by Theo Inglis, was published by Ilex Press (an imprint of Hachette UK) in September, 2023.
Divided into concise illustrated sections, The Graphic Design Bible provides a diverse introduction to the history, theories, ideas and contexts that surround the practice of graphic design. 320 pages, hardback, 16x20cm.
Foreign Editions: America/Germany—Prestel, France—Pyramyd-Editions, Spain—Blume, South Korea—Will Books, Brazil—Editora Senac, Italy—TOPIC Edizioni.

Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design

Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design, written and designed by Theo Inglis. Published by Batsford in May, 2019. Hardback: 256 pages. A survey of graphic design and illustration in the post WW2 era.

Granta magazine

From 2021—2022 I was acting Senior Designer at Granta, a renowned literary magazine based in London, designing and typesetting 5 complete issues.

Through the Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping

Book design for Through the Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping, the only piece of narrative fiction by British artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman, published by Prototype’s House Sparrow Press imprint in 2022.

Extending Family

Catalogue design for Extending Family (2023) a collaboration between the MA in Writing at the Royal College of Art and The Foundling Museum, London. Printed by Generation Press and typeset in Lyon by Kai Bernau.

Strangers Within

Book design for Strangers Within: Documentary as Encounter (Prototype, 2022), edited by Therese Henningsen and Juliette Joffé, featuring contributions from Annie Ernaux, Toni Morrison and Andrew Kötting, among others. Printed by TJ Books, 280pp.

Lovebug

Cover and typesetting for Lovebug by Daisy Lafarge, published by Peninsula Press (2023).

SUBTEXTS 1

Identity and debut issue design for SUBTEXTS, The Queen Mary University of London Literary Journal, published by QMUL’s School of English & Drama. Cover collage by Mark Lazenby. Printed by TJ books, 2023.

Dialogue with a Somnambulist: Stories, Essays & a Portrait Gallery

Dialogue with a Somnambulist: Stories, Essays & a Portrait Gallery by Chloe Aridjis, published by House Sparrow Press (2021). Full book design, linocut images by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, typeset in Wolpe Pegasus and Salter (Sharp Type). Printed by TJ Books.