About

Hello, my name is Nigel Ball and I am a designer, educator and writer based in Ipswich in the UK. This website serves as an online hub for my writing, and as a repository for my ongoing and archived research.

I am is a Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at the University of Suffolk and an External Examiner at the University of Hertfordshire. I have written widely about graphic design, visual culture and creative education, and my research has included outputs of co-curated exhibitions, public lectures and self-published photobooks and texts.

Alongside academia and writing, I take on design consultation work dedicating my services to clients from the cultural, public and third sectors. I am active in local and regional art and design organisations, I’m a member of the Board of Trustees of SPILL Festival, and I sit on the Ipswich Conservation and Design Panel.

A white man sitting at a desk with a pair of glasses on his head and his hand at his chin. Behind him are posters on the wall and a bookshelf.

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