Hello, my name is Nigel Ball, 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 log of my ongoing and archived research.
I am currently 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.
My interest in graphic design grew out of the do-it-yourself culture of anarcho-punk in the 1980s, creating artwork for bands, activist groups and agit-prop campaigns while working as a print finisher and book binder. After leaving the print trade and completing my first degree as a mature student, I set up my own freelance creative practice working across graphic design, moving image and photography.
I started my first teaching post in 2003.
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