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Next week is the last chance to see "David King: The World Must Change" at Standpoint Gallery, Hoxton, London. The gallery is open 20, 21 and 22 October (the last day). Posters and books for sale! For gallery times and details, see link in bio. Photos: @reinislismanis #davidkingdesigner #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #politicalposters #politicalgraphics #politicaldesign #graphicactivism #posters #posterdesign #posterart #posterseveryday #magazine #magazinecover #magazinecoverdesign #magculture @standpointgallery

Installation shots of "David King: The World Must Change" at Standpoint Gallery, London. Curated by Rick Poynor with design by Simon Esterson. We've had a great response to the exhibition so far. This is a rare opportunity to see King's high-impact posters as they were intended to be seen – on the wall. We also have his famous covers of City Limits magazine. There are posters for sale. The exhibition runs until 22 October. Full details in the gallery link in bio. [Photos: Simon Esterson] #davidkingdesigner #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #politicalposters #politicalgraphics #politicaldesign #graphicactivism #posters #posterdesign #posterart #posterseveryday #magazine #magazinecover #magazinecoverdesign #magculture

SEE classic original David King posters! City Limits covers, too. A new exhibition, “David King: The World Must Change”, opens on Friday, 16 September at Standpoint Gallery, London. We have posters by King for sale, too – this a very rare opportunity. Full details in the image and gallery link in bio. #davidkingdesigner #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #politicalposters #politicalgraphics #politicaldesign #graphicactivism #posters #posterdesign #posterart #postereveryday #magazine #magazinecover #magazinecoverdesign #magculture

We’ve been using the summer to load davidkingdesigner.com with 13 hard-to-find articles both by and about David King from publications such as Blueprint, Crafts and Creative Review – with more to follow. The portrait-based covers shown here are illustrations from some of the pieces. Special note: the London Review of Books portrait of art critic David Sylvester is by King, who was no mean photographer. To access the articles and see and read more: LINK in BIO #davidkingdesigner #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #magazinecover #magazinecoverdesign #magculture #craftsmagazine #londonreviewofbooks

A little-seen David King project: spreads from My Life in Pictures, a pictorial autobiography by Charlie Chaplin, published by The Bodley Head in 1974. It was one of King’s earliest book design projects, but the techniques of impactful picture editing, narrative construction, acute visual pacing and expressive montage that distinguished his later books as author are already in place. Chaplin was a 20th-century global superstar and keen Chaplin fans will probably know the book. See many more pictures and read about the project in a new post at davidkingdesigner.com: link in BIO #davidkingdesiger #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #bookdesign #bookdesigner #charliechaplin #charliechaplin🎥

David King's first poster for the Central Institute of Adult Education, London, 1982. The graphic image is one of his most painterly. He had been attracted to abstract painting as a student in the early 1960s and later produced his own abstract paintings, though not this geometrical and hard-edged. #davidkingdesigner #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #poster #posterdesign #posterart

Poster by David King for the Anti-Nazi League, an anti-racist organisation, 1978. The photograph shows Jews being rounded up by Nazi soldiers in Warsaw in 1943. The poster won a prize at the 7th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw “for reminding the world about these terrible and unfortunately true historical facts”. See more posters and documents in a new article at davidkingdesigner.com about the international design competitions that King entered in the late 1970s and 1980s. LINK in BIO #davidkingdesigner #warsawghetto #warsawghettouprising #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #politicalposters #politicalgraphics #politicaldesign #graphicactivism #poster #posters #posterdesign #posterart #postereveryday

Poster by David King for performance events at Sadler's Wells and the Almeida Theatre, London, in 1982. See more posters and documents in a new post at davidkingdesigner.com about the international design competitions that King entered – somewhat unexpectedly – in the late 1970s and 1980s: LINK in BIO #davidkingdesigner #concertposter #concertposters #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #philipglass #philipglassmusic #meredithmonk #robertashley

An American copy of Jimi Hendrix’s first album, Reprise Records, 1967. Cover design by David King & Roger Law, friends and colleagues at the Sunday Times Magazine. For a short while in the 1960s, before he found his direction, King was a high-profile album cover designer. See the latest post about his designs for music at davidkingdesigner.com: LINK IN BIO. #davidkingdesigner #jimihendrix #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #musicgraphics #albumcover

Our new post at davidkingdesigner.com explores King’s work as a designer of album covers and music graphics. Shown here is his second sleeve for Electric Ladyland (Track Records, 1968) by the Jimi Hendrix Experience – the double-album was quickly split into two discs and sold separately; this is Part 1. I owned a copy as a teenager in the 1970s. I had no idea then who David King was, of course. King’s early photomontage still looks like a remarkable invention, a slice of surreal science-fiction psychedelia that is totally of its time, using a postcard image of the actress Mae West as the Statue of Liberty and duplicates of the Chrysler Building in New York. To see a lot more images and read the article, follow the LINK IN BIO. #davidkingdesigner #jimihendrix #graphicdesign #graphicdesigndaily #musicgraphics #albumcover #photomontage #photomontages

New blog post at davidkingdesigner.com: Rick Poynor interviews Judy Groves about David King. Judy was a close friend and worked with David on many of his projects in the late 1970s and 1980s. As Judy recalls, he was highly focused, often extreme in the positions he took and a total perfectionist when it came to the work. Read more of Judy's insights: LINK IN BIO

“David King: Authoring the Visual Narrative by Design” This illustrated talk about King’s book projects will trace his intertwined development as visual researcher, designer and author. It will assess the combination of visual and editorial skills that enabled his publishing projects to happen, and address the implications of his books for a more complex form of design-led authorship. Please note: this is a free event at 17:00 (British time) on 25 November 2021. To attend online: register with Eventbrite. LINK IN BIO. To attend in person: Room G74, Edith Morley Building, University of Reading campus. http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/files/maps/whiteknights-campus-map.pdf (Building number 1 on this map).