design—for publishing and publications; of typefaces + identities. See also: education, writing & research.☟Scroll for bio.☟

publication work ︎

What we talk about when we talk about architecture
seeChange
Grafik archive project
Made of Stories
Rogue
Influence
The Breeze Block Book
The Sydney School
All That is Air
Folio
Canary
Studio Futures
20 Stories of a Life in Architecture
Architectural Review Asia Pacific
(inside) Interior Design Review

imprints

Res >^..^<
LineRead
Many Rooms

type design ︎

Network Family / Lorry / Tangram / Facility / Flase Claim / AMonoline

identity work ︎

By My Bed
Lang Walter Architecture preliminary work
Forma identity work
CivVicLabs

research projects

Safe Workshop
Writing on Air
Evrythings Alright Forevr

video

Magazine reviews

education / research︎

WIL supervision
Making Known
Pop+Protest lecture
Yaluk Langa Project for Heide
Designing Distribution, Distributed Design
The Book to Come
Typography in the Commons

writing

Saviour Mode Activated

Bio

Michael is a design practitioner with 20+ years experience across a wide array of fields including publishing & editorial design, typeface design, identity (with extensive experience in design for public transport), textile design, wayfinding, writing on design, design research and education.

He has worked with a similarly diverse array of clients and collaborators in Australia, the U.K. and Netherlands, including Uro Publications, Public Transport Victoria, RMIT University, Design Academy Eindhoven, Grafik and The Future Laboratory.

Project highlights have included presentation of graduating project ‘Many-Rooms’ as part of Dutch Design Week in 2020, editorial design for a number of Uro Publication projects such as ‘Influence: Edmond & Corrigan + Peter Corrigan’, ‘The Breeze Block Book’ and ‘Rogue: Art of a Garden’, typeface, wayfinding and textile design for Public Transport Victoria, editorial and identity design for Grafik magazine, 2011-2012, lead design for various periodicals including Architectural Review Asia Pacific, (inside) magazine and Wallpaper*.

Michael also writes about design, conducts and publishes self-initiated research projects and leads studios with students at RMIT University on a range of topics including wayfinding, editorial design and experimental typography. Michael most recently (in 2020) completed the Critical Inquiry Lab MA (previously Design Writing & Curation) at Design Academy Eindhoven.

Clients and collaborators

Adobe (NL) / Architectural Review Asia Pacific / Arts Access Victoria / Axon Publishing / Buro North / Condé Nast (U.K.) / City of Melbourne / Cultuur Ondernemen / Design Academy Eindhoven / Esquire (U.K.) / Eurostar / Fabio Ongarato Design / Good Inc. / Grafik / Hardie Grant Books / H&M / Hearst Magazines UK / Ink / (inside) Interior Design Review / John Brown / London Fashion Week / Magnetic Design / Marks & Spencer / National Australia Bank / (niche): Media / Nick Bell Design / NME / Public Transport Victoria / RMIT University / Six Design / Someones / SugarFree Design / The Architectural Review / The Future Laboratory / The School of Life / Time Inc. U.K. / Transport for London / Transport for Victoria / Uro Publications / Vara Gids / Vic Roads / Virgin Trains / Wallpaper* / Wired (U.K.) / YCN

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