Malcolm Garrett

Who is Malcolm Garrett?

Malcolm Garrett is a British graphic designer, who has worked for music artists such as Simple Minds, Magazine, Duran Duran and Peter Gabriel. He was an early convert to exploring the opportunities and challenges of design with digital technology, and his London studio was the first amongst its peers to go totally digital in 1990. Garrett's work is widely regarded as a key influence on the development of contemporary UK graphic design. Along with other key figures working in the UK music industry he helped establish and promote a new design-driven culture which has defined today’s youth media market.

In November 2013, Garrett was elected as the Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry, previously to this in the year 2000, he was the first recognised Royal Designer for Industry in the field of interactive media. He is a Fellow of the International Society of Typographic Designers, and a fellow of the Royal College of Art, a Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts London and holds honorary Doctorates of Design from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, and University of the Arts London. In 1998 he received a Prince Philip Designers Prize nomination in recognition of his achievements in design for business and society. In 2003 he was named by Design Week as one of the "Hot 50 people making a difference in design" for his work as design ambassador.