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Malcolm Garrett is a Founding Partner and Creative Director of the London-based design consultancy Images&Co
At art school in Manchester in 1977 he founded the graphic design group Assorted iMaGes (now known as Images&Co), established an enduring creative partnership with Kasper de Graaf in 1983, later branching out in 1994 to form the pioneering digital agency, AMX, one of the first in what is now London’s thriving design district in Shoreditch.
The first Royal Designer in ‘new media’, Malcolm served as Master of the Faculty from 2013–15. He has a passion for design education, and represents the RDI Faculty as Chairman of the Sir Misha Black Awards for Distinguished Services to Design Education. He was awarded an MBE in 2020 for ‘services to design’.
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This is an updated RDInsights 2007 archive recording by the new media and graphic designer Malcolm Garrett RDI MBE, made by Mike Dempsey. It covers Malcolm’s early life and career working with many of the notable emerging punk groups in Manchester in the 1970s and 1980s, alongside his passion for digital technology and being the first all-digital graphic studio in the UK. At the end of the 2007 recording, Mike hooked up with Malcolm in 2025 to discover what he had been up to in the ensuing years.
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Yours Truthfully | In Conversation
Michael Wolff RDI and Malcolm Garrett RDI are designers whose innovations in graphic design are changing the world. Sit in on this unique online conversation as they meet, exchange notes and discuss their respective practices.59 mins
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1977
The Sharp Project, Manchester
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People+Heritage magazine cover
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2019
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