Jonty Valentine
Journeyman designer
Journeyman designer
I am a graphic designer, lecturer and sometimes a curator and writer. I hold an MFA qualification from Yale University and a BFA from University of Canterbury, both in graphic design. I now live in Auckland, New Zealand.
I am presently the Discipline Lead in Design at Unitec/Te Pukenga and was previously the Head of Department in Graphic Design at Whitecliffe College in Auckland. I freelance as a designer and was co-director of the award winning design and Risograph print studio Index, which specialised in design for artists and cultural institutions.
My primary area of research is New Zealand graphic design history. I am the co-editor of the periodical The National Grid. Alongside numerous publication design outputs, significant research outputs include authoring the book Mark Cleverley: Designer and curating the exhibitions Just Hold Me, Printing Types and Mark Cleverley: Designer at Objectspace gallery. I have chapters published in the critical design publications One and Many Mirrors (ed. Brad Haylock and Luke Wood), Forms of Inquiry (ed. Zak Kyes and Mark Owens) and Dwelling in the Margins (ed. Katie Kerr).
All a moment of life concretely and deliberately constructed by the collective organisation of a unitary ambience and a game of events.
Contact:
jontyvalentine@yahoo.com
(+64) 021 25 25 803