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'''Ricardo "Rick" Griffith''' (born 1969).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tedxboulder.com/speakers/rick-griffith|title=Rick Griffith|website=tedxboulder.com}}</ref> is aan self-taughtAmerican [[graphic designer]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sherin|first=Aaris|title=Introduction to Graphic Design A Guide to Thinking, Process & Style|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2017|isbn=9781350056046|location=London|pages=21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Carter|first=David E.|title=The Big Book of Design Ideas|publisher=HBI|year=2000|isbn=9780688179861|language=English}}</ref>, art director<ref>{{Cite book|last=Blackcoffee Design Inc|title=The Best of Business Card Design 6|year=2006|isbn=9781610601634|pages=57, 58, 59, 119, 132, 140, 141, 143, 184, 185, 192|language=English}}</ref>,and master [[Letterpress printing|letterpress]] [[Printmaking|printmaker]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Grace |date=September 17, 2020 |title=Field Notes Launches New Collection of Letterpress Notebooks Designed by Nine Printers Across the U.S. |url=https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/09/field-notes-united-states-of-letterpress/ |website=COLOSSAL}}</ref> of British-West-Indian descent.<ref>"Landscape restoration, art exhibit, new trees, a conference." (2023/02/27/, 2023 Feb 27). ''The Leaf Chronicle'' Retrieved from Proquest.</ref> He was [[PrintmakingPrint (magazine)|printmakerPRINT Magazine]],'s writer,first curatorArtist-in-Residence.<ref name=":0" /> One of Griffith's best-known contributions to letterpress printmaking is annotation, educatorand his most famed work is the poster “Introductory Ethic for Designers.”<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Doorley |first=Scott |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Assembling_Tomorrow/PSvSEAAAQBAJ |title=Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future from the Stanford d.school |last2=Carter |first2=Carissa |last3= |first3= |date=2024-06-18 |publisher=Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed |year=2024 |isbn=978-1-9848-5819-1 |pages=284 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Exhibiting Denver-based Visual Artist, lecturerRick andGriffith activist|url=https://mcadenver.org/blog/interview-exhibiting-denver-based-visual-artist-rick-griffith |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=MCA Denver |language=en}}</ref> He owns and operates MATTER,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cezzar|first=Juliette|title=The AIGA Guide to Careers in Graphic and Communication Design|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2018|isbn=9781501323676|pages=222, 147, 4, 7, 80, 79, 170, 78, 183, 221, 184|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://morematter.com/|title=MATTER – Denver's only design studio, manufactory, and design (book) shop}}</ref> a design studio, [[typography]] laboratory, and design bookstore, andwhich is the first Black-owned bookstore in Colorado.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Griffith founded the Black Astronaut Research Project (BLARP.org)<ref>{{Cite nameweb |date=November 18, 2020 |title=Other Worlds Film Festival announces lineup |url="auto">https://moremattersightlinesmag.comorg/wpother-content/uploads/2019/09/RGworlds-Biofilm-andfestival-CV.pdf</ref><ref>{{Citeannounces-lineup web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529052138/https://sightlinesmag.org/other-worlds-film-festival-announces-lineup |titlearchive-date=Other Worlds Film2023-05-29 Festival announces lineup|datewebsite=NovemberSightLines: 18Art, 2020Culture, News, and Ideas}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/arts/rick-griffith-of-denvers-matter-studio-puts-his-faith-in-young-people-9768166|title=Rick Griffith's Sci-Fi Fantasy: A Post-Racial World|first=Susan|last=Froyd|date=December 8, 2017|website=Westword}}</ref> GriffithAs a deisgner, art director<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blackcoffee Design Inc |title=The Best of Business Card Design 6 |year=2006 |isbn=9781610601634 |pages=57, 58, 59, 119, 132, 140, 141, 143, 184, 185, 192 |language=English}}</ref>, master letterpress printmaker, writer, curator, educator, lecturer, and hisactivist,<ref partnersname=":4" /> Griffith works to create and disseminate graphics geared towards dismantling [[white supremacy]] and [[racism]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Berry, Walters, Collie, Acayo Laker, Rittner, Noel|title=The Black Experience in Design Identity, Expression and Reflection|year=2022|isbn=9781621537861}}</ref> in the interest of [[reparative justice]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mashable.com/article/free-posters-black-lives-matter/|title=12 free and printable Black Lives Matter posters from Black artists|first=Shannon|last=Connellan|website=Mashable}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.culturetype.com/2020/07/03/art-for-change-12-black-designers-created-black-lives-matter-protest-posters/|title=Art for Change: 12 Black Designers Created Black Lives Matter Protest Posters}}</ref>

Griffith was born the UK, raised in Southeast London, and educated at Colfe’s College, [[Sidcup|Sidcup, United Kingdom]]. He immigrated to the United States in the late ‘80s1980s,<ref name="auto"/>and whereattended heWest finishedSpringfield hisHigh schoolingSchool, inFairfax [[WashingtonCounty, DVA.C.|Washington<ref Dname="auto">https://morematter.Ccom/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/RG-Bio-and-CV.]]pdf</ref>

Griffith began work in Washington D.C. area record stores, which moved Griffith on to graphic design.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} A freelance career on Madison Avenue funded his first practice, RGD (Rick Griffith Design), and he founded MATTER in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], which, over the last two decades, has grown into a design consultancy, print shop, workshop<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lampoonmagazine.com/matter-denver-rick-griffith-debra-johnson/|title=Lampoon Magazine &#124; MATTER, Denver}}</ref> and Denver's only black-owned<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.5280.com/2020/09/colorados-only-black-owned-bookstore-is-ready-for-the-revolution/|title=Shop at MATTER Is Colorado's Only Black-Owned Bookstore|date=September 22, 2020|website=5280}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://theknow.denverpost.com/2020/12/18/tattered-cover-new-owners-backlash/250784/|title=New Tattered Cover owners defend claims of Black ownership amid national outcry|date=December 18, 2020|website=The Know}}</ref> retail bookstore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/news/rick-griffith-has-designs-on-denver-bold-ones-5111186|title=Rick Griffith has designs on Denver. Bold ones.|first=Joel|last=Warner|date=January 4, 2011|website=Westword}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theknow.denverpost.com/2020/07/31/independent-bookstores-denver/242589/|title=Looking for something to read? Here are eight independent bookstores in Denver to support|date=July 31, 2020|website=The Know}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/black-owned-bookstores-anti-racist-literature/|title=Demand for anti-racist literature is up. These black bookstore owners hope it lasts.|website=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/black-owned-bookstores-work-to-keep-up-with-high-demand-on-black-history-anti-racism-books|title=Black-owned bookstores work to keep up with high demand on Black history, anti-racism books|date=July 15, 2020|website=KMGH}}</ref>

In December 2020, Griffith was named [[Print (magazine)|PRINT Magazine]]'s first artist-in-residence,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.printmag.com/post/last-minute-gifts-for-designers-rick-griffith-s-words-to-design-and-live-by|title=Last-Minute Gifts for Designers: Rick Griffith's Words to Design (and Live) By|first=Zachary|last=Petit|date=December 23, 2020|website=www.printmag.com}}</ref> where he now writes a weekly column, ''Processing.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.printmag.com/post/rick-griffith-a-love-letter-to-design-a-list-of-demands-and-a-stern-look|title=Rick Griffith: A Love Letter to Design, a List of Demands, and a Stern Look|first=Rick|last=Griffith|date=December 9, 2020|website=www.printmag.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.printmag.com/post/rick-griffith-the-art-and-craft-of-the-second-guess|title=Rick Griffith: The Art and Craft of the Second-Guess|first=Zachary|last=Petit|date=December 16, 2020|website=www.printmag.com}}</ref>