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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>
== Early Life and Education ==
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>
== Career ==
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 | 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>
Griffith has lectured at University of Louisville Hite Art Institute, University of Southern California Roski School of Design, Montana State University, South Dakota State University, University of Texas, Austin, University of Minnesota, Duluth, and the [[Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} He has served as an adjunct professor at the [[University of Denver]], [[University of Colorado Denver|University of Colorado]], Denver, and has been a visiting artist at the [[Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design]] and the [[Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}
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