Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Alex’s research is broadly concerned with graphic design’s potential as a process of political and cultural opposition, with a specific focus on the post-1960s Netherlands. His PhD research centres on the politics of identity in 1980s Amsterdam, as seen through the posters of graphic design collective Wild Plakken.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Critical Writing in Art & Design, Royal College of Art
1 Oct 2016 → 30 Jun 2018
Award Date: 30 Jun 2018
Bachelor, Visual Communication: Graphic Design
1 Oct 2013 → 30 Jun 2016
Award Date: 30 Jun 2016
External positions
Student Ambassador, Design History Society
1 Sept 2019 → …
Sessional Lecturer in Contextual Studies
1 Oct 2018 → …
Sessional Lecturer in Contextual Studies, University for the Creative Arts Epsom
2018 → 2020
Sessional Lecturer in Visual Culture, University of Portsmouth
2018 → 2020
Keywords
- DH Netherlands (The Low Countries)
- N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
- NE Print media
- Poster design
- DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
- TR Photography
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Review of David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian
Todd, A. J., 2 Mar 2021, In: Journal of Design History.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book Review
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Review of One and Many Mirrors: Perspectives on Graphic Design Education
Todd, A. J., 28 Jun 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Eye Magazine. 102Research output: Contribution to journal › Book Review
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Waste Age: What can design do?
Todd, A. J., Oct 2021, (Accepted/In press)Research output: Non-textual output › Exhibition
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Review of Wim Crouwel: Mr Gridnik at the Stedelijk Museum
Todd, A. J., 2020, Eye Magazine.Research output: Other contribution
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How “Protest Generation” Designers Swip Stolk + Anthon Beeke Transformed 20th-century Dutch Design
Todd, A. J., 13 Jun 2019, In: AIGA Eye on Design.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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An Interest in Graphic Design
Todd, A. J. (Presenter)
22 Apr 2021Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
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DHS Student Forum: What is a Design Historian?
Todd, A. J. (Presenter)
2 Feb 2021Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Active Archiving: Book Design by and for Designers
Todd, A. J. (Presenter)
Apr 2020Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Alternative Museum of Graphic Design
Todd, A. J. (Presenter)
17 Feb 2020Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Thames & Hudson (Publisher)
Todd, A. J. (Reviewer)
14 Nov 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work