Adrian Shaughnessy is a British graphic designer, writer, and educator, best known for bridging design practice with critical thought. A self-taught creative, he co-founded the influential studio Intro and later the publishing imprint Unit Editions, producing landmark works on design culture. His 2005 book How to Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul remains a favorite worldwide.
Adrian teaches at the Visual Communication program of the Royal College of Art in London as an associate lecturer. He has contributed essays, critiques and editorial work across major design publications, and under Unit Editions has published monographs on figures such as Herb Lubalin, Ken Garland, Lance Wyman, and Paula Scher.
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From the conversation:
Graphic Design: A User’s Manual by Adrian Shaughnessy
Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer by Unit Editions
How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy
Manuals 2: Design & Identity Guidelines by Unit Editions
Paula Scher: Works by Unit Editions
Pentagram: Living by Design by Unit Editions
Studio Culture Now by Unit Editions
What is a Designer: Things, Places, Message by Norman Potter
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