Darren Wall

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Commissioning editor and art director at Thames & Hudson, Volume, Read-Only Memory and Unit Editions @ Thames & Hudson
london, greater london, united kingdom
Darren Wall's Location
Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain, Spain
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About Darren Wall

I am a publisher, art director and creative consultant specialising in the creation of books on the visual arts and pop culture. I am the founder of videogame history imprint Read-Only Memory, the co-founder of publishing platform Volume, a commissioning editor for Thames & Hudson and the producer of videogame culture magazine A Profound Waste of Time. I live and work in Valencia, Spain.

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Thames & Hudson

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Commissioning editor and art director at Thames & Hudson, Volume, Read-Only Memory and Unit Editions
london, greater london, united kingdom
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Darren Wall Work Experience Details
  • Thames & Hudson
    Commissioning Editor And Art Director
    Thames & Hudson Mar 2016 - Present
    London, United Kingdom
    As a commissioning editor for Thames & Hudson – one of the world’s most respected illustrated book publishers – I am tasked with developing new publishing projects in the areas of art, design, photography, videogames, music, and pop culture. My role involves all aspects of the publishing process, spanning editorial planning, art direction, financial modelling, production, marketing, and fulfilment.
  • Darren Wall
    Art Director And Creative Consultant
    Darren Wall Mar 2006 - Present
    London, United Kingdom
    For over 20 years I have worked in the field of art direction and graphic design for print, collaborating with some of the world’s best known practitioners and working across a broad variety of projects. Recent highlights include:• Acting as crowdfunding, design and production consultant for Ben Kelly, the designer of the iconic Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, on a photographic retrospective book entitled Haçienda Landscapes.• Conceiving and art directing There Will Be No Quiet, a hybrid autobiography and visual retrospective of Radiohead cover artist Stanley Donwood's life and career.• Art directing the catalogue for Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, a major exhibition by the V&A Museum exploring the design and culture of videogames since the mid-2000s.• Acting as producer and crowdfunding consultant for A Profound Waste of Time, a videogame culture magazine now on its third issue, developed with design graduate Caspian Whistler and based on a zine created as part of his degree course.
  • Volume
    Co-Founder And Editor
    Volume Nov 2017 - Present
    I co-founded Volume, a curated publishing platform specialising in books on visual culture, which was conceived and built with international illustrated book publisher Thames & Hudson. Eschewing the conventions of mass market publishing, Volume focusses on publishing projects that speak to fandoms, subcultures and niche interests, realising books via fixed-time funding campaigns and limited editions. Since its inception in 2017, Volume has raised over a million pounds in pledges and published books across varied genres including graphic design, videogames, music, and photography.
  • Read-Only Memory
    Founder And Editor-In-Chief
    Read-Only Memory Feb 2012 - Present
    London, United Kingdom
    I am the founder and editor-in-chief of Read-Only Memory, a publishing imprint that specialises in books on videogames and their surrounding subcultures. Founded in 2012, ROM has so far released over 20 titles, unified in their focus on exhaustive research and beautiful design. So far, its books have covered subjects such as Street Fighter II, the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console, the birth of the Japanese games industry, and the pixel typography of early arcade games. Read-Only Memory was acquired by Thames & Hudson in 2022 with a view to expanding its own videogame book publishing activities. I continue to act as ROM’s editor-in-chief, seeking to grow its publishing activities into all areas of the videogame medium.
  • Faber & Faber
    Senior Designer
    Faber & Faber Jan 2006 - Dec 2008
    London, United Kingdom
    Faber & Faber is one of the world's best-known independent publishing houses. My role comprised art direction and design for book jackets across the entire publishing list.While at Faber & Faber I oversaw design of the Faber Finds print-on-demand project, to create a bespoke piece of software that would generate unique, print-ready covers for the imprint’s ever-growing list of titles. Working alongside a team of specialists, including computational designer Karsten Schmidt and graphic designer Michael C Place (of design studio Build), I oversaw creation of a custom typeface for the covers, echoing the work of illustrator Marian Bantjes, who contributed the project’s decorative pattern language.
  • Simon And Schuster
    Designer
    Simon And Schuster Sep 2003 - Dec 2005
    London, United Kingdom
    Simon & Schuster is an international renowned book publisher best known for its commercial fiction books. My role comprised design for book jackets across the entire publishing list.

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Art Direction Graphic Design Publishing Books Typography Branding And Identity Print Interaction Design Magazines Illustration Copy Editing Web Design Crowdfunding

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