David Gardener

Graphic Design and its wider influences.

Branding strategies and axioms.

Branding and Advertising during the Second World War.

The films of Jaques Tati.

Post-war British visual history.

• Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
• Brands of War and Disruption, Gardener, D. 21 Feb 2025, In: International Journal of Visual Design
• The Visual Driver; promoting clarity and coherence, Pinkney, M., Gardener, D. 27 May 2019, Around the Campfire – Resilience and Intelligence, Aalto, Cumulus International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media
• Recording in progress – don’t forget to unplug the phone, Gardener, D. Jul 2011, Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Art Educators (ANZAAE) Annual Conference
• Sharing resources and experiences across the cultural hemisphere, Gardener, D. 2008, Research That Works: Successful Collaborations: Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Conference of the Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics of New Zealand Research Forum, Wellington, New Zealand, Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics New Zealand
• The means by which we find our way, Gardener, D., Wilkinson, A. 2008, In: Typo
• The means by which we find our way: observations on design, Gardener, D., Wilkinson, A. 2008

• Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
• Publication Peer-review: International Journal of Visual Design (Journal) 2024
• Visiting an external academic institution: Binus 2018
• Examination: External Examiner 2013

I initially trained and was employed as a medical illustrator (saw some sights, believe me) and needed something to settle the stomach but stir the soul. So, I migrated to Graphic Design and worked with various agencies across the UK as a Graphic Designer, in 2004 I emigrated to New Zealand with my family to lecture in Graphic Design, and to engage with other challenges and cultures.

On a personal pastime front (when I can find the time), I enjoy most things with an M it would seem, Magic, Motorbikes and Martial Arts.

OK so here’s the official bit…I have been awarded 6 international D&AD lecturer awards, for student projects and have an active research profile that includes exhibitions, book authorship, published papers/articles and publication design. I returned to the UK in August 2011 to continue the lecturing/research role at the School of Design here at Northumbria University, Newcastle. I am an external examiner and co-run the BINUS Fashion and Graphic Design Degree in Indonesia. I am currently studying for my PhD in the field of Branding and conflict.

• Art MA September 01 2002
• Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015