the modernist x BDP London present - The BDP Talk Series. 1.2 - Malcolm Garrett - Collecting and Connecting 8/4/26 the modernist x BDP London present - The BDP Talk Series. 1.2 - Malcolm Garrett - Collecting and Connecting 8/4/26 the modernist x BDP London present - The BDP Talk Series. 1.2 - Malcolm Garrett - Collecting and Connecting 8/4/26
the modernist x BDP London present - The BDP Talk Series. 1.2 - Malcolm Garrett - Collecting and Connecting 8/4/26
the modernist x BDP London present - The BDP Talk Series. 1.2 - Malcolm Garrett - Collecting and Connecting 8/4/26
the modernist x BDP London present - The BDP Talk Series. 1.2 - Malcolm Garrett - Collecting and Connecting 8/4/26

the modernist x BDP London present - The BDP Talk Series. 1.2 - Malcolm Garrett - Collecting and Connecting 8/4/26

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Wednesday 8th April 2026

6.15PM FOR A 6.30PM START 

BDP London 

16 Brewhouse Yard
Clerkenwell
London EC1V 4LJ

Collecting and Connecting - Malcolm Garrett 

Malcolm Garrett grew up in Greater Manchester, and although he moved to London after graduating from Manchester School of Art in 1978, he has remained connected to the city in a variety of ways, both personally and professionally. In fact many colleagues are convinced he still lives there.

Quite early on he came to realise that collecting ephemera and artefacts of all kinds was an obsessive component of a developing creative lifestyle. Subconsciously yet implicitly exploring their connectivity became a central motivator for his whole life, the results of which have permeated his attitude to life and work for an entire career. 

Reflecting on the things that have inspired him, and referencing various aspects of an enduring modernist influence, this talk is about recognising the importance he places on the way things connect, what he has learned from such connections, and how he continues to bring them into play in all he does.


Malcolm Garrett MBE RDI 

Creative Director, Assorted Images 

At art school in Manchester in 1977 Malcolm Garrett established the fledgling graphic design company Assorted Images to design record sleeves for local bands Buzzcocks and Magazine.

On graduating in 1978 he moved to London, where later, in 1983, he partnered with Kasper de Graaf, the former editor of arts and culture magazine New Sounds New Styles, expanding the client base more generally into arts and media. Together they worked for numerous bands including Duran Duran and Simple Minds, as well as arts organisations such as ICA, Museum of Modern Art Oxford and Michael Clark Company. 

Having introduced desktop computers into the design studio in the mid 1980s, he was soon enticed by the potential of the rapidly developing field of digital media. Teaming up with a fresh creative talent, Alasdair Scott, he launched the pioneering digital agency, AMX, in 1994.

Following a short stint working in Toronto in interactive cinema and exhibition design he returned to London to reconnect with both Kasper and Alasdair working across variety of design projects both digital and analogue. 

In 2000 Malcolm became the first Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in ‘new media’, and now represents the Royal Designers as Chairman of the Sir Misha Black Awards Committee, which recognises excellence and innovation in design education worldwide. In 2020 he was awarded an MBE in Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Honours for ‘services to design’. 

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