Chris Ashworth - Artist Talk and Book Signing - Tuesday 1st April 2025

Chris Ashworth - Artist Talk and Book Signing - Tuesday 1st April 2025

5:30 - 7:30PM

Join us for an evening with celebrated Graphic Designer Chris Ashworth, in conversation with Manchester School Of Art Senior Lecturer Dr John Rooney!

Capacity is limited, so a ticket is required to attend this event. 

If you cannot attend the event but would still like a copy of the book you can pre-order a signed copy for pick-up or delivery after the event. 

Chris Ashworth is an English graphic designer known for being the executive global creative director for Getty Images and the art director of the magazine Ray Gun in 1997. In addition to his work on Ray Gun, Ashworth also created the brochure and promotional materials for the first MTV Europe Music Awards in collaboration with John Warwicker and Simon Taylor. His work on the brochures earned him more work with MTV, as well as work with Warner Music Group and Image Bank.

John Rooney is a Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at Manchester School of Art. He completed his practice led PhD in 2021, exploring the subject of creative identity and place through typographic design. Before moving into education, he worked on a range of national and international Graphic Design projects in the creative arts sector. This included a 15-year commission with Tate Gallery, working with Tate Liverpool and London on Catalogues, Posters and Exhibition publicity for artists including Peter Blake, The Andy Warhol Foundation and Roy Liechtenstein

'DISORDER SWISS GRIT VOL.II' is the first book dedicated to the career of graphic designer Chris Ashworth, charting his ‘Swiss Grit’ approach from his time at Ray Gun magazine in the 1990s to his experimental type projects of the present day.

Following the talk, Chris and John will take questions from the audience, before a book signing session.