David King

“A well-researched, sympathetic, and honest book on King’s life work . . . Welcome and recommended to both those familiar with King’s art and design and those coming to it for the first time.”—Kevin Reed and David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site

“An exceptional book in its informative text and well edited images (smartly designed by Simon Esterson), worthy of its protagonist and extra valuable to graphic design and political graphics history . . . Poynor has taken the opportunity to document King's life as a means to analyze how ideology impacts design and how design influences messaging in our increasingly branded world.”—Steven Heller, Print

“Excellent . . . A richly illustrated biography and monograph.”—Eye on Design (Holiday Gift Guide selection)

“This book recaps [King’s] significant contributions in all three areas. It is a tribute to his breadth of interests and his unceasing devotion to social justice”— S. Skaggs, Choice

"A remarkable, stunning, and essential book, Rick Poynor’s rich volume was a revelation for me, as I imagine it will be for many readers."—Prem Krishnamurthy, curator, designer and director of Wkshps

“Rick Poynor explores the expansive nature of David King’s career through an appropriate combination of verbal and visual intelligence. His study is well researched, collaborative and cross-disciplinary.”—Tim Marlow, director of the Design Museum, London

“This is a long-needed study of a unique editorial voice, mapping David King’s development from passionate young designer to authoritative archivist.” Jeremy Leslie, founder of magCulture

"David King’s design is shocking, inspiring, original and always beautiful: a great example in these turbulent times of how to create work you believe in for subjects you care about."—Jonathan Barnbrook, designer and founder of Barnbrook