Darren Wall

Commissioning Editor And Art Director at Thames & Hudson

Darren Wall has over 20 years of experience in art direction, graphic design, and publishing. Darren worked as a Senior Designer at Simon and Schuster from 2003 to 2005, where they focused on designing book jackets. From 2006 to 2008, they worked as a Senior Designer at Faber & Faber, where they oversaw the design of book jackets and developed software for generating unique covers. In 2012, they founded Read-Only Memory, a publishing company that creates visually stunning books on the videogame industry. Darren served as the Founder and Editor-in-Chief, overseeing all aspects of production. In 2016, they joined Thames & Hudson as a Commissioning Editor and Art Director, responsible for developing new publishing projects related to art, design, and pop culture. In 2017, they co-founded Volume, a curated publishing platform specializing in books on visual culture.

Darren Wall attended Bath Spa University from 1999 to 2003, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Graphic Design.

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  • Commissioning Editor And Art Director

    March, 2016 - present