Ben Knight
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Ben Knight is a typographic coordinator for the United Nations
. In 2002, Knight joined the UN in New York City
where he started working closely with Maxim Zhukov
to help with multilingual typographic design teaching, solutions, and co-ordination. Knight took over the responsibility UN typographic co-ordination when Zhukov retired in 2004 from the UN. He is a member of the The Typophiles and other typographic related organizations.
He also works as an installation artist and designer
primarily using typographic design management
skill and practice, though he has some experience with information design
, and interface design
. He is an advocate of sustainable art
, sustainable design
, design management
and strategic design
ideas and goals. His artwork has been shown by independent curator and gallerist, Willoughby Sharp
.
He is a friend of the guitarist Craig Bonich
of Head Automatica
and has assisted with some graphics and artwork for Head Automatica as well.
As a teenager he worked on the feature film, Threat
. After initially working as an artist, he was promoted to production designer
. He has also been the voice for many punk rock
and hardcore punk
related bands.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
. In 2002, Knight joined the UN in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
where he started working closely with Maxim Zhukov
Maxim Zhukov
-Career:For many years Zhukov served as a typographic co-ordinator to the United Nations. Zhukov is involved in typeface design, consulting on Cyrillic type design for many individual designers and type foundries. He taught typographic design at his alma mater, Moscow Printing Institute, and now...
to help with multilingual typographic design teaching, solutions, and co-ordination. Knight took over the responsibility UN typographic co-ordination when Zhukov retired in 2004 from the UN. He is a member of the The Typophiles and other typographic related organizations.
He also works as an installation artist and designer
Designer
A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
primarily using typographic design management
Design management
Design Management is a business discipline that uses project management, design, strategy, and supply chain techniques to control a creative process, support a culture of creativity, and build a structure and organisation for design...
skill and practice, though he has some experience with information design
Information design
Information design is the skill and practice of preparing information so people can use it with efficiency and effectiveness. Where the data is complex or unstructured, a visual representation can express its meaning more clearly to the viewer....
, and interface design
Interface design
Interface design deals with the process of developing a method for two modules in a system to connect and communicate. These modules can apply to hardware, software or the interface between a user and a machine...
. He is an advocate of sustainable art
Sustainable art
The expression sustainable art has been promoted recently as an art term that can be distinguished from environmental art that is in harmony with the key principles of sustainability, which include ecology, social justice, non-violence and grassroots democracy....
, sustainable design
Sustainable design
Sustainable design is the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment, and services to comply with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability.-Intentions:The intention of sustainable design is to "eliminate negative environmental...
, design management
Design management
Design Management is a business discipline that uses project management, design, strategy, and supply chain techniques to control a creative process, support a culture of creativity, and build a structure and organisation for design...
and strategic design
Strategic design
Strategic design is the application of future-orientated design principles in order to increase an organization’s innovative and competitive qualities....
ideas and goals. His artwork has been shown by independent curator and gallerist, Willoughby Sharp
Willoughby Sharp
Willoughby Sharp was an internationally known artist, independent curator, independent publisher, gallerist, teacher, author, and telecom activist. In 1968, Sharp co-founded Avalanche magazine with writer/filmmaker Liza Béar...
.
He is a friend of the guitarist Craig Bonich
Craig Bonich
Craig Bonich is the guitarist for alternative pop rock band Head Automatica. He has recently joined Jeremy and Chris of We Are The Fury, Rick Penzone of Men Women and Children, and Jon Safley formerly of Lemon Sun to create New Romans Has been known to dj around NYC...
of Head Automatica
Head Automatica
Head Automatica is a Dance Rock band, formed by Glassjaw frontman Daryl Palumbo with Jarvis Holden, formerly of Give Up the Ghost or American Nightmare, Jim Greer, and Brandon Arnovick.-History:...
and has assisted with some graphics and artwork for Head Automatica as well.
As a teenager he worked on the feature film, Threat
Threat (film)
Threat is an award-winning independent film about a straightedge "hardcore kid" and a hip hop revolutionary whose friendship is doomed by the intolerance of their respective street tribes...
. After initially working as an artist, he was promoted to production designer
Production designer
In film and television, a production designer is the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, music videos or adverts. Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the...
. He has also been the voice for many punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
related bands.