Ben Terrett

Biography

Ben is Head of Design, Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office for the UK Government

Before that he was Design Director at Wieden & Kennedy London.

In 2010 Ben won the Graphics category in the Design Museum's Designs Of The Year Awards.

Since 2008 he has been a partner in RIG, and in 2009 co-founded Newspaper Club.

Ben is also a Board Advisor to id8, an Application Definition & Design company based in San Francisco.

In 2001 Ben set up The Design Conspiracy. He sold his stake in the company in June 2008.

Ben is active in the design industry and has spoken at SXSWi, TEDx, Thinking Digital and at conferences in the USA, India and Romania. He has spoken about design on Radio 4's Today programme, has been a D&AD judge several times and has written feature articles for The Guardian, Creative Review and Design Week.

 

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Blog: Noisy Decent Graphics

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Contact

Call: 07966 282 286
Email: ben@riglondon.com
Post: 32-38 Scrutton St, London EC2A 4RQ

 

Quotes

“muses on design issues and starts thoughtful, often hilarious, debates” Design Week

“a good sense of humour and interesting, inspiring observations, Terrett has accumulated a loyal and growing band of readers and holds increasing influence.” Design Council

“what made him really compelling was his relentless optimism and can-do attitude, seeking out surprisingly simple solutions” Chairman, Campaign's Applied Green Conference

“thanks for coming on the programme" Edward Stourton, Today, BBC Radio 4

Let's get creative - Guardian supplement