R. Roger Remington

R. Roger Remington is the Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design Emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York. He graduated from RIT in Graphic Design and did his graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

He is an experienced educator, scholar and author with critical interests in graphic design history, research and writing. His teaching was recognized in 1978, with the Eisenhart Annual Award for Outstanding Teaching, RIT’s highest recognition of teaching excellence, and in 2014, with the Trustee’s Lifetime Achievement Award for scholarship in Graphic Design. He also gained notable recognition by the design community: in 2008, he was inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, and in 2013, he became a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). In 2015, he received the prestigious Ladislav Sutnar Prize.

Since 1982, he has been seriously engaged in the research, interpretation and preservation of the history of graphic design. He has co-chaired two major symposia on graphic design history: "Coming of Age" in 1983 and "80’s Style" in 1985. He has written four books: "Nine Pioneers in American Graphic Design" (1989), "Lester Beall: Trailblazer of American Graphic Design" (1996), "American Modernism Graphic Design 1920-1960" (2003), and co-authored with Sheila Pontis "Design and Science - The Life and Work of Will Burtin" (2007). Most recently he has produced a chapbook "Hans Joachim Barschel - A Pioneer in our Midst" for the RIT Press.

Remington’s deep commitment to design history and preservation led him to found the Graphic Design Archive (GDA) at RIT. Through his guidance, the GDA preserves 47 archives related to the American Modernist generation. In 2010, he was instrumental in establishing the Vignelli Center for Design Studies, which houses the career archive of designers Lella and Massimo Vignelli along with 15 additional contemporary designers.