{"product_id":"david-king-by-rick-poynor-9780300250107","title":"David King","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExploring an unjustly overlooked figure in 20th-century British visual culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the work and legacy of David King (1943–2016), whose fascinating career bridged journalism, graphic design, photography, and collecting. King launched his career at Britain’s \u003ci\u003eSunday Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1960s, starting as a designer and later branching out into image-led journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe developed a particular interest in revolutionary Russia and began amassing a collection of graphic art and photographs—ultimately accumulating around 250,000 images that he shared with news outlets. Throughout his life, King blended political activism with his graphic design work, creating anti-Apartheid and anti-Nazi posters, covers for books on Communist history, album artwork for \u003ci\u003eThe Who\u003c\/i\u003e and Jimi Hendrix, catalogues on Russian art and society for the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, and typographic covers for the left-wing magazine \u003ci\u003eCity Limits\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis well-researched and finely illustrated publication ties together King's accomplishments as a visual historian, artist, journalist, and activist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424025624812,"sku":"9780300250107","price":83.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300250107.jpg?v=1774769405","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/david-king-by-rick-poynor-9780300250107","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}