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David Osbaldestin is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University. A Creative Director with a passion for typography, David uses his design and fine art skills to teach the complex art form of the printed letter. He has a wide ranging role at BCU, teaching within Art and Design and Fine Art. David is an executive member of the Centre for Printing History & Culture, the Virtual Museum of Printing, the Printing Historical Society, and Print Networks. His doctoral research looked at the development of nineteenth-century sans serif printing types and he has published various articles on the subject.
Education/Academic qualification
Research Practice, PG Cert, Birmingham City University
12 Sept 2012 → 21 Jun 2013
Award Date: 19 Jul 2013
Education, MA, Birmingham City University
21 Sept 2003 → 25 Jul 2005
Award Date: 30 Sept 2005
Education, PG Cert, Birmingham City University
21 Sept 2002 → 12 Jun 2003
Award Date: 21 Jul 2003
Fine Art, BA (Hons), University of Wolverhampton
24 Sept 1990 → 12 Jul 1994
Award Date: 12 Jul 1994
External positions
Steering Group Member, Virtual Museum of Printing
18 May 2020 → …
Treasurer, Print Networks
16 May 2019 → …
Ex Officio, National Printing Heritage Committee
23 Jun 2018 → …
Honorary Treasurer, Printing Historical Society
1 Jan 2018 → …
Executive Committee Member, Centre for Print History & Culture
8 Oct 2017 → …
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The Art of Ephemera: Typographic Innovations of Nineteenth-Century Midland Jobbing Printers
Osbaldestin, D. J., 27 Jun 2020, In: Midland History. 45, 2, p. 208-221 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)