Phil Baber

Phil Baber is a Lecturer in the Graphic Design Department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie since 2016, where he teaches writing. He also taught in the temporary MA Approaching Language program at the Sandberg Instituut from 2020 to 2021.

His research centers on prosody in contemporary and historical poetry and the social/material histories of radical publishing, with significant contributions to typography, experimental writing, and poetics. His work bridges academic inquiry with material practice in publishing and design.

His notable recognitions include:

• Walter Tiemann Prize for book design (2012)
• Fellowship at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart

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Baber co-founded The Last Books publishing house (with Snejanka Mihaylova) for experimental writing and archival research, edits The Yellow Papers pamphlet series, and co-curates the 'Don’t Pay Your Rent' reading series at Amsterdam's Rietlanden Women’s Office.