James Goggin
After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1999, James Goggin (1975) founded Practise in London with his partner Shan James. He released LL Courier Sans in 2001, and in 2003 he initiated the digital redrawing of Rudolf Koch's Prisma, which many years later resulted in LL Prismaset (2017). Between 2003 and 2010 his studio had Tate Modern and Tate Britain as key ongoing clients, directing a wide range of custom type, print, digital, and exhibition design projects. Alongside his own practice, James was art director of The Wire (2005–08).
During the 2009/10 academic year, James taught both at Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem and ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. From 2010 to 2013, he served as Director of Design, Publishing and New Media at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, before starting Practise up again in the US. The studio was based in Providence, Rhode Island, between 2016 and 2021 where James also taught BFA and MFA Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Now located in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand), James continues to run Practise with Shan working with a range of international clients, in addition to continued writing, lecturing, and type design work.
James Goggin
After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1999, James Goggin (1975) founded Practise in London with his partner Shan James. He released LL Courier Sans in 2001, and in 2003 he initiated the digital redrawing of Rudolf Koch's Prisma, which many years later resulted in LL Prismaset (2017). Between 2003 and 2010 his studio had Tate Modern and Tate Britain as key ongoing clients, directing a wide range of custom type, print, digital, and exhibition design projects. Alongside his own practice, James was art director of The Wire (2005–08).
During the 2009/10 academic year, James taught both at Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem and ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne. From 2010 to 2013, he served as Director of Design, Publishing and New Media at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, before starting Practise up again in the US. The studio was based in Providence, Rhode Island, between 2016 and 2021 where James also taught BFA and MFA Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Now located in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand), James continues to run Practise with Shan working with a range of international clients, in addition to continued writing, lecturing, and type design work.