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Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK

Richard Johnson

Loughborough University
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Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK

Richard Johnson’s research traverses illustration as a professional practice, its academic study, and its pedagogies. Johnson is currently undertaking a practice-based Ph.D., researching unconventional forms of wordless storytelling. He has illustrated over seventy children’s picturebooks and was recently nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration in 2023. Johnsno is a university teacher in graphic communication and illustration at Loughborough University.


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Evolving Wordless Illustration as a Preventative Tool in the Discussion of Child Exploitation
Wednesday, July 10, 9:15am

This paper presents ongoing material from a practice-based PhD, researching the potential for wordless illustration through critically evolving traditional approaches of visual storytelling into immersive spatial contexts. The author contends that by deconstructing the bound book, opportunities for multi-linear storytelling arise which challenge the ways in which narrative experiences might be designed and understood. The author argues for the benefits of these ‘unrestrained’ readings which encourage deeper engagement and learning opportunities through group discussion.

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