Danielle Rippengill

Graphic designer and visiting lecturer, currently working in-house for Bloomsbury Publishing in London, designing children’s books from middle grade through to young adult. Delivering talks and continuing to work with universities to share her experience with students and participate in feedback sessions to develop student projects.


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Danielle Rippengill is a graphic designer and educator, born in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Currently she works for Bloomsbury Publishing as an in-house children’s fiction designer, working predominantly on middle grade, teen and young adult books.

From a young age she enjoyed finding a quiet corner reading her favourite books and getting lost in their tales. Beatrix Potter and A.A. Milne were amongst some of her treasured and first memorable experiences reading as a child and naturally, Peter Rabbit and Winnie the Pooh become her most beloved characters. It wasn’t until she studied media studies at school whilst creating her own music magazine, that she discovered she could become a graphic designer – this set her on the path to publishing and her return to the love of children’s books.
   
Danielle received her BA (Hons) Graphic Design degree in 2016 and completed her MA in Graphic Design and Typography in 2019 – both from the Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge, UK. These would become some of the most important years for personal discovery and developing her own practice. Upon successful completion of her MA, Danielle was asked to return as a studio supervisor at Cambridge School of Art and from 2020–2023 Danielle became an associate lecturer. She worked closely with the BA Graphic Design students from both first and second year and delivered various talks on the MA Graphic Design course throughout this time.

In 2016 Danielle started her career in publishing at BookLife, an independent children’s book publisher in Norfolk, UK. Here she developed her love for children’s books further and tried to create new, colourful, exciting, accessible and inclusive books for all children – whilst pushing the boundaries and expectations of children’s non-fiction books. In April 2021, Danielle won her first children’s book award for BookLife Publishing with author Emilie Dufresne. Together they created a series called Pride In… which won the Renaissance What Kids are Reading Quiz Writers’ Choice Award for the Primary Non-Fiction category. The series continued to succeed and was named one of the best children’s books that celebrate Black history and Identity chosen by the Evening Standard. Throughout Danielle’s time at BookLife she designed over 150 books that were published nationally and internationally.

At the end of 2022, Danielle accepted her position at Bloomsbury and decided it was time to take on a new challenge in the world of children’s publishing, but more specifically in children’s fiction where her love for books truly begun. 

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Notable Publictions

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The Thames and Tide Club: Squid Invasion
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK, 2024) Designer

Adam Destroys the Internet
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK, 2023) Designer

Pride In...
BookLife Publishing (UK, 2020); IPG (USA, 2021) Designer

In My Gallery
BookLife Publishing (UK, 2020); Enslow Publishing (USA, 2021) Designer

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Exhibitions

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MA Show
Group Exhibition, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge, UK, 2019

Dyslexia Installation
Collaboration with Caithy Faithful, Ruskin Gallery Building, Cambridge, UK, 2017

Electric Eye Degree Show
Group Exhibition, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge, UK, 2016

Elements Exhibition
Group Show, Ruskin Gallery Building, Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge, UK, 2014

Education

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Cambridge School of Art, ARU, UK
MA Graphic Design and Typography, 2019
BA (Hons) Graphic Design, 2016

College of West Anglia, Norfolk, UK
BTEC Level Three Extended Diploma
in Graphic Design, 2013

Springwood High School, Norfolk, UK
Sixth Form, A Levels, 2010
GCSE’s, 2008

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Talks and Interviews

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MA Graphic Design and Illustration, Cambridge, UK
I Didn’t Know What I Was Doing Either, Until I Was Doing It, May 2023


ARU Creative Careers, Cambridge, UK
A Path to Publishing, March 2022 and 2021

BBC Radio Norfolk Interviewee
Pride Anthems, June 2021

Pride In Higher Aspirations NEACO
LGBTQ Interviewee, Norfolk, UK
My LGBTQ career and experiences, June 2021

ARU Careers, Cambridge, UK
My MA Experience, May 2020
Your Online Presence, 2018