Roderick Stanley is a writer, editor, creative consultant and independent publisher. He has a love of outsider culture and a taste for creative mischief.
As an editor and journalist, he has worked with publications including Dazed & Confused (Editor, 2005–12), The Times, i-D, Beauty Papers, AnOther Magazine, Beat, More or Less and The Gourmand, interviewing and working with the likes of Daft Punk, Scarlett Johansson, Björk, Grimes and Vivienne Westwood.
As a publisher, he created and edited the award-winning activism/arts broadsheet newspaper Good Trouble (2016–21), designed by Richard Turley, and recently launched an anthology of literary and artistic ‘experiments and offcuts’ called Offal.
He co-creates the episodic AI-voiced ‘audio zine’ also called Offal. Season One appeared from Feb–July 2023, with Season Two ongoing, while the Offal studio was commissioned to create an audio art installation for the Artangel exhibition, And She Built A Crooked House by artist Gemma Anderson-Tempini.
As a consultant, he has written campaigns, essays and identities, conducted interviews and appeared in films for brands including Gucci, Tiffany, Mulberry and Balmain. He is represented by R3 artist management in New York.
As a human, he lives with his family and dog in south London and likes to spend time outside. He enjoys trees, waves and open skies.
AWARDS
2018 Magazine of the Year, Stack Awards (Editor/Publisher)
2017 Creative Excellence, D&AD (Editor/Publisher)
2015 NFMLA Best Short Film, Documentary (Finalist, Co-Director)
2011 Editor of the Year, BSME (Shortlisted)
2008 Editor of the Year BSME (Shortlisted)
SPEAKING
EDCH: The Idea Salon (Idea-Conference for Editorial Design, Visual Storytelling and Digital Content), Munich, 2019
ModMag New York, 2019
Wix Playground Presents: It's Nice That, 2019
ModMag London, 2018
Short Shorts at The Standard, Los Angeles, 2015
