Stuart Medley’s comics have been published in Deanne Cheuk’s Mu and Neomu magazines. In addition, Medley was the editor of SiC BAG comics, now in the Michael Hill Collection at the Australian National Library. He currently lectures in graphic design in Australia and New Zealand. He has spoken at various conferences including TypoGraphic2005, Lebanon, and the NewViews2 2008 conference at the LCC in London. His writing about design has been published by the Australasian Medical Journal. Medley’s work on information design was selected as research excellence by the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools, 2009. He is the designer for Hidden Shoal Recordings, a critically acclaimed record label with a roster of international artists. He has a Ph.D based on the paradox that less realism allows more accurate communication.
His examiners included Professor George Hardie, who described the research as bringing image into the fold of graphic-design theory.
Keywords: silhouettes, perceptual constancy, visual closure, visual system, realism

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