Taekyeom Lee is an educator, researcher, and designer using the artist’s materials and artistic sensibility. He is currently an assistant professor of graphic design at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. His research explores unconventional methods for creating tangible type, graphics, and even designed objects with materials and techniques unique to typography and graphic design. He has infused 3D printing into his research and experimented with various digital methods and materials in 3D printing.
Embossing is the process of printing relief images and text on paper and other materials by providing three-dimensional effects. The concept of the embossing technique can be traced back to letterpress printing around 1450 AD, years after the cylinder seal. The cylinder seal was invented around 3500 BC to make an impression on two-dimensional space,… Continue reading 3D Printed Type Embosser: Revitalizing a Historical Artifact
As a design researcher and a design educator, I have asked a question: How do we combine digital and physical materials to enable a new typographic experience? I had the opportunity to bring innovative learning experiences into a typography course in response to the emerging digital technologies. The course provides opportunities to prove how to… Continue reading Multi-dimensional typography education with digital fabrication
Different industries, such as product design, architecture, and landscape architecture, have refined design tools and processes to create physical experiences in the digital realm. Those design tools and methods could be used in typography. This workshop will address how dimensional typography could utilize the computer-aided design (CAD) software Rhino and Grasshopper 3D, the visual programming… Continue reading Alternative Digital Methods: Rhino and Grasshopper 3D for Dimensional Typography