Yeohyun Ahn is a designer, educator, and researcher integrating creative coding, digital fabrication, and physical interaction into spatial typography and graphic design. Her interdisciplinary typography project, TYPE + CODE Series, has been featured in the Washington Post, PRINT, the New York Times, and many other publications. Ahn’s new project, Social Homelessness on US Campuses, is a multidisciplinary art and design project intended to bring awareness to Asian female faculties in America. Immigrating to America led Ahn to become aware of social inequity, discrimination, and marginality. She currently explores generative self-portrait photographs showing social homelessness and being isolated and marginalized in professional areas of American society. This project has been presented through SIGGRAPH, ISEA, ARTECH, and IEEE GEM, etc. Ahn was a freelance graphic artist featured in the New York Times Magazine and has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Bible is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures. It is a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and Humans for Christians, Jews, and Samaritans. It has tremendously influenced literature and history in the Western world. It is one of the most influential and best-selling books of all… Continue reading The Bible + CODE Series
TYPE + CODE is a collection of ongoing typography research conducted by using computer algorithms; initiated by the author in 2005. This series aligns with alternative typeface and typography methods, solutions, and education in America. Initially, it began as the MFA thesis by the author at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2007. It has… Continue reading TYPE + CODE Series
A selfie is a form of art, with over one million taken every day. Selfies are not always as spontaneous as they seem. They can be a visual communication tool that can be manipulated for various purposes. The typographic selfie + CODE is an extension of Selfie + CODE, a collection of generative selfies taken… Continue reading Typographic Selfie + CODE
A selfie is a form of art. Over one million selfies are now taken every day. Selfies are not always as spontaneous as they seem. They can be a visual communication tool like any other that can be manipulated for purpose. The typographic selfie + CODE is an extension of Selfie + CODE, a collection… Continue reading Typographic Selfie + CODE
Floral typography is a design trend that combines typography, calligraphy, and lettering with floral elements. It reinterprets floral typography using computation and is a part of the ongoing project TYPE + CODE Series, which was initiated by Yeohyun Ahn in 2005. This presentation showcases a generative typographic system designed to explore computational floral typography. It can… Continue reading Developing a Generative Typography System for Typography Education