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Date Friday, October 30th 2020

Fostering Transcultural Competency Through Typography: A Case Study to Understand Cultural Heritage and Identity of China

Graphic Design is a human-centered, service-oriented profession where designers have a greater responsibility to be culturally aware and understand diversity, inclusion, and social constructs to create designs that are authentic and relevant to multicultural communities. It is imperative that design education adopts new methodologies to address transcultural learning. Design is a philosophy of life in… Continue reading Fostering Transcultural Competency Through Typography: A Case Study to Understand Cultural Heritage and Identity of China

Date Friday, October 30th 2020

Learn Typography Through Experimenting and Reflecting

The way in which we approach the teaching and learning process of typography is based on an experiential methodology and reflection. Students experiment with type and conduct practices using manual and digital techniques. The activity that Juan Arrausi and Eduard Vidiellia present was developed in the graphic design specialty, corresponding to the second year of… Continue reading Learn Typography Through Experimenting and Reflecting

Date Friday, October 30th 2020

Kufic Script: from Calligraphy to Typography

From Sharjah to Beirut, design curricula is a challenge in the age of digital revolution within the context of Globalization. It’s vital to analyze this practice and device means to integrate Arabic concepts, content, and compositions through design projects. Design students obtain the basics to become typography designers through practice. The Kufic Script is recognized… Continue reading Kufic Script: from Calligraphy to Typography

Date Thursday, October 29th 2020

READSEARCH: Case studies into experimental typography

In 2015, Prof. Dr. Ann Bessemans founded the READSEARCH legibility research group at PXL-MAD School of Arts and Hasselt University in Belgium. She also serves as program director of the school’s international Master program in reading type and typography.  READSEARCH provides a unique environment bringing together design researchers, designers, scientists, students, and stakeholders through research,… Continue reading READSEARCH: Case studies into experimental typography

Date Thursday, October 29th 2020

Emerging as a type designer in the online-only environment

This proposal is a reflection by emerging type designers on the transition to an online-only environment. Graduating from university and taking the first steps in the industry can be challenging for young graduates. However, this can provide an opportunity to rethink the way in which we talk about our work and shift the narrative from… Continue reading Emerging as a type designer in the online-only environment

Date Thursday, October 29th 2020

Typography and handwriting at school

Handwriting education in schools is being replaced by typing, although the typographic knowledge of teachers rarely goes beyond Comic Sans. This is why it’s time to innovate and introduce typographic education in schools. Literacy education needs to focus on taking a broader approach that connects handwriting, typing, and reading. This ambitious education reform is backed… Continue reading Typography and handwriting at school

Date Thursday, October 29th 2020

Multi-Scriptural Typography

What can we learn from Rosetta Stone in terms of multi-scriptural typography? This lecture will cover the topic of working within different writing systems from two perspectives: theoretical and educational. This talk will present categories taken into consideration while working in different alphabetical systems, such as the relation between two scripts and their distinctive features.… Continue reading Multi-Scriptural Typography

Date Wednesday, October 28th 2020

Seeking Plural Narratives: Connecting and Collaborating With Students on Graphic Design Histories

What do we teach? What do we leave out? How are students contributors of knowledge and leaders in society? How might we encourage design students to engage in inquiry-based research practices? What does an inclusive design history look like? In what ways does this research become a public resource for the community? Seeking Plural Narratives is an… Continue reading Seeking Plural Narratives: Connecting and Collaborating With Students on Graphic Design Histories