Nathan Matteson
Assistant Professor
DePaul University
College of Computing and Digital Media
School of Design
Abstracts
Rethink Typography Education for Digital Content Design
Christie Shin
Assistant Professor
Communication Design
Fashion Institute of Technology
Insectile Indices, Los Angeles 2027
Yeawon Kim
Graduate student
Media Design Practices
Art Center College of Design
Empathic Typography
Michele Damato McCaffrey
Assistant Professor
Department of Design
Syracuse University
Transforming “Graduate Students” Into “Competent Designers”
Benson Cheung
Associate Professor
Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi)
Faculty of Design and Environment
Variant Letterforms
Monica Maccaux Assistant Professor Graphic Design University of Nevada, Reno When considering the multitudes of typeface choice on the market, how does one approach the challenge of designing a typeface that is different from the competition? With the abundance of typeface choices, why is there a need for yet another typeface to be designed? These … Continue reading “Variant Letterforms”
Guided Experiential Learning for Design Innovators
C.J. Yeh Professor, Assistant Chair Graphic Design Fashion Institute of Technology FIT is one of the pioneers in creative technology and design education. For this presentation, the founder of the Creative Technology program at FIT, C.J. Yeh, will introduce the most innovative design projects from FIT’s creative technology courses. FIT’s Creative Technology curriculum has strong … Continue reading “Guided Experiential Learning for Design Innovators”
Lessons from Mom & Pop on Resourceful Design
Kelly Porter Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Art & Design, College of Arts & Sciences East Tennessee State University My first introduction to design was a sign on the outside of my Pop’s shop, which was on the same property as the house I lived in. My Pop was a country mechanic. He hand painted the … Continue reading “Lessons from Mom & Pop on Resourceful Design”
Research for Designers
Meredith James Assistant Professor Graphic Design Portland State University There are a number of textbooks on the market for research strategies used by designers, from A Designer’s Research Manual by O’Grady and O’Grady, to Visual Research by Bestley and Noble, to Design Research by Laurel and Lunenfeld. These texts offer a range of approaches, from … Continue reading “Research for Designers”
Typographic Landscape Ecologies
Joshua Singer Associate Professor San Francisco State University Typographic Landscape Ecologies is an ongoing design research project that documents, maps, and visualizes typographic artifacts in the urban landscape as a way to explore cultural forces in the constructed world. The project presuppose a model of a semiotic landscape; a complex multi‐dimensional text or collection of … Continue reading “Typographic Landscape Ecologies”