Real Job: Couldn’t end the year without at least ONE of our undergrads designing a typeface. Connie Worthington unpacks her excellent work in this report. She’s keen for feedback from our Typeface Design tutors or MAs! #typedesign @FredSmeijers @typefacedesign @CAFOD
Real Job: The task of designing degree show invitations is a hallowed tradition in many design schools, and our students have been doing it for almost 50 years. COVID-19 put paid to printed invites this time, but Arianne Cantwell didn’t let that stop her. https://greater-than-a-to-z.co.uk @Mailchimp
Real Job: Editors Marianne and Aanand are putting the finishing touches on Issue 3 of @UniofReading’s arts diversity zine. Publication this summer! ๐ค๐ฟ๐ค๐พ๐ค๐ผ๐ค๐ค๐ป @UniRdg_Diverse
Real Job: Arianne is working with @RFT_Cinema on an exciting exhibition showcasing their archive of Student-designed film posters dating back nearly 50 years. The archive is housed @UniRdgTypoColls. Although delayed by COVID-19, there is still hope that the exhibition will arrive late this year, @readingmuseum. #supportlocalcinemas
Real Job: Angie Bacallan explains how our graduates designed and managed the promotion of their degree show this year: https://www.instagram.com/greaterthanatoz/ https://greater-than-a-to-z.co.uk
Real Jobs: Angie, Eden and Ruth built the branding, literature and website for this year’s Art Degree Show at @UniRdg_Art https://asbestosstreams.com
Real Job: Our students asked if they could build and manage an Instagram account for the Department. https://www.instagram.com/uortypography/ @_timwatkins @UniofReading
Real Job: Amrita and Chia-yi created the site at https://greater-than-a-to-z.co.uk . Their report makes clear the value of learning how to communicate effectively with IT professionals in order to bring a design vision to life. Special thanks to @UniRdg_IT for supporting this project throughout.
Real Jobs: Angie, Eden and Ruth built the branding, literature and website for this year’s Art Degree Show at @UniRdg_Art https://asbestosstreams.com
James Lloyd, our Part 1 tutor, outlines the key things to know about assessment and feedback on our course.
When we asked for volunteers to come and talk to our students about careers, we got quite a response. 17 generous friends and alumni stepped up to offer interviews and portfolio reviews. Robin Smith has a write-up (with a long list of credits) โฆ
On 11 June we are launching an online showcase of our students’ work.
To stay updated, please fill in the form at https://forms.gle/aHAr1iQwZEdbrEpr5 . You can also follow us at https://www.instagram.com/greaterthanatoz/ for a preview.
On 11 June we are launching an online showcase of our students’ work.
To stay updated, please fill in the form at https://forms.gle/aHAr1iQwZEdbrEpr5 . You can also follow us at https://www.instagram.com/greaterthanatoz/ for a preview.
Bryn Walls shares his experience and knowledge with extraordinary book formats and originality in binding designs.
Want to learn more about how typefaces are designed? read this blog post to understand how designers master them!