University Collaborative Award winners
23 July 2024Two of our undergraduates – Esha Rajesh and Hanorah Murphy – were part of a multidisciplinary team that were awarded a ‘University Collaborative Award’ for… Read more
MA Communication Design and the Ernest Hoch Scholarship
6 December 2021Siobhan Bailey reflects on her Master’s degree work in MA Communication Design and its connections to Ernest Hoch. Read more
Postgraduate research communication success
20 June 2019Congratulations to postgraduate researcher Bodil Mostad Olsen who has won the University’s prize for research communication in a poster competition, held as part of the… Read more
Fiona Ross awarded the TDC Medal
14 June 2018The New York-based TDC announced that Professor Fiona Ross, a long-standing member of staff in the Department and Curator of the Non-Latin Collections, will… Read more
Irmi Wachendorff awarded competitive research studentship
14 February 2017Congratulations to Visiting Lecturer, Irmi Wachendorff who has been awarded a studentship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. Irmi’s doctoral research at the University of… Read more
Gold and silver placements at Design Portfolio
2 November 2016Part 3 students Louise Lee and Sophie Rahier completed an exciting placement at Design Portfolio’s Canary Wharf office during the summer vacation. Louise, Sophie… Read more
In the Top Twenty – John Morgan
14 October 2015Lists and rankings are great fun, especially if you hit the upper reaches of the charts! That’s exactly what John Morgan, Reading alumnus and visiting teacher on… Read more
Fiona Ross is awarded the SoTA Award
3 August 2014In a room bursting with applause and cheerful congratulations, Fiona Ross was awarded the prestigious SoTA Typography Award for her design and teaching work, during… Read more
Recent student awards
29 November 2013We are very pleased to note recent awards to students in Typography & Graphic Communication. Chancellor’s Awards Undergraduates Kate Goudsmit and Rob Lowe, currently in… Read more
Success for Vermillion
25 November 2013Typography alumna Anne Brady’s company, Vermillion, has scooped success at the annual Institute of Designers of Ireland by winning not one, but two awards in… Read more
Design Star: funding for research students
15 October 2013We are delighted to announce the success of the Design Star Consortium, one of AHRC’s new Doctoral Training Centres. Along with design departments at Brighton,… Read more
2013 Monotype Studentship goes to Slovenian student
18 August 2013This year’s Monotype Studentship, awarded to an incoming MA student through the generosity of Monotype Imaging Ltd, has been awarded to Slovenian student Teja Smrekar,… Read more
Vincent Ma winner 2013
13 August 2013Kate Goudsmit, who as a Part 2 student was a winner in the Vincent Ma awards run by Design Portfolio Marketing Services, has been interviewed… Read more
Wayne Hart is Golden
14 May 2013Wayne Hart, a Department alumnus and visiting instructor for letter cutting, has just been awarded Gold Award & Overall Winner and Maker of the Year… Read more
Congratulations to John Morgan
10 April 2013To follow up on my earlier post: We are delighted that the John Morgan Studio has won the graphics category in the Designs of the… Read more
Typography graduate’s ‘Design of the Year’
14 January 2013Reading Typography graduate, John Morgan, has been nominated for the 2013 Designs of the year competition run by the Design Museum for his work on… Read more
Chancellor presents student design prizes
20 November 2012Over the summer BA Graphic Communication students who has just finished their first year entered a competition run organised by Oculus, a Reading design company… Read more
Teaching award for Sara Chapman
27 September 2012Congratulations to Sara, who has received one of the 2012 University Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning. This scheme recognises and rewards individuals… Read more
Gerard Unger wins the Piet Zwart Lifetime Achievement Award
14 September 2012Gerard Unger, Visiting Professor in the Department, has been awarded the Piet Zwart Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, instituted by the Association of Dutch Designers… Read more
Typography goes to Buckingham Palace
24 February 2012We weren’t allowed to take photographs inside the Palace, so here are staff and students in the courtyard, still in a daze after the splendid… Read more
Typography’s excellence wins Queen’s Anniversary Prize
24 November 2011We are very proud that the Department has won a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for the University of Reading. Our submission, ‘Design for reading: teaching and… Read more
Vincent Ma award winners
24 November 2011Design Portfolio Marketing Services sponsors awards to our students in memory of alumnus Vincent MA. This year’s winners were (l to r) Jaime Redgewell, Adam… Read more