Typography & Graphic Communication

This week we were joined by Niteesh Yadav, a pioneer in AR/VR typography who gave us an insight into typography and technology coming together to… Read more

This week, for our second Baseline Shift session, we had the privilege of welcoming the award-winning user experience designer, Nitya Thawani who gave her fantastic… Read more

In week 3 of Spring term, we were joined by design systems and accessibility consultant Geri Reid. Geri divulged information about life not always going… Read more

Greg Bunbury, Josefina Bravo and James Lloyd joined together for Week 9 of Spring term provide their feedback and tips on students current projects, Real… Read more

In Week 8 of Autumn Term, we were joined by Greg Bunbury a Graphic designer and consultant, as well as a sessional lecturer here at… Read more

In week 3 of Autumn term, we were joined by editorial designer and co-founder of Senet magazine, James Hunter. In this session, James talked about… Read more

In week 8 of Spring term, we were joined by Naomi Games, the daughter of Abram Games, who was one of Britain’s most famous designers.… Read more

Week 5 of Spring term brought us Harkiran Kalsi (Harky); designer, illustrator and hand letterer who has worked with companies including The BBC, New Balance… Read more

In the first week of Baseline shift Spring term, we were joined by Co-founder of Design De Plume, Meggan Van Harten. In this session, Meggan… Read more

In the final week of Autumn term, we were joined by Monotype’s Marie Boulanger. In this session, Marie described her experiences in type design and… Read more

In week 9 of Autumn term, a Feedback jam was held to help students gain additional feedback from tutors on their current projects. Gaining feedback… Read more

  In week 4 of Autumn term, we were joined by the President of The International Institute for Information Design, Rob Waller. In this session,… Read more

In week 7 of Autumn term, we were joined by Nick Sexton, a Reading graduate whose design career includes working as a freelancer, digital designer… Read more

In week 5 of Autumn term, we were joined online by our Department’s own, Gerry Leonidas and Rachel Warner. It is an annual talk, giving… Read more

In week 2 of Autumn term, we were joined by Creative Director of Images&Co and well-known album cover designer Malcolm Garrett. In this session, Malcolm… Read more

Our student-curated series of guest lectures returns this week, featuring live in-person sessions for the first time in two years. Read more

Oliver Tomlinson, Reading graduate and user-centred information designer, spoke at Baseline shift on how users interact with their environments and objects in daily life. Read more

Lucinda Scholey is founder and designer at Launch studios. She offered us ‘Six things to know before taking the freelancer leap of faith’ Read more

Aseil Amgheib, the owner of Design Wolf Studios, provided insights into launching a brand design business in a 21st century crisis. Read more

On this week’s Baseline Shift, the University of Reading’s Different by Design team, currently consisting of Lamar Kaki and Minh Nguyen, joined us to give… Read more

This week, the Baseline Shift team welcomed Katarina Duvjnak for a talk about her career in motion and branding for Sky sports, and her experiences after graduating from our… Read more

This week, the baseline shift team organised another Alumni Talk session. This week, we welcomed Jonathan Saunders and Luke Carter.  Jonathan and Luke had plenty of well-meaning advice to give… Read more

Top 10 tips from Ivalo Nedkov, a co-owner of Studio FourPlus, which is located in Sofia, Bulgaria. The studio specialises in branding and motion design. Read more

In week 10 Baseline Shift welcomed back some graduates from the department who talked to us about their journey after graduation and current positions. Lined… Read more

In week 5 of the Spring term, Baseline Shift welcomed Typography & Graphic Communication graduate Seniz Husseyin who talked to the students about her experience… Read more

In week 4 of the Spring term, Baseline Shift had the pleasure to host a talk by Achilles Gerokostopoulos – a graduate of the department… Read more

Baseline shift – our series of design talks – is student-led. Find out what this entails. Read more

Week 9 Baseline shift presented a feedback session by our tutors. Here are super useful tips for all designers! Read more

Bryn Walls shares his experience and knowledge with extraordinary book formats and originality in binding designs. Read more

Want to learn more about how typefaces are designed? read this blog post to understand how designers master them! Read more

Carl Middleton, award-winning designer, graphic artist and print-maker, talked to us about his professional design practice and his letterpress work. Read more

This week’s Baseline Shift welcomed Edward Liu, an MA graduate now working as a UX Designer, to talk to us about his unexpected start in… Read more

This week’s Baseline Shift welcomed our student-led diversity team – I am, we are… different by design – to organise a workshop and a talk… Read more

Laura Chamberlain, a 2017 graduate of our BA course, returned to Baseline shift to tell us about the process of children’s book illustration. Read more

Baseline shift provided students from all years with a chance to get informal feedback on their work from a variety of tutors, and to share… Read more

Week 3’s Baseline Shift marked the return of Alumni talks this year, welcoming graduates George Bevan, Racheal Paris and Sacha Harding to talk to us… Read more

James Lloyd, our Part 1 tutor, outlines the key things to know about assessment and feedback on our course. Read more

Real Job: Our students asked if they could build and manage an Instagram account for the Department. https://www.instagram.com/uortypography/ @_timwatkins @UniofReading Read more

David Marshall and Elizabeth Ellis, founders of The Counter Press, continue to make use of letterpress in the modern day. How, and why…? Read more

The ‘I am, we are… Different by design’ team present their latest work: the second edition of their zine, and workshop at the Tate Exchange.… Read more

Karen Self (Art Director), Michael Duffy (Managing Art Editor) and Kit Lane (Designer and alumni of the Department) joined us for a day of workshopping,… Read more

James Lloyd gave us an insight into expanding student skills in creativity and ideation. Tldr? Learn stuff, and mix it up. Read more

Graphic Communication and Typography graduates, Carmen Martinez, Neil Linford-Relph and Aman Verma, share their experiences of UI and UX design. Read more

David Pearson’s experience in real life book cover design, and how his experimentation with different design methods helped create exciting and unique book covers. Read more

Lauren Towner came to speak with our undergraduates about the experience of creating illustrations on-demand, on-brief and on-time, and what designers can learn from the… Read more

Claire Mack and Holly Forsyth outlined the opportunities for paid graphic design internships, co-funded by the University. Read more

‘It’s not all about fonts!’ At a special Baseline Shift session, our former Head of Department stressed the importance of design for reading. Read more

Typography graduates from the past 15 years returned to give us an insight into how their careers have progressed since graduating. Read more

Milly Longbottom and Will Trickey, alumni of our department who now work at IBM, came to talk to Part 1 students about UX design process… Read more

David Pearson began his talk to Typography students at the University of Reading citing three things that sum up what really interest him – the… Read more

In Typography at the University of Reading, a huge importance is placed on having a good academic writing ability. Week four and five of the… Read more

Our second Baseline Shift session was run by Camara Dick, Seniz Husseyin, Malaika Johnson and Martha Macri, members of a group of students who have… Read more