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# Typography & Graphic Communication

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- [Bas Jacobs: Type design](https://typography.network/2025/09/29/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-00/) - Before the 2025–26 Baseline Shift season officially starts, we are hosting a special pre-season event on 8 October 2025 – welcoming Bas Jacobs, one of the founding members of the independent type collective Underware. Check out the Underware website here, where you can find out a little more about their new, innovative typeface Kermit: https://www.underware.nl/
- [Cj Cawley: Logo Design](https://typography.network/2025/09/28/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-05/) - We're excited to welcome Cj Cawley to our Baseline Shift session on 22 April 2026, Feel free to check out his site here: https://www.cjcawley.com/
- [Valentina D'elifippo: Information design](https://typography.network/2025/09/28/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-10/) - We're excited to welcome Valentina D'elifippo to our Baseline Shift session on 03 June 2026, Feel free to check out a bit about her here: https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/who-we-are/our-people/valentina-defilippo/
- [James Dunford: Wayfinding design](https://typography.network/2025/09/28/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-09/) - We're excited to welcome James Dunford to our Baseline Shift session on 27 May 2026, Feel free to check out his site here: https://www.appliedinformation.group/projects
- [Reading alumni: Multi disciplinary design](https://typography.network/2025/09/28/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-08/) - We're excited to welcome back Reading Alumni to our Baseline Shift session on 25 May 2026, Feel free to check out their sites here: https://mattperksdesign.com/#/ https://www.instagram.com/hanorah.design/ https://brandpotential.com/
- [Paul Barnes: Type design](https://typography.network/2025/09/28/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-07/) - We're excited to welcome Paul Barnes to our Baseline Shift session on 6 May 2026, Feel free to check out his site here: https://commercialtype.com/
- [Flipside group: UX/UI design](https://typography.network/2025/09/28/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-03/) - We're excited to welcome Flipside group to our Baseline Shift session on 03 December 2025, Feel free to check out their site here: https://flipsidegroup.com/
- [Sammy Rudkin: Motion design](https://typography.network/2025/09/28/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-06/) - We're excited to welcome Sammy Rudkin to our Baseline Shift session on 29 April 2026, Feel free to check out his site here: https://sammyrudk.in/
- [Kieron Lewis: Editorial design](https://typography.network/2025/09/28/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-04/) - We're excited to welcome Kieron Lewis to our Baseline Shift session on 25 March 2026, Feel free to check out his site here: https://kieronlewis.com/
- [Speaker 02](https://typography.network/2025/09/28/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-02/) - More info on this speaker tbc
- [Kate Dawkins: Projection design](https://typography.network/2025/09/28/baseline-shift-25-26-speaker-01/) - We're excited to welcome Kate Dawkins to our Baseline Shift session on 19 November 2025, Feel free to check out her site here: https://katedawkinsstudio.com/
- [History of letterforms](https://typography.network/2021/05/24/history-of-letterforms/) - Background James Mosely is an expert in the field of typography and the history of letterforms and printing types, he has lectured at the University of Reading since 1964 and teaches BA and MA students as well as being an advisor to PHD students. It is important to continue James Mosely’s legacy and present his
- [Vision A3 scanner instructions](https://typography.network/2025/08/21/vision-a3-scanner-instructions/) - This larger scanner, located in the Resource Centre and prioritised for collections use, is useful if your source material is bigger than A4. It cannot be moved out of the collections area. Connecting to the scanner Plug the scanner into a power outlet and switch it on using the switch on the top. A blue
- [KateMustSew Artist Rebrand](https://typography.network/2025/07/14/katemustsew-artist-rebrand/) - Background on the project KateMustSew is a self-made quilting business based in Reading, specialising in workshops, trunk shows and quilted artwork. Kate required a profile-raising rebrand and website design to elevate her business and reputation as an artist from a hobby quilter to a more professional level. Restated brief In our initial meeting with the
- [Ephemera for the Book Launch of Recommended!](https://typography.network/2025/06/27/ephemera-for-the-book-launch-of-recommended/) - Restated Brief Job summary Nicola Wilson is the author of the book Recommended! A book that follows the Book Society and the literary influences that highly influenced the reading during the interwar period. Wilson would like ephemera such as: a bookmark, postcard and book plate to supply at book shop visits during the book launch
- [Jane Austen 250th Anniversary](https://typography.network/2025/06/27/jane-austen-250th-anniversary/) - Context We had the privilege to work alongside the Reading Museum and the English Department to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen. This celebration would consist of six A1 information boards and pull up banners with text provided by the English students. Reading has many connections to Jane Austen and her
- [Baseline Shift](https://typography.network/2025/05/15/baseline-shift-3/) - Background Baseline Shift welcomes industry experts and Reading alumni alike, to the University of Reading, to give inspiring talks to students of all years, allowing them to see how speakers have progressed in their design career. Acknowledging their key insights in how they’ve overcome career challenges, Baseline Shift gives students a platform where they can
- [Punct 2025 BA Degree Show](https://typography.network/2025/06/27/punct-2025-ba-degree-show/) - Overview Each year the department of Typography and Graphic Communication hosts a graduation show to celebrate the work the graduating students have made during their time on the course. The branding and design of this show is vital, as it sets initial expectations of the show for visitors and reflects the ethos of our course
- [RJ00615: Synthetic Media Research Network](https://typography.network/2025/06/19/rj00615-synthetic-media-research-network/) - WHO ARE SMRN The Synthetic Media Research Network is a community of researchers dedicated to discovery within the area of synthetic media. They focus on the social, legal, and political challenges regarding upcoming deepfake technology, as well as prototyping “AI-generated photo-realistic synthetic media in areas such as film and screen, healthcare, and education”. BRIEF RESTATED
- [Gavin Strange: Motion Design](https://typography.network/2025/05/30/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-9/) - For our penultimate Baseline Shift session of the year, we were joined by the talented Gavin Strange, Director and Designer for Bristol’s Aardman, and “a passion project pursuer under the alias, JamFactory”. Creative journey Gavin began by emphasising how important moving to Bristol 20 years ago was in his journey as a young creative,
- [Reading Alumni: Multidisciplinary Design](https://typography.network/2025/05/26/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-8/) - This week, we welcomed back four Reading alumni to talk about their diverse experiences and insights from life after University. Luke Carter Being courageous Luke Carter started our alumni talks by focusing on the key reflections that graduating designers should be conscious of. Luke started as a junior digital designer, but then gradually moved
- [Alex Hambis: Magazine cover design](https://typography.network/2025/05/14/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-7/) - This week, we were joined by Alex Hambis, Art director for Cosmopolitan magazine. Alex shared his experience in designing magazine covers for some of the biggest Editorial names in the UK. University and graduation Starting with studying publishing at Oxford Brookes university, Alex explained how he tailored his university course to be print/magazine leaning.
- [Miho Aishima: Branding design](https://typography.network/2025/05/02/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-6/) - This week, we were joined by Miho Aishima, Design Director at Design Bridge and Partners, for an inspiring Baseline Shift session. Miho shared her expertise in branding and the creative process behind building visual identities, offering a deep dive into a few case studies. Design Bridge and Partners Miho has been at Design Bridge
- [Chris Margerison: Graphic Design journey](https://typography.network/2025/04/25/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-5/) - This week, we were joined by Chris Margerison, a senior graphic designer at PlayStation Studios Creative, who shared his inspiring journey from student to professional, offering valuable advice on how to navigate the creative industry. Who are PlayStation Creative? Chris explained that PlayStation Creative is the internal creative agency for the entire PlayStation brand. The
- [Art on Campus: Celebrating The World Reimagined globes](https://typography.network/2025/04/23/art-on-campus-celebrating-the-world-reimagined-globes/) - Real job: Amirah Yasin and Tommy Molnar
- [SHARP 2024 Conference Material](https://typography.network/2025/04/23/sharp-2024-conference-material/) - Context Designed by Luke Dyer and Jack Swain, the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) was looking for branding deliverables for their SHARP 2024 Conference. The project required us to create a range of visual material at varying sizes for different purposes. We were fortunate enough to work alongside Sue Walker,
- [The Global Goals Exhibition](https://typography.network/2024/10/05/the-global-goals-exhibition/) - Background The Global Goals, also known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are a set of 17 goals established by the United Nations in 2015. These goals are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a plan of action for people, planet, and prosperity. The SDGs aim to address global challenges such as poverty,
- [Inspired Earth Design](https://typography.network/2025/04/23/inspired-earth-design/) - Background/overview Inspired Earth Design is a landscape and garden design company that orchestrates and produces beautifully constructed garden layouts. They carefully curate landscape designs to match their customers' exact needs and find a comfortable balance between beauty and sustainability. The clients, Emily and Jude, work closely with their customers to create a garden design that
- [Microsoft's 50th anniversary has a Reading touch](https://typography.network/2025/04/08/microsofts-50th-anniversary-has-a-reading-touch/) - Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the launch of a new font, Kermit. The new font helps children to read more easily, improves comprehension, and helps dyslexic readers. It does this by making letter-formation visible in real time, and enabling prosody to be represented typographically. Designed by Underware, Kermit uses innovative Higher Order Interpolation
- [University-managed 'Follow-me' printer instructions](https://typography.network/2025/03/20/university-managed-follow-me-printer-instructions/) - Hopefully simple, we can point to installation and online resources hosted by UoR
- [Xerox laser printer instructions](https://typography.network/2025/03/20/xerox-laser-printers/) - Copy required. Full detail of how to set up, use, print double sided and use the manual feed tray
- [Epson scanner instructions](https://typography.network/2024/12/23/fab-lab-epson-scanner-instructions/) - A guide to using the Epson scanner
- [Epson inkjet instructions](https://typography.network/2024/12/23/fab-lab-epson-printer-instructions/) - A guide to using the Epson printer
- [Toner Foiler instructions](https://typography.network/2024/05/07/fab-lab-toner-foiler-instructions/) - Quickstart guide.
- [Laser Cutter instructions](https://typography.network/2024/05/07/fab-lab-laser-cutter-instructions/) - Quickstart guide.
- [Cricut Maker instructions](https://typography.network/2024/05/03/fab-lab-cricut-maker-instructions/) - Quickstart guide.
- [FAB Lab Branding](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/fab-lab-branding/) - Real Job by Jasmine Sheppard, Tasnia Asmi and Vivien Lee
- [Micaela Alcaino: Book cover design](https://typography.network/2024/11/26/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-1/) - To kick off this year’s Baseline Shift sessions, we welcomed highly acclaimed book cover designer Micaela Alcaino. A little on Micaela Micaela started her journey at Penguin Random House and HarperCollins UK, before making the big shift in 2019 to freelance work. Alongside balancing up to thirty design projects at once, Micaela still makes
- [Nitya Thawani: UX design](https://typography.network/2024/12/13/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-3/) - 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 talk "A UXer's guide to the galaxy". A little bit about Nitya Nitya is an incredibly talented user experience designer at Google, currently working as part of the Google
- [Niteesh Yadav: AR/VR Typography](https://typography.network/2024/12/20/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-4/) - 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 build on research and shape the future. Niteesh’s journey After deciding that the initial University course Niteesh was studying at the time was not for him, he left to
- [Designing wayfinding systems for dual language environments](https://typography.network/2024/12/05/designing-wayfinding-systems-for-dual-language-environments/) - In our increasingly interconnected society, it is essential to design for diverse audiences and multiple languages. In many occasions the environments users navigate through must cater for their varied cultural backgrounds. With this in mind, the MACD wayfinding project provides design education that directly tackles these challenges. In 2024, the project addressed the needs of
- [Information Design 1: TDL Creative’s Workshop kicks off the exploration stage](https://typography.network/2024/12/05/information-design-1-tdl-creatives-workshop-kicks-off-the-exploration-stage/) - On Tuesday 26 November, Craig and Tomoko of TDL Creative ran a workshop to kickstart Part 1 students’ visual exploration for the module Information Design 1. In this module, students address graphic design and user-centred design through the development of pictorial user instructions. In addition to exploring a range of graphic styles, students reflect on
- [Sophia Tai & Shaqa Bovand: Type Design](https://typography.network/2024/10/24/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-10/) - This week’s talk is by Sophia Tai and Shaqa Bovand Check out both Sophia and Shaqa’s links to learn about their experience as type designers. Sophia’s typefaces: https://cargocollective.com/sophiatai Shaqa’s typefaces https://www.behance.net/shaghayeghbovand
- [St Bride Foundation's Design Conclave: outside the lines](https://typography.network/2024/11/16/st-bride-foundations-design-conclave-outside-the-lines/) - The theme of the event was ‘Outside the Lines’ and the speakers delivered on this, introducing out-of-the-box ideas, techniques, and ways of thinking.
- [Baseline Shift 24/25 Speaker 2](https://typography.network/2024/10/24/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-2/) - This week’s talk is by CJ Cawley Check out CJ’s freelance work focusing on logo design: https://www.cjcawley.com/
- [Baseline Shift 24/25 Speaker 11](https://typography.network/2024/10/24/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-11/) - test
- [Baseline Shift 24/25 Speaker 12](https://typography.network/2024/10/24/baseline-shift-24-25-speaker-12/)
- [Refugee Support Group](https://typography.network/2024/10/23/refugee-support-group/) - Background on the project RSG is a local charity in Reading supporting refugees. They recently changed their name from RRSG (Reading Refugee Support Group) to just RSG (Refugee Support Group) in order to receive more funding from all over Berkshire, not only Reading. They required a profile-raising social campaign to raise awareness of their new
- [Bethan Miskell Artist Logo and Branding](https://typography.network/2024/10/23/bethan-miskell-artist-logo-and-branding/) - Overview Bethan Miskell is an artist who’s planning to open an online shop where she can sell her artwork. She creates pressed flower pieces that aim to celebrate the importance of plants or weeds that may be overlooked or not seen as typically ‘pretty’ but are considered to be ‘hero’ plants that are essential for
- [MA Communication Design: Open Afternoons 2024-25](https://typography.network/2024/09/19/ma-communication-design-open-afternoons-2024-25/) - Interested in MA Communication Design? Join us at our Open Afternoons and discover our 4 study pathways. Visit the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, chat with lecturers and current students, and get advice about how to apply. Dates: Wednesday 27 November 2024 & Thursday 20 March 2025 Time: 2-4 pm (UK time) Where: Department
- [New Designers: A graduate design show full of inspiration](https://typography.network/2024/09/12/new-designers-a-graduate-design-show-full-of-inspiration/) - Amirah Yasin and Tommy Molnar applied to the Typography Student Fund to visit New Designers 2024
- [University Collaborative Award winners](https://typography.network/2024/07/23/university-collaborative-award-winners/) - Two of our undergraduates – Esha Rajesh and Hanorah Murphy – were part of a multidisciplinary team that were awarded a 'University Collaborative Award' for their 'Global Graduate' branding project.
- [NSS Results 2024](https://typography.network/2024/07/19/nss-results-2024/) - The Office for Students has published this year's NSS results, and it's been another great year for our BA Graphic Communication course. Across the seven groups of questions, our scores are up on five of them (Learning opportunities, Assessment and feedback, Academic support, Organisation and management, Learning resources). In particular, Learning resources has jumped up
- ['I am, We are...different by design zine' issue 4](https://typography.network/2024/07/09/i-am-we-are-different-by-design-zine-issue-4/) - Real Job: Georgina Wade, Lydia Hall and Taria Khan wrote and designed the fourth issue of the Typography and Graphic Communications’ ‘I am, we are… different by design zine’. Background: The ‘I am, we are, different by design’ is a zine created by students from the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication. The zine aims
- [Student Community Champions branding](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/student-community-champions-branding/) - Real Job by Jack Taylor, Amy Babington and Matthew Lui
- ['Pieces' film poster design](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/pieces-film-poster-design/) - Real Job by Mia Bryan
- [Nuroosa – The Gathering Place](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/nuroosa-the-gathering-place/) - Branding design project by Finn Lewis for a sustainable venue hiring company, Nuroosa. Final deliverables included logo designs &business cards.
- [Floreat UK branding](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/floreat-uk-branding/) - Floreat UK is a new workplace wellness consulting business, dedicated to promoting holistic health and well-being in workplaces and workforces.
- [The Epilogue: RSA Degree Show 2023](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/the-epilogue-rsa-degree-show-2023/) - Real Job by Lydia Hall
- [Northcourt Avenue: its history & people](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/northcourt-avenue-its-history-people/) - Real Job by Zack Redshaw
- ['Within' film poster design](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/within-film-poster-design/) - Real Job by Edna Camplin
- [Killer Queen poster design](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/killer-queen-poster-design/) - Real Job by Jaflenur Rahman
- [Universal Voices: designing an e-book](https://typography.network/2023/12/20/universal-voices-designing-an-e-book/) - Real job by Zainab Hussain and Jaflenur Rahman
- [Global Goals Exhibition](https://typography.network/2024/05/31/global-goals-exhibition/) - https://typography.network/ 23 October 2025 Global Goals Exhibition Jack Swain events Typography & Graphic Communication
- [Emergence - Typography Degree Show 2024](https://typography.network/2024/05/28/emergence-typography-degree-show-2024/) - Real Jobs by Jasmine Sheppard, Jaf Rahman, Nelly Bridger Morales, George Wade and Ameera. Khan
- [An Artistic Mixtape](https://typography.network/2024/05/28/an-artistic-mixtape/) - Real Job for Art students by Amy North, Karissa Ng and Wassim El Khatib
- [Joby Carter fairground contest: When clowning around becomes official policy](https://typography.network/2024/05/28/joby-carter-fairground-contest-when-clowning-around-becomes-official-policy/) - Real Job by Ameera Khan
- [Cogent Mind Solutions: Brand design project](https://typography.network/2024/05/10/cogent-mind-solutions-brand-design-project/) - Branding project design for the new start-up company Cogent Mind Solutions including logo and guideline design – by Tristan Bevan and Ben Brown
- [Life on the Line: a photo book](https://typography.network/2023/12/15/life-on-the-line-a-photo-book/) - A reflective report detailing the development of the photo book 'Life on the Line: exploring edgelands in a shifting landscape,' by Brain O'Callaghan.
- [Monsters exhibition catalogue](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/monsters-exhibition-catalogue/) - Background Andrew Mangham and Emma Aston from the Classics department at the University of Reading anranged for an exhibition presented in the Madjeski Gallery at the Reading Museum, showcasing works of painter Paul Reid and sculptor Eleanor Crook. This exhibition looks at the 'the biological and artistic meaning of diversity and difference, and the vital
- [Locus Lodi Exhibition](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/locus-lodi-exhibition/) - Background The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology in the University of Reading had held the exhibition Locus Ludi: Anyone can play! from 5th September – 30th November, showcasing the games played in the ancient world and understanding the educational, societal, and integrative role of play in the past, which is important to understand the present
- [Pixel Party](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/pixel-party/) - Working as part of the Baseline Shift team prior to this job, we knew we wanted to connect more with the guests we have and understand more about their career and experiences to allow ourselves the best insight into future design paths. We knew we wanted to take on board the Pixel Party job
- [Connectedness reports](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/connectedness-reports/) - What are the Connectedness reports? A set of three reports summarising past conferences taking place at Manchester University that will be given out at the June 2023 conference, Connectivity and Inclusivity in HEIs – A solution-based approach. The first report focuses on creativity and inclusivity in higher education and women in environmental science, followed by
- [Universal Voices: Singing Communities eBook](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/universal-voices-singing-communities-ebook/) - Background Universal Voices is a free community choir for children aged 7-12 at the Institute of Education (IoE), run by Dr Rebecca Berkley and a volunteer student team. Singing Communities is a project funded by the UoR Communities fund. It is an inter-generational song sharing project, where the children in Universal Voices ask an elder
- [Bethan Miskell Artist Logo and Branding](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/bethan-miskell-artist-logo-and-branding-rj00624/) - Background The client Bethan Miskell does press flower artwork and wants to sell her artwork online. Bethan had not started the business and she wanted to set up a brand to promote her artwork and her message. As her business was in the beginning stage, she did not have ideas for a particular style yet,
- [Manuel Bravo Project  ](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/manuel-bravo-project/) - Overview The client for this project was the Manuel Bravo Project, a free legal representation for asylum seekers and refugees based in Leeds. The organisation recently had a rebrand of their logos and letterheads, causing them to look for new physical outputs to help enhance the new branding. There are two different branches of the
- [Student-led Department Instagram 2023/4](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/student-led-department-instagram-2023-4/) - Introduction This real job involved creating weekly posts of the departments events and students' projects throughout the year. This year we wanted to change the perception and aim of the Instagram, by broadening the design content for prospective, current and alumni students. Previously, the account has focused on events and design-based posts, however this year
- [Baseline Shift](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/baseline-shift-2/) - Background Taking over Baseline Shift for the 23/24 calendar, myself, Habibah, and Ben had new ideas from our experience on the previous year. As with the previous year, we wanted to provide a more diverse range of speakers – whether this be in the sense of design sector, backgrounds, race, gender etc… We also knew
- [Baseline Shift](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/baseline-shift/) - About Baseline Shift is a student led weekly talk, held every Wednesday, between 11am to 1pm during autumn and spring term. Available to attend by both undergraduates and masters’ students of the Typography and Graphic Communication department as well as members of staff, the sessions host former alumni of the University and well-established designers in
- [Student Centred: Education, Freedom and the Idea of Audience](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/student-centred-education-freedom-and-the-idea-of-audience/) - Background Neil Cocks is an English Professor for the University of Reading. He had previously published a textbook called Student Centred: Eucation Freedom and the Idea of Audience and was looking to publish a second updated version. The new version would include new chapters and changes to the previous text. Aswell as a completely new
- [Canvas Online Arts Magazine: Issue Three](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/canvas-online-arts-magazine-issue-three/) - Background The Canvas Magazine is a student led University arts publication. The client was looking to build on the existing website to enhance reading experience, add new functionality, support more types of content, and give a fresh visual appearance. The result is a new ‘issue’ of the magazine. The third issue follows a similar layout
- [Baseline Shift: my experience](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/baseline-shift-my-experience/) - Background Baseline Shift is a real job that involves a group of students collaborating to organise weekly lectures given by professional designers during autumn and summer term. These talks enable students of the Typography and Graphic Communication department to gain insight into the design industry and potential career options after graduation. The team held multiple
- [Old Windsor Carnival Programme](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/old-windsor-carnival-programme/) - Background The Old Windsor Carnival which is in its 61st event is a thriving occasion that raises money for local charities and is known for bringing the community together. Each year comes a different theme, this year of 2023 the theme is Kings and Queens and is to be emphasised through the use of
- [Straightforward Statistics book cover](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/straightforward-statistics-book-cover/) - Background Our client, Dr Patrick White, received a PhD in Social Sciences from Cardiff University. Since then, Patrick has written various books and journals for The Statistics Education Research Journal, started a YouTube channel, and lectured at the University of Leicester in Media Communication and Sociology. Patrick's previous books, 3 individually and 1 in conjunction
- [New library books, April 2024](https://typography.network/2024/04/23/new-library-books-april-2024/) - Additions to our holdings in the main library, to support new modules and projects.
- [Emigre and halftones: exploring Photoshop](https://typography.network/2024/03/21/emigre-and-halftones-exploring-photoshop/) - Ethan Nunn, a student on the BA Graphic Communication course at Reading, considers photos, CMYK halftones, and the Emigre magazine, as part of TY1SK.
- [InDesign Flyer Formatting for 'Rethink Fairness'](https://typography.network/2024/03/21/indesign-flyer-formatting-for-rethink-fairness/) - Design Ideas and Design Process Since the Formatting Text task only briefed me to create one final outcome, it was a challenge for me to narrow down my expansive design thinking into a single concept! Pictured above is my finalised flyer, and I truly believe in creating this, I have learnt valuable skills for the
- [Experimenting with Magazine Layouts with InDesign](https://typography.network/2024/03/21/experimenting-with-magazine-layouts-with-indesign/) - Design ideas and design process I was set the task of creating effective layouts in InDesign, to which I would create two magazine layouts and then choosing a final design that I was most satisfied with (Design 1) that I felt demonstrated the best and most effective layouts for a magazine. Creating this design, I
- [Exploring filters in Photoshop](https://typography.network/2024/03/21/exploring-filters-in-photoshop/) - Design ideas and design processes For the 'Editing Images' task, we had to make a change to an image. This included, but was not limited to, changing the colour of a part of a photo, lightening or darkening an image, or removal of objects from the background of an image. Idea one For my
- [From Letters to Logos: The Elegance of Edited Type](https://typography.network/2024/03/21/from-letters-to-logos-the-elegance-of-edited-type/) - Design ideas and design process. Design idea 1 This design takes inspiration from luxury brand monograms. I chose a serifed font, and through disconnected strokes, combined my initials ‘TM’. The simplicity and clarity makes this design very effective as a sophisticated logo. I began by sketching several variations of 'TM' monograms on paper, I
- [Exploring InDesign Tables](https://typography.network/2024/03/21/exploring-indesign-tables/) - Tables in InDesign can be very useful when organising content, making it quicker and easier to understand. Most people will have explored making tables in Word or Excel, but designing them in InDesign allows for more creativity and control. I was tasked to design and format content into a table. Before this I had never
- [Discovering the pencil and pathfinder tools on Illustrator](https://typography.network/2024/03/21/discovering-the-pencil-and-pathfinder-tools-on-illustrator/) - Design ideas and design process I have always found illustrator to be one of the areas of design that is most difficult. This is not only because I find the tools quite complicated to use sometimes, but also because I am not very confident in my drawing skills. This is why I want to focus
- [Understanding Layout and Hierarchy](https://typography.network/2024/03/21/understanding-layout-and-hierarchy/) - Hierarchy: The classification or assortment of subjects regarding their importance. Hierarchy in typography is arguably the most important consideration when creating layout. It writes subliminal messages within the page that tell the reader what's important, what should they look at, what should they read first. This is why it is so important you don't
- [Student-Led Department Instagram 2022](https://typography.network/2023/01/30/student-lead-department-instagram-2022/) - Introduction After joining the instagram team in our first year of University, we (Emily and Rio) began to co-lead the Instagram at the beginning of 2022. Our experience of being on the team previously gave us a good prior understanding and ideas of what to post and we already had a structure. Once the Instagram
- [TDi 2024 | Practice masterclass and research working seminar](https://typography.network/2024/02/27/tdi-2024-practice-masterclass-and-research-working-seminar/) - Intensive course on typeface design: one week multiscript practice masterclass, one week research working seminar, with global experts
- [Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals](https://typography.network/2024/02/06/promoting-the-sustainable-development-goals/) - Spring Term 2024 An exhibition by second-year students in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication The work featured in this exhibition are posters designed in response to a brief inspired by Project Everyone, a United Nations Global Partner dedicated to promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (also known as the Global Goals). The work aims
- [Greg Bunbury: Ethical design](https://typography.network/2023/11/18/greg-bunbury-ethical-design/) - 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 Reading. In this session, Greg spoke of real-life experiences, gave the students interactive elements throughout his presentation and really engaged with why ethical design is so crucial to today's industry.
- [Geri Reid: Creating design systems](https://typography.network/2024/01/31/geri-reid-creating-design-systems/) - 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 the way you expect and the journey she took to be where she is today. Geri's path is relatable to young people and the struggles that they face, with a
- [Naomi Games: Abram Games' legacy](https://typography.network/2023/03/05/naomi-games-abram-games-legacy/) - 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. Naomi told students about Abram's life as a graphic designer during World War Two, along with memories of her father during his career, and his wish to become the most
- [Meggan Van Harten: Beauty of inclusivity](https://typography.network/2023/01/18/meggan-van-harten-beauty-of-inclusivity/) - 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 explained her focus on inclusive design and presenting indigenous culture using design as a voice to educate society. To support Native American schools, John Hopkins University produced a COVID-19 safety
- [Sol Kawage: Design perspectives](https://typography.network/2023/01/31/sol-kawage-design-perspectives/) - In week 3 of Spring term, we were joined by information designer and Reading graduate, Sol Kawage. Her love of typography and passion towards informing students about the beauty of designing for a purpose was inspiring for students. Sol Kawage's design for a postcard and social media graphic for Tennesee Blend, advertising a theatre production
- [Toshi Omagari: Videogame typography](https://typography.network/2023/10/21/toshi-omagari-videogame-typography/) - In week 2 of Autumn term, we were joined by typeface designer, Toshi Omagari. In this session, Toshi presented a wide range of enthralling videogame typefaces showing how they function to immerse users, along with providing students guidance on how to expertly produce typography for different projects. Followed by an 8×8 pixel type workshop and
- [Feedback Jam](https://typography.network/2023/11/18/feedback-jam/) - Autumn term Feedback Jam, hosted in Week 7 of term with tutors Sara Chapman, Josefina Bravo and Geoff Wyeth was put in place to assist students with upcoming deadlines towards the end of term. A valuable Baseline Shift to obtain extra advice along with tips and tricks on how to improve before final submissions! Part
- [James Hunter: Insight into magazine design](https://typography.network/2023/10/30/james-hunter-insight-into-magazine-design/) - 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 his editorial design industry experience as well as his decision to co-found the magazine, based on his passion for boardgames. Graduation and early career After graduating from Falmouth University in
- [Harkiran Kalsi – The power of lettering](https://typography.network/2023/02/27/harkiran-kalsi-the-power-of-lettering/) - 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 and EA Sports. Harkiran took us through the journey of her career in design and taught us the importance of determination and stepping out of your comfort zone. Breaking into
- [Feedback Jam: Book Sleeves and Web Design](https://typography.network/2024/01/31/feedback-jam-book-sleeves-and-web-design/) - 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 Jobs and personal work, offering advice on how to improve and enhance designs for upcoming deadlines and submissions. American Revolution, Legal History and Politics Matt from Part 2 shared
- [Student-led guides to university](https://typography.network/2024/05/17/student-led-guides-to-university/) - Student-led guides to university is a collaboration of guides with Reading Student Union (RSU) containing personalised advice and guidance to underrepresented and marginalised new students. This is so all students regardless of background or circumstance can feel supported, represented, and empowered during welcome week. Each guide is written by students and designed by students. This ensures
- [Federico Pena: MA Information Design alumni](https://typography.network/2023/12/08/federico-pena-ma-information-design-alumni/) - Fred's remarkable journey as a global wayfinding designer began with his impressive work experiences at major events like the Commonwealth Games and the World Cup in Qatar. Read the story here
- [Design for change project + Sky Creative](https://typography.network/2023/03/23/design-for-change-project-sky-creative/) - In their third year, our undergraduate students have the opportunity to complete a 'Design for change' project. The project aims to give a space for exploring how design can contribute to social change. Past projects include: Say something – an anti-sexual harassment campaign A hidden disabilities learning kit – designed to build a more considerate
- [HMP Huntercombe Prison poster design](https://typography.network/2023/11/26/hmp-huntercombe-prison-poster-design/) - Background Huntercombe Prison have worked alongside Reading University’s typography students to create communication materials for the prisoners for many projects. Huntercombe is a Category C, foreign national deportation prison for adult males in Oxfordshire. The client wanted to improve the attitudes towards violence and make the inmates aware of the consequences in a clear, structured
- [Signwriting: A 5 day intensive course with Joby Carter](https://typography.network/2023/11/24/signwriting-a-5-day-intensive-course-with-joby-carter/) - 5 Days of signwriting Joby Carter Joby is a signwriter and fairground artist who owns the famous 'Carter's Steam Fair' fairground, which is the largest vintage travelling funfair in the world. Years of experience has led to Joby being one of the world’s leading experts on signwriting, fancy lettering and fairground art. I met Joby
- [Magazine layouts](https://typography.network/2021/03/24/magazine-layouts/) - Design ideas & process I wanted to show two very different design layouts and chose a non-linear and a linear design. For one I wanted to use a lot of images with not a lot of space between the writing and for the other I wanted it to be very striped back in terms of
- [Photoshop Task- Cutting out images. Spring Term](https://typography.network/2021/03/23/photoshop-task-cutting-out-images-spring-term/) - Design Ideas and Design Processes The brief for this task was to experiment on Photoshop, cutting out images from their original background. There were multiple ways to do this and I wanted to practice with a few of them to grow my skills and gain confidence. For my first idea, I chose to do a
- [Making Tables in InDesign - Going ON the Grid](https://typography.network/2023/11/20/making-tables-in-indesign-going-on-the-grid-2/) - Introduction I think it's important to start off by saying I had no idea how to make tables and grids in InDesign. Other than my limited use in the book design project and making work files, I haven't used the software before. I was well aware that I'd have to start with the basics, but
- [Exploring Photoshop](https://typography.network/2022/03/07/exploring-photoshop/) - Explore, verb: travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it Software Tutorials Coming into the Spring Term I've built on my knowledge and skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. I’ve also met new software along the way, After Effects, Adobe XD, and Premiere Pro. I have been exploring Photoshop in a more
- [Diving deeper into the world of photoshop](https://typography.network/2021/03/18/diving-deeper-into-the-world-of-photoshop/) - ­­­­­­­­­Design ideas and design process: For this design, I used my own photograph that I took whilst in New York. I chose this image as it was of high quality, and the composition was interesting. I also chose this because the background didn't have too many buildings in it so I knew it wouldn't be
- [Liquid Letters - AfterEffects](https://typography.network/2021/03/25/liquid-letters-aftereffects/) - BRIEF Design 3 different animations for the Typography & Graphic Communication course. include the text Typography & Graphic Communication include a background (colour/image) explore different ways to animate the text DESIGN IDEAS AND DESIGN PROCESS Classic For my Classic design I wanted to demonstrate the process I have learnt throughout this task of applying
- [Creative Images through Layer Masking](https://typography.network/2021/03/24/creative-images-through-layer-masking/) - Design ideas and design process Final Design 1 The idea behind design 1 as a final design is that it shows one of the new skills I learnt for this task. This was my first attempt at working with layer masks and I can now say that I have a better understanding of them after
- [Creative Images in Photoshop](https://typography.network/2021/03/24/creative-images-on-photoshop-task-ty1sk/) - Design ideas and design process: All photoshop designs here included my own photography, the first 2 being of my dogs. In the first one, I isolated him from the background and used a series of brushes to create an ink splatter effect to show off his colours well. Using the eyedropper tool, I could select
- [Working with InDesign Tables](https://typography.network/2021/03/17/working-with-indesign-tables/) - Tables come in many shapes and formats. Although there are many programs in which you can create tables, InDesign allows the designer to be in control of all the elements in a table. For this task, I was challenged to create an effective layout that utilised a table. Since I've never worked with tables before,
- [Vector Graphics for 'Homegoing'](https://typography.network/2021/03/18/vector-graphics-for-homegoing/) - This term, I undertook a range of design tasks for the TY1SK module with the aim of improving and building a better understanding of skills and techniques with Adobe software. In this blog post, I will discuss the 'Drawing Vector Objects' task, where I designed a social media banner for the book 'Homegoing' by Yaa
- [Homegoing Banner](https://typography.network/2021/03/16/homegoing-banner/) - Design Ideas and Design Process This is the vector drawing I created in response to a brief asking us to design a Facebook banner for the book “Homegoing”. The task required us to base the banner of the existing cover for the book. In order to start generating ideas I pasted an image of the
- [Exploring The Creation of Surrealism Through Photoshop](https://typography.network/2021/03/07/exploring-the-creation-of-surrealism-through-photoshop/) - Design Ideas and Design Process For the photoshop creative images task, we had the option to pick our own theme, whereby I chose the topic of surrealism. In my first design, I focused on demonstrating the ability to create a design that appears to be altered from reality. The design is focused on the illusion
- [Creative Images - Photoshop](https://typography.network/2021/03/25/creative-images-photoshop/) - This term, we have undertaken various tasks that have allowed me to improve my skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and AfterEffects. The task that I enjoyed the most during this term was the Photoshop Creative Images task. I created three images that I am happy with. DESIGN IDEAS AND DESIGN PROCESS DESIGN 1 - FLOATING
- [Developing a Brand Logo](https://typography.network/2021/03/24/developing-a-brand-logo/) - Design ideas, process and inspiration I saw this task as a fantastic opportunity to build my very own logo for my art Instagram page. I have experimented and learned how to the different tools on Illustrator; some which were completely new to me like the scissor tool. The design you see above is actually a
- [Dear, Typography](https://typography.network/2020/12/11/dear-typography/) - Design Ideas & Design Process Firstly, how did I come up with the title, "Dear, Typography" you may ask. A letter is a type of typographic piece of work; specifically the most dearest one to me. Another reason why I thought this choice in title was the best fit for this post is because of
- [Building confidence with Photoshop](https://typography.network/2021/03/17/building-confidence-with-photoshop/) - Design ideas and design process Golden Statue This idea was to help me develop techniques for manipulating light and material on photoshop. Here, I have turned a stone statue into gold. For a graphic designer, I imagine it is an invaluable skill as it breaks free from the restrictiveness of the materials of the photographed
- [MA Communication Design Open Morning: Thursday 25 January 2024](https://typography.network/2023/10/16/ma-communication-design-open-morning-tuesday-7-november-2023/) - Interested in MA Communication Design? Join us at our Open Mornings and discover our 4 study pathways. Visit the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, chat with lecturers and current students, and get advice about how to apply. Dates: Thursday 25 January 2024 Time: 11:00 am to 1:30 pm (UK time) Where: Department of Typography
- [Toshi Omagari featured in special issue of IDEA magazine](https://typography.network/2023/09/14/toshi-omagari-featured-in-special-issue-of-idea-magazine/) - The highly esteemed Japanese design magazine IDEA dedicated an issue to the career of Toshi Omagari with the theme "Typeface design for the voice of the world: The Works of Toshi Omagari". Toshi graduated with Distinction from the MA Typeface Design in 2010–11, and went on to work for several years for Monotype. More recently
- [Flux 2023 Degree Show](https://typography.network/2023/06/04/flux-2023-degree-show/) - A team of third-year students took on the branding and promotion for this year's degree show.
- [Design that cares? – IIID Vision Plus Conference 2023](https://typography.network/2023/06/06/design-that-cares-iiid-vision-plus-conference-2023/) - Healthcare was the theme for the 2023 IIID Vision Plus Conference, held in the Design Forum in Vienna. Rachel and Josefina gave a joint talk about their ongoing work looking at documents from the Forms Information Centre Collection held at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication. The documents were produced by the British government
- [Testing beyond Covid: Our point of use instructions at IIID Vision Plus 2023](https://typography.network/2023/06/06/testing-beyond-covid-our-point-of-use-instructions-at-iiid-vision-plus-2023/) - At the 2023 IIID Vision Plus conference, Josefina gave a presentation about her, Sue Walker, and Al Edwards's work on the project ‘Information Design for Diagnostics: Ensuring Confidence and Accuracy for Home Sampling and Home Testing’, which looked at the design and usability of instructions for point of use Covid-19 lateral flow rapid tests. The
- [New branding for Georgina Rivers Academy](https://typography.network/2023/05/24/new-branding-for-georgina-rivers-academy/) - Background Georgina Rivers has been in the nail and beauty industry for over 18 years and is a qualified educator, teaching courses for Cuccio ltd and Sallys. She has recently opened her own training academy here in Reading, Berkshire. She has also created her own brand of nail products called GeorgiaBella nail systems. Our brief
- [Way of type – Evolution of Chinese typeforms](https://typography.network/2023/05/19/way-of-type-evolution-of-chinese-typeforms/) - 17 April – 21 July 2023 An exhibition in the Department charting the development of Chinese type and type-making technologies. Chinese typeforms are the visual form or shape of Chinese characters in a typeface. They reflect the function of reading Chinese and the aesthetics of Chinese calligraphy. Compared with Latin typefaces, the larger Chinese character
- [Straightforward Statistics Book Jacket](https://typography.network/2024/05/13/straightforward-statistics-book-jacket/) - Real Job by Matt Perks and Clara Tsang
- [MA Communication Design: Open Morning 2023](https://typography.network/2023/03/30/ma-communication-design-open-morning-2023/) - Interested in the MA Communication Design? Join us at our Open Morning and discover our 4 pathways. Visit the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, chat with lecturers and current students, and get advice about how to apply. Date: Tuesday 25 April 2023, 11am to 1:30pm (BST) Where: Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, Whiteknights
- [Creating Spreads in InDesign](https://typography.network/2023/03/28/creating-spreads-in-indesign/) - Initial Thoughts On How I Would Attempt The Project In this task, I was required to create a two page spread for a magazine, promoting the top 10 books for that month (all found on the BBC website). I took inspiration from Swiss design and its use of grid systems to structure my layout. Before
- [Carter's Fairground contest: Cadbury Dairy Milk](https://typography.network/2023/02/08/carters-fairground-contest-cadbury-dairy-milk/) - Brief 'Fairground fonts were designed to be persuasive, to get people to take action but in a fun and eye-catching way. They also have their roots in pop art and popular culture of the era.Taking inspiration from the fonts you see at the fair, how would you re-imagine a different business with a fairground
- [Carter's Fairground contest: Legal & General](https://typography.network/2023/02/08/carters-fairground-contest-legal-general/) - Overview This Real Job comes in the form of a contest, something fairly unusual for these briefs. Following a recent social trip to Carter’s Steam fair, a traditional English travelling funfair, members of the department began talking with attraction owner, event organiser and sign-painter Joby Carter. After learning more about his incredible talent and passion
- [True Food Organics Logo](https://typography.network/2023/01/30/true-food-organics-logo/) - Overview True Food Organics, originally named True Food Co-operative, is a zero-waste, organic food and grocery store based in Emmer Green, Reading. It is run by volunteers from the local community and they have been encouraging others to choose a more sustainable lifestyle since 1999. With their decision to rename their store they decided it
- [Harris Garden interpretation boards](https://typography.network/2023/01/30/harris-garden-interpretation-boards/) - Brief Summary The Harris Garden is a botanical garden, located on the University of Reading’s Whiteknights campus. It was established in 1972 and has since been enjoyed by students, staff and the public. The aim of this project was to create a range of deliverables that sit cohesively together within the garden. Our client initially
- [Joby Carter Fairground Contest: Redesigning Odeon](https://typography.network/2023/01/30/joby-carter-fairground-contest-redesigning-odeon/) - Redesigning Odeon Brief Joby Carter is a signwriter and fairground artist who owns Carter’s steam fair and he set up a competition whereby as the contestants we had to each present a brand that we had reimagined in a fairground font using signwriting techniques and show the idea as a square PNG file, 2000 x2000px.
- [Project Freedom - Real Time text for a theatre performance](https://typography.network/2023/01/30/project-freedom-real-time-text-for-a-theatre-performance/) - Overview & Goals The supplied brief was to document a live theatre performance by Jamal Harewood, an artist who creates audience-led participatory events that focus on ideas of identity and race. Our client outlined how important it is to him, to hold performances that are playful yet allow for a unique experience that promotes discussion
- [Oyster Outcomes](https://typography.network/2023/01/30/oyster-outcomes/) - Background Oyster outcomes LTD is a consultancy business which offers several different services. These include multi-disciplinary management, governance and assurance, coaching, mentoring and coach supervision, mental health and wellbeing consulting. The idea behind the brochure, was to advertise digitally and through print, the services that Oyster outcomes can provide. Embedded in the brochure are recommendations
- [Jamal Harewood: Project Freedom](https://typography.network/2023/01/30/jamal-harewood-project-freedom/) - Background Jamal Harewood is an activist who sets out to share his vision of race and identity through workshops around England. He is currently undergoing a freedom workshop that seeks to redefine the term 'freedom' by discussing each individual in the workshop—participants brought in different perspectives and Fresh insight onto specific topics free from any
- [Quieter Lifestyle logo](https://typography.network/2023/01/30/quieter-lifestyle-logo/) - Background Around 20% of the University of Reading halls are now labelled as quieter lifestyle. The scheme aims to group together students who identify with living a quieter lifestyle so that students can have a more comfortable halls experience. The brief The brief for this project was to create a singular brand logo to be
- [User-friendly point-of-use instructions for home use diagnostic tests: guidance and tools](https://typography.network/2023/01/16/user-friendly-point-of-use-instructions-for-home-use-diagnostic-tests-guidance-and-tools/) - Sue Walker and Josefina Bravo have produced guidance in the form of a toolkit and a dataset for the design of instructions to support home and community diagnostic testing. This derived from the AHRC-funded Covid Rapid Response project ‘Information Design for Diagnostics: Ensuring Confidence and Accuracy for Home Sampling and Home Testing’. The work was
- [Marie Boulanger: My life through letters](https://typography.network/2022/12/21/marie-boulanger-my-life-through-letters/) - 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 how her life has helped to inspire her personal journey through designing typefaces. Typeface design, exploring lettering and their purpose was
- [Alumni talks: The beauty of letters and digital design](https://typography.network/2022/12/21/alumni-talks-the-beauty-of-letters-and-digital-design/) - In week 10 of Autumn term, we were joined by three alumni of the Department: Font engineer Norbert Krausz; Sky Creative Designer, Aanand Tank; and Director at ArabicType, Nadine Chahine. In this session, we were delighted to hear about our alumni's lives after graduation and what our students can expect later in their careers. Engineering
- [Feedback jam: Real jobs and typeface design](https://typography.network/2022/12/21/feedback-jam-real-jobs-and-typeface-design/) - 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 from tutors aids students in directing them towards the next steps of developing their designs. In this post, we'll focus on two of the unique projects that students brought for
- [Rob Waller: Information, and why it's designed](https://typography.network/2022/12/14/rob-waller-information-and-why-its-designed/) - In week 4 of Autumn term, we were joined by the President of The International Institute for Information Design, Rob Waller. In this session, Rob supplied students with an insight into the theory of information design and research into documentation legibility. Anatomy of Information 'Roughly half the population struggles with reading document literacy' and
- [David Pearson: Book design as a language](https://typography.network/2022/12/05/david-pearson-book-design-as-a-language/) - In week 8 of Autumn term, we were joined by Penguin book cover designer David Pearson. In this session, David exhibited a wide range of exciting book covers, along with many tips for students in brainstorming ideas for designing book covers. Designing a cover David emphasised how typography and book covers should be experimented with,
- [Nick Sexton: UX and a user's journey](https://typography.network/2022/12/05/nick-sexton-ux-and-a-users-journey/) - 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 at Dyson, and an experience design lead at Jaguar Land Rover. In this session, Nick gave his interpretation of user experience design (UX) and how considering the needs of users
- [Time management with Rachel Warner and Gerry Leonidas](https://typography.network/2022/11/09/time-management-with-rachel-warner-and-gerry-leonidas/) - 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 some helpful advice and highlighting the importance of organisation in our careers. As a student, it is reassuring to hear that our tutors feel the same pressures we do, with Rachel
- [James Hunter: Boardgames are beautiful](https://typography.network/2022/11/09/james-hunter-boardgames-are-beautiful/) - 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 his editorial design industry experience as well as his decision to co-found Senet magazine, based off of his passion for boardgames and fantasy games. Graduation and Early Career After
- [Malcolm Garrett: Anatomy of album covers](https://typography.network/2022/11/09/malcolm-garrett-anatomy-of-album-covers/) - 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 provided insight from his successful design career and shared valuable knowledge from his experiences to inspire Reading graduates in what could lie ahead for their future careers. Student and early
- [MagCulture Trip 2022](https://typography.network/2022/10/27/magculture-trip-2022/) - During the Autumn term, the Department organised and paid for a trip for the Part 3s to go to London and visit the MagCulture. Not only were we immersed in inspiration for our own magazine designs and concepts, but we also enjoyed a talk from Jeremy Leslie about the current state of the independent magazine
- [Baseline shift returns](https://typography.network/2022/10/05/baseline-shift-returns/) - Our student-curated series of guest lectures returns this week, featuring live in-person sessions for the first time in two years.
- [Information Design Summer School 2021](https://typography.network/2022/09/29/information-design-summer-school-2021/) - The Department regularly funds students to attend Rob Waller's Information Design Summer School.
- [Logo Legends Course](https://typography.network/2022/09/29/logo-legends-course/) - Hannah Smith won funding from the Typography Student Fund to attend James Martin's Logo Legends Course.
- [Freeing Liberty through information design](https://typography.network/2022/07/13/freeing-liberty-through-information-design/) - This July, Rachel Warner and Emily Allbon presented their project 'Freeing Liberty through information design' at the International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication (ICTVC). Their project focuses on designing information on our civil liberties, provided by Liberty. Liberty gave Rachel and Emily a challenge: to identify how information design might help to make their online
- [Looking at women looking at themselves being looked at](https://typography.network/2022/06/22/looking-at-women-looking-at-themselves-being-looked-at/) - 9 June – 9 September 2022 This exhibition, now open in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, explores the concept of the male gaze in twentieth-century British illustration, and is curated by Cătălina Zlotea. The exhibition analyses the work of the British illustrator, Charles Mozley (1914–1991), through a contemporary lens. It does so by
- ['Fresh Out' Film Posters (RJ00543)](https://typography.network/2022/05/27/fresh-out-film-posters-rj00543/) - Overview This real job entailed designing three film posters for the independent film Fresh Out. The client is part of an independent distribution team at the National Film and Television School that is working on a marketing plan for Fresh Out which highlights three different genres and showcases various themes. Brief The client has explained that their goal for
- [Promoting racial justice in teaching and learning: digital and print collection](https://typography.network/2022/04/05/promoting-racial-justice-in-teaching-and-learning-digital-and-print-collection/) - Real Job: Bethan Williams designed a journal highlighting Reading's focus on racial justice.
- [Pain Research Reading: Logo Design](https://typography.network/2022/04/05/pain-research-reading-logo-design/) - Real Job: Emily Collard entered a design contest to brand a new research centre at the University.
- [Dragon Rouge Design Contest](https://typography.network/2022/04/05/dragon-rouge-design-contest/) - Real Job: Hanorah entered a design contest promoting make-up as a route to addressing mental health issues.
- [G live Radical Creatives](https://typography.network/2022/04/05/g-live-radical-creatives/) - Real job: A team created illustrations and branding for this local initiative to encourage creativity amongst young people.
- [Little Orchard Farm shop & café](https://typography.network/2022/04/05/little-orchard-farm-shop-cafe/) - Real Job: Issy, Yana and Lachlan took on the branding of a start-up farm shop run by Typography graduate Izzy Wedgwood.
- [Gifted Boutique Drop 8: Campaigning Branding](https://typography.network/2022/04/05/gifted-boutique-drop-8-campaigning-branding/) - Real Job: A team of designers created branding a social campaign for the latest 'drop' from a community interest fashion brand.
- [GradSpire Logo](https://typography.network/2022/04/05/gradspire-logo/) - Real Job: Chloe Yau branded an innovative graduate development scheme enabling SMEs to attract, recruit and nurture top-talent graduates from across the region.
- [Georgina Rivers Academy Branding & Web Design](https://typography.network/2022/04/05/georgina-rivers-academy-branding-web-design/) - Real Job: Alex Gwynne led a team creating a new website and brand for the Georgina Rivers Academy
- [Georgina Rivers Salon & Academy - Social Media and Illustration Style](https://typography.network/2022/04/05/georgina-rivers-salon-academy-social-media-and-illustration-style/) - Real Job: Salma Adelwahab worked on a brand launch for a local beauty academy.
- [Careers in Psychology Animated Video](https://typography.network/2022/04/05/careers-in-psychology-animated-video/) - Real Job: Lamar Kaki worked for the Psychology department at the University of Reading to create an animation promoting a career as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner.
- [Life after Reading: Oliver Tomlinson](https://typography.network/2022/04/04/life-after-reading-oliver-tomlinson/) - 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.
- [Career journeys of Reading Alumni: Kelly Batchelor and Peter Wright](https://typography.network/2022/04/04/career-journeys-of-reading-alumni-kelly-batchelor-and-peter-wright/) - In the penultimate week of Spring term, we had the honour of being joined by two Reading alumni: product designers, Peter Wright and Kelly Batchelor. In this session, both guests shared insight into the ups and downs in their broad and successful careers in an engaging and inspiring talk, really displaying the number of possibilities
- [Ed Fella: Exit Level Design, 1985–2012](https://typography.network/2022/02/01/ed-fella-exit-level-design-1985-2012/) - Ed Fella: Exit Level Design, 1985–2012, an exhibition in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication surveying the experimental graphic practice of the American designer, Ed Fella.
- [Life after Reading: Mecca Pictograms with Joan Zalacain](https://typography.network/2022/02/02/life-after-reading-mecca-pictograms-with-joan-zalacain/) - Joan Zalacain discusses his career in wayfinding and pictogram design, and his Mecca wayfinding project in particular.
- [Aseil Amgheib: Design Wolf Studios](https://typography.network/2022/01/23/aseil-amgheib-design-wolf-studios/) - Aseil Amgheib, the owner of Design Wolf Studios, provided insights into launching a brand design business in a 21st century crisis.
- [Lucinda Scholey: Freelancing and Launch Studio](https://typography.network/2022/02/02/lucinda-scholey-freelancing-and-launch-studios/) - Lucinda Scholey is founder and designer at Launch studios. She offered us 'Six things to know before taking the freelancer leap of faith'
- [Time to Reflect: A collection of personal memories](https://typography.network/2022/01/24/time-to-reflect-a-collection-of-personal-memories/) - Background Often, Ronald Smith was told "You have led such an interesting life, you should write a book". The memoir consists of Ronald's life experiences, from the War to COVID-19 and his family and personal life. Working with his daughter Liz, the intentions of this memoir was to give his family and friends an insight
- [Global Graduate Branding](https://typography.network/2021/08/29/global-graduate-branding/) - Background This branding project was for a new and upcoming module established by Daniela Standen, which will be part of what the University of Reading will soon be offering in the new academic year approaching. Our goal was to deliver a visual identity for the client which would essentially promote this new module. Our challenge
- [PLACEing objects Artist publication](https://typography.network/2022/01/24/placing-objects-artist-publication/) - Designing a publication to exhibit a client's exhibition as part of her Ph.D. is one of the greatest projects I have ever completed!
- [PLACEing Objects: Artist's Publication](https://typography.network/2022/01/24/placeing-objects-artists-publication/) - Background This Real Job required us to design a publication for the PLACEing objects exhibition that ran in March 2020. The exhibition was part of Julie Brixey-Williams PhD requirements and showcased a selection of multidisciplinary artists. The client wanted a publication to showcase the both the work displayed at the exhibition and the workshops that
- [The School Outreach Company](https://typography.network/2022/01/24/the-school-outreach-company/) - Group collaborations: Generating ideas-Logo, branding, PowerPoint palette, website Individual jobs: (Kaylee) Website images, Diagram for 'intervention' services, ‘What we do’ and ‘An Evolving market’ illustration. (Holly) Our services illustration, Website pictograms. (Kory) Our Reach layout Introduction – What was the brief? During the months of June/July 2021 were assigned the brief of creating three
- [ICPH 2022 Conference Branding](https://typography.network/2022/01/24/icph-2022-conference-branding/) - Background The biennial International Conference on Polyphenols and Health is the most important international forum to discuss the latest developments in the field of polyphenols, food, science and health. The conference changes location internationally every two years and is due to next be held in London in December 2021, however due to the coronavirus pandemic
- [The CoRAY Project](https://typography.network/2022/01/24/the-coray-project/) - Overview Summary of the project For this real job, Cristele Saric and I worked collaboratively for Sue Walker as part of the CoRAY Project's production partners. The CoRAY Project is working to produce evidence-based resources for young people aged 11–16, to support them with mental health issues, based on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- [I am, we are ... Different By Design: Manifesto](https://typography.network/2022/01/18/i-am-we-are-different-by-design-manifesto/) - 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 a talk about what it means to be inclusive in design.
- [Experimental publishing and new archival initiatives](https://typography.network/2022/01/13/experimental-publishing-and-new-archival-initiatives/) - This online event on 27 January at 5pm is free and open to all. Search 'Experimental publishing reading 2022' for details
- [Designing my stickers](https://typography.network/2021/12/20/designing-my-stickers/) - Initial Ideas Whenever I start a new project I like to look at ways that other people have gone about similar projects so i started off by looking on sites like pinterest to see how other people had designed stickers. However when I looked there wasn't any stickers that were advertising anything similar to what
- [Designing a brand onboarding system with Bottomline Technologies](https://typography.network/2021/12/06/designing-a-brand-onboarding-system-with-bottomline-technologies/) - Amrita Shrilal has been involved in an exciting new collaboration with Bottomline Technologies this past year. Amrita is one of our MA Communication Design Graphic Design Pathway students graduating this week. She’s also a BA Graphic Communication (Hons) alumnus. Bottomline focuses on transforming complex business payments and processes into simple, smart, and secure systems. They
- [MA Communication Design and the Ernest Hoch Scholarship](https://typography.network/2021/12/06/ma-communication-design-and-the-ernest-hoch-scholarship/) - Siobhan Bailey reflects on her Master’s degree work in MA Communication Design and its connections to Ernest Hoch.
- [TY1SK – Submission A Blog post](https://typography.network/2021/12/02/ty1sk-submission-a-blog-post/) - TY1SK – Submission A Blog post This is my photoshop work where I completed the task as per the brief in making 3 Podcast Covers. Design Ideas and Design Process Idea 3 This was my first design where I wanted to highlight the use of books because of their importance to typography and graphic communication,
- [Skill For Design Blog Post](https://typography.network/2021/12/01/skill-for-design-blog-post/) - Design Ideas and Process When previously using Photoshop/Indesign/Illustrator I tended to stick to what I knew producing simple and sometimes boring outcomes. I found these tasks challenging as I knew I wanted to push myself to learn new tools in the software however it was sometimes hard to not give up when something was going
- [TWA Travel Poster](https://typography.network/2021/11/11/twa-travel-poster/) - I found that going through some of the collections and having discussions on the work exhibited was a real eye-opener on how work was produced and how we have moved on in terms of design, materials and processes. However, there was an item of work that stood out to me especially once finding out the
- [Typeforms](https://typography.network/2021/11/11/typeforms/) - I found this practical task very insightful as I gained a greater understanding in the different aspects and features revolving around typefaces. What I found most useful was understanding why features where designed in a certain way to make it less challenging for audiences to read. The session was split into two activities, firstly we
- [Retro logo](https://typography.network/2021/11/11/retro-logo/) - I had a lot of fun with this project. you can see from my mood board my inspiration, but my focus was a retro theme. by looking at many retro designs I saw a great emphasis on line work, bubble, and pop fonts, and either pastel or primary colors. these are the things I chose
- [New York Hotels](https://typography.network/2021/11/11/new-york-hotels/) - When looking at the collections highlighted along by Emma was clear to see that there were some interesting and intriguing items, the ones standing out to me being the New York Hotel logos. Vast arrays of colour, combined with their simplistic image is a common part of all of their designs which builds a logo
- [Typeface drawing](https://typography.network/2021/11/11/typeface-drawing/) - Following the Thursday interactive session from Gerry Leonidas, I have come to recognise and acknowledge the details in typography as well as overall design. The session had us draw letters of a particular typeface that was only in small parts that were pre-drawn; and from that reference we had to draw the rest of what
- [Feedback jam: Magazines & packaging](https://typography.network/2021/11/08/feedback-jam-magazines-packaging/) - Rob Banham and Mattew Lickiss joined us in one of our feedback sessions. Our feedback sessions are dedicated to helping students get additional feedback from tutors on a particular project of theirs. We had part 3 students sharing their work on their magazine designs as well as their packaging.
- [Longhaul sports fuels packaging design](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/longhaul-sports-fuels-packaging-design/) - Overview Longhaul is a growing brand which specialises in creating prolonged energy release food for athletes. Owners Staale Brinchmann and Amelia Watts found a gap in the market for savoury foods as other brands in the market have focused on sweet flavours. Our project - undertook by myself, Alex Ganczarski, Ro Dicker and Liselot van
- [Shark Outfit Generator](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/shark-outfit-generator/) - I was partnered with Daisy and the 3 things she said about herself were; She likes sharks She likes shopping She likes chocolate My initial ideas were having a robotic shark for a personal shopper, chocolate on tap in all shops and edible clothing made from chocolate. But for my final idea I created a
- [Labyrinth book narrative](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/labyrinth-book-narrative-2/) - For this brief I chose the word Labyrinth. I cut out different shapes and sections on the pages, each page representing a different chunk from a labyrinth maze. As the chapters went along, I cut out more and more sections, making it harder to the reader to turn the page, trying to correlate the number
- [The Great Gatsby](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/the-great-gatsby-9/)
- [Working with technology](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/working-with-technology/) - At first, I chose my theme modern furniture. Then, I started searching on how I can present my theme and develop it into a mood board. I thought about what feel I want to present to the reader and what typeface I wanna choose. For me, circle presents the most modern shape and therefore the
- [Fault in our Stars & Penguin](https://typography.network/2021/10/14/fault-in-our-stars-penguin/) - This is my Penguin book cover created using James' online tutorial. I used Gill Sans font instead of the Gills Sans Nova font James suggested in the video. Unfortunately I had some trouble inserting the small orange lines upon and below the authors name, therefore I had to miss out this step however I enjoyed
- [Damien's Ideal Gift – Tiger Trophy with other statues](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/damiens-ideal-gift-tiger-trophy-with-other-statues/) - Set of statues and trophies for different aspects and interests of Damien. I wanted the main gift to be a trophy to celebrate his 5 years of playing ice hockey. The jersey has his team number (13), and one of his favourite animals is a tiger, hence the combination. The sketching began with a simple
- [A Night at the Movies](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/a-night-at-the-movies/)
- [Circus Poster](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/circus-poster-2/) - My chosen piece from the collections today was this circus poster. I was drawn to this poster because its helpful...but also not. It only gives generic information such as what they have to offer at the circus, but not specifics such as times and location. Therefore, making the poster unhelpful for public planning to attend.
- [RFT](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/rft/)
- [Formatting Cinema Listings](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/formatting-cinema-listings/) - Design 1
- [Comparing the designs on Menus](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/comparing-the-designs-on-menus/) - The Menus shown above were made in 1938 for The Ritz Hotel. I was initially drawn to the choice of design on the cover as it doesn't reflect the brand identity of the upper- classed hotel, but the choice of a clown suggests the entertainment and classical element if the Ritz. The typography presented
- [Letter Shaping and Font Replication](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/letter-shaping-and-font-replication/) - Task 1 – Fill in the Blanks In the first of two tasks, I was given 4 letters in the font 'Skolar' with large portions missing, with me needing to fill in these spaces as accurately as possible. While initially sounding easy, I was surprised at the complexity and difficulty of this task. I began
- [Practicing letter forms](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/practicing-letter-forms/) - I found this task was surprisingly difficult compared to how I had assumed it would be after reading the brief. I had thought that I had quite a precise hand for drawing and sketching, but the reality of the project showed me that I was not as detail orientated as I'd thought. There were details
- [Memorial cards](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/memorial-cards/) - During Emma's session, we went through all the collections available in the typography department. Amongst all the collections, I was specifically interested in the memorial cards. Memorial cards were used in the Victorian era to demonstrate heartfelt mourning and it was fully expressed through the decorative cards. According to the book, The Encyclopaedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards,
- [RFT Poster for a Father with two Children](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/rft-poster-for-a-father-with-two-children/) - I have designed a film listing for Reading Film Theatres Autumn 2017 programme with my chosen user being a father with two children both under the age of 10. To accompany my choice of user, I have chosen a hierarchy which stands out in order of importance, in this case which is the age rating
- [Apples, sausage dog and travel](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/apples-sausage-dog-and-travel/) - I was given three words by Neve. Apples, sausage dog and travel. I decided to create an apple basket in the shape of a sausage dog because Neve said she "absolutely loves apples" and really wants a pet dog. So I wanted to combine both of her likes and interests into one useful product which
- [The Text Does Not Control You!!](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/the-text-does-not-control-you/) - While this task was mainly about establishing visual hierarchy, I ended up learning a lot more about how different types of information should be presented. How to Format a Date In the “raw text” all the dates were set out like this: Tuesday 24th October 2017. In the “Typographic style Handbook” it states “Only numbers
- [Cinema Listings](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/cinema-listings/) - Cinema listings for Elderly People who are passionate for old Hollywood films: I chose to design my first listing for older audiences who have a passion for certain film production because I wanted to experiment with the hierarchy of information they would look for first. My main focus was to make sure that the typography
- [Subtle variation in typeface](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/subtle-variation-in-typeface/) - Task 1 For the first task of filling in missing part in the word ‘aden’, I was able to learn that individual letter have difference structure and characteristic. For example, different features include stroke contrast, x height and many other aspects varies to specialise a typeface. While sketching the word 'aden' in serif font, I
- [Recreating typeforms](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/recreating-typeforms/) - Task 1 In this task I had to complete the missing half of 4 letterforms — all of the same typeface. I made several mistakes that made the features of the letterforms inconsistent: the apertures on the 'e' and 'a' do not match in size. The gaps between the bowls and stems of the 'd'
- [Platforms of letters](https://typography.network/2021/10/31/platforms-of-letters/) - For Gerry's project, we looked at different typefaces and were given two tasks, which was using clues from the visible parts of letters and try to imagine how the rest of the letters may look like. Task 1 In the first task, we were given a sheet where half of the letters were printed and
- [AK Design Studio](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/ak-design-studio/) - Brief This project with Sophia White from the Brand Design Agency will help you look at design trends and understand how a mood board can be used to help you develop and design with this in mind. You will develop ideas for Logotype Trends for 2022-23 working with a specific theme in mind. This project
- [Letterforms](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/letterforms/) - Being given half the typeface, I had to draw the other halves of the letters to what I expected them to look like, taking into consideration, the curves, thickness and the sizes of the ascender and descender as well as the overhang of certain letters for the word to be visually aligned.
- [Copying letterforms](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/copying-letterforms/) - On the second task, being given certain letters of a particular typeface, I then designed other letters in the style of this such as a, c, b, d, u and f, following the form of the existing letters and how they curve varying in thicknesses and size. I have also learnt how letters work to
- [RFT flyer for a Swiss Professor](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/rft-flyer-for-a-swiss-professor/) - I have created a film flyer for Reading Film Theatres Autumn 2017 programme designing for a visiting professor working in Reading who is originally from Switzerland. To design accordingly with this user in mind, I have organised the order of type in a way of importance to the audience, with the title and age rating
- [Circus Poster](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/circus-poster/) - In Emma's collections session, the circus advertisement really caught my eye, as the shape was odd in comparison to modern posters however the style of writing and colours remain quite similar. It's interesting to see the development of posters from what they used to be to now and the hierarchy of importance for each aspect,
- [Family Friendly](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/family-friendly/) - The aim for this mini project was to create two different flyer designs for the Reading Film Theatre. To begin I sketched out some rough layout plans focusing on the different ways I could present the information given. I chose the layout that I thought displayed the information in a hierarchy where the most important
- [FF Tisa Pro](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/ff-tisa-pro/) - For this exercise I recieved a few letters and had to guess what the other letetrs would look like. I enjoyed this task as the task before helped me determine what features each typeface has. I was able to see the features and what type of serifs or sans-serifs I needed. This task allowed me
- [Funeral invitation](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/funeral-invitation/) - I was so intrigued by all the collections, however this funeral invitation caught my eye as it is something I have never seen before. I was drawn to how thin and delicate it looked and how old it must've been for the reaosn that now we hardly see invitations like this and this big. The
- [Funeral Card](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/funeral-card/) - The object I chose to write my blog post from Emma's collection is a funeral invitation card. I chose this object because of the different typographic elements used. Printing Process The art work has been printed in many different ways.For example, the name 'Mr Biscoe' is handwritten but the actual invitation information looks as though
- [RFL 02](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/rfl-02/) - RFL 02
- [RFL 01](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/rfl-01/) - RFL 01
- [Extrapolating Type](https://typography.network/2021/11/05/extrapolating-type/) - Extrapolate means to “extend the application of (a method or conclusion) to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue or similar methods will be applicable”. This is exactly what we were tasked to do, by looking at the letters and using the clues to work out what the other letters would look
- [Motion and branding for Sky Sports: Katarina Duvnjak ](https://typography.network/2021/11/02/motion-and-branding-for-sky-sports-katarina-duvnjak/) - 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 department. Branching out After graduating in 2012, Katarina decided to study abroad for a semester in Australia. She went to Monash University, Melbourne, to study illustration. Shortly after that, through
- [Alumni talks: Human centred design and setting boundaries](https://typography.network/2021/11/02/alumni-talks-human-centred-design-and-setting-boundaries/) - 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 us during the session; from looking at the intricacies of studying a user problem, to the preservation of one’s health as a designer and knowing how to set boundaries.
- [Paper wheel charts](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/paper-wheel-charts/) - During this mini project I was drawn to these paper wheel charts, know as volvelle, that where displayed within the collection. These wheels where created to have answers to lots of different things by the different layers of the wheel that spin around, for example the one on my cover picture tells the user about
- [Staircase theme](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/staircase-theme/) - For the broken narrative task I decided to chose the theme 'staircase'. I really enjoyed working with this theme because I was able to create a staircase effect in the centre of the book. I cut this out to give a spiral staircase effect. As you go through the book (down the stairs) you can
- [Zee Graphics](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/zee-graphics/) - For this mini-project we had to brand ourselves and create a logo, with research from a particular theme. I was struggling with my own theme at first as I chose 90's. It was a lot harder than it looked. There were so many different themes and colours, styles and fashion so I decided to choose
- [What's on in Autumn 2017? - RFT flyer](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/whats-on-in-autumn-2017-rft-flyer/) - Initial Process My first quick mock-ups of the cinema listing were all different however we can see that the first for examples very much focused on the title of the the movie (shown with the pink block). This was because my initial thought was that this is what was most important when designing the cinema
- [Movies!](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/movies/) - We were given a project to create a flyer for the Reading Film Theatre Autumn 2017 listings. We had to create two different designs based on the information given and our own research. In the brief, we were asked to keep in mind the targeted audience when making the flyers and consider the layout and
- [Blue and Pink Cinema Listings](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/blue-and-pink-cinema-listings/) - With the two designs that I have created, I have decided to base them both on a similar layout however by changing the order of the movie listings through the use of various organisations and type weights, I was able to change the target demographic for each. For example I believe that the 'Blue Listing'
- [Autumn Film Festival](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/autumn-film-festival/) - Draft 1: traditional (for retired people with old Hollywood passion) The first draft is design for retired people who have free time to watch film. By grouping films according to month and date, they won’t miss any filming date in schedule. Besides, retired people or someone who have passion for old Hollywood would extra focus
- [B.O.A.C](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/b-o-a-c/) - After initial research into this British Overseas Airway Corporation ticket installment plan brochure which dates back to 1960. The colours used throughout the brochure consist of brown, black and blue. There are san serif and serif fonts used throughout brochure with most of the more important information being bold and in a san serif font,
- [1870s Vintage Sheet Music](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/1870s-vintage-sheet-music/) - Background information The collection I chosen was a sheet music cover from Frank Laughlin: The Orphan, illustrated by T. W. Lee, and published by Chappell & Co Ltd (New Bond Street, 50 - London) in 1870. Illustration: Cat and sheet music in 19th century The reason I choose this sheet music is that I was
- [Joyful Theatre](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/joyful-theatre/) - listingss I started this project with some experimentations in indesign. I did some trials in the margins and columns as I tried to do landscape mode with 2 rows to fit the paper. I learned how to do the table in indesign so I could arrange the text equally along the page. I began my
- [The Ritz Menu](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/the-ritz-menu/) - For this mini brief I've chosen to write about a menu for New Year's Eve 1937 at The Ritz. This particular item grabbed my attention with its print design's minimalist use of colour, and hints of Art Deco style. The gradient in the background shifts the viewer's focus to the face of the clown and
- [Cinema Listings Development](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/cinema-listings-development/) - The Reading Film Theatre brief involved having to produce a pamphlet for the Reading Film Theatre Autumn 2017 Programme, presenting 10 films along with information about them on the page. It had to only include 2 colours (white does not count as a colour in this circumstance), 2 fonts, and possess 2 columns to present
- [Real mermaid](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/real-mermaid/) - This was a news notice that I had found within the collections. This particularly stood out to me because someone had written on it in the top right corner. To me this made the piece much more personal and unique. I loved the look of the handwriting and how there was a slight bleed in
- [RFT Listings](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/rft-listings/) - Reading Film Theatre Listings I started off this project by drawing up small sketches of my initial layout ideas, I'd quickly decided that I'd have the main heading left aligned at the top of the page and then the contact info at the bottom, deciding this early meant that I then had a determined space
- [Techniques learnt from Indesign](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/techniques-learnt-from-indesign-2/) - Reading film theatre (red and black-final) Shown here is my cinema listing I created on Indesign. I chose to use this specific title as it reflects on my learning from this task. The reason it reflects so well is because from creating my two listings (one is showed here) I learnt new things and enhanced
- [Techniques learnt from Indesign](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/techniques-learnt-from-indesign/) - Reading film theatre (black and blue- final) Shown here is my cinema listing I created on Indesign. I chose to use this specific title as it reflects on my learning from this task. The reason it reflects so well is because from creating my two listings (one is showed here) I learnt new things and
- [Grand Concert and Dance](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/grand-concert-and-dance/) - Grand Concert and Dance This piece interested me for a couple reasons, firstly the colours of it were very different to a lot of other things in the collections, I found the gradient interesting because when you look closer at it you notice that it's possible that it was one gradient across the whole piece
- [Movie time!](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/movie-time/) - Project Brief Design the programme flyer for Reading Film Theatre, listing their Autumn programme of films. Design TWO variants, based on some kind of underlying different approach (eg different users) For this project, we were asked to design the Autumn 2017 cinema listings. We were given a document with all the information with typos and
- [Trade cards](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/trade-cards/) - This was a really interesting session for me as we got to look at some things from the collection that we have access to in the department. This was one of my favourite pieces from the collection. I was immediately drawn to it because of the shapes and colours. I loved how each one was
- [New Minimalism](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/new-minimalism/) - For this mini project we were given 10 different themes to choose from. Originally I chose the 70s retro style, I began researching and creating mood boards of different colours, shapes and textures that I was inspired by. When I started drafting my design ideas I found it really difficult to come up with an
- [Cinderella Penguin Cover](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/cinderella-penguin-cover/) - I decided to take a different approach to designing my second penguin book cover, instead I was inspired by the 'Pocket Penguin' collection. I chose this collection because the simplicity of the design was a good base to work from and adapt. I firstly used the classic penguin orange, inspired by the original classic
- [Reading Film Theatre Cinema Listing](https://typography.network/2021/10/23/reading-film-theatre-cinema-listing/) - For my cinema listing design, I decided to aim my first one for 'A retired doctor and her husband, both of who have a passion for old Hollywood'. When researching, I looked at old, vintage Hollywood cinema listings, movie posters and screen prints in order to help me with the colour scheme, layout and font.
- [Cinema Listings Development and Presentation](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/cinema-listings-development-and-presentation/) - Initial Ideation Following the brief being set, I began by quickly sketching designs. It is important to note that my target audience was a father with two young children, so many design choices were influenced by this. I used blocks in place of the main title, writing only the other information to see it in
- [National Theatre Poster](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/national-theatre-poster/) - Introduction to the Brief In the lesson with Emma, we looked through a wide sample from the Collections within the department, seeing a vast array of different ephemera. After looking through all of these, I was immediately drawn to the National Theatre poster for 'The Advertisement'. I found the use of colour and the layout
- [Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd Collection](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/francis-day-hunter-ltd-collection/) - Following the Thursday interactive session from Emma about the introductions to the collections that the Typography department have relating to Typography and how it was created/used over time; I took an interest in evaluating and researching the music sheets and covers of Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. The origin of these particular music sheets originate
- [Listings for young adults](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/listings-for-young-adults/) - My original sketches were designed based on varying users, but the two final sketches I landed on were based on working for teenagers, couples and young adults. I chose to achieve this by having the actors, titles and times of the highest hierarchy as these are the things which appeal most to these categories without
- [Price's Candle](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/prices-candle/) - From the vast range of Ephemera I chose to look at a set of advertising for Price’s Candles, which could be advertisement to be displayed in a shop, or more likely to be labels or packaging from the candle its self. I think that this set is from the Edwardian era, of the early 1900s,
- [70s logo](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/70s-logo/) - For this brief we had to pick a theme to develop ideas for upcoming logo type trends. My chosen theme was 70's retro. I first created a moon-board to start looking a different colours and shapes involved with the 70s. The retro 70's theme also has a very warm toned colour palette, which is something
- [Noise](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/noise-3/) - I created this based on the storyline of Noise, where a brother and a sister inherit their parents house and oneday they hear a noise and escape out of a smaller section through a door. The several doors I created using a craft knife and sicssors, shows the smaller sections they go through day by
- [Obsession](https://typography.network/2021/10/28/obsession-5/) - My chosen theme - Obsession The brief stated that the protagonist was paranoid by the noise she suspected to be a mouse and the novel unveils her gradually going mad and destroying parts of her house to track down the noise. For my very simple design, I used a crafting knife to curve out random
- [Jazz Movie Night](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/jazz-movie-night/) - Hanorah Murphy applied for funding for snacks and drinks for a movie night for Part 2s. typography.network/student-fund
- [MagCulture 2021](https://typography.network/2021/10/27/magculture-2021/) - Hannah Mariette used the Typography Student Fund to buy train tickets for Part 3s to visit MagCulture, Islington's Aladdin's Cave of contemporary magazine. typography.network/student-fund
- [The Great Gatsby](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/the-great-gatsby-8/) - I am fairly new to using InDesign so this took a lot longer than I thought it would. Using the paragraph styles was something that I haven’t done before and thought it was fairly time consuming, but when I changed the text for my spin off version, there was no extra work require, since it
- [Good Omens](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/good-omens/) - Brief Complete the Great Gatsby cover we began in class, ensuring that, as much as possible, every detail is a match for the photograph we are copying. There is no need to 'distress' the paper. If you like, have a go at changing the colour of the book (perhaps use another well known Penguin colour) and
- [Human analysts](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/human-analysts/) - One of my favourite pieces in the collections I saw today was this 'Human Analyst' ticket, from what I can assume came from a fairground stall, or similar environments. I was drawn to this piece particularly because of its simple format which is designed so efficiently for its purpose, in the way that the exact
- [Caution](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/caution/) - For Eric's project we had to take images of signs or letters in our surrounding environment and come up with a theme. My chosen theme was "caution". I wanted to portray how signs can be used in a way to inform people of danger or important information. Different shapes and colours are used to catch
- [Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/labyrinth-10/) - Using the removed cut outs from the inside of the book, I created my own version of what I wanted Labyrinth to look like. The title and door was cut out of a magazine I had brought for the project. I wanted there to be a sense of unknown and mystery to match the brief
- [Labyrinth Interior](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/labyrinth-interior/) - We had a number of different themes to choose from. Each theme had a name and a story to go with it. I chose the theme labyrinth. This was a story about a family who were trapped inside a house. Every-time they opened a door it would lead them to a different part of the
- [Milk and Honey](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/milk-and-honey/) - This was for James's project. We had to create our own versions of a penguin book that he taught us how to make in InDesign. For my own design I chose one of my favourite books Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur. I kept the same traditional penguin design, but I made it look like
- [The Tiger Who Came To Tea](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/the-tiger-who-came-to-tea/) - I have designed a book cover for my favourite childhood book 'The Tiger who came to Tea' in the style of the classic Penguin books, using InDesign. I have kept the cartouche as well as the logo and the same type face of Gill Sans seen throughout the original covers as well as the overall
- [Noise](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/noise-2/) - After choosing my I chose the theme if 'Noise' with was a story of siblings who were forced onto the streets through a window of their house due to hearing noises in smaller sections of their home. I began by altering the book accordingly, with a house cut in the middle and a window in
- [Information Signs](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/information-signs/) - Instructions, Information and Warnings Looking around the environment, I chose to obtain pictures of information signs and compare and contrast to one another to see their significance. I noticed how the signs were mainly made using the primary colours; red, blue or yellow, as well as green in regular shapes such as circles to give
- [The Great Gatsby](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/the-great-gatsby-7/) - I have recreated the classic Penguin cover, using InDesign, to practice my skills and gain some new ones by learning to draw different shapes as well as adjusting the leading, tracking and kerning of characters to reflect the original. I like the overall outcome, however if I had more time, I would redraw the cartouche
- [Plane Ticket to Mexico](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/plane-ticket-to-mexico/) - I created the ideal gift with the given information of my classmate liking to travel, being half Mexican as well as loving the chocolate Kinder Bueno. I also found out some significant dates in her life as well as favourite letters (J, D, S), colours (pink and black) and numbers (4) to create a personal
- ['The New Library' Penguin Book Design:](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/the-new-library-penguin-book-design/) - For this Penguin Cover project, I made sure to apply what I learnt from the tutorial video in order to make the process of creating my personally designed cover more methodical by using paragraph and character styles in my work. From this, I got very similar layouts from the original penguin design to my own
- [Great Expectations](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/great-expectations/) - For this task, I recreated the cover of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. I took inspiration from David Pearson's cover of Nineteen Eighty-Four. David Pearson's cover took themes from the book and communicated that visually through a small change/addition. Great Expectations has many themes but the predominant one is becoming a gentleman in Victorian England.
- [The Great Gatsby](https://typography.network/2021/10/22/the-great-gatsby-6/) - Above is my copy of the penguin classic cover. I followed the tutorial provided, it took me longer than expected as the cartouche was quite fiddly when I tried to smooth out the lines. This task helped me learn some of the fundamentals of InDesign and more about paragraph styles and hidden characters.
- [Lakers Jersey](https://typography.network/2021/09/30/lakers-jersey/) - Our first task was to create an ideal gift for someone we didn't know, using three or more, fun or crazy facts about them. My partner was Luca, his facts were: - Loves music (specifically Drake) - Cooking (specifically carbonara) - Is from Italy - Loves basketball (Lakers) My initial thought was to create a
- [Indented typography](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/indented-typography/) - My theme was indented (debossed) typography. It was very interesting to see how the font was printed onto the metal and the differences between type that was pressed versus the type that was chiseled into a surface. I found this task very interesting and it helped me understand and see printing on mediums differently.
- [Lettering - Signs in Public Places](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/lettering-signs-in-public-places/) - Signs in Public Places For this project, I decided to focus on signs that we all see in our day to day lives. The color combinations, the familiar Sans-Serif font, and the graphics contribute to the eye-catching design that we all recognize. While we are used to many of these signs such as "no smoking"
- [Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/labyrinth-9/) - For this project, I chose the word "labyrinth" due to its intricate nature, which I thought would make for an interesting end result. The brief provided a story of a family that had moved into a house with unique spatial characteristics, which leads them to discover that they are not the only people that are
- [The Great Gatsby Penguin Cover](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/the-great-gatsby-penguin-cover/) - Following the tutorial set on Friday's lesson, I designed the Penguin book's cover of The Great Gatsby.
- [The Dracula](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/the-dracula/) - Since I struggled the most on the first task with creating smooth edges on the cartouche, I decided to further the practice of this technique by creating a blood dripping effect from where the top line is and also to mirror the themes of the book. I also used the pencil tool to draw the
- [Peter Pan](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/peter-pan/) - As I have never worked with Indesign, I thought James' tutorial was very useful in knowing the basic techniques within this software. I found the paragraph style very useful and the different layers you could add and lock so that it is easier to adjust specific images/text at a time. For my second book cover
- [The Boy in the Striped Pajamas](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas/) - Following the tutorial of copying The Great Gatsby book cover on Adobe InDesign, I decided to develop my own version of this with my personal choice of book, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This book is important to me because, I read this when I was younger and it really helped me to put
- [Great Gatsby Penguin Book Cover Design](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/great-gatsby-penguin-book-cover-design/) - Replicating any existing design is a challenging process. However, with a limited understanding of InDesign, I was aware that I would likely find this more difficult than usual. While following the tutorial video, I was quickly discomforted by the differences between InDesign and other Adobe software. While replicating this book design, the most challenging aspect
- [The Great Gatsby](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/the-great-gatsby-5/) - For this, we followed James' video on using Indesign, in which we recreated a penguin classic book cover. I found this very useful as I had never used Indesign before and it was very easy to follow. This task of recreating the cover was very helpful in getting to grips with the InDesign design program
- [Karaoke Jewellery box  ](https://typography.network/2021/10/13/karaoke-jewellery-box/) - In this session Habibah gave me three words the first two were based off things that she liked and the last word was a fun fact. The words she gave were: Zayn Malik Jewellery Her dad knows Mr Tumble I Began to brainstorm some ideas however I found it really difficult to try incorporate
- [Primary Colours](https://typography.network/2021/10/13/primary-colours/) - This session run by Eric was all about 'Lettering in the environment' we had to search for lettering around the campus based on a theme of our choice and take photos of it. We were given an hour to go around campus and collect photos for our theme. However I hadn't really thought of a
- [The Great Gatsby](https://typography.network/2021/10/13/the-great-gatsby-4/) - For this task we had to follow a video tutorial and copy 'The Great Gatsby' penguin book cover. I really enjoyed this piece of work as I am fairly new to InDesign. I found that I was really engaged into the task and learned lots of new tools and got to familiarise myself with the
- [Lettering in Warnings](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/lettering-in-warnings/) - Lettering in Warnings I took a lot of pictures while wandering around campus for this project, with no real focus as to the content of them while doing it, I'd mainly looked for lettering that intrigued my or caught my eye for one reason or another. After sitting back down and looking at the images
- [Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/labyrinth-8/) - As indicated by the title, I chose the brief 'Labyrinth.' I started by taking literal ideas from the brief; i.e., I cut windows into the book's front cover, so it resembled the front door of the house. I also drew a maze labyrinth on the front cover. As I got into the text, I wanted
- [Eye-catching letters](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/eye-catching-letters/) - For this particular task, I didn't choose a theme. When taking photos, I looked at the most eye-catching examples in the environment around me and then identified a piece throughout what I had. I was drawn to individual letters and how the different styles and variations of weight etc. Moreso, I found it interesting how
- [Great Gatsby](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/great-gatsby/) - Here is my version of the Great Gatsby using the video tutorial.
- [Penguin Book Cover](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/penguin-book-cover-2/) - This is my recreation of the Penguin Books cover for the novel The Great Gatsby. I used Gill Sans for the text as this was already in my InDesign. I have included some progress steps to show how I got to my end result. Penguin Book Cover 04
- [R in the Environment](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/r-in-the-environment/) - In this project I went around the Typography block and campus and payed particular attention to the letter R. Single letters are not normally something that stands out in day to day life, so I wanted to explore deeper into this. Focussing on just the 'R's
- [Band on Call](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/band-on-call/) - For this project, my partner gave me their 3 interesting facts to be: Left-handed Plays bass guitar Works in a pub I decided to take the fact they play bass guitar and design an ideal gift with that as my starting point. After discussion, I found out they wanted to be in
- [The Great Gatsby](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/the-great-gatsby-3/) - Through the online class, I have learnt the fundamental skills using Indesign. One of the techniques I found MOST vital is to create paragraph style to the text while making different adjustment like tracking and leading in one panel. I have also learnt loads of useful shortcuts that will be useful to adapt in future
- [70's neutrals](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/70s-neutrals/) - 70s retro theme Initially, I started my logo thinking of mainly curved lines and neutral, warm tones. As I began to work in illustrator, I experimented with curved typefaces and settled on this chunky and organic shape font. I separated letters from my name to create a larger 'M' which allowed the letters to fit
- [Polka Dots Logo Type Trends](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/polka-dots-logo-type-trends/) - For this project, I chose the theme of polka dots. I created many mood-boards, my first consisting of general polka-dot-based branding. I then went onto creating one which incorporated polka dots and bright colours as I feel like bright colours represent me well. After not getting much inspiration from these mood-boards, I took the slightly
- [70s Logotype](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/70s-logotype/) - For this project I chose the theme: 70s retro. I started off with a mood board trying to capture the aesthetic of the decade. I compiled images from pop culture, such as Andy Warhol's iconic banana graphic for the band 'The Velvet Underground', and added photos of things such as interior design. These images gave
- [Logotype trends 2022](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/logotype-trends-2022/) - My logotype originally stemmed from the 70s retro design. I was inspired by the colour palette of earthy and dull tones so tried to imitate this into my logotype with the green and beige colours. Whilst curating my moodpboard, I liked the idea to incorporating an old record into the design and I came up
- [Minimalist Logo Concept](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/minimalist-logo-concept/) - After being set the brief of 10 different themes, I decided to use the theme of New Minimalism. I did some preliminary research into this theme, providing me with a foundation knowledge on the topic. New Minimalism Interior Design Following this research, I decided to look for appropriate images. I began on Pintrest, but quickly
- [Brown Design](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/brown-design/) - After selecting the theme "90s Urban Style" prior to the session on Thursday, I decided to create a brief mood board to quickly illustrate the instant ideas I had about my theme. 90s Urban The 90s style made me instantly think of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (the famous TV series from the 90s), as
- [Different Every Time](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/different-every-time/) - Brief A client has written a novel and asks you to work on the design of the book. He wants you to develop a concept that enhances and brings forward the visual dimension of the story. He does not request a traditional design, but a book that helps to develop the narrative through its form
- [70s Retro Themed Logo Design](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/70s-retro-themed-logo-design/) - For my logo trends design, I picked the theme of 70s retro style. I first created a mood board of the 70s retro styled interior design which featured lots of interesting patterns such as floral, geometric, seamless swirls, psychedelic patterns etc... I really liked how colourful and bold everything was, but still had an elegant
- [Instruction signs](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/instruction-signs/) - When taking pictures of the signs I started in the Typography department, and I started to take pictures of signs and posters with serifs. For example, the road sign that reads 'MINISTER AVENUE' has serifs on the typeface. As I left the department and went outside I noticed numerous signs with information and instructions. I
- [Logo - 90's Theme](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/logo-90s-theme/) - I created a logo on Adobe Illustrator for my own brand in the style of my chosen theme of Urban 90's. First, i created a mood board on Powerpoint which was easily accessible as I was designing, to put all my ideas and inspirations in one. I gathered my favourite pictures and analysed what was
- [Staircase](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/staircase-4/) - For the Broken Narratives project, I chose the story 'Staircase'. As the brief explains, a man is being referred to lower floors for priority reasons but as you get nearer the bottom of the 7 floors, the more ill the patients are. I interpreted this as the man is getting closer and closer to death
- [Minimalist Branding](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/minimalist-branding/) - For this project, I decided to go with a minimalist branding approach. I love how clean this style is, and with the right color combinations, font, and graphics, you can create something that is eye-catching, yet simple. I feel as though a lot of "minimalist" brands these days look the same, so my goal was
- [70's Retro](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/70s-retro/) - I decided to chose the theme of '70's Retro Style' for creating my logo, as I wanted to experiment with in aesthetic of the 70's as its still considered iconic for its fashion, patterns, colours and how even music influenced the style of typography. For my mood board I was looking into the different uses
- [Everyday signs](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/everyday-signs/) - I didn't solidify a theme for my investigation into the presentation of letters in our environment, instead I focused on signs that we see on everyday and don't realise how the use of typography effects us. I initially focused on the letters presented on signs that raise awareness for charities or a
- [Nature Inspired Logo](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/nature-inspired-logo/) - My chosen theme was Organic Materials. I collected lots of inspiration for my mood board, and organised them into two sub-topics Plant Decor or Sustainable/Eco-Friendly. When brainstorming my main icons forced around leaves, flowers and a neutral colour scheme. This is the first logo I created without the floral elements. It has a minimalistic and
- [Abstract Logo](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/abstract-logo/) - For my logo design I decided to take a more abstract approach. I started off with my mood board where I collected images that sparked my interest. Most of the images I found had lots of vibrant colours and lots of geometric shapes. My mood board then inspired my logo as I incorporated bold bright
- [Self Branding](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/self-branding/) - For our design class on 14/10/2021, we were joined by Sophia White who taught us about logotypes and the trends surrounding it. We were asked before hand to look at 10 of the themes she had given us and choose one that we liked. For me, I went with the 70s retro style and based
- [Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/labyrinth-7/) - I interpreted my prompt as a family who move into a new house and get stuck trying to navigate their way through to the ending. As you go through the book the pages get darker and more creepy, and eventually it ends with the family finding the unknown victims that came before them. It starts
- [Bravo Two Zero](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/bravo-two-zero/) - This is a remake cover of the action packed true story of 'Bravo Two Zero'. I decided to use a black & white colour scheme for this cover to represent the SAS Uniform and its badges. Not to mention that serious forms and documents use only black & white, which emphasises how serious the topic
- [The Great Gatsby](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/the-great-gatsby-2/) - penguin book design 1
- [Elmer and the rainbow](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/elmer-and-the-rainbow/) - penguin book design 2
- [Shades of green](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/shades-of-green/) - My mood board started off with different shades of the colour green. It then developed into a darker emerald/forest green, and then I incorporated leaves into the board along with the colour gold. The final colour theme I went for was emerald green and gold. I wanted the background to be green so I added
- [Multiple shades of green](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/multiple-shades-of-green/) - For Sophia's logo trends project I was instantly drawn to the 'Multiple shades of green' theme. I chose this theme as it best resembles me as a person, being quite reserved, relaxed and very chilled. I wanted to show a sense of purity/naturalness in my logo and going off of the images that I had
- [Green, nature inspired](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/green-nature-inspired/) - Green, Nature inspired logo The theme that I chose for this project was "green" because I liked the simplicity of it and the freedom to take it any direction. I started off grabbing pictures from online of anything green and just throwing them together to see common themes amongst the colour, obviously nature and leaves
- [The Great Gatsby](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/the-great-gatsby/) - Completing the first task for 'making a penguin' was straight forward due to video tutorial. I enjoyed setting the typefaces and manipulating the tracking, leading and the horizontal and vertical scales. I will be able to use this new approach on how to set up words on a page to make using InDesign a much
- [Trainspotting Penguin Book Cover Design](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/trainspotting-penguin-book-cover-design/) - Having replicated the Great Gatsby book cover, I was then tasked with creating another Penguin book cover for another book, which I quickly decided would be Trainspotting. Not knowing how much to change the original concept, I decided to create two designs - One following the rigid Penguin formula and another more experimental use of
- [The Shining](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/the-shining-2/) - For my second design, I decided to base my approach around 'The Shining' and because of this I have added many nods to the Stephen King novel. I started by recreating the famous carpet that is seen in the hotel, this process was a lot easier than I initially thought it would be. I made
- [Blue Letterforms](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/blue-letterforms/) - For this brief we had to look at different letterforms around campus with a running theme. For my theme I chose colour, my chosen colour was blue. Each of the letterforms had a different function, ranging from instructing such as the 'paper only' bin and the blue roundabout sign. I also looked at different perspectives,
- [Peter Pan book cover](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/peter-pan-book-cover/) - For my second book cover I used all the similar styles to the original penguin book cover and related to Peter Pan. The first thing I did was change the colour to a green colour that most Peter Pan books are keeping it a solid shade as this is what all penguin book covers are.
- [Fox Design](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/fox-design/) - When beginning this project I had some difficulty curating ideas for my logo. I had tried various methods to gain some inspiration such as creating mood boards, quick sketches and filtering through others' logo ideas on Behance. After this research, I decided on a colour theme and what aesthetic it would fit into. the choice
- [Nasrin designer](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/nasrin-designer/) - My logo is based of the 90's style clothing. My mood board shows the 90's popular clothing, the colour schemes and fonts for most logos/brands, and some famous branding. I chose to create my logo as being bright and vibrant just like most posters,logos and or brands in the 90's. I named it The 90's
- [Dairy free chocolate bar](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/dairy-free-chocolate-bar/) - This is my chocolate bar for Jack. His 3 words were, lactose intolerent, sicknote(because he is always injured) and QPR. I designed this dairy free chocolate bar that comes with a free QPR ticket. This bar contains all nutrients that he lacks from not having dairy.
- [The Voyage of Argo](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/the-voyage-of-argo/) - As a part of this project, we were also asked to create our own book cover using our template of 'The Great Gatsby' book cover and to interpret this into our own concept whether it be a book or movie as our inspiration. For this, I chose 'The Voyage of Argo' as my book. I
- [OK Design Logo](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/ok-design-logo/) - 70s furniture inspo Attached is some research that I compiled into moodboards before starting my logo design task. I wanted to draw inspiration from the 70s aesthetic of smooth curves and very colourful palettes. The warm tones of orange and yellow are prevalent, and typography was also very colourful, with accents of blues being popular
- [Gemini Designs](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/gemini-designs/) - For this project, we were asked to brand ourselves. I had chosen 70s retro style as my theme for my brand and I started by creating a moodboard of images from this theme that inspired me. I decided to name my brand after my own horoscope, which is gemini and this led to me find
- [My 90s Logo](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/my-90s-logo/) - I was inspired by the 90s graphic designs that was full of abstract graphic elements and patterns influenced by fashion and the colorful 80s. It is appealling to me with its combination of colour palette and geometric shapes. Therefore, I create a mood board that shown above, in which I want my logo to have
- [Colour in the Wild](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/colour-in-the-wild/) - For my research, I went around campus looking for colourful type/signs that either catches your attention immediately, or blends into the background and go unnoticed. I found the main use of colour was for warning and informational signs, something to be expected when it is more likely to draw the eye to it. This was
- [Kitchen cleaning elephant](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/kitchen-cleaning-elephant/) - My ideal gift for my partner is an elephant that is trained to clean the floor next to the sink! my partner has an incredibly annoying habit of spilling water all over the floor when he washes his dishes! And everyone in the flat walks into the puddle and end up getting wet socks. so
- [A walk into madness](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/a-walk-into-madness/) - When assigned this project I wanted to turn my book into a series of immersive chapters that makes the user feel as though they are at one with the story character. I wanted to make the user feel lost and feel like they have lost a sense of clarity. My first decision was to create
- [The Secret Garden](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/the-secret-garden/) - After creating the original penguin book cover, I thought of ways to make it different. I have been inspired by various illustrated collections, the Puffin in Bloom, Penguin Clothbound Classics and the Puffin Classics Deluxe Collection. To begin with I changed the background to a green to reflect nature, and the garden. To further add
- [Simon says no?](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/simon-says-no/) - When tasked to explore the university campus looking for use of typography in a 3d environment, I decided my focus would be on caution signs and what they have in common with each other. It took no time at all to find a sign of interest as they can usually be found everywhere. The first
- [Great Gatsby Rendition David Pearson](https://typography.network/2021/10/21/great-gatsby-rendition-david-pearson/) - We were tasked a recreation of the iconic designs of Penguin book covers to develop our skills in InDesign. This project was not only really fun to create, but also very insightful on how to create stylesheets and format a book cover correctly. Alongside this recreation, we were asked to make another cover for a
- [Arjun Khara: Design philosophies to live by](https://typography.network/2021/10/18/arjun-khara-design-philosophies-to-live-by/) - With a fresh start to the academic year, Baseline Shift hosted its first session of the year online to welcome Arjun Khara, PHD student and design researcher at the University of Reading. Arjun presents key philosophies in regards to design, all discovered through his years as an academic within the design field, a businessman as well as a student of Life and its shortcomings.
- [The Day of the Triffids](https://typography.network/2021/10/15/the-day-of-the-triffids/) - As a class, we all had to design a penguin classic book cover in Adobe InDesign and learn about the different elements that go into designing them. This was very useful as I'm a beginner in InDesign and don't have any experience of even looking around the software. This project helped me in learning all
- [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://typography.network/2021/10/15/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory/) - This is my "messed up version" for the penguin book cover brief. I chose Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as it is a well known classic in the novel world. I selected this light blue to be the main colour of the cover because the book cover I remember
- [Dracula Coverpage](https://typography.network/2021/10/15/dracula-coverpage/) - Here is my own book cover I chose to create. I decided to go with Dracula as it is a well known film/book. I added my own touch and added a bat at the bottom insted of the famous penguin from all penguin books.
- [The Little Prince](https://typography.network/2021/10/15/the-little-prince/) - Inspired by the penguin book cover, I create my messed up version for the famous fiction storybook 'The Little Prince'. I did quite a lot changes from the penguin book to make it more mordernism, but still remain the basic font and elements. There are few insprations and
- [The Cat In The Hat](https://typography.network/2021/10/15/the-cat-in-the-hat/) - For my Second book design we were given the instructions as followed... Sticks to the basic rules of your first classic Penguin Introduces new elements, or alters existing elements to create something funny / witty / insightful / relevant to the content or nature of your chosen book. For this book cover design I chose to
- [Obsession](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/obsession-4/) - Obsession I chose the obsession brief and decided to take a quite literal approach to the storyline. The beginning of the book appears normal, until a mouse scurries along the bottom of the page, and from here the destruction mirrored in the brief begins through the majority of the book to convey the frantic search
- [Lettering and the relationships with the colours surrounding them](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/lettering-and-the-relationships-with-the-colours-surrounding-them/) - Signs around Campus I decided to focus on the relationships between colour of letters and the background they are presented on for this project, where I found that the majority of lettering is white or black and surrounding by a bold and eye-catching colour. When looking at the majority of signs it is evident that
- [Ideal Gift Project](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/ideal-gift-project/)
- [Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/labyrinth-6/) - After choosing labyrinth as my selected word for the task, the start of the brief stated that the story started with a family entering a house. This encouraged me to use a scalpel to cut out the shape of windows, a door and a roof to connotate this. As the book progresses the pages start
- [Textures of lettering](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/textures-of-lettering/) - Textures of Lettering Presentation After wandering around the campus and taking photographs of typography within the department building as well as outside; I found that all of the examples I had taken had a very similar pattern. All of my photos displayed different styles of typography using different textures and techniques, for example the many
- [Drain Covers and Raised Lettering](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/drain-covers-and-raised-lettering/) - I decided to focus on drain covers and raised lettering while out taking photographs. I was interested in the way that the text on the covers had been formed. There is also some signage in this collage so the difference could be seen between the two different types of lettering.
- [Letters in environment- Colourful sans serif](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/letters-in-environment-colourful-sans-serif/) - I went around university, and took pictures of different typography. My theme was colour, I chose to capture many images with typography in it that had colour. All the words and letters I captured were sans serif.
- [Raised and Indented Lettering](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/raised-and-indented-lettering/) - For my 'Lettering in the Environment' project, I decided to photograph the themes of raised and indented typography around campus. I chose this theme as walking through campus I realised how common place such techniques are in many areas such as construction, maintenance and even signage. That became apparent to me firstly from the many
- [Floating Comic (Staircase)](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/floating-comic-staircase/) - I chose this piece from the box as I thought it would give my work a little more variety from the other works with its comic book styling rather than a more traditional book. With this I decided to use the panels of the comic is a unique way in order for each individual panel
- [Exploring Patterns in Signs](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/exploring-patterns-in-signs/) - To begin with I started to take pictures of anything that caught my eye, all the while trying to find a linking factor. When you’re looking for lettering you find out that it is everywhere! Instructions, directions and notices to name a few of the categories. Many of the signs around department and campus were
- [Obsession](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/obsession-3/) - For my theme I chose “Obsession”, for each stage of the story there is a section of the book to represent it. Firstly the story begins with a woman reading a book in the library, so I left the pages as they were. She is alone. And starts to hear some noises, represented by the
- [Staircase](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/staircase-3/) - For this mini project I picked the brief of staircases as I wanted to experiment with different levels within a book and how this manipulation would effect the text. The first thing that I wanted to do was have two different path ways, the best way to do this was to cut the book in
- [Lettering in perspective](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/lettering-in-perspective/) - For this mini project I decided to focus on the different perspective of letters in the environment. I focused a lot on different angles of the letters and how this made the type even though they where the same look completely different. I took photos from high, low to each of the sides as well
- [Materials and Context Photography Across Campus](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/materials-and-context-photography-across-campus/) - Eric Photography Document 2 For this 'Photography In the Environment' task, I focused primarily on the materials the letters were placed on or made from. I became highly interested in the lettering of the mundane, the everyday lettering that goes largely ignored. The texture, material and condition of the text was also of interest to
- [Eye Line](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/eye-line/) - This is a mini project looking at the different types of lettering in the environment. For this project I had a theme of 'eye-line' where I took various photos at signs around campus and looked at what features they had. From looking at the various signs I found that all the signs at eye-line were
- [Obsession Through Pages](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/obsession-through-pages/) - Having looked at the brief lists, 'Obsession' immediately stood out to me. I intended to present the gradual progress of obsession, setting in after time and slowly creeping into borderline insanity. Reflective of the woman happily reading in the library, the first half of the book remains in tact. However, after around half way, I
- [Cambridge Institution](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/cambridge-institution/) - When deciding what brief to choose for Berta's project I was instantly drawn to 'staircase'. It was like I had the perfect book to do so, I decided to put my own spin on the project while trying my best to stick to the brief. The front cover is a man looking onto what seems
- [Serifs and Texture](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/serifs-and-texture/) - Task For Eric's project we were tasked with finding Lettering in the environment with a theme in mind. At first I started taking pictures of all lettering that interested me and I started in the typography building. As I was taking pictures, I realised that most lettering were serifs so I decided to make serifs
- [Staircase Book](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/staircase-book/) - For this brief I decided to pursue the staircase narrative. To represent the idea of the man gradually descending I carved out a variety of staircases which lead you further and further down (or up) the page. Eventually you get to the very bottom which is coloured in black - this creates depth as
- [Signs Observation](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/signs-observation/) - By capturing all the signs found around the typography department, I have been more aware of the environment around that I usually not pay attention to. In these days, variety of signs, logos and numerals were designed to make our life full of convenient unknowingly. More signs are designed. For example, instruction signs designed to
- [Touch Screen T-Shirt for Matt](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/touch-screen-t-shirt-for-matt/) - Touch Screen Spotify T-Shirt In the seminar, Matt's interests were: Indie music Edgar Wright films Interesting t-shirts I wrote out a few ideas for each and then came to the conclusion that my best option would be an idea of combining music and t-shirts. My initial idea being a series of unique signed t-shirts for
- [Stairway](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/stairway/) - Broken Narratives - Stairway My initial idea for the broken narratives project was the stairway narrative, in which the protagonist finds themselves in an asylum for a mild illness, the asylum has 7 floors, the floor you're on depended on the severity of your condition. The protagonist found themselves being moved down the floors until
- [Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/labyrinth-5/) - This is a mini project called 'Broken Narratives' where I experimented with ideas for a conceptual book and it's materiality. I looked into the theme of a Labyrinth. 'Labyrinth: a family moves into a house with unexpected spatial characteristics. The rooms keep shifting position every time a door is opened. The family members are trapped
- [Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/labyrinth-4/) - Our task For this project, we were given the brief of designing a book in relation to the story. I chose labyrinth as my theme. Labyrinth: a family moves into a house with unexpected spatial characteristics. The rooms keep shifting position every time a door is opened. The family members are trapped inside the house
- [Penguin Book Cover](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/penguin-book-cover/) - This is my Penguin Book cover. I used the Gill Sans typeface instead of the Gill Sans Nova used in the video as it was already a font in my InDesign. Here's the pdf version of the cover: Penguin Book Cover.
- [A mysterious camera](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/a-mysterious-camera/) - In the Ideal gift project, we need to tell our partner the three things we are interested in, my partner likes food, taking photos, and painting in oil colour, so I designed a camera for her which can take black and white pictures after the pictures come out, my partner can paint it, when she
- [Noise](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/noise/)
- [As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/as-i-walked-out-one-midsummer-morning/) - This is my messed up version for the Penguin Book Cover brief. 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning' by Laurie Lee was my book of choice. My first edit to the original cover was to shrink the size of the title to make room for the longer title - this created more space around
- [Infinite Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/infinite-labyrinth/) - The story of Labyrinth is about a family that trapped inside their new house with unexpected spatial characteristics. They start a journey to find the front door. My initial idea is to create a pop up book with structured pages like a labyrinth. To represent the story and my idea visually, I designed both for
- [Eye-catching Sign boards and Letters](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/eye-catching-sign-boards-and-letters/) - For Eric's lesson on 04/10/2021, we were given the task to explore around and outside the department and take photos of any sign boards or letters that we are interested on. We had to do this based on the brief we were given which said to 'search for lettering around the campus based on a
- [What's That Noise?](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/whats-that-noise/) - For Berta's project, we were to chose a theme and based on it, we were asked to experiment on books, by manipulating the structure of the book, be it through disassembling the book part by part or changing the look of the whole book, in short, we were asked to just go crazy with it,
- [Harry Potter](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/harry-potter-2/) - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire I found this session because I've not used InDesign before, so it was a good introduction to the program and the tools it provides. I liked the usefulness of the paragraph styles and swatch styles and utilising these for recreating the same layout with different text made it
- [Lettering in the Environment](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/lettering-in-the-environment-5/) - As I was taking pictures of different letter forms, I focused on texture, lighting and shadow. I like how each of the letters shown in the collage above either have a rough/smooth texture in the background or in the actual text. I found it really interesting how the blue 'E', painted on a white, textured
- [Staircase](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/staircase-2/) - For my book design, I chose the theme 'Staircase' and started off with the front cover. The cover already had an image of a girl who looked quite scared with a building which looked like a Sanatorium behind her. Therefore, I instantly used the building and cut out its windows so viewers can have a
- [The Little Things](https://typography.network/2021/10/11/the-little-things/) - Brief For this project, search for lettering around the campus based on a theme of your choosing and take photos of it. The theme can be whatever you like – or find, such as style, function, material, colour, texture, technique, and so on. Look everywhere – up, down, straight ahead; on buildings, objects (including cars),
- [Ideal gift (Kim's project)](https://typography.network/2021/09/30/ideal-gift-kims-project/) - Key words: Taekwondo Marvel Greek Mythology Random word- Parachute
- [Toy dog diving game](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/toy-dog-diving-game/) - Our task For our first project, we were tasked to give our partners three interesting facts about ourselves that can be used to create a perfect gift. My partner's facts were that she likes animals (her pet dog), she used to dive and her family is from Australia. From this, I brainstormed and came up
- [Electronic Easel](https://typography.network/2021/10/01/electronic-easel/) - For this assignment, my partner's name was Jess. The three facts she gave me were: Enjoys art Avoids cycling due to various injuries from it Enjoys baking With these facts, I drew a baking kit, an electronic easel where you can submit your work to an attached printer, and a bicycle with a parachute to
- [Peaky Blinders Inspired Whiskey Bottle Speaker](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/peaky-blinders-inspired-whiskey-bottle-speaker/) - In the session, Ben told me that his interests include football, rock music and the Peaky Blinders TV series. After completing an initial brainstorm for each possible topic, I began thinking of ideas until I arrived at three potential items that would be personalized and adapted based on the information I knew. A musical instrument
- [Funko Pop Vinyl Eminem Speaker](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/funko-pop-vinyl-eminem-speaker/) - The Ideal Gift for someone who: Loves the genre of rap music Listens to music using the application Spotify Especially likes EMINEM Likes to play videogames/pop culture Likes Funko Pop's Vinyl figures I designed a proposal for an ideal gift associated with a few of Zack's interests/passions. I incorporated his love of rap and EMINEM
- [Flavour From Home](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/flavour-from-home/) - Using aspects from someones interests and applying them to an ideal gift for them. I Can link this to a real working example, using client details to produce a product or piece for their needs.
- [Philippine Skateboard](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/philippine-skateboard/) - Tristian was my partner for todays session, the three facts that he gave me were; He is half Filipino. He likes skateboarding and used to do it. He recently got into basketball and enjoys it. I decided to go with a skateboard as the main idea. The Philippines flag is also incorporated on the board.
- [Multi-Function Journal](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/multi-function-journal/) - My partner was interested by these things: flower doodling, cloud photography and stationary. My initial ideas were centred around stationary sets, with a continuous theme, including various different flower doodles, and clouds. I then narrowed down my ideas to a journal, assisted by the random word I received which was "pocket". This encouraged me to
- [Medicine Conveyor Vending Machine](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/medicine-conveyor-vending-machine/) - For my ideal gift project, my partner gave three interesting facts about herself: She eats a lot of medicine She likes listening to music She likes writing in Chinese Unfortunately, I could not include the third point, however, I have used the first two facts to create a vending machine where you select a pill
- [Bluetooth Tap Dance Shoes](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/bluetooth-tap-dance-shoes/) - These Tap Dance shoes are completely silent allowing the wearer to practice without disturbing anybody else. Connect to headphones to hear the sound detected by the rubber taps. These were invented to suit someone who: Enjoys tap dancing Has a big noisy family
- [Custom surfboard](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/custom-surfboard/) - During this task we were asked to discuss with a partner three interesting, unusual and extraordinary facts about ourselves. My partner Liam’s three facts were, that he loves football and that it is one of his biggest passions, secondly he was born and grew up in Malaysia and finally he has a keen interest in
- [Portal](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/portal/) - The three words that I was given where Hockey, travel and chicken nuggets. During my initial designs I designed a portal that was activated when a hockey ball was hit in. I then went on to develop this idea further by including her favourite food into the design, I incorporated this by creating the shape
- [Magic map of magnolia](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/magic-map-of-magnolia/) - My partner was Nathalie, she said she liked to travel mostly around Europe, she liked music (rap, alt, and indie) and she liked to dance, specifically ballet. so at first, my gift idea was a gift basket filled with a travel pillow, headphones, and 2 tickets to the ballet. But I thought that was a
- [Dior invitation](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/dior-invitation/) - My partners main facts about herself were: food, fashion and music so i thought the best present that would include all three thing could be a fashion week pass to an event. Her favorite designer brand is Dior so i thought an invitation to Dior fashion week would be fitting as all three thing (music,
- [Safety Bubble Gift](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/safety-bubble-gift/) - Process of Design: My partner Lewis loves playing football, however he has a condition called Haemophilia which can be described as a bleeding disorder where the blood in the body lacks the necessary amount of clotting factors preform proper clotting. As this could lead to issues during injury, I have designed a safety bubble with
- [Music box lamp](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/music-box-lamp/) - The first mini project in design practice 1 module, to design an ideal gift to our partner base on three of their fun facts. As my partner is a k-pop, anime and art lover, I first come up with the idea of designing a spieldose (music box) with moving anime characters. Fortunately, this idea is
- [test](https://typography.network/2021/09/09/test-2/)
- [Scribble-as-you-go Backpack](https://typography.network/2021/10/04/scribble-as-you-go-backpack/) - Brief After discussing three unusual/interesting facts with your partner, use these to design an 'ideal gift' for them using the 'Double Diamond' design process (Discover, Define, Develop, Deliver) by the Design Council . Initial Ideas The three facts I was given about my partner were: She likes things to be organised, yet she herself just
- [Design for Portable Guitar Chord](https://typography.network/2021/10/01/design-for-portable-guitar-chord/) - For my design, I was given the facts that my partner: has a pet cat travels to university by bike does calligraphy plays the guitar her favourite colour is purple Therefore, I have designed a portable guitar chord which included all the elements mentioned in the facts and merged them all in one!
- [Studio FourPlus](https://typography.network/2021/06/22/studio-fourplus/) - 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.
- [Alumni talks: strive for progress](https://typography.network/2021/06/22/alumni-talks-strive-for-progress/) - 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 up we had book designer and art director Nikki Ellis, award-winning designer Anne Brady and 3D and 2D motion designer – Ed Hendry. Nikki Ellis 'It was fascinating and challenging,
- [Design Print Bind: Working together](https://typography.network/2021/06/22/design-print-bind-working-together/) - Flaminia Rossi and Samantha Whetton, owners of Design Print Bind talked to us about running a small studio, what it's like as a freelancer and the communities they are a part of.
- [Seniz Husseyin: Shaping careers into the third sector](https://typography.network/2021/06/22/seniz-husseyin-shaping-careers-into-the-third-sector/) - In week 5 of the Spring term, Baseline Shift welcomed Typography & Graphic Communication graduate Seniz Husseyin who talked to the students about her experience within the Department and how it shaped her into wanting to work for social change in the third sector. In June of last year Seniz started working with a charity
- [Achilles Gerokostopoulos: Design as a team sport](https://typography.network/2021/06/22/achilles-gerokostopoulos-design-as-a-team-sport/) - In week 4 of the Spring term, Baseline Shift had the pleasure to host a talk by Achilles Gerokostopoulos – a graduate of the department who has lots of experience in software, tech and corporate communication. Currently working at the Irish National Lottery in Dublin, Achilles’ career involves working in design teams which is what
- [Reimagining the wayfinding project during the pandemic](https://typography.network/2021/06/18/reimagining-the-wayfinding-project-during-the-pandemic/) - In spring term, our MA Communication Design students on the Information Design and Graphic Design pathways have the opportunity to undertake a wayfinding project, as one of their project choices. We usually collaborate with partners in the Reading community (for example, last year we collaborated with The Hexagon) and arrange visits to local sites. The
- [Think Rethink – our graduate degree show – REGISTER NOW!](https://typography.network/2021/06/16/think-rethink-our-graduate-degree-show/) - I wanted to take a moment, in the calm before the storm, to thank our wonderful team of Part 3 students working hard to deliver our degree show on Thursday 17 June. This is our first year hosting our show online, and the students are learning new skills on the fly in an incredibly fast-moving
- [Research Fellowship in Ephemera Studies](https://typography.network/2021/06/15/research-fellowship-in-ephemera-studies/) - Applications are invited for the Michael Twyman Research Fellowship in Ephemera Studies in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. The Fellowship is available from September 2021, or a mutually agreed date and for a period of up to 12 months (we estimate this would equate to 2 to 3
- [The Gentlemen Danes book illustration](https://typography.network/2021/06/14/the-gentlemen-danes-book-illustration/) - Background My client for this real job was an independent publisher based in Reading. The client is writing and publishing a new book that details historic events dating back to the early 19th century. The book tells the story of Danish prisoners of war, residing in Reading during the years of 1807 – 1814; mainly
- [Red Emerald Branding](https://typography.network/2021/05/26/red-emerald-branding-rj00371/) - Background Red Emerald is a new business that aims to advise and support leaders in universities, colleges and government bodies on internationalisation strategies and activities. For example, supporting university students in achieving their goals to engage in an international experience indirectly through university staff. Red emerald also advises international students and their parents, wanting to
- [EVE Film Branding](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/eve-film-branding/) - Chloe Ball and Romy Chessells worked with a group of senior film executives who have formed an film company with a difference. The clients were all women, with an aim to promote diversity and ethical work practices.
- [Infographics for PhD research thesis on aphasia](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/infographics-for-phd-research-thesis-on-aphasia/) - Background The client for this project is Willemijn Doedens, a PhD student in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading. With a background in speech and language therapy, the client’s PhD research focuses on aphasia. Aphasia is a language and speech impairment occurring as a result of brain damage.
- [A Survival Guide to an Emotive World](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/a-survival-guide-to-an-emotive-world/) - Background Young adults with a learning disability may struggle to go to university, not due to a lack of skills but due to confidence issues. Being a student studying Graphic Communication is exciting and where you experience unique things that are not known to people who aren’t students. Opening these young adults eyes to the
- [Wychwood Project Rebrand](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/wychwood-project-rebrand/) - Background The Wychwood Project is a registered conservation charity located in Wychwood, covering an area of 120 square miles. Its focus is to encourage and help locals to understand, conserve and restore the landscapes and habitats. The charity was started in 2000 with the branding remaining the same since its initial establishment. It now needs
- [Longhaul Endurance Branding](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/longhaul-endurance-branding/) - Background Longhaul Endurance is an up and coming brand, which aims to provide athletes with high quality performance food. Co-owners Staale and Amelia both saw a gap in the market – most foods manufactured for the athlete on the go, did not come in savoury flavours, and often were full of highly processed chemicals. Being
- [Reach Out and Connect](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/reach-out-and-connect/) - Background A group of volunteers had set up a Facebook page called ‘Mature Engagement’ during the first Covid-19 Lockdown in the UK, the initial idea behind the page was to ‘encourage engagement from mature people who are isolated and anxious’. The purpose of the page was to provide a virtual space for mature people to
- [IAWADBD: issue 3 zine](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/iawadbd-issue-3-zine/) - Background This real job was slightly different than most real jobs. Rather than getting a client brief, we make an ‘I am we are… different by design’ zine, and have done every year since 2017. This zine showcases diversity and inclusion projects from students in the School of Arts and Communication Design and from other
- [Movie: a journal of film criticism. Issue 9.](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/movie-a-journal-of-film-criticism-issue-9/) - Background The Head of the School of Arts & Communication Design at the University of Reading, Professor John Gibbs, required a student to design issue 9 of Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism that followed Martha Macri’s new design system, created the previous year for issue 8. This journal originated from Movie the printed journal
- [That Marketing Blog](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/that-marketing-blog/) - To visit That Marketing Blog, go to: http://thatmarketingblog.com/ Background That marketing blog began as an idea of a collective place of resources for students. It grew from ideation and research to include more useful information to a larger group of audiences. ‘That Marketing Blog’ is now a webpage with regularly updated posts, career tips, university
- [Fast turnaround logo design project 2021](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/fast-turnaround-logo-design-project-2021/) - Brief: The brief for this project was a bit different from the ones I have previously worked on; this was a two-week turnaround project to create two sets of simple logo guidelines. These guidelines were to be used by part 1 students in their TY1INT mobile design module, and so we had to consider usability
- [Undergraduate recruitment](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/undergraduate-recruitment/) - Overview Third year students Ruth and Maya and second year students Lucy and Grace were selected to form the ‘Undergraduate Recruitment team’ to increase applications to the BA Graphic Communication course throughout the 2020/21 yearly cycle. The deliverables for the project were to be determined by ‘blue-sky thinking’ and the innovative ideas that were generated,
- ['Destination': travel journals book design](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/destination-travel-journals-book-design/) - Background Over the last thirty years in the label and packaging printing industry, Swiss-born Bernhard Grob has travelled across the world to promote and sell flexography printing presses for the company Edale Ltd. of which he was a co-owner and Managing Director. During these travels, Grob has written a series of annual travel journals, detailing
- [Love, trust, hope: the Alana House cookbook](https://typography.network/2021/05/09/love-trust-hope-the-alana-house-cookbook/) - Background Alana House women’s centre, a charity in Reading that provides a safe space for women to express themselves and strive towards their goals, approached the Real Jobs scheme with a recipe book project based on their community café. With contributions from the women, staff and volunteers, it would collate recipes, poems, creative writing, artwork
- [Cowrie Scholarship Foundation](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/cowrie-scholarship-foundation/) - Background The Cowrie Scholarship Foundation was set up to allow economically disadvantaged black students to attend UK universities and with the foundation being very new our client needed a brand that looked youthful and energetic but professional and as a continuation from the branding project the website for the foundation needed to be upgraded to
- [@uortypography: the student-led Instagram account](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/uortypography-the-student-led-instagram-account/) - Background The student-led Instagram has been operational since 2018 when a group of students rightfully decided that it would be a great tool to promote the work that goes on in our department. I joined the team in the spring term of my first year with my responsibilities increasing until, this year, it was my
- [Art for Research Reading 2020-21](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/art-for-research-reading-2020-21/) - Background Art for Research Reading is an organisation that runs yearly to raise money for Cancer Research UK Children and Young People, by running an art competition for 4 to 14 year olds. It is reasonably newly founded, with 2019/20 being the first year of the competition. There were many entries in the first year
- [Superfast logo design project](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/superfast-logo-design-project/) - Background In their second term, Part 1 students take on a website project where they are given the logos and brand guidelines in order to help them concentrate on the UX aspect of the project. The brief for this real job required two sets of brand guidelines for local businesses to be created to be
- [The Horrible Captain Horatio Murky book design](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/the-horrible-captain-horatio-murky-book-design/) - Background Whilst in Covid-19 lockdown, the client wrote an illustrated children’s book aimed at 6–9-year-old children where all profits will go to Heads Up, a mental health charity, and the WWF. The requirement for the job was to design the layout of the book and make suitable typographic decisions based on the audience and content of
- [Black Members of Parliament Book](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/black-members-of-parliament-book/) - Labiba and Yaa took the opportunity to design the book Black British Members of Parliament in the House of Commons: 22 Stories of Passion, Achievement and Success for author and client Shirley Anstis. Brief We accepted the real job while the book was in the writing process and met with the client to obtain further
- [Hampshire RFU Branding](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/hampshire-rfu-branding/) - Background Hampshire RFU covers 32 rugby clubs in Hampshire with different membership types, e.g. paid members club, representative rugby, 7’s teams, women’s rugby, a LGBT+ team as well as a large number of volunteers and coaches that look towards Hampshire RFU. The RFU want to move away from their current branding in order to communicate
- [Community Cooking and Wellbeing Kitchen Logo](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/community-cooking-and-wellbeing-kitchen-logo/) - Background Our client Ilaria Mezzogori is involved with a Community Kitchen, a communal and social place where free community-based programmes are run so people can learn to cook, learn about their food habits and make their budget go further, all whilst breaking loneliness. Cookery classes range from basic cooking skills to mastering specialised skills, which
- [London AV Solutions Wall Graphics](https://typography.network/2021/05/12/london-av-solutions-wall-graphics/) - Background London AV Solutions is a family run business who provide smart home solutions using cutting-edge technology to simplify and enhance the lives of their clients. The services they provide include home cinema design and installation, smart home security system, hi-fi system installation and interior lighting control solutions. The client has two offices, one based
- [Fine Art Degree Show website, catalogue social media design](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/fine-art-degree-show-website-catalogue-social-media-design/) - Background Every year, the art department hosts two art shows for finalist art students: the Winter Cabaret and the Summer Art Degree Show. Both shows always have a designated individual theme and branding. It is a moment for the students to showcase their work and make important connections. We will work together with a committee
- [The Art Therapy Agency Website Redesign](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/the-art-therapy-agency-website-redesign/) - Background Founded in 2011, The Art Therapy Agency is a membership based group of art therapists. The agency was set up to raise awareness of art therapy as a creative alternative to talk therapies. They specialize in offering a reliable service from their therapists to a range of different audiences, as well as membership support
- [Typography External Wall Graphic](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/typography-external-wall-graphic/) - Background The Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading building wayfinding needs some refinement. The department needs a distinctive sign to indicate the building upon arrival. The design of an external wall graphic needs to be impactful because the sign would need to be noticed from afar from the enterprise car
- [Ure Museum Digital Exhibition Booklet](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/ure-museum-digital-exhibition-booklet/) - Background The Ure Museum The Ure Museum can be found in the Classics Department within the Edith Morley building on the University of Reading's Whiteknights campus. Before I started this job, I wasn't familiar with the museum, however now I wish I had discovered it sooner as it is such an interesting asset to the
- [Charles Mozley Trust Website](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/charles-mozley-trust-website/) - Background Charles Mozley was an English artist whose paintings, illustrations and lithography was influenced by the style of French post-impressionism. After his death in 1991, his children and researchers have been dedicated to continuing his legacy through the Charles Mozley trust. Brief The founders of the Charles Mozley Trust required a website. It was clear
- [COVID-19 Knowledge Test E-Learning Website](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/covid-19-knowledge-test-e-learning-website/) - Background The COVID-19 knowledge e-learning platform is a website created by the data science club at the University of Reading to help the general public stay informed about the COVID-19 pandemic as well as learning new information and reinforcing previous knowledge about the virus. The overarching idea behind the project is “for users to learn
- [Christian Community Action branding](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/christian-community-action-branding/) - Background Christian Community Action, otherwise known as CCA is a Christian charitable organisation local to the Reading and Berkshire area. CCA provides support for less fortunate individuals or families who are unable to furnish a suitable living space for themselves. They recycle furniture, clothing and household goods. However, in recent years the organisation has lost
- [Dizzy Milk Brew Co.](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/dizzy-milk-brew-co/) - Who are Dizzy Milk? Our clients; Jack Gillespie and Ash Stedman, were beginning a new business venture of brewing their own range of craft beers in July, 2020. The proposed name of their company was ‘Dizzy Milk Brewery”, and the USP of this brand was to sell the beers via an online subscription and to
- [PROJECT LATERAL – RAF design studio](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/project-lateral-raf-design-studio/) - Background Sgt. Lee Tomas, Chief of the RAF’s air staff campaign set out to create striking visuals that broke conformity of the old and invigorated the new to build a Next Generation Air Force. The purpose of this was to create designs that brought a new lease of life to the RAF and encourage recruitment.
- [The IC Branding](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/the-ic-branding/) - Background The IC, abbreviated as the ‘International Collective’, are a company who specialise in internationalisation within the education sector globally. Founded by clients Sirin Myles and Charlene Allen, The IC, aim to create a community for individuals to share, learn, collaborate and support, to help each other grow within the field of internationalisation in the
- [Professor Betts Catalogue](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/professor-betts-catalogue/) - Background This catalogue celebrates the life and work of Professor Anthony Betts, who was a Fine Art professor at Reading University during 1933 to 1963, including work from his peers and students. This will be sold during the exhibition of his work and life in the Reading University. Brief/restated brief The brief was to design
- [Baseline shift animations 2020-21](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/baseline-shift-animations-2020-21/) - Background Baseline Shift is a series of design talks, events and workshops organised by a team of students for students at the department of Typography & Graphic Communication for the duration of the Autumn and Spring term. These talks happen on a weekly basis - every Wednesday, and are usually led by guest lecturers who
- [Coaching Reading Visual Identity](https://typography.network/2021/05/25/coaching-reading-visual-identity/) - Background Our client, Julie Williams, is part of a network called ‘Coaching Reading’, which is a community of people who are qualified and/or passionate about coaching. Together they offer executive and lifestyle coaching. They are a community of local coaching professionals who continue their professional development by learning new coaching techniques and offer free coaching to charities. The network
- [Baseline shift: organising, promoting and hosting a series of design talks](https://typography.network/2021/05/24/baseline-shift-organising-promoting-and-hosting-a-series-of-design-talks/) - Baseline shift – our series of design talks – is student-led. Find out what this entails.
- [Frankie the Fish: The ReMINDS Project](https://typography.network/2021/04/20/frankie-the-fish-the-reminds-project/) - Background The clients for this project are from the Department of Pharmacy and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Reading, where they are developing a project to examine medication reuse. The ReMINDS brand is to focus on medicine, the environment, people taking their medicine, pharmacy and drug manufacturing. It is important for
- [Feedback jam: graphic instructions, leaflet designs and designing for screen](https://typography.network/2021/03/24/feedback-jam-graphic-instructions-leaflet-designs-and-designing-for-screen/) - Week 9 Baseline shift presented a feedback session by our tutors. Here are super useful tips for all designers!
- [TrueSwift: Park your Archive™ software UI design](https://typography.network/2020/06/14/trueswift-park-your-archive-software-ui-design/) - Real Job: Tim Greaves reflects on his experience designing an interface for a data management firm @TrueSwiftLtd, based next door to Typography in the University Enterprise Centre.
- [How to manage your time](https://typography.network/2021/03/04/how-to-manage-your-time/) - Time management is an elusive skill that tricks even the best of us. Here are some useful tips that our lecturers gave us to help you keep on schedule!
- [Book design: from between the covers and behind the binding](https://typography.network/2021/02/05/book-design-from-between-the-covers-and-behind-the-binding/) - Bryn Walls shares his experience and knowledge with extraordinary book formats and originality in binding designs.
- [The world of font design](https://typography.network/2021/01/28/the-world-of-font-design/) - Want to learn more about how typefaces are designed? read this blog post to understand how designers master them!
- [Joan Zalacain: Life after Reading](https://typography.network/2021/01/28/joan-zalacain-life-after-reading/) - what is wayfinding? Joan Zalacain shares his experience and process of a big wayfinding system project
- [RJ00468 ROSES posters](https://typography.network/2021/01/28/rj00468-roses-posters/) - Background ROSES is the Reading online sports economics seminars held every Friday. The seminars are organised by our client James Reade who also promotes the seminars on social media and posts them on Youtube. In the past James had either made posters for these seminars himself or asked a colleague to design them on photoshop
- [Longhaul Branding and packaging redesign](https://typography.network/2021/01/28/longhaul-branding-and-packaging-redesign/) - Background Longhaul is a company which strives to create savoury performance food for endurance athletes. Currently they have one product on the market, a pouch of blended all-natural whole foods with no added sugar. Although they have two flavours available right now, they are working to offer a larger range and are expanding to four
- [Carl Middleton on design, type and letterpress](https://typography.network/2021/01/04/carl-middleton-on-design-type-and-letterpress/) - Carl Middleton, award-winning designer, graphic artist and print-maker, talked to us about his professional design practice and his letterpress work.
- [I am, we are… different by design](https://typography.network/2020/11/30/i-am-we-are-different-by-design-2/) - 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 about inclusivity and diversity in design and how we can encourage it more within the graphic design, communication and the arts. Diversity and inclusion has been more so than ever
- [From MA student to UX designer: Edward Liu](https://typography.network/2020/12/14/from-ma-student-to-ux-designer-edward-liu/) - 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 UX Design, and how to succeed on the course and in the industry.
- [Feedback jam: app design, editorial design and the user](https://typography.network/2020/11/30/feedback-jam-app-design-editorial-design-and-the-user/) - Our tutors, Gerry Leonidas and James Lloyd, and some Part 3s, were on hand to provide students with informal feedback on any project. The resulting design discussions are valuable to us all.
- [>A-Z Degree Show 2020 Creative Direction](https://typography.network/2020/06/14/a-z-degree-show-2020-creative-direction/) - Real Job: In the last report from our Degree Show team, Aanand Tank reflects on his role as Creative Director, a role that showed his growing skill in design leadership.
- [Laura Chamberlain on children’s book illustration](https://typography.network/2020/11/16/laura-chamberlain-on-childrens-book-illustration/) - Laura Chamberlain, a 2017 graduate of our BA course, returned to Baseline shift to tell us about the process of children’s book illustration.
- [Designing for social change with Greg Bunbury](https://typography.network/2020/11/02/designing-for-social-change-with-greg-bunbury/) - Award-winning Graphic Designer Greg Bunbury spoke to us about his career in design for change and gave us some tips.
- [A message from the future: you will be okay](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/a-message-from-the-future-you-will-be-okay/) - 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 about their careers and self worth.
- [Feedback jam: logos, hierarchy and what to do when you get stuck](https://typography.network/2020/10/25/feedback-jam-logos-hierarchy-and-what-to-do-when-you-get-stuck/) - 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 their thoughts with each other.
- [The hidden help](https://typography.network/2020/11/14/the-hidden-help/) - When I think of cinema listings my immediate thought is of the little image displayed by the title, e.g. a still from the movie. Something it gives you a glimpse of what it may be about, other times it catches your attention or causes curiosity. This made the task a bit more difficult to me
- [CINEMA.LISTING](https://typography.network/2020/11/14/cinema-listing/) - CINEMA.LISTING As part of this task, we were asked to recreate a cinema flyer using some information provided to enable us a better understanding about how it works in the professional world, when working with clients. We were given the opportunity to create our own categories according to what we felt was appropriate regarding our
- [Space ship](https://typography.network/2020/11/14/space-ship/) - Ideal gift, what is is? We have been give an assignment to create an ideal gift for one of our group partners. My partner was fond of traveling, sailing and astronomy. I have decided to make a spaceship for her, so she can travel to the space. Also, I have decided to create
- [Challenging](https://typography.network/2020/11/14/challenging/) - reading film theatre flyer v3 pdf In an A5 format, the Reading film festival flyer had to demonstrate the relevant information in a small space, which I found particularly challenging using this space efficiently to a positive aesthetical outcome. I used a dark blue colour background so that the black text could still be seen
- [Kung Fu Panda](https://typography.network/2020/11/14/kung-fu-panda/) - ty1int- panda PDF1 In addition to recreating the penguin book design from scratch, we would put our own spin on the classic design with more modern fiction. I did mine on the 2008 movie Kung Fu Panda from DreamWorks. In order to reflect the main characters loving persona, a warm colour that can appeal to
- [Managing space - Flyer Design](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/managing-space-flyer-design/) - By far one of my most favourite 'mini' project we had so far. Unlike other projects, this one was all about arranging and organising information, which is something I enjoy doing and hoping to do more in the foreseeable future. At the beginning of this task, I received a list of movies and information that
- [Rolling Stone Race Car](https://typography.network/2020/11/02/rolling-stone-race-car/) - The perfect gift. My partner for the project gave me three interesting facts, these facts were that he like F1, met Richard Branson before, and that he has four siblings. A had a couple ideas, but my first thought was to make a racing car for five people, which ending up looking almost like a
- [Twilight](https://typography.network/2020/10/30/twilight/) - TWILIGH.EDITION As part of this mini project, we were asked to, not only complete a copy of our own penguin book by creating an identical frame, but to also interpret this into our own concept through the inspirations of anything we can get our hands on. I decided to base my idea on The twilight
- [Cinema Brochure](https://typography.network/2020/10/30/cinema-brochure/) - The first adjustment I did was the the space between the location and the director. The first feedback was that the space looked odd, I assumed that it was took big, so I adjusted the leading. This made my columns nearly have the same length, which overall made it neater. The 2nd feedback was the
- [Print it out](https://typography.network/2020/10/28/print-it-out/) - Brief Design a programme flyer for the Reading Film Theatre. The flyer must be single sided A5, with two columns of text, unsing a maximum of two colours and two typefaces. Process First, I went through the text and removed things that I considered to be unnecessary or repeated information. I also researched missing
- [Eat, Pray, Love, Repeat](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/eat-pray-love-repeat/) - In TY1INT Indesign practical session, we had to all create a copy of a classical Penguin book cover. We were then asked to experiment with that book and perhaps change the colour and title of the book. I chose to change the cover to another classical penguin book. We were then asked to design our
- [Bunny cinema listing](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/bunny-cinema-listing/) - Here is my current final draft for the cinema project, my feedback suggested that I re arrange the halloween listing so that it flows down rather than across, and so that the ownership of the heading becomes less ambiguous. I edited my work by placing all the halloween showings on one column, and the regular
- [How to create the perfect present](https://typography.network/2020/10/27/how-to-create-the-perfect-present/) - Ideal gift Kim's project 2 Our task was to come to the session with 3 facts about ourselves and share these with a classmate. Using these facts, we then had to brainstorm and sketch out ideas of what could be considered the perfect gift for this person. The facts that my partner gave me were
- [Do our eyes deceive us?](https://typography.network/2020/10/27/do-our-eyes-deceive-us/) - Ever played one of those 'Guess the logo' games? At the beginning they're easy enough to get and as you go towards the harder levels you have to start puzzling together the less known logo names by guessing what the letters are. You imagine what shapes could go in the gap, which would be the
- [Italy, Spain, Germany or the UK?](https://typography.network/2020/10/27/italy-spain-germany-or-the-uk/) - I decided to look at how the different countries in Europe responded to Covid-19, did some put their message across clearer? What could be done better? To narrow down the countries I chose Italy which was the epitome of the pandemic for a while as well as Spain which also went into quite a drastic
- [Staircase](https://typography.network/2020/10/25/staircase/) - Staircase illustration On Monday, we have been assigned to create a
- [Creation of the Penguin Cover](https://typography.network/2020/10/25/creation-of-the-penguin-cover/) - Original Cover On Tuesday, we have been given a task of creating a penguin cover. It was a first time I was using and an InDesign program. I found it very confusing at first, but we had been given a recorded video which helped a lot. The most confusing part was the creating of
- [Exploring Typographic Hierarchy](https://typography.network/2020/10/25/exploring-typographic-hierarchy/) - For this project, we had to use Adobe Indesign to create a cinema brochure for the Reading Film Theatre. I wanted my design to be clean and contemporary, using red as the accent colour, to put emphasis on certain elements of text. To continue with this simplistic look, I only used one typeface, but used
- [command, return](https://typography.network/2020/10/25/command-return/) - Last week in TY1INT we were given a mini week project to design a cinema leaflet of film listings. The project prompted us to think about the reader and how we could make the experience of reading a cinema leaflet easiest for a range of different users. By the time I began the project I
- [Japan in a Coffee Cup](https://typography.network/2020/10/25/japan-in-a-coffee-cup/) - So for the ideal gifts project i was working with a story about a trip to japan, my partner described Japan as an entirely different world. This got me thinking. How could I actually create another world? The idea i settled on was have a bubble that represented another dimension which contained some symbolic elements
- [My Film Flyer](https://typography.network/2020/10/25/my-film-flyer/) - My cinema brochure. I experiment a bit with different layouts when it came to making my brochure, however will admit to going a bit off the brief as I wanted to explore looking at a design with the days at headings, as I noted that Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday were the days of film showings.
- [Reading Movie Time](https://typography.network/2020/10/25/reading-movie-time/) - Reading Film Theater final The project was to design a Reading movie leaflet for an International audience and family. It was difficult to try and put all the information in (2) two columns at the same time make it legible and readable for the target audience but over some time I was able to overcome
- [Information design is fun](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/information-design-is-fun/) - While doing this task I learned that it can be hard to keep track of all the different types of data you might need to handle when doing information design. I thought that my stylings were sufficient but on closer inspection I missed highlighting a lot of information, such as what language the films is
- [Safety signs](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/safety-signs/) - I've found that there are different categories that are common withing the signs. Overall, most of the signs were yellow to attract attention and to alert people. On some occasion, the use of a blue and white text was used. I categorized my work with the message of the sign. There are a lot of
- [The Devil's in the detail](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/the-devils-in-the-detail/) - Brief 1) Choose one of the three suggested fonts. Using the letters 'c a d b u r y' draw how you would expect these letterforms to be presented in your chosen typeface. 2) Choose one of the three suggested fonts and complete the partially hidden letterforms. Process Task 1: When recreating this typeface
- [Popcorn Time!](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/popcorn-time/)
- [Reading Film Theatre](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/reading-film-theatre/) - Every time I add my flyer as media it seems to add a link to the PDF version of it. But anyway here is the link below to click on if you want to have a look. FLYER BRIEF I chose to use only black and white, as I felt it differentiated it as a
- [A list for Reading Film Theatre](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/a-list-for-reading-film-theatre/) - Task C - Cinema Listings The feedback I was given was pretty positive but I made a few changes to the listing. I added a key for the symbols (cc) and (ad). This is something I chose not to do in my original design as I didn't think it was necessary with the symbols being
- [En dash!](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/en-dash/) - For this project we were set to design our own movie listings flyer, sized A5. The aim was to understand hierarchy or text and to appropriately apply this through spacing, colour and extrinsic features of type. It took me a while to get started with this because there were so many different paths I could
- [Flying Car](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/flying-car/) - For Kim's Ideal gift project we were asked to prepare 3 interesting facts about ourselves and then share them in a group. We then had to use someones facts to create an ideal gift for them and use prompt word to further develop our ideas. My partner said they had met Bear Grylls and been
- [Modernist Style Cinema Listing](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/modernist-style-cinema-listing/) - cinema listing For this project we were tasked with arranging information about 2017 showings at the university cinema onto an A5 sheet with two columns. This was a really fun task and was good for developing my skills on indesign which at the moment are pretty limited. I tried to arrange the information in a
- ['Hesion' sounds like a good tequila](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/hesion-sounds-like-a-good-tequila/) - For Gerry's project we were given several examples of sans-serif and serif type. The type had been deconstructed, only leaving small parts of the letters anatomy such as the stem with a spur. The remnants were left to serve as a reference point of how the letters might modulate in weight and structure. The letters
- [Pre 'Coroni' 2017 listings](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/pre-coroni-2017-listings/) - Reading Film brochure2Final We were given film listings from 2017 and were given the task to present our own film brochures with this information. the list of information wasn't written properly and contained several errors. for example a lot of them didn't all include the run time. With this in mind I started sampling bits
- [A Bone-Breaking Clown](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/a-bone-breaking-clown/) - Three facts that I was presented with were that someone had two birthdays, someone had never broken a bone, and that someone fell off of a horse once. While reusable birthday cake and horse stabilisers looked promising, they were ultimately dead ends. Oner rejected idea was a birthday cake Rubik's cube– enough combinations to see
- [COVID-19 - Blue or Yellow?](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/covid-19-blue-or-yellow/) - Sue and Emma's project was all about gathering real-life examples of COVID images around us. Since it's been months since the first Corona outbreak, it's fair to say that we all got used to the repetitive posters and announcements that routinely remind us about the laws put in place to stop the spread of coronavirus
- [Minding the gap is a tricky task](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/minding-the-gap-is-a-tricky-task/) - This session for design practice was taught by Gerry and was a very technical session where he explored different typefaces and analysed their individual properties. I thoroughly enjoyed being taught the effectiveness of how we should hold our pencil and the techniques that to use which can improve our sketching. For the morning exercise we
- [Reading Film Theatre Flyer](https://typography.network/2020/10/24/reading-film-theatre-flyer/) - The Reading Film Theatre flyer task was a challenging but enjoyable one. As I'm quite new to Indesign compared to other Adobe softwares, I struggled a little bit in being able to make things the way I wanted them to be. However it was a perfect opportunity to implement what James taught us in one
- [what is your ideal gift?](https://typography.network/2020/10/22/what-is-your-ideal-gift/) - For Kim's project we had to design ideal gifts based off of our partners' interests. My first partner enjoys playing the violin as well as watching horror films and Studio Ghibli. I decided to design a horror themed violin using recognisable illustrations such as spider webs, bats and skeletons. However, the next stage of this
- [The Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Penguin Cover](https://typography.network/2020/10/22/the-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-penguin-cover/) - For Tuesdays task, we began using InDesign and started by creating a book cover. To do this, we replicated a Penguin book cover. I really enjoyed this task of learning how to manoeuvre the software and found most of easy to follow along with. I found the top logo of 'Penguin Books' the most difficult
- [Bunny coronavirus signage!](https://typography.network/2020/10/21/bunny-coronavirus-signage/) - Coronavirus signage The signage used to negotiate social distancing, personal hygiene, and other precautions commonly advertised to prevent the spread of coronavirus, tends to include a similar colour palette, fonts and pictograms. One key commonality between most of the designs was the use of a sans serif font, often in caps or bold,
- [Are the Government making change happen?](https://typography.network/2020/10/21/are-the-government-making-change-happen/) - The word I was given for this task was 'Government'. To represent it, I chose to draw the Houses of Parliament as I felt they were a visual icon of the government in Britain. As the central buildings for the government in England, I felt this portrayed a strong message. To show opposition to Government.
- [For someone who likes skateboards and records.](https://typography.network/2020/10/21/for-someone-who-likes-skateboards-and-records/) - For the 'Ideal gift' project, my partner was interested in skateboarding, guitars collecting records. I then chose my random words of 'shoes', 'clocks' and 'bottle'. I began brainstorming 6 different ideas focusing on their interests and my random words. I experimented putting a clock with hands on a guitar front and using a solar powered
- [The Traveling Map](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/the-traveling-map/) - The person who's ideal gift I designed had the following 3 facts: Born in Pakistan, moved to the UK at age 16 Love make-up and fashion Want to travel At first I came up with various ideas e.g. a suitcase which cleans and folds all the clothes and stops them from getting wrinkles, a make-up
- [Illustration Vs Typography](https://typography.network/2020/10/21/illustration-vs-typography/) - For this task I wanted to look at the differences between graphic design that has been released as a part of a government campaign and graphic design that his been done by individuals not employed by the government. I found some really interesting pieces of design from something called 'the visual art project' which is a
- [I can't tell where "d" ends and "D" begins](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/i-cant-tell-where-d-ends-and-d-begins/) - This project involved reducing my initials to basic geometric shapes or silhouettes and merging them in different ways. My initials are the same letter, so I used both capital and lowercase to gain some variation between round and sharp edges. In my final transmogrification, I used watercolour as a medium to emphasise the theme of
- [Shoes design present](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/shoes-design-present/) - As my partner Hannah had a passion and business in designing custom trainers, I came up with a custom design of my own. Going through some ideas I found that there could be a lot done to the design on a shoe and that the opportunities are great. I was given the three random words
- [The new library:](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/the-new-library/) - In the first task, we were given an original Penguin copy of 'The Great Gatsby' to recreate to the best of our ability in InDesign. This allowed us to understand and get to grips with the fundamentals of the InDesign design program whilst also getting a good look at a very widespread and professional design.
- [A Penguin Book cover with a twist](https://typography.network/2020/10/18/a-penguin-book-cover-with-a-twist/) - During our Integrated design methods technical session, we were practising using adobe InDesign and started out by replicating a classic Penguin Book cover. This really helped me get to know my way around the software as it was not something I was previously familiar with. It took a little time and patience for me to
- [Stuart Little](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/stuart-little/) - This week in our technical session we were learning some of the essential basics we needed to use Adobe InDesign. To do this we had to create an exact copy of the cover of The Great Gatsby. Throughout this process, I learnt how to appropriately use tracking and the 'space before' feature as well as
- [House Rolfe -GOT](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/house-rolfe-got/) - The project is to design a present for a classmate based on their interest and see how we can develop it with random words. Ideal Gift was an interesting project to do because I got to learn more about my classmate interests and see what kind of work, they can do based on my interests.
- [Alice in Wonderland](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/alice-in-wonderland/) - For this task, we were asked to create a Penguin Book cover in InDesign. From here we had to develop our own design based on a topic of our choice.
- [Hands, Face, Space: Covid-19](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/hands-face-space-covid-19/) - For Sue and Emma's project, we looked at the graphic language of Covid-19 signs and posters, both on the Whiteknights Campus and from the internet. I began this project by exploring campus to take photographs of all the Covid-19 signs that I could find. I then used social media and google to find some more
- [Covid Colour Signs and posters](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/covid-colour-signs-and-posters/) - COVID-19 - POSTERS AND SIGNS In todays task we found posters and signs online and in person related to covid 19. i've separated the images into two categories related to the theme of colour, blue and yellow. I've realised during the group call a lot of the posters include these colours, i think the creators
- [friendly Cautious](https://typography.network/2020/10/20/friendly-cautious/) - When first given this project I want on the site Pinterest an image-sharing app to look at images related to Covid 19 at first no results where shown cause the website did not want to risk false info about covid 19 sharing on their platform. I use the other name Coronavirus and the first image
- [Please mind the gap between your letters](https://typography.network/2020/10/17/please-mind-the-gap-between-your-letters/) - Mind the gap Gerry's task Gerry gave us two tasks for the day. The first was to look at the typeface that the word 'hesion' was written in for us, and to then imitate this and write 'cadbury' in the same font below. This was trickier than I thought as we had to imagine what
- [For someone who loves to travel](https://typography.network/2020/10/17/for-someone-who-loves-to-travel/) - For Kim's Project on Thursday we got into groups and learnt some interesting/unusual facts about each other. I learnt that my partner loved to travel. I decided to brainstorm and research ideal gifts that would be perfect for a frequent traveller to have and utilise. As seen in my sketches, I played around with mostly
- [UK Government vs Australian Government](https://typography.network/2020/10/17/uk-government-vs-australian-government/) - These two Covid-19 awareness posters communicate similar messages but use graphic language in different ways in order to present the information. The HM Government/NHS and Australian Government use graphic language to highlight that washing hands is a huge part of protecting ourselves and others from Coronavirus. Both posters obtain similar audiences in which being the
- [Coraline Penguin cover transformation](https://typography.network/2020/10/17/coraline-penguin-cover-transformation/) - In Fridays integrated design technical session, we focused on the Adobe software 'InDesign' and practised recreating a conventional penguin book cover. We looked at the The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald. I learnt some very important skills which I hadn't discovered before, for example using only one text
- [Approaches](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/approaches/) - Covid-Signs designed by University of Reading. Remarkable is that you can find a generic use of colours and shapes, which create a kind of branding. You find these signs all over the campus, in every building, cafe or hall. The strong yellow stands in contrast to the black. By using these two colours together a
- [Minding the Gap Can Get Tricky](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/minding-the-gap-can-get-tricky/) - This task was quite straightforward as all the brief was, was to write the word 'Cadbury' in the typeface provided. This proved more tricky than I'd anticipated as I chose a serif font, so the structure of the lines was a lot more organic when compared to a sans serif font. This meant that getting
- [Varying amounts of formality in Covid communications](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/varying-amounts-of-formality-in-covid-communications/) - One of the interesting things about the pandemic is the wide range of graphic responses to it. Prom the government, to companies, to families in their homes, there is a massive variety of notices which have been put up, both formal and informal. Companies such as Tesco and Next will probably have their own in-house
- [Temple disc and Smart ring](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/temple-disc-and-smart-ring/) - My partners 3 facts were: Enjoys listening to music, favourite artists are Krept & Konan, Headie one, AJ Tracey... Likes to watch TV and films a lot. some examples are Brooklyn 99, Power, Fast and Furious... Likes technology, using it, watching videos about it... Below were my initial brain storm of ideas from his facts:
- [Labyrinth book narrative](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/labyrinth-book-narrative/) - The brief A client has written a novel and asks you to work on the design of the book. He wants you to develop a concept that enhances and brings forward the visual dimension of the story. He does not request a traditional design, but a book that helps to develop the narrative through its
- [Font Finding](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/font-finding/) - For Eric's lesson on Monday we had to find lettering in our environment, eg around campus. We got lucky with the weather being very sunny, and clear blue skies, as this meant a lot of light in our photographs, and a bright sky that on occasion helped add to the photo. I found signs,
- [TK](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/tk/) - TK To transfer our iniatals into a monogram logo I have used Futura font. I had to draw my letters separately and then I have ligature the letters to make a logo. I have made some potential designs which I could use. Then I have chosen the designs which I wanted to explore further.
- [Social Media](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/social-media/) - The noun I was given was social media. I had a few ideas for this word which can be seen below in my brain storm. I started my taking photos so I would be using primary photos instead of secondary . I then opened my photos in photoshop and developed them within the software. Resulting
- [Fragile Happiness](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/fragile-happiness/) - For Sara's project, I was given the word "happiness". The first thing that popped into my head was the classic smiley emoticon. After trying to explore other ideas I chose to go with the emoticon as emoticons nowadays are like a universal language, it's almost guaranteed that my theme would be understood. For my altered
- [London - Olympic Underground](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/london-olympic-underground/) - The task that I was set was ' London', I actually decided to show this word and this location by showing the simplistic universal logo of the Olympics along with the culmination of the underground logo. Within the first few images or designs that I made were inspired and created with the logo of the
- [Obsession](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/obsession-2/) - I had chosen the theme of obsession. In this theme, tells a story of a woman frantically looking for a rat in a room. This leads to her dismantling the bookshelves piece by piece, stripping the wood off the wallks and the carper off the floor. In my project, I wanted to get across the
- [Love/abuse](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/love-abuse/) - In this project we were told pick a contrasting topic with the word provided and create a poster this displays this contrast e.g. in a gif format. I was given the topic of love. I felt as though the term 'abuse' was contrasting to this topic. In my final product, I included figures of a
- [Light at the end of the tunnel](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/) - My chosen theme was labyrinth , in order to emulate that theme, i drove to make my book appear as if it has travelled through a vortex, a journey that can be seen throughout the layers of the book itself. To create texture i shaved down the sides of the pages and carved a whole
- ['Bookception'. Like Inception but not as big of a budget...](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/bookception-like-inception-but-not-as-big-of-a-budget/) - For todays brief, we were asked to find an unwanted book to manipulate. We were then given a sample of different blurbs that we had to choose from. With the blurbs we had to identify interesting features in it, so that we could manipulate our books to visually interpret them. I decided to go with
- [Covid in Britain](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/covid-in-britain/) - With the design brief , Britain in mind, I thought , as opposed to depicting Britain in a traditional sense, such as with big red buses and telephone boxes, i would display Britain in its current climate during the coronavirus pandemic. This image is a recreation of the British £5 note , with a covid
- [Christ or the Antichrist?](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/christ-or-the-antichrist/) - For todays brief, we were given a word to respond to. Mine was 'Religion', and with this I had to create an image or composition that clearly represented the word. I started. by drawing a spider diagram, writing down any words or ideas that related to religion to see what I could use as a
- [Typography iSpy in UoR](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/typography-ispy-in-uor/) - During the 2nd week of mini-projects I was honoured to meet Eric Kindel who presented me with the brief, that, unlike many others, involved going out and exploring real-life examples of eye-catching type around us. These could have been photographs of logos, singular letters/numbers, 3D type etc. Quite luckily that day the weather was quite
- [Monograms - Illustrator design task](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/monograms-illustrator-design-task/) - So far Kim's project was one of my favourites as it allowed me to explore something that I've been putting my free time into - Illustration design. Although the task asked us to design a monogram using our initials, it felt a lot more personal and therefore really allowed me to express the way I
- [Stairs](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/stairs-3/) - For todays task we were given the freedom to let our creativity flow in this Broken narratives activity. We were given the choice of four themes. I chose the theme ‘stairs’. As stated in the brief a man has been hospitalised for an unnamed disease, the hospital has 7 floors for people like himself, the
- [Money](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/money/) - My word was Money so I was thinking about making something which represents money and the current situation of (Covid-19 ). My first page I had a bank and then I have made money floats outside which then connects to toilet roll. For my second Illustration I have created a wight scale which shows that
- [Penguin Covers](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/penguin-covers/) - Initially we recreated a cover of the Great Gatsby in classic penguin style, I then used this template to create covers for some other books. I did however chnage some aspects of the template to better fit with the book contents. The Norwegian Wood cover is a deep red in fitting with the orignal cover,
- [Transmogrification of my initials](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/transmogrification-of-my-initials/) - Creating a monogram Kim's project In today's brief, our task was simple: to create a graphic representation of our initials. I began by sketching out some initial ideas using the Garamond font, as I liked the serifs that this typeface contained. I brainstormed some ways of how I could combine my initials 'M' and 'H'.
- [My name and finding ways to shape it](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/my-name-and-finding-ways-to-shape-it/) - Creating a monogram. Today we took the time to experiment with making a monogram out of our initials, my initials being S and C, meant I did at times find it difficult to draw, and keep as clean cut at possible, however the curves in both letters meant I had a wide range of experimentation
- [From Political to Social issues](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/from-political-to-social-issues/) - For this project I split my collection into 5 different categories: Magazines Posters Social distancing PDF downloads Covid-19 street art For magazines I focused on Vogue and Time, as I found that they both covered controversial views on covid-19. I particularly liked these two covers from Times. (I found both images below in the vault
- [Pairing 'm' and 'b'](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/pairing-m-and-b/) - For this brief I wanted to experiment with different ways my two initials could be joined together to create a monogram. This was an interesting task as I felt as though it forced me to look closely at the specific details of letter forms. I wanted to keep my design simple and I wanted the
- [bunny's penguin book cover 2](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/bunnys-penguin-book-cover-2/) - my own design for a penguin book cover, based on The rocky horror picture show.
- [Pinocchio](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/pinocchio/) - We all know Penguin books, but how much work goes into the design? I for one, never realised that the lines between the headers weren't just added in afterwards, they're attached to the text itself and change with the text. This honestly surprised me a lot. I also did not know there were hidden characters
- [Poster: Icon vs Typography](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/poster-icon-vs-typography/) - What are these posters trying to do? These posters are designed to encourage people to stay at home to help stop the spread of COVID-19. In both of these designs they have chosen bright colours with strong connotations. Red is often associated with danger and yellow is associated with warning, particularly when combined with black.
- [The end of Club Penguin R.I.P](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/the-end-of-club-penguin-r-i-p/) - Club Penguin is an online game that was loved and played by millions across the world, however, it sadly got shut down on March 29th, 2017. The tragedy left millions heartbroken as this game was what they loved playing. Many people sort out to create or find a new version of this beloved game. However,
- [Wear a mask to stop the spread](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/wear-a-mask-to-stop-the-spread/) - Our task for this project was to collect a wide range of communications relating to COVID-19. During this project, I learnt how to improve my searches on the internet to get the best and widest variety of results as I did the majority of my research online. I had discovered that the majority of the
- [My job was easy](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/my-job-was-easy/) - My initials, R and A are really similar in terms of shape, so I think I had an easier time with this brief than most. That doesn't mean it was that straightforward though. Because of their similar shape, when I tried to blend the characters together it tended to look a lot more like A
- [Happy Feet](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/happy-feet/) - The class Through this class I gained a much better practical understanding of the appropriate use of spacing tools such as tracking, leading and space before, and the guidelines with which spacing within text should be considered. I had not used paragraph rules before and so I was very glad to have discovered this particular
- [Emily In Paris](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/emily-in-paris/) - On Friday's TY1INT practical session, we copied the design of a classic penguin book in InDesign. I found this task reasonably simple to follow and it helped me get to grips with using InDesign for the first time. I found making the shape at the top of the book most challenging, however, once we went
- [Drake's choice](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/drakes-choice/) - My partners 3 facts were: likes chocolate likes R&B has a bulldog my 3 random words were: teeth treadmill sandwich i decided to focus on 2 topics of R&B and sandwich. This resulted in a final product of a sandwich which was sponsored by a well known R&B singer Drake, and his chosen sandwih choice.
- ['Caroni'](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/caroni/) - Today for Emma's project, I researched all the different types of Covid 19 signage. I wanted to get a diverse range of material from different areas from all over the world so I decided to use the hashtag #covid19signs. this would source all the covid 19 signs from the perspective of the civilians and the
- [Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs/) - The Original Version For this task, we were asked to copy exactly how the book cover from Penguin Books looks like by using InDesign. I have heard about adobe before but never really use it at all. This was my very first time trying this software, and I found it is quite difficult to understand
- [Safe in space](https://typography.network/2020/10/16/safe-in-space/) - When studying my images( combination of own photographs and internet images), it made sense to divide them into four categories, Hands, Face, Space and Safe. It links with the meme ‘Wash hands, cover face, make space’ created by Boris Johnson. I felt the need to add ‘Safe’ to it to accommodate a category of pictures
- [Cateye](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/cateye/) - Brief Gather three interesting facts about your partner. Use these three facts to design the ideal gift for them, whilst following the 'Discover, Define, Develop, Deliver' method from Design Council. Process My first three words were cat, travel, food. I started looking into what I could create based on the cat, there is so
- [Alfred as Godzilla](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/alfred-as-godzilla/) - For todays session we were tasked with making an 'ideal gift' for one of our group members. we started the group discussion with three interesting facts about ourselves. the person I chose to focus on responding to liked to travel, painted custom shoes for clients and also owns a bearded dragon. I started by drawing
- [Recreating Type](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/recreating-type/) - For Gerry's project, our first task was to create the word 'cadbury' in the same font as the word hesion above it. I found this particularly challenging. Mimicking a typeface with only the option to view a very selective range of its characters is something I have never done before but I gave it
- [DC](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/dc/) - For Kim's Project we were tasked with creating a logo like symbol that merged our first initial and last initial. I experimented around a lot to create many number of variations however in the end I decided to go with the lower case d inside the upper case C. I then played with the style
- [Lettering Around Campus](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/lettering-around-campus/) - For Erics's project we studied lettering in the environment. I tried to find lettering around the campus that i thought looked interesting. I liked a lot of the stencil lettering which there was a surprising amount of. After we had taken photographs we were asked to organise/arrange them in a way we thought was suitable.
- [The Matrix](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/the-matrix/) - For this project we were asked to create a film, book or even a meme in the form of a classic penguin book cover. For mine I decided to create a penguin book cover for the matrix. I started by getting the green color pallet a lot of people associate with the film. I then
- [Paint by numbers](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/paint-by-numbers/) - For Kim's project, we were partnered up with someone from our class and we had to tell each other three interesting facts about ourselves. From that, we then had to come up with an ideal gift for our partner. My partner's facts about herself were that she plays the piano and loves photography and painting.
- [Typeface Design](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/typeface-design/) - For Gerry's project, we had two tasks. Firstly, using the provided letters 'h e s i o n' , to give us clues on the characteristics of the typeface, we had to draw the letters 'c a d b u r y'. We had to pay attention to the contrasts of stroke sizes as well as
- [What letter is it?](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/what-letter-is-it/) - This session has allowed me to concentrate on finer details like using precision whilst sketching the letters. In the first task, we were given a typeface which we then had to replicate using a different word with different letters. The typeface was not specified so the challenge was to think about what the letter could
- [PULP FICTION](https://typography.network/2020/10/15/pulp-fiction/) - Penguin Book cover2.2 Penguin Book cover3.3 In todays session I learnt how to recreate the format of the iconic Penguin Classic book series. I recreated The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I learnt how to manipulate the type of the cover as one element, experimenting with leading, type size, font and paragraph rules to
- [Stranger Things.](https://typography.network/2020/10/13/stranger-things/) - TYINT Penguin Book Design In class, we learnt how to design a classic penguin cover on InDesign and know the basic format of it. We were also showed the important tools that are used on a regular basis when using and how to use it. I am not particularly fond of InDesign for cover design
- [The Curious Incident of the dog in the nighttime.](https://typography.network/2020/10/13/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-nighttime/) - 'The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime', is a book about a 15 year old boy who discovers the body of his neighbor's dog. The book is written, almost as a diary, about his experiences when trying to uncover the mystery. Although it is wasn't explicitly stated, it is believed that this boy
- [The Signs of COVID-19](https://typography.network/2020/10/13/the-signs-of-covid-19/) - Today we were told to source signs made about COVID-19, signs made online, around us, at campus, homemade, government made and even asked if we had made anything ourselves. During lockdown I was bored and spent a lot of time on walks, and when doing so I would look for homemade signs around my town,
- [Sharp Objects (and a dangerous penguin)](https://typography.network/2020/10/13/sharp-objects-and-a-dangerous-penguin/) - I chose to recreate the front cover for one of my favourite books, being ‘Sharp Objects’ by Gillian Flynn, the book is an excellent read, dark, twisted and clever. The line on the front of the book I even love ‘This family isn’t nuclear, its toxic’. It’s a fun play on word with ‘nuclear family’
- [The Handmaid's Tale](https://typography.network/2020/10/13/the-handmaids-tale/) - After creating a replica of the penguin classics edition of 'The Great Gatsby' (pictured below), we were given the task to create our own book cover following the basic principles of the classic penguin format but deviating from this slightly in order to create some kind of symbology/irony within the cover. I chose the book
- [Psycho](https://typography.network/2020/10/13/psycho/) - This was my first time using Indesign, I found it interesting how you can attach certain elements to text (in this case, lines) that would move with the text depending on what was written. I decided to base my second Penguin cover off the 1960 psychological horror Psycho. I played around with different ideas at first,
- [Pregnancy making waves](https://typography.network/2020/10/13/pregnancy-making-waves/) - How Changes the world for a Woman after Pregnancy? Woman getting to a confused world after pregnancy. Dealing with different prospects due to salary and opportunities for advancement, facing discrimination and disadvantages.
- [The Borrowers](https://typography.network/2020/10/12/the-borrowers/) - Before this project, I'd used InDesign before, but I wasn't aware of the depth of control that it offered. There is definitely a lot to learn here and I think it will be hard to remember all the tips and tricks, especially for text layout. Moving forward thought, I'm definitely interested to see how much
- [Bang! And The Dirt Is Gone!](https://typography.network/2020/10/12/bang-and-the-dirt-is-gone/) - As part of the TY1INT1 module, we were asked to explore Adobe InDesign and create our own Penguin Book covers inspired by a book, movie or quote. I landed on the idea of the cleaning products Cillit Bang which are manufactured by Reckitt Benckiser. I used the colour palette from the limescale remover range to
- [Blood Orange](https://typography.network/2020/10/12/blood-orange/) - I found this session interesting and it refreshed my knowledge on how to use indesign. The one part I struggled with was the penguin book logo. I found it hard to make the curve of the ovals. Which I have gone over by re watching the video from that day. For my messed up book
- [Harry Potter](https://typography.network/2020/10/12/harry-potter/) - Having never used Indesign before, after completing this task, I have learned a range of fundamental skills needed to work the software effectively. As well as following the tutorial, when I was not able to do something, I researched alternative ways in doing the same thing. Photoshop is a program I have used before
- [The Shining](https://typography.network/2020/10/12/the-shining/) - PENGUIN BOOK COVER In James' lesson we followed a tutorial on how to recreate a penguin book cover. I used in design to create both of these covers, in the lesson i learned how to use some of in designs tools as the program is new to me. I learned how to group shapes together
- [Social media in a PANDEMIC!](https://typography.network/2020/10/12/social-media-in-a-pandemic/) - During the outbreak of COVID-19, social media has been quite literally an essential part in people's lives. Social media has not only been used to find out new information or regulations put into place, but it has become a coping mechanism. It has somewhat distracted us from the real problem. This has been done by
- [Covid 19 In Reading Town](https://typography.network/2020/10/12/covid-19-in-reading-town/) - Today for Sue's and Emma's Covid 19 project I headed into to town to find any kind of sign or poster that portrayed a warning or instruction about Corona Virus. We then grouped back together to share all of our images and talk about them. We discussed how the general public are growing accustomed to
- [David Pearson on book cover design](https://typography.network/2020/10/12/david-pearson-on-book-cover-design/) - David Pearson, acclaimed British book cover designer, returned to Baseline shift this autumn term to tell us more about his latest work.
- [Eyes on the Little Things](https://typography.network/2020/10/09/eyes-on-the-little-things/) - Taking Picture from the Surrounding The Best 3 Images A tiny corner from a mental fence 2. The parking label on the floor 3. The building name of Contraction Management and Engineering When I was searching around the campus, instead of taking pictures of large scale objects, I chose to look at some converted
- [Are they still a family](https://typography.network/2020/10/09/are-they-still-a-family/) - For Sara project Impactful images, we were asked to design two images based on a topic given to us. One of the images should be direct and the other indirect towards the topic. The second image should be less subtle but still allow readers to be able to identify the theme of the topic. I
- [CH  monogram](https://typography.network/2020/10/09/ch/) - In today's class we were provided with two fonts, Garamond and Futura. Using one of these fonts, we had to use our initials to create a monogram. I sketched out my initials, CH, and then photocopied them at different sizes, playing around with the scale. I mixed the two initials to see which shapes I
- [Education system](https://typography.network/2020/10/09/education-system/) - In this session presented by Sara Chapman, we explored designs and art that convey a deeper meaning. Looking at artists such as Banksy, we discussed how his work has dual meaning and presents emotion and thought provoking imagery. We were all assigned a word to focus on conveying our own message for and my word
- [Royalty](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/royalty/) - Cristiana Couciero was my inspiration for this work. She has a simple photomontage style that I thought would be appropriate for the style i am going for. Using the image shown, I implemented the circle to show the main image. The ruler and protractor outlines show order and depth to the image. The number
- [Transforming Letterforms](https://typography.network/2020/10/09/transforming-letterforms/) - Here we were asked to take our two initials, C & F and transform them into a new combined shape or 'motif'. We discussed brand and identity design, looking at some examples & items from the dept. collections. I experimented with, layout, colour and dimension.
- [Boris](https://typography.network/2020/10/09/boris/) - Brief: Create two images which convey 'Politician'. The first image should convey the word directly. The second image must have one addition to change the feeling or the meaning of the first image. Export into a GIF. Process: When I think of a politician the first image I see is a man in a suit
- [Lettering in the Environment](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/lettering-in-the-environment-4/) - Lettering in the Environment lettering in the environment In Eric's lesson we explored the campus for interesting pieces of typography. The powerpoint above the stop sign image has all the photos i took in the lesson. I feel as though i could’ve arranged them into better categories. I enjoyed taking photos of different pieces of
- [Protests](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/protests/) - Why do people protest? They believe in a cause and want to make their voices heard, to cause change. One such occasion was Brexit: In June 2016 the British public voted to leave the European Union. Leading up to this people all over Europe participated in a kissing chain to demonstrate their love for
- [The Dark Side Of Gaming:](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/the-dark-side-of-gaming/) - Being tasked with the word 'gaming', I decided to represent the contrast between the innocent excitement that games can give to the masses, but also the toxic and scary side of gaming from cyberbullying to hacking. In my first piece, the bright lights and excentric colour tones present freedom and excitement to the theme of
- [Initial Transmogrify](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/initial-transmogrify/) - For Kim’s project, I created a monogram of my initials in the Garamond font. I experimented with layering and played with the different interactions between the letter forms. I initially came up with this design: I decided to experiment further and explore flipping the letter forms. This almost removed the readable quality of the
- [Transmogrify - HS](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/transmogrify-hs/) - Transmogrify - HS In Kim's project we experimented with the initials of our names and created a monogram with both of the letters combined, the final outcome is in the featured image and image above. First i brainstormed ideas, i copied the letters H, S in the different fonts: Futura and Garamond. I drew both
- [Loop...](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/loop/) - LOOP PREY MURDER TIME What is a book? Why are we so scared to damage them? Why is this format invincible? This mini brief required us to question the 'concept' of books, alongside with their composition, layout, binding etc. True enough, I had never thought or even
- [Obsession](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/obsession/)
- [AP](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/ap/) - Using the Futura typeface, both medium and bold, I experimented with how the 2 letters - A and P could be incorporated together as a single unit, motif or symbol. I began by merging the letters next to each other, however it seemed that it could easily be misread as a letter R. Therefore, I
- [Stairs](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/stairs/) - I chose the narrative about the man who starts at the top of the Sanatorium but as the days go by he is slowly moved to the bottom floor where he dies. I tried to capture the idea of travelling down through the sanatorium, I did this by cutting descending stairs into my book
- [Lettering in the Environment](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/lettering-in-the-environment-3/) - For Eric's project, we were asked to explore and photograph lettering in the environment. I chose to focus on signs around my local town, here are a few of my favourites.
- [Opening my eyes to the words around me](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/opening-my-eyes-to-the-words-around-me/) - Lettering in the environment Eric's task For today's mini project, we were asked to go out into the environment, around the university campus or out into town, and photograph lettering that we come across. We were not restricted in any way with what lettering we could take photos of, it could be anything from road
- [Tell me where to go and what to do.](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/tell-me-where-to-go-and-what-to-do/)
- [Broken Narratives- a staircase story](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/broken-narratives-a-staircase-story/) - For the project 'Broken Narratives' I chose the theme of 'Staircase'. As the brief stated, the man had an unknown disease. I wanted to create a book that looked as if it was also diseased. To create this, I used glue and tissue to make a 3D textured effect to look damaged and cut open.
- [something was there...](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/something-was-there/) - OBSESSION I choose obsession , the story was about a girl who was sitting alone in the library when she hears a voice and she gets scared. she sees a shadow of a mouse and then she looks under the furniture and rips out all the books and she finds nothing. After reading the story
- [My Journey with UOR Lettering](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/my-journey-with-uor-lettering/) - It was a sunny but windy day on Monday and our task for the day was to take pictures of letterings that fascinated us around the campus. After exploring the campus and taking pictures for 2 hours we were then asked to organise the images whatever way we like. As I explored the campus I didn't
- [Bleak, Boring, and Grey](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/bleak-boring-and-grey/) - In this project I looked at lettering the environment. Specifically, I took pictures of the greyest, most uninteresting lettering that I could find. Minus the sign on the library, I think I'd rarely notice any of it. This is actually interesting though as particularly with "Altron", this lettering seems to be in public view but
- [Letters in the Wild](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/letters-in-the-wild/) - Here were some photogrpahs I took around campus focusing on lettering. Lettering in the wild reduced size version 3
- [E R](https://typography.network/2020/10/08/e-r/) - Todays task was to create a monogram using our own initials. I experimented with both Garamond and Futura. I drew them separately, as well as combining both fonts together. After joining both letters up, I began to experiment how they would appear on top of each other. I liked the idea of this as when
- [Assessment and feedback in our department](https://typography.network/2020/10/07/assessment-and-feedback-in-our-department/) - James Lloyd, our Part 1 tutor, outlines the key things to know about assessment and feedback on our course.
- [Worn and damaged lettering](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/worn-and-damaged-lettering/) - I have selected a few of my favourite photos of letting in and around the university. I chose to focus on signs and letters that have been worn and damaged over time and ones with interesting textures.
- [Variety in our everyday life](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/variety-in-our-everyday-life/) - Whilst doing this project, I realised how much of lettering is present in our day to day lives. The different signs, logos and numerals we see around us inform, educate or inspire us in one way or another whether it be through an instructing sign, a warning, or a form of merchandising. Although most of
- [Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/labyrinth-3/) - Labyrinth: a family moves into a house with unexpected spatial characteristics. The rooms keep shifting position every time a door is opened. The family members are trapped inside the house and start a journey to find the front door. While they keep moving from one room to the next, they discover that they are not
- [Never ending narrative](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/never-ending-narrative/) - Brief: A client has written a novel and asks you to work on the design of the book. He wants you to develop a concept that enhances and brings forward the visual dimension of the story. He does not request a traditional design, but a book that helps to develop the narrative through its form
- [Looped Labyrinth:](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/looped-labyrinth/) - In today's project, I attempted a few iterations of ideas. My first idea was to create some kind of pop up labyrinth/castle through a template I acquired through https://www.youtube.com/c/JRpapercraft with a few of my own ideas to represent the family lost in the house presented in the labyrinth story. However, the creation of the
- [Obsessive behaviour](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/obsessive-behaviour/) - Can a book tell a story without words? Or do we need the words in order to call it a book? During my experimentation I decided to let the physical book take you on the journey of someone who's becoming obsessive. I know we're all told "don't judge a book by its cover" and still
- [The maze beyond the gaze](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/the-maze-beyond-the-gaze/) - In todays project presented by Berta Ferrer and Kim Marshall, we explored concepts of what a book is and what makes a book? Whether it be how it looks, the content it withholds or another aspect. We discussed how it doesn't have to abide by the traditional format that we are used to seeing in
- [The staircase to success](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/the-staircase-to-success/) - The main concept of this was that the front page and cover would have a clear and meaningful design, showing the route or the stairway to success. Which is what the brief or Staircase story states. That a man arrived at a sanatorium, as he has an unnamed disease. The stairs always have layers and
- [Exploring Lettering Forms Found on Campus](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/exploring-lettering-forms-found-on-campus/) - For Eric’s Project, I captured the different forms of lettering found on the Whiteknights Campus. I aimed to photograph a variety of sign types, ranging from older and more worn signage to new and more pristine examples. On top of this, I wanted to capture different textures and surfaces of and around the signs. I
- [Noticeable Type](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/noticeable-type/) - For this project we were asked to capture images of typography across campus and then compile them in some kind of system. I chose to compile these images in a hierarchy from top to bottom in terms of which bits of type I was most attracted to at first glance. Once i had the final
- [Simplicity is Key](https://typography.network/2020/10/05/simplicity-is-key/) - For Berta's session today the brief was to bring forward the visual dimensions of the story. The story I chose was titled "obsession". I first experimented with ripping, crunching, cutting and glueing pages to create this double page spread below. From this experimentation I liked the effect of the highlighted words so I took this
- [Designing packaging for endurance sports fuels](https://typography.network/2020/09/06/designing-packaging-for-endurance-sports-fuels/) - Real Job – A group of Part 2 students create new packaging for Longhaul – an early stage start-up sports food company, specialising in savoury performance food.
- [Things I often overlook](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/things-i-often-overlook/) - For this project, we were instructed to photograph lettering around the University. From what sounded quite a simple task, it was actually very interesting to see things I often overlook. We often don't stop to thing why things look the way the do and what the impact that has on us. In the 2 hours
- [Initials Monogram](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/initials-monogram-2/) - In todays session, we used our initials to create a monogram, experimenting with Futura and Garamond. After experimenting with both, I felt that my initials worked best in the Garamond font. I began to play around with different variations of the letter together. Alongside this, I researched brands that have used a monogram logo and
- [Work](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/work/) - In Sara's project, I created and shot a set of images that represented the noun 'work.' On my first slide, I show a work colleague sat at his desk designing, this is then accompanied by an illustration of his desk. For the contrasting image, I decided to play with the idea of bullying in the
- [Pain](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/pain/) - Within the theme of pain I wanted to demonstrate the difference between mental and physical pain. To do this I illustrated a scene of two friends sat drinking. One is wearing a sling on his arm to represent physical pain. For the other man I drew a brain that is beaten up/ bandaged and bloody,
- [Initial Identity](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/initial-identity/) - Our names are a huge part of our identity, especially when we don't come across others with the same name, like myself. This in turn means people's initials are part of their identity. Whilst creating a monogram of my own initials I wanted to be able to reflect my personality within this. The monogram is
- [Loop - A book redesign](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/loop-a-book-redesign/) - Today's session was hosted by Berta Ferrer, who talked to us about books: What they are, what makes a book a book. We have also looked at examples by other artists and designers, who took an alternative approach in creating books. From cutting up pages to rearranging the words to create a novel, I have
- [Religion - Free the Uighurs](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/religion-free-the-uighurs/) - Creating impactful images with Sara was probably one of my favourite activities so far. Creating work with deeper meaning has always been something I felt passionate about, and the activity allowed me to practice my illustration skills. As part of the brief, I was asked to create two images based on the theme of religion.
- [Lettering in the environment](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/lettering-in-the-environment-2/) - For this task we were sent away with the motive of finding lettering in the environment and capturing it in a photo to later analyse. Every day we look and read 100s of different typefaces that we may not even take a moment to think about normally, so it was nice to slow down and
- [Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/labyrinth-2/) - The brief was to design a book for a client writing a novel based on a labyrinth. I have therfore created a series of concept pages which could be filled with content from the book. When I read the brief for the labyrinth book idea there were certain key words that stood out to me,
- [Politician](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/politician/) - I was given the stimuli of Politician, from this my immediate thoughts went to the politcal unrest happening in America right now. Here I have created two contrasting images, the first shows Trump as he would like the world to view him; proud, patriotic and powerful. The second image however displays the truth, here you
- [Education Inequality](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/education-inequality/) - My addition to the first image is a troll which demonstrates the obstacles that disadvantaged students face. The troll does not contrast the initial image very effectively, which makes the meaning less clear.
- [A book without words](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/a-book-without-words/) - In my first mini project, I attempted to tell the brief's story within the pages. I represented the main character's frantic search for nothing with rough edges and tears. I split the story into sections and varied cutting/ripping/sticking the pages of my book up until the end, where the reader finds nothing. If I redid
- [RW](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/rw/) - In today's session with Kim, our task was to create a process of transmogrifying our initials. We had the choice of two fonts: Futura or Garamond. I began with Futura as I felt it would be easier to practise sketching out my initial ideas. However, I found that with the letters "R" and "W", the
- [Initials monogram](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/initials-monogram/)
- [Labyrinth](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/labyrinth/) - Labyrinth: a family moves into a house with unexpected spatial characteristics. The rooms keep shifting position every time a door is opened. The family members are trapped inside the house and start a journey to find the front door. While they keep moving from one room to the next, they discover that they are not
- [Are monograms always supposed to be uppercase?](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/are-monograms-always-supposed-to-be-uppercase/) - G A R A M O N D E X P E R I M E N T A T I O N During the briefing of this mini brief, we were all asked to experiment with our own initials and transform them into a monogram. Then, a question struck me.
- [Contrast](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/contrast/) - From studying all kinds of fonts from safety signs to advertisements, our class was a task to compile a collection of fonts from around Reading University campus. After gathering said photos, I categorised the designs through contrast from high contrast to low contrast and also material contrast. From this, i found that most urgent and
- [Lettering and development of monograms](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/lettering-and-development-of-monograms/) - The brief for this project required us to make and develop a representation of our initials, whilst using either the fonts Futura or Garamond. However, we did have the option to use both of these fonts simultaneously. For the start of this mini-project, I decided to draw a spread of sketches and brainstormed ideas to
- [KH](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/kh/) - As part of our task today we had to combine our initials to create a transmogrify. We had the choice of two typefaces: Future (A sans serif typeface) and Garamond (a serif typeface) - I experimented with both. I decided that my initials were better suited to the Futura typeface which created a strong and
- [Exploration of the word 'War'](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/exploration-of-the-word-war/) -   For this task I had to explore the word 'war' and create two striking images to show both the positive and negative interpretations of the word. My first image displays a WW2 soldier in his uniform, this could show the pride in fighting for your country. The second image shows a prisoner of
- [Structured and geometric design](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/structured-and-geometric-design/) - While studying the future font during today's lesson, i perceived the style and design as very geometric and fluid in its connection. Therefore I experimented with connected and straight lines throughout the design process. with this, the designs that I imagined are very rectangular and geometric in shape when it came down to the final
- [Money (makes the world go round)](https://typography.network/2020/10/02/money-makes-the-world-go-round/) - My word to focus on was Money. My design made up one piece in total, but had two very contrasting sides to it. One where those with lots of money are happy and busy being greedy. I drew inside the laundrette Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, cleaning their money, a play on the term money
- [A, S Or A, C - Initials](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/a-s-or-a-c-initials/) - 01/10/2020 I first started with 3 letters for my initials using fonts that I used in my previous monogram serif but later advised by Kim that 2 letters would be better and faster. Process I Used Garamond as I am particularly instead in Serif typeface. I started to sketch and Explore which letter i would
- [Maybe if I use Futura people would take me seriously](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/maybe-if-i-use-futura-people-would-take-me-seriously/) - Intro Todays brief required us to experiment with creating a monogram from our own Initials. I was given the option to base my response on the typefaces Futura or Garamond. I chose Futura because it is a Geometric Sans-Serif. This means that it has more consistency in its weight, suggesting that the monogram will be
- [Attention and caution](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/attention-and-caution/) - typefaces around campus This was my presentation which I did for Eric's project, I have taken some pictures around the campus of typefaces. which looked really different from each other and how by changing the colour of something changes the hole meaning. Especially some of the signs calling for attention and caution such as
- [The environment is everything that isn't me.](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/the-environment-is-everything-that-isnt-me/) - Introduction The lettering in the environment project that I completed really gave me a clear understanding of how much detail there is to where we live and breathe every day. The brief was quite simple, as it said to explore and go around the campus to photograph as many sources of the environment as possible.
- [Grab and Tear it all](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/grab-and-tear-it-all/) - Obsession What is this story about A lady obsessed with finding a mouse but later finds out after dismantling her bookshelf that there is nothing and it might all be in her head I found the subject of the story very interesting as it allowed me to be able to use the magazines to the
- [The Hardship of Being a Woman](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/the-hardship-of-being-a-woman/) - Woman mind map Process My word for this task is woman and I wanted to show how the society criticises women in general. Not only do women experience in gender inequality, women also always get objectified by others. Therefore, I decided to put on frame to it, just to make it look like a displaying
- ["above", "below" and "straight on"](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/above-below-and-straight-on/) - During Eric's session on Monday, we were asked to venture outside and photograph examples of typography in the environment that caught our eye. I found the task interesting as it encouraged me to look at typography in a different way. I found myself paying more attention to the use of typography in the environment, how
- [Transmogrify](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/transmogrify-2/)
- [A learning curve](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/a-learning-curve/) - Our brief for this project was to create a graphic representation of our initials using either Futura or Garamond. To start with I simply brainstormed and sketched out a few ideas in both fonts. I chose to continue my exploration with the Futura font for the rest of the task as I felt that my
- [Lettering around university](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/lettering-around-university/)
- [Transmogrify](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/transmogrify/) - Clear in the photo provided, i developed my initial sketches into a final design However, though i felt happy with my end product, i attempted to change my final slightly in order to balance out the lights from darks. I did this by filling in the letter E. Which gave me the final desired design.
- [Britain](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/britain/) - The word I was given to work with, was the word 'Britain'. Immediately these images popped into my head; the Union Jack, the Pound Sterling, the Queen, Scones and tea, red telephone boxes, black cabs, the Big Ben, and Buckingham Palace. However, I wanted to stick to simplicity. I wanted people to immediately recognise the
- [Hannahsmithosis](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/hannahsmithosis/) - Brief To create a monogram, a graphic representation of your name. Develop ideas of ways your first initial could transform into your second initial - a metamorphosis. Process We had the choice between Futura (san serif) and Garamond (serif). Though I began open to both fonts, I was drawn to Garamond because I really like
- [An exploration of protest](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/an-exploration-of-protest/) - For this task we were challenged to create two similar images- one that perfectly encapsulates the keyword and another that would change the meaning. My word was 'Protest'. At first I had difficulty figuring out where to go as protest could mean so many different things, it meant I found it hard sticking to an
- [Monogram - LMJ](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/monogram-lmj/)
- [Endless Labyrinth - Endless Book](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/endless-labyrinth-endless-book/) - Endless Book - Is there an end and a beginning needed? No pagination and mirrors (made out of aluminium foil) reflecting the page before. Is there an escape?
- [Happiness](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/happiness/) - The idea: The image which immediately sprang to mind when considering "happiness" was a sunflower, maybe because of the colour yellow, or maybe because the word "sunflower" just sounds happy. I liked the idea of a whimsical character so I gave the sunflower a smiling expression. To turn this image on its head, I drew from
- ['City'](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/city/) - This project was firstly about creating an image which explained a noun. I was given the term 'City'. In the first image I have drawn an outline of Earth which is surrounded by a few of some famous landmarks we have in our awesome cities. After sketching them in, I have painted over a wash
- [The H in my name deserves the hierarchy](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/the-h-in-my-name-deserves-the-hierarchy/) - At first I did a couple of sketches to see which type face I preferred and the different ways I could create a monogram. I went with Garamond font as I liked the the flow of the letters more. I decided to take my bottom left sketch further as I liked the idea of having
- [Chocolate](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/chocolate/) - The dangers of chocolate In Sara's project i was given the noun 'Chocolate' The first image, which is shown in the featured image, clearly conveys chocolate. The hearts and smiley faces represent how chocolate makes us feel which is usually happy, The hearts are also linked to valentines day as chocolate is a typical valentines
- [Love](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/love/) - For Sara’s project, I created a series of images that capture ‘love’ in a meaningful manner. I decided to play with the idea of family and the love parents have for their child. I chose to use continuous lines to illustrate the parents with their baby. These lines link the family members together and can
- [The Good, The Bad... but not The Ugly](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/the-good-the-bad-but-not-the-ugly/) - Introduction Today I responded to ‘lettering in the environment’. The brief required me to explore the campus and the surrounding environment, whilst photographing as many types of typographic sources as possible. I personally decided to avoid taking pictures in the Typography building as I felt it was too easy to document. Instead I wanted to
- [Burning Pages](https://typography.network/2020/10/01/burning-pages/) - Our first project required us to break the conventions of a typical book (the pages, cover and the binding) Rather than the ordinary text telling the narrative/theme, our task was to narrate the story through deconstructing the book physically. This allowed us to represent the visual dimension of the novel. I chose the theme ‘Noise’.
- [A Noisy Book](https://typography.network/2020/09/30/a-noisy-book/) - Broken Narratives Noise I chose at first to pick noise when experiment with our broken narratives project. I start first by tearing pages, cutting up words, doodling inside the book, to try and make it look chaotic, however, I was not satisfied with the results, and thought it didn’t look half chaotic enough, or
- [Noticing what those would usually consider to be trivial](https://typography.network/2020/09/30/noticing-what-those-would-usually-consider-to-be-trivial/) - When we were first set the task to photograph lettering in the environment I didn't think it would be too much of a challenge. It wasn't until I was around 30 photos into my shoot that I realised a lot of the lettering I had captured were all very similar. This made me have to
- [The forgotten](https://typography.network/2020/09/30/the-forgotten/) - In this modern world, do we really see the writing on the wall? We go about our daily lives and don't even realise how much writing we come across in the short walk to work. That road sign we've driven past 50 times last week and no longer pay attention... The graffiti by our shed,
- [Farm toy exhibition 'Playing at farming'](https://typography.network/2020/08/19/farm-toy-exhibition-playing-at-farming/) - Real Job: Cyan and Caitlin developed promotional material for an exhibition of farm toys @TheMERL. https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/online-exhibitions/playing-farming/ .
- [Turbary Woods Owl and Bird of Prey Sanctuary](https://typography.network/2020/08/19/turbary-woods-owl-and-bird-of-prey-sanctuary/) - Real Job: Do you like Owls? Liselot, Immy and Joanne worked on new wayfinding and interpretation boards for Turbary Woods Owl Sanctuary near Preston, with help from Oliver Tomlinson @TDL_Creative
- [Our new collaboration with Lantana Publishing](https://typography.network/2020/07/22/our-new-collaboration-with-lantana-publishing/) - Lena Gomez, of our current MA Communication Design Information Design Pathway cohort, has been involved in an exciting collaboration with Lantana Publishing this year. Lantana is an award-winning children's book publisher that focuses on diversity, social equality and environmental sustainability. Alice Curry, Lantana’s founder and CEO had been talking to Pathway Lead Jeanne-Louise Moys about
- [Online Careers Day: getting ready for the future](https://typography.network/2020/06/22/online-careers-day-getting-ready-for-the-future/) - 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) …
- [Ladybird Book Prototype Replica](https://typography.network/2020/06/14/ladybird-book-prototype-replica/) - Real Job: Emily has recreated an important handmade @ladybirdbooks prototype for digital display (and, hopefully, print) at @UniRdg_SpecColl at @TheMERL https://youtu.be/OBSeX5sVqQk
- [CAFOD Emergency Response Team – Stencil font](https://typography.network/2020/06/15/cafod-emergency-response-team-stencil-font/) - 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
- [>A-Z Degree Show 2020 (Website)](https://typography.network/2020/06/06/a-z-degree-show-2020-website/) - 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.
- [>A–Z Degree Show 2020 (Invites)](https://typography.network/2020/06/14/a-z-degree-show-2020-invites/) - 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
- [I am, We are... Different by Design: Issue 3](https://typography.network/2020/06/14/i-am-we-are-different-by-design-issue-3/) - Real Job: Editors Marianne and Aanand are putting the finishing touches on Issue 3 of @UniofReading's arts diversity zine. Publication this summer! 🤞🏿🤞🏾🤞🏼🤞🤞🏻 @UniRdg_Diverse
- [New Blood Awards – Audible](https://typography.network/2020/06/14/new-blood-awards-audible/) - (Almost) Real Job: We encourage our students to let us know when they are entering their work for awards, as the experience can count towards credit on their degree course.
- [Dunsden Village Hall website redesign](https://typography.network/2020/06/14/dunsden-village-hall-website-redesign/) - Background David Woodward, the head of the Dunsden village hall charity needed a website redesign. The goal was to drive traffic and promote the many services and amenities the village hall has to offer. The charity survives on donations as well as the halls profits, however, increasing the halls profits is a primary objective of
- [RFT 50th Exhibition](https://typography.network/2020/06/14/rft-50th-exhibition/) - 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
- [>A–Z Degree Show: Social Media Presence](https://typography.network/2020/06/13/a-z-degree-show-social-media-presence/) - 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
- [Communicating with Care Homes About the Usage of Antipsychotics in Dementia](https://typography.network/2020/06/10/communicating-with-care-homes-about-the-usage-of-antipsychotics-in-dementia/) - Real Job: Izzy Bahrin developed an information poster to raise awareness of issues around the prescription antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients. The project supported the work of @PDonyai at @RSofPharmacy @UniofReading
- [Creating flags to share identities at the Tate Exchange](https://typography.network/2019/05/24/creating-flags-to-share-identities-at-the-tate-exchange/) - In March, Typography’s ‘I am, we are … different by design’ project team designed and led a workshop to explore identity and movement as part of the Reading Assembly Tate Exchange. This year’s student team leaders Martha Macri and Seniz Husseyin look back on what made this such a successful day for all involved. The
- [Reading School of Art Degree Show Publicity 2020](https://typography.network/2020/06/10/reading-school-of-art-degree-show-publicity-2020/) - 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
- [Student-run Department Social Media accounts](https://typography.network/2020/06/10/student-run-department-social-media-accounts/) - Real Job: Our students asked if they could build and manage an Instagram account for the Department. https://www.instagram.com/uortypography/ @_timwatkins @UniofReading
- [A History of Sport at Reading](https://typography.network/2020/06/10/history-of-sport-at-uor-booklet/) - This is a progress update report for a project being completed for University of Reading’s SportsPark, which is still ongoing at the time of writing. Though the original intention was to submit this project complete at the end of my degree, the interruption to the academic year and closure of public resources (caused by COVID-19)
- [Making a ZINE: 'I am, we are... different by design'](https://typography.network/2018/10/30/making-a-zine-i-am-we-are-different-by-design/) - 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 been working collaboratively over the past year to promote new perspectives on diversity in creative disciplines. Former students of the Department, Ziana Azariah, Fay Biggs and Lily Brown were also
- [Making work experience pay: Introducing the Reading Internship Scheme](https://typography.network/2019/02/27/making-work-experience-pay-introducing-the-reading-internship-scheme/) - Claire Mack and Holly Forsyth outlined the opportunities for paid graphic design internships, co-funded by the University.
- [UX insights from visiting graduates](https://typography.network/2019/11/07/ux-insights-from-visiting-graduates/) - Graphic Communication and Typography graduates, Carmen Martinez, Neil Linford-Relph and Aman Verma, share their experiences of UI and UX design.
- [Wayfinding and cross-cultural design with Joan Zalacain and Zofia Szostkiewicz](https://typography.network/2020/01/17/wayfinding-and-cross-cultural-design-with-joan-zalacain-and-zofia-szostkiewicz/) - Highlights and insights from Joan and Zofia's all-digital signage project in Mecca.
- [How our students are promoting diversity in the creative field](https://typography.network/2020/01/17/how-our-students-are-promoting-diversity-in-the-creative-field/) - 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. They are looking for new members…
- [Presenting at the Reading Braillist's meeting](https://typography.network/2019/01/18/presenting-at-the-reading-braillists-meeting/) - Laura Marshall, one of our Part 3 BA Graphic Communication students, presented her dissertation research at the Reading Braillists meeting.
- [Breaking down Barriers wins CIOB award for innovation](https://typography.network/2017/03/08/breaking-down-barriers-wins-ciob-award-for-innovation/) - Breaking down Barriers (BdB) – our multidisciplinary inclusive design project – has received a Highly Commended Award for Innovation in Education and Training in the 2016 Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) International Innovation & Research Awards Scheme. BdB champions a unique cross-disciplinary initiative to embed inclusive design across the University. Our BdB vision is to ensure
- [Women in Type](https://typography.network/2018/04/12/women-in-type/) - ‘Women in type: a social history of women’s role in type-drawing offices, 1910–90’ is a new three-year research project now underway in the Department, funded by the Leverhulme Trust and led by Professor Fiona Ross. The project team includes Dr Alice Savoie and Dr Helena Lekka. For more information about this exciting and timely project,
- [QVI Chiropody Clinic Promotional Material](https://typography.network/2019/02/27/qvi-chiropody-clinic-promotional-material/) - Group members: Bryony Horne, Cherise Brooker and Lauren Quinn Clients: Cherie McBride, Ann Westgarth and Deborah Jenkins This reflective report aims to explain the process and how the team tackled the brief, presented design ideas through to coming up with a successful design solution to the QVI Chiropody Clinic brief. The report will explain in detail the
- [BrEDS Eating Disorder logo](https://typography.network/2019/06/13/rj00225-breds-eating-disorder-logo/) - Background The British Eating Disorder Society is a new organisation aiming to improve awareness of eating disorders, and the care and treatment of people with eating disorders and their families. The society is a body representing people working in the field of eating disorders across the United Kingdom with the intension to host conferences and
- [HMP Huntercombe Prison Research Project](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/hmp-huntercombe-prison-research-project/) - Background This blog post covers a project we carried out for HMP Huntercombe Prison in Oxfordshire. Huntercombe is a Category C adult male foreign national deportation prison. The prison governor wanted to improve communication, particularly with prison inmates, about some of the support services available to them. The project was a collaboration with students from
- [I am, We are Different by Design](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/i-am-we-are-different-by-design/) - Background In the beginning of part 2, myself and other students that ranged across the three-year groups started, alongside staff, the I am, We are Different by Design group. The group set out to create a sense of diversity and inclusion within the department as we felt this was somewhat lacking. We aimed to do
- [Tate Exchange Diversity Project](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/tate-exchange-diversity-project/) - Background Alongside my I am, We are Different by Design group members, in March of this year (2019) we held a workshop at the Tate Exchange in London. We led a creative workshop with members of the public during the schools Reading Assembly. The theme of the Reading Assembly event/workshop day was movement. We set
- [Diversity team Tate Exchange 2020](https://typography.network/2020/04/24/diversity-team-tate-exchange-2020/) - Background I am, We are… Different by Design is a student-led group from the School of Art and Communication Design advocating for diversity and inclusion within our creative field. For the last two years, we were kindly presented with the opportunity to host a workshop at the Tate Exchange in the Tate Modern. The Tate
- [Making a difference in Palestine and Israel](https://typography.network/2020/05/25/making-a-difference-in-palestine-and-israel-rj00369/) - Real Job: Students designed a campaign booklet and postcard to raise awareness about the work EAPPI carry out in Palestine and Israel. #EAPPI @eappiukireland @eappi
- [Leading the Tate Exchange 2019 Workshop](https://typography.network/2020/05/24/rj00309-leading-the-tate-exchange-2019-workshop/) - Real Jobs: Seniz Husseyin and Martha Macri led a team of students from @UniofReading in promoting diversity and individuality in the arts at @TateExchange.
- [20th-century Persian newspaper types: investigating the design process](https://typography.network/2019/03/13/20th-century-persian-newspaper-types-investigating-the-design-process/) - An exhibition exploring the design process of the most significant twentieth-century Persian newspaper types.
- [A zine to create awareness and celebrate diversity](https://typography.network/2020/06/10/a-zine-to-create-awareness-and-celebrate-diversity/) - Real Job: Martha and Seniz led Typography's diversity project this year, culminating in the production of the second issue of our 'zine for the creative industries. @UniRdg_Diverse
- [Chinese publishing collaboration proceeds](https://typography.network/2018/11/08/chinese-publishing-collaboration-proceeds/) - The inaugural symposium of the Creative Chinese Character Industry took place at the Beijing Convention Center on 3 and 4 November. The symposium brought together speakers from different areas of research and professional practice relating to the Chinese script: linguistics, Sinology, typeface design, publishing, and calligraphy. The symposium concluded with the preparatory work for the
- [Impact TwentySeven - Brand Visual Identity Development](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/impact-twentyseven-brand-visual-identity-development-rj00338/) - Background and briefing Impact TwentySeven is a new charity start-up which is looking to harness the huge market potential of the beauty industry. The aim of the charity is to raise funds for mental health initiatives. The money will be generated through the sale of self-care products. 100% of the profits from the sales will
- [Adherence to medication – interactive designs](https://typography.network/2020/06/03/adherence-to-medication-interactive-designs/) - Adherence to medication – interactive designs (RJ00394) Report Background The client for this project was a PhD student named Othman, who I was not in contact with directly. Instead, I was communicating through the Director of Pharmacy Practice at the Reading School of Pharmacy, Professor Parastou Donyai. Othman was seeking a graphic designers’ input into
- [APPG on the Microbiome Leaflets](https://typography.network/2020/06/03/appg-on-the-microbiome-leaflets/) - Real Jobs: Chris Lewis and James Ollig worked infographics for a PhD student researching the Human Gut Microbiome on behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Human Microbiome @AppgMicrobiome
- [The DEL Feedback Action Plan](https://typography.network/2020/06/03/the-del-feedback-action-plan/) - Background The English Department at the University of Reading required full size A1 laminated posters which addressed feedback and assessment issues in English Literature. The brand identity of the University of Reading was required for example, the Effra typeface and University of Reading logo. One problem reported by students is that they are unable to
- [Open Digital Seminar in Eighteenth-century Studies Logo](https://typography.network/2020/06/03/open-digital-seminar-in-eighteenth-century-studies-logo/) - Real Job: In a month-long project, Ella Griffiths worked with @rebeccabullard, Convenor of @ODSECS1, to update the branding for this online seminar series.
- [Reading Assembly - Power at Tate Exchange](https://typography.network/2020/06/02/reading-assembly-power-at-tate-exchange/) - Real Job: Charlotte Frost created a typographically complex leaflet to outline a series of events led by staff from @UniRdg_Art #ReadingAssembly
- [A Room of Our Own: The Virginia Woolf Learning Journals](https://typography.network/2020/06/02/a-room-of-our-own-the-virginia-woolf-learning-journals/) - Real Job: Working with Dr Madeleine Davies and three student editors – Libby Bushill, Zoë Kyle and Maddie Bazin – from @UniRdg_EngLit, Katy Smith designed a book of critical responses to Woolf's work
- [Art for Research Reading](https://typography.network/2020/06/02/art-for-research-reading/) - Real Job: Georgia Robertson created branding and a catalogue in support of an annual art competition for children in the Reading area. @AFRReading #artforresearchreading
- [Pharmacy Happy Families](https://typography.network/2020/06/02/pharmacy-happy-families-rj00373/) - Real Job: We created a set of Happy Family styled cards designed to promote the diverse nature of the Pharmacy professions.
- [Site Management Textbook design](https://typography.network/2020/05/29/site-management-textbook-design/) - Background This blog post will be discussing a project which was carried out for the site management department and course at the university of reading. The clients were authors who had written a new textbook which would be used for the upcoming academic year. The clients wanted a more modern look to the textbook which
- [>A–Z: Degree Show 2020](https://typography.network/2020/05/28/a-z-degree-show-2020/) - 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.
- [Optimum: Student mental health start-up promotional document](https://typography.network/2020/05/26/rj00321-student-mental-health-start-up-promotional-document/) - The Brief Our team was tasked to create a leaflet to promote the client's company and the services they offered. The client also stated in the brief that she would like 'other deliverables'. She was initially unsure of what these deliverables would be, but that would be discussed at a later date. The company, called
- [Arcade Game Typography Event Promotion (RJ00389)](https://typography.network/2020/05/06/arcade-game-typography-event-promotion-rj00389/) - ‘Ideas, materials, social media and activities in support of an evening of Typography-themed video-gaming in the Department, centred on Arcade Game Typography: The Art of Pixel Type by Toshi Omagari’. Overview and Aims This real job is designed to support and promote Toshi Omagari, graduate of the University of Reading's Typeface Design masters' course,
- [Émile Niveduab book design](https://typography.network/2020/04/22/emile-niveduab-book-design/) - Background Michael Twyman is retired Professor of Typography at the University of Reading. The founder of the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication, Michael has written over a dozen books and many articles, as well as lecturing all over the world. He has dedicated a large portion of his professional career to studying lithographic history.
- [VG Logo](https://typography.network/2020/04/22/vg-logo/) - Background The client for this project was one of the owners of a start-up company based in Luxembourg, called Voll Getestet (VG). The company is still in its infancy, but plan to start by selling their own line of pregnancy pillows. In the future, they are hoping to expand their business into other maternity
- [Design Thinking for undergraduate applicants](https://typography.network/2019/03/22/design-thinking-for-undergraduate-applicants/) - Our department has a history of putting users at the centre of the design process. James Lloyd has been speaking to school leavers about what this means in terms of the kind of people we're looking for when we review their applications.
- [8x8, a day of arcade game typography with Toshi Omagari](https://typography.network/2020/02/05/8x8-a-day-of-arcade-game-typography-with-toshi-omagari/) - We themed a day of events around Toshi's new book.
- [2020 Postgraduate Open Day](https://typography.network/2020/02/03/2020-postgraduate-open-day/) - The Department of Typography & Graphic Communication warmly invites prospective MA applicants and offer holders to visit us for our annual postgraduate open day. This will be held in the Department on Thursday 5 March 2020 from 11.00–15.00. This is a fantastic opportunity to find out more about the specialist postgraduate study routes we offer.
- [The Counter Press: utilising letterpress in contemporary practice](https://typography.network/2020/01/22/the-counter-press-utilising-letterpress-in-design-today/) - David Marshall and Elizabeth Ellis, founders of The Counter Press, continue to make use of letterpress in the modern day. How, and why…?
- [Periodic table anniversary wall graphics for the Department of Chemistry](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/periodic-table-anniversary-wall-graphics-for-the-department-of-chemistry/) - Real Job: A team of Part 2 undergraduates designed a commemorative wall graphic for the Department of Chemistry to mark the 150th anniversary of the periodic table.
- [A visit from DK](https://typography.network/2020/01/16/a-visit-from-dk/) - 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, portfolio reviewing, and mock interviewing.
- [Helping to improve student understanding of electronic marks](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/helping-to-improve-student-understanding-of-electronic-marks/) - Real Job: Alex Ganczarski worked on a campaign to help students get to grips with the way their grades are presented to them. See more on Typography.network
- [Type Ephemera Day publicity](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/type-ephemera-day-publicity/) - Real Job: Arianne Cantwell and Aanand Tank created branding and publicity materials for a departmental event on letterforms and ephemera. See more on typography.network
- [Reading Museum Donations Board](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/reading-museum-donations-board/) - Real Job: Tom Green was commissioned to create a new donor board for an event at Reading Museum. See more on typography.network
- [School of Arts and Communication Design UCAS Fair Stand](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/school-of-arts-and-communication-design-ucas-fair-stand/) - Real Job: Siobhan Bailey and Chloe Ball designed, built and ran our new stand at UCAS fairs in London and Manchester. See more on typography.network
- [Ornamental plants: Our future invaders?](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/ornamental-plants-our-future-invaders/) - Real Job: Seniz Husseyin led a team of Part 2 students to brand the University's gold medal winning display at the Chelsea Flower Show. See more on typography.network
- [R. U. Hacking? Society Rebrand](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/r-u-hacking-society-rebrand/) - Real Job: Anna Harding and Mitko Spasov delivered a complete rebrand for R. U. Hacking?, the Reading University Hacking Society. See more on typography.network
- [What is creativity?](https://typography.network/2019/11/21/what-is-creativity/) - James Lloyd gave us an insight into expanding student skills in creativity and ideation. Tldr? Learn stuff, and mix it up.
- [#mygreenstudy](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/mygreenstudy/) - Background #mygreenstudy is a student-led project, run by three third-year BsC students at the University of Reading, supervised by Associate Professor of Botany, Alastair Culham. As house plants has become a trend recently, the campaign was created to encourage students to have plants in their room, and use social media to promote the cause. The
- [Typography Timetables](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/typography-timetables/) - Background Students on this course often struggle to manage their time in the most effective way so that they can excel in each module. On this course there is a mixture of design and written work, readings, and Real Jobs, all of which can be hard to balance especially come deadlines. As well as this,
- [Movie: a journal of film criticism. Issue 8](https://typography.network/2020/01/07/movie-a-journal-of-film-criticism-issue-8/) - Movie: a journal of film criticism. Issue 8 Background Professor John Gibbs, head of the School of Arts & Communication Design at the University of Reading was in need of a new design for Movie: A Journal of Film Criticismissue 8. Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism is the successor of Movie the print journal
- [Typography Applicant Gift (RJ00287)](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/typography-applicant-gift/) - Background The typography applicant gift was a project created to make a more personal means of communication with successful applicants, when congratulating them on getting accepted to the University of Reading. The applicant applying process entails prospectus students to showcase their work in a portfolio, where it will be marked by a member of staff
- [Good essay writing: techniques, tips and characteristics](https://typography.network/2019/11/11/good-essay-writing-techniques-tips-and-characteristics/) - Rob Banham explains what is expected of a high quality essay for Graphic Communication and Typography BA, and how university essays are different to A-level essays.
- [David Pearson: What makes a great book cover?](https://typography.network/2019/11/07/david-pearson-what-makes-a-great-book-cover/) - 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.
- [Real Jobs: Celebrating over five decades of professional design practice on our undergraduate course](https://typography.network/2019/06/17/real-jobs-celebrating-over-five-decades-of-professional-design-practice-on-our-undergraduate-course/) - Alongside our degree show opening last week, we also launched a new exhibition celebrating our 'Real Jobs' scheme. Real Jobs has been our flagship professional experience programme for as long as Typography has existed as a department. It allows our students their first taste of working alongside clients to co-create, and deliver on, a design brief.
- [Ephemera Society Handbook](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/ephemera-society-handbook/) - Background and initial briefing The Ephemera Society is a non-profit body devoted to the collection, conservation, study and educational uses of handwritten and printed ephemera. A handbook is produced annually, including the list of current members, their interests and institutions, and is sent out to all the members of the society. My brief was to
- [Penguin Student Design Award Covers](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/penguin-student-design-award-covers/) - Background Each year, Penguin opens their Student Design Award competition, which provides participants with an experience of dealing with real cover design briefs first-hand. From the three possible book categories I chose Children’s, the selected book being Wonder by R. J. Palacio. Brief The brief was to redesign the cover of Wonder, to bring the
- [Reading Assembly – Movement (Tate Exchange)](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/reading-assembly-movement-tate-exchange/) - Background This is a project to design for the Reading Assembly. The Tate Exchange includes responses, workshops, talks and events, where you can join the conversation and collaborate in art making. This year the theme of the exchange will be ‘Movement’. The Reading Assembly is going to hosts some activities during the period 1 March
- [ASSETS 2018: Conference Branding](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/assets-2018-conference-branding/) - Background The annual ASSETS conference explores the use of computing and information technology to benefit older adults and those with disabilities, such as visual impairments, hard of hearing and other sensory impairments. ASSETS 2018 was chaired by Dr. Faustina Hwang, a professor of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, with a specialist interest in designing technologies for
- [Coln Constituency and Loddon Ecology branding](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/coln-constituency-and-loddon-ecology-branding/) - Background: Introduction: The project was initiated in the first semester of 2017 by two groups of second year geography students who required a brand identity, presentation design and logo for their water management companies as part of their module project. This brand identity was to be translated to their presentation template design and throughout the
- [Typography Publicity Student Team](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/typography-publicity-student-team/) - The brief Publicity was a real job within our department and consisted of myself, Laura Marshall, Elliot Ellis, Jess Downie and Jason Yung. As a team our task throughout the year was to increase awareness and attendance of events happening in the department. Our roles were to achieve this through promotional posters placed around the
- [Brand refresh for the British American Security Information Council](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/brand-refresh-for-the-british-american-security-information-council/) -  Background The British American Security Information Council (BASIC) is an independent think-tank and charity that truly believes that nuclear disarmament is possible. Their work is aimed at developing international dialogue to help states reduce dependency on the ‘doctrine of nuclear deterrence’. This dependency adversely causes nuclear proliferation and hinders nuclear disarmament. BASIC helps to
- [Let's interface the Music and Dance](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/lets-interface-the-music-and-dance/) - The context Our client is a working artist and art lecturer at the University of Reading, Christine Ellison had a continuing interest in exploring the relationship between the digital and the traditional, taking digital symbols out of their context and how they can enable new experiences or interpretation of the same symbols. This continued exploration
- [Loddon Catchment Consultancy 2017](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/loddon-catchment-consultancy-2017/) - Background I will be working with two different teams in this project. This project is to help the clients create a professional image for their formal investigation. The investigation is about exploring multiple benefit delivery within the Emm Brook river corridor for an environmental agency and Loddon Valley residents. Through their research, they aim to
- [Wedding Playbill](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/wedding-playbill/) - Background I decided to take on this project despite the quick turnaround because the subject matter was something I particularly was interested in. My client was Cathy Haill, who approached the department with a brief to design and produce a printed keepsake for her daughter’s wedding. The client works at the V&A and has knowledge
- [Lula & Gabrielle](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/lula-gabrielle/) - Background: Mona Jibril and her business partners wanted to start a company that would provide a high quality line of nightwear and lingerie for women aged 40 to 65. They registered their business under the name Lula & Gabrielle and now needs a brand identity to reflect what they are selling. Their items include nightdresses,
- [Microbiology animations: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/microbiology-animations-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/) - The Brief Anastasia Rattigan from the Online courses team at the University of Reading develops Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) alongside the FutureLearn platform to expand the University’s portfolio of online courses. She had proposed two academic animations to be used by the Microbiology department, and have them catered for two different user groups, those
- [Fast logo designs for local businesses](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/fast-logo-designs-for-local-businesses/) - The brief In the second term, Part 1 students are required to design a website, however, they are given the guidelines and logos in advance. The brief of this job was to design the brand guidelines for a minimum of two local businesses, which will then be used by the Part 1s. The guidelines must
- [Second Sight – Margaret Atwood Learning Journal Book](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/second-sight-margaret-atwood-learning-journal-book/) - Summary Second Sight is a book publication of Margaret Atwood-inspired works done by Part 3 English Literature students of University of Reading. I worked alongside Dr. Madeleine Davies – my client – and a student from the Margaret Atwood module, who both edited the students’ entries, while I designed, copyedited, and typeset the entirety of
- [Art in Business](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/art-in-business/) - Background The client is an Art PHD student at the University of Reading who set out to create a ‘document’ that visually supported and demonstrated his findings on the artist Sol Hewitt. The aim was to create a document that served as an exhibition that demonstrated and mapped out methods that artists could use to
- [Environment Europe Website](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/environment-europe-website/) - This Real job is aim to redesign Environment Europe website into a clean, fresh new appearance to attract a wider audience and their existing participants to join their education program and consultancy service. The target audiences are the existing partnership companies and universities our client work with, people in the related environment industries and people
- [Signpost Employment Charity Website](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/signpost-employment-charity-website/) - Restated Brief The aim of this project was to rebrand a charity website, the charity (Signpost) being based in Essex with the aim of working with people who are struggling to find employment and training. This was my first real job project so I must admit that nerves got the best of me and that
- [SPVRO T-Shirt Designs](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/spvro-t-shirt-designs/) - BACKGROUND SPVRO is a startup fashion company that take pride in sourcing from ethical manufacturers and promote social responsibility. They provide fashionable items to consumers and also support orphanages around the world; every item of clothing they sell, they donate an item to an orphanage. BRIEF The brief was explained to us by our client,
- [Loddon Catchment Consultancy 2018](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/loddon-catchment-consultancy-2018/) - Brief The brief was to design a set of branding deliverables for two groups of environmental science students for a consultancy that they’ll be setting up in two months. Soon as I was given this project I was given the opportunity to go and meet with my clients for the first time, this meeting was
- [Soil Science Diagram](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/soil-science-diagram/) - Background The Soil Science project was a university-lead project which required several flow charts and tables in order to explain information and educate individuals about soil science. The diagram designed in this Real Job worked alongside various other diagrams and were given to the audience as a handbook for a conference. The client I was
- [Maria McKinney Sire Exhibition](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/maria-mckinney-sire-exhibition/) - Background The MERL is a museum, library and archive dedicated to farming and the English countryside, aiming to maintain their relevance. Its collections span objects, archives photographs, films and books. It is affiliated with the University of Reading. Maria McKinney is a Dublin based visual artist. Her collection, Sire, is based on genomics in modern
- [Typography Publicity Team](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/typography-publicity-team/) - The Brief During the end of my first year in Reading, I had invited to be part of the publicity team of the Typography & Graphic Communication department. I have always enjoyed sharing my stories and updates on social media, which I thought it is an excellent opportunity for me to develop my communication skills
- [Empiribox Science Education in Schools Poster Designs](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/empiribox-science-education-in-schools-poster-designs/) - The Brief My second real job was to design posters with numerous illustration for Empiribox Ltd, a nationwide primary school science provider. My team was first started with two members, and one additional member has joined the team after my departure to exchange. The job aims to let the students discover science excitingly and enjoyably,
- [Review of Daily Hazard Assessment](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/review-of-daily-hazard-assessment/) - The Brief My third real job was to design the Daily Hazard Assessment for the Met Office, which is the national weather provider in the United Kingdom. As the headquarter is located in Exeter, this job was communicated and delivered via phone calls and emails. The job aims to improve user experience with current user
- [Kevin Kararwa Leukaemia Trust (KKLT) branding](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/kevin-kararwa-leukaemia-trust-kklt-branding/) - The Kevin Kararwa Leukaemia Trust (KKLT) is an organisation founded after the tragic death of Kevin Kararwa who died from leukaemia 3 years ago, after he failed to find a stem cell donor. His mother, Veronica Kararwa, founded the organisation with hope that one day what happened to Kevin will not happen to anyone else.
- [Reading School of Art Degree Show Publicity](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/reading-school-of-art-degree-show-publicity/) - Brief The purpose of this Real Job was to create a visual brand for the degree show for the Undergraduate students of the Art Department at the University of Reading. The School of Art hosts a private degree show at the end of each year to display the work of the graduating art students. Our
- [Celebrating Real Jobs](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/celebrating-real-jobs/) - Background The department of of Graphic Communication and Typography required two students to help with the organisation and delivery of the summer exhibition in the department with the theme of ‘celebrating five decades of Real Jobs’. Real Jobs are a client facing scheme which students can choose to take on in completion of their BA
- [Kaffee Haus Coffee Logo and Packaging](https://typography.network/2019/07/24/rj00304-kaffee-haus-coffee-logo-and-packaging/) - Background Kaffee Haus advertise themselves as ‘proprietors of amazing Artisan Coffees expertly roasted in Nottingham’. The company is owned by Daniel Wright and Alexei Lambley-Steel and as was established as a limited company in 2016. They produce coffee bean blends and are sold in different weights with respect to different brewing methods. The blends are
- [13 July: a celebration of letterforms and ephemera](https://typography.network/2019/07/03/a-celebration-of-letterforms-and-ephemera/) - We are holding a one-day symposium on Saturday 13 July, where world-class experts in design research, teaching, and practice will discuss ways of positioning ephemera within graphic design and typeface design. Participants will experience the visual richness of printed ephemera through illustrated talks and hands-on sessions with material from our collections of ephemera. Hands-on sessions
- [Postgraduate research communication success](https://typography.network/2019/06/20/postgraduate-research-communication-success/) - Congratulations 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 University's annual Doctoral Research Conference. Bodil's communication of her research topic – the history of health communication on food labels – was judged top among a very competitive field of
- [—brace the space: Typography degree show 2019](https://typography.network/2019/06/17/brace-the-space-typography-degree-show-2019/) - We'd like to thank everyone who attended the private view of our degree show on Thursday evening. Our graduating class of BA Graphic Communication and MA Book Design students hosted a fantastic event which showcased not only their outstanding design work, but also their truly exemplary sense of teamwork and studio culture. Every aspect of
- [TY2ED Copyediting project](https://typography.network/2019/06/13/rj00245-ty2ed-copyediting-project/) - Background In 2017 a new format was created for in-class tasks for Part Two which incorporated the University of Reading’s branding. Applying this same template to other areas of the syllabus was needed to help standardise and update worksheet in different modules. The key module where resources were in need of updating was Introduction to
- [Early lithography around the world: objects, processes, and experiences, workshop report](https://typography.network/2019/04/30/early-lithography-around-the-world-objects-processes-and-experiences-workshop-report/) - Early lithography around the world: objects, processes, and experiences was a workshop that was convened by Reading PhD candidates Borna Izadpanah, and Wei Jin Darryl Lim. It was conceived together with, and led by Professor Emeritus Michael Twyman, and was held in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication on the 27 March 2018. The
- [Designing for an evolving publishing industry](https://typography.network/2019/04/10/designing-for-an-evolving-publishing-industry/) - The Department recently collaborated with Oxford University Press on an exciting digital publishing project. OUP’s brief gave final year students an opportunity to explore the challenges and possibilities of user-centred design for evolving digital platforms.
- [Armchair travel: exploring Central Asia in books](https://typography.network/2019/02/06/exploring-central-asia-in-books/) - An exhibition of books about exploring, trekking and travelling in Central Asia, next to the Reading Room.
- [Join us for our May postgraduate visit opportunity](https://typography.network/2019/04/03/join-us-for-our-may-postgraduate-visit-opportunity/) - We're delighted to let you know we have scheduled another visit opportunity for prospective MA applicants to visit us. The Department of Typography & Graphic Communication warmly invites prospective MA applicants to visit us for a postgraduate open day. The visit opportunity will be held in the Department on Thursday 2 May 2019 from 12.00–14.00.
- [Ravensburg '19 and the D&AD awards](https://typography.network/2019/03/21/ravensburg-19-and-the-dad-awards/) - Our collaboration with DHBW Ravensburg saw 40 German students join us for a day of presentations centred on the D&AD New Blood awards. The exchange also saw five Part 3 students, along with Erasmus-supported Teaching Fellow Sara Chapman, make the trip in the other direction.
- [Lauren Towner: The life of a professional illustrator](https://typography.network/2019/03/21/lauren-towner-the-life-of-a-professional-illustrator/) - 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 perspective of other specialist in any creative process.
- [‘It’s never right the first time’](https://typography.network/2019/02/22/its-never-right-the-first-time/) - Alison Black led week 3's Baseline Shift talk on approaches to academic writing. She focused on the emotional experience of writing, the barriers that stop us settling down to write, and the mindset required to produce good writing.
- [Facing the world](https://typography.network/2019/01/03/facing-the-world/) - 'Facing the World: Towards a Global History of Non-Latin Type Design' is a special issue of Philological Encounters, edited by Thomas S. Mullaney of Stanford University, and published by Brill.
- [Paul Luna: a very short introduction to typography](https://typography.network/2019/01/25/paul-luna-a-very-short-introduction-to-typography/) - 'It's not all about fonts!' At a special Baseline Shift session, our former Head of Department stressed the importance of design for reading.
- [Fiona Ross at Type Drives Culture](https://typography.network/2019/01/25/fiona-ross-at-type-drives-culture/) - The NYC-based Type Directors Club will hold a one-day conference with the theme 'Type: More _ than Ever' to celebrate the importance of type and typography in global culture. The keynote speaker for the event will be Fiona Ross, who is also a TDC Medal recipient.
- [Research introductions](https://typography.network/2018/11/14/research-introductions/) - Alison Black, Jeanne Louise Moys, Sue Walker, Gerry Leonidas and Eric Kindel showcased a range of research projects, past and present, to give Part 1 students an insight into the current state of design research.
- [Richard Bird: National Theatre posters](https://typography.network/2019/02/06/richard-bird-national-theatre-posters/) - Richard Bird (1948–1993) worked under Ken Briggs at the National Theatre 1972 to 1975. In 1975 Bird became resident head of graphics at the theatre’s new South Bank location. Some of these posters were also worked on by Michael Mayhew, who took over from Bird in 1986. Further reading: Rick Poynor National Theatre Posters: A Design History, which can be found in the Reading Room
- [One letter at a time](https://typography.network/2018/11/01/one-letter-at-a-time/) - Vaibhav Singh's exhibition on non-keyboard ‘index’ typewriters ran in the Department in late 2018. Check out all the details at Contextual Alternate.
- [Visiting Oxford University Press](https://typography.network/2018/11/16/oxford-university-press/) - Part 2 students who opted to design book covers for Oxford University Press in their design practice module were lucky enough to be given the opportunity to visit OUP headquarters in Jericho, Oxford.
- [IBM iX: design thinking, processes and opportunities](https://typography.network/2018/11/27/ibm-ix-design-thinking-processes-and-opportunities/) - 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 and internship opportunities at Big Blue's cutting edge London office.
- [Creativity, Ideation, and Process Workshop](https://typography.network/2018/11/29/creativity-ideation-and-process-workshop/) - Wendy Mclean, a Teaching Fellow in Studio Art at Reading, led a fun and interactive workshop about creativity, ideation, and process.
- [Typography alumni talks: a look at our future](https://typography.network/2018/12/10/typography-alumni-talks-a-look-at-our-future/) - Typography graduates from the past 15 years returned to give us an insight into how their careers have progressed since graduating.
- [Join us for our February 2019 postgraduate open day](https://typography.network/2018/12/04/join-us-for-our-february-2019-postgraduate-open-day/) - The Department of Typography & Graphic Communication warmly invites prospective MA applicants to visit us for a postgraduate open day. The open day will be held in the Department on Thursday 28 February 2019 from 10.15–14.00. It’s a fantastic opportunity to find out more about the specialist postgraduate study routes we offer through exploring the
- [David Pearson: Flowers, Football & Fonts…](https://typography.network/2018/11/16/david-pearson-flowers-football-fonts/) - David Pearson began his talk to Typography students at the University of Reading citing three things that sum up what really interest him – the first and last having a direct impact on his work as a prolific, award-winning book cover designer. The second he admits, possibly less so… Pearson recalled his time as a
- [Science communication for children](https://typography.network/2018/10/01/science-communication-for-children/) - A new AHRC-funded project begins today. Transforming science for young people: Marie Neurath and Isotype books for children aims to find new audiences for the approach to science communication taken by Marie Neurath in her books for children, produced in the 1940s and 1950s. The illustrations in these books, in series such as the 'Wonder
- [Activity in Antwerp](https://typography.network/2018/09/17/activity-in-antwerp/) - Our use of the Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections in the Typography Department, and our distinctive approach to collections-based research, was exceptionally well demonstrated at the 2018 ATypI conference in Antwerp. We enjoyed top quality presentations by Typography staff and PhD students. In a conference with over 550 international delegates, who repeatedly mentioned the
- [Material histories: Centennial Exhibition stencil](https://typography.network/2016/10/28/material-histories-centennial-exhibition-stencil/) - In the last in a series of posts about artefacts in the exhibition 'Material histories' (now on in the Department), Eric Kindel tells the story of a stencil cut to commemorate the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Centennial Exhibition stencil This stencil (shown above, at right) was made in 1876, or shortly after, by S. H. Quint & Sons
- [Isotype at the Science Museum](https://typography.network/2016/12/08/isotype-at-the-science-museum/) - The Department has made a long-term loan of Isotype work to the Science Museum, London. The loans are featured in the museum’s new Mathematics gallery, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, which opened to the public today (8 December). Following a visit to the Isotype Collection, Science Museum curator David Rooney chose examples of Isotype that
- [A Partnership for Ephemera Studies](https://typography.network/2017/01/13/a-partnership-for-ephemera-studies/) - Typography is very pleased to announce an exciting new Goodwill Partnership between the Centre for Ephemera Studies (one of our research centres) and the John Johnson Collection at the Bodleian Library (University of Oxford). Commenting on this new initiative, Julie Anne Lambert, Librarian of the John Johnson Collection said: The John Johnson Collection is delighted
- [Have you ever really looked at…? A. M. Cassandre](https://typography.network/2017/03/23/have-you-ever-really-looked-at- - -a-m-cassandre/) - In 1994, Richard Hollis wrote: ‘Cassandre’s “Étoile du Nord” railway poster has become a paradigm of the Good Design to which we all aspire. But do we ever really look at this poster? If designing is about deciding, and good design about good decisions, then critical history can illuminate its exemplary character: the concentrated intelligence
- [Emigre magazine: design, discourse and authorship](https://typography.network/2017/06/07/emigre-magazine-design-discourse-and-authorship/) - An exhibition in the Department 12 June – 14 July 2017 Emigre magazine, co-founded in California in 1984 by Rudy VanderLans, was a provocative and highly adventurous fusion of self-publishing, critical writing and experimental typography. This exhibition investigates a key period in the development of graphic design as a form of authorship and shows
- [Celebrating with Coralie Bickford-Smith](https://typography.network/2017/07/13/celebrating-with-coralie-bickford-smith/) - We were delighted to see alumna Coralie Bickford-Smith receive an Honorary doctorate at last week’s graduation. When she left Reading, Coralie worked for publishers on a freelance basis, and after a short stint with Quadrille Publishing, she went on to join Penguin where she made a name for herself as a highly-respected, award-winning book cover
- [Professor Michael Twyman on forms design and the history of forms](https://typography.network/2017/12/01/professor-michael-twyman-on-forms-design-and-the-history-of-forms/) - https://vimeo.com/245363946 (Cross posting from Centre for Information Design Research) We are delighted to be able to point you to a video of one of a series of seminars for masters students and postgraduate researchers in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication. The seminars, covering a range of topics, are given during the academic year
- [Information design, architecture and pharmacy: combating AMR](https://typography.network/2018/02/16/information-design-architecture-and-pharmacy-combating-amr/) - Competition Calling small design practices, architects, information designers and pharmacists Are you interested in how the design of space and information impacts on behavior and consumer choice? Do you want to work in public health and wellbeing? Do you want to develop research in practice? Are you up for the challenge of interdisciplinary work in
- [Beyond awareness: inclusive design for Graphic Communication](https://typography.network/2018/03/06/beyond-awareness-inclusive-design-for-graphic-communication/) - This week, Part 2 Graphic Communication students completed the inclusive design component of their integrated design modules. Building on the series of workshops (see BdB blog) we did earlier in the term and relevant readings, on Monday, students presented seminar papers to their peers on particular aspects of inclusive design. Students discussed and debated, aspects such as:
- [Letterpress: possibilities & practice](https://typography.network/2018/03/16/letterpress-possibilities-practice/) - An exhibition in the Department Until 28 April 2018 Letterpress printing has never lacked dedicated practitioners since its decline as a mainstream commercial printing process. But its conspicuous use in recent years – in the UK, Germany, Italy, USA, Brazil and many other places – is evidence of a resurgent interest in letterpress as an
- [Letterpress: possibilities & practice](https://typography.network/2018/06/06/letterpress-possibilities-practice-2/) - Due to popular demand, now on until 20 July 2018 We're pleased to announce the continuation of our exhibition, 'Letterpress: possibilities & practice', until Friday 20 July 2018. Stop by to see a range of innovative letterpress practices and possibilities. To tempt you, two practices in the exhibition are featured below. Read on! Reconstructing historical
- [Fiona Ross awarded the TDC Medal](https://typography.network/2018/06/14/fiona-ross-awarded-the-tdc-medal/) - The 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 be the thirty first person to receive the prestigious TDC Medal. Fiona joins an illustrious list of past recipients which include David Berlow, Colin Brignall, Matthew Carter, Adrian Frutiger, Gerrit Noordzij, Paula
- [Bauhaus typeface revived by MATD student](https://typography.network/2018/06/27/bauhaus-typeface-revived-by-matd-student/) - Adobe's “Hidden Treasures” programme kicks off the typographic commemoration of the forthcoming centenary of the Bauhaus school by releasing four revivals based on lettering by Bauhaus staff. Drawing on original material in the archives of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, a group of current typeface design students were selected to work on digitising the original lettering,
- [DK at the University of Reading](https://typography.network/2018/10/17/dk-at-the-university-of-reading/) - Our first Baseline shift Wednesday morning session kicked off this week and Typography students were lucky enough to receive a visit from two members of the design department at Dorling Kindersley's Knowledge team. Kit Lane, who is alumna of our department, and Karen Self, art director at DK, gave a very interesting talk covering many
- [The basics: a guide to good writing and referencing](https://typography.network/2018/11/01/the-basics-a-guide-to-good-writing-and-referencing/) - 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 Baseline Shift sessions therefore aimed to sharpen the writing skills of students, with talks on professional writing and referencing. Week four kicked off with ‘Let’s eat Grandma!’, a talk from Kim
- [Science communication for children](https://typography.network/2018/10/01/science-communication-for-children-2/) - A new AHRC-funded project begins today. Transforming science for young people: Marie Neurath and Isotype books for children aims to find new audiences for the approach to science communication taken by Marie Neurath in her books for children, produced in the 1940s and 1950s. The illustrations in these books, in series such as the 'Wonder
- [Activity in Antwerp](https://typography.network/2018/09/17/activity-in-antwerp-2/) - Our use of the Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections in the Typography Department, and our distinctive approach to collections-based research, was exceptionally well demonstrated at the 2018 ATypI conference in Antwerp. We enjoyed top quality presentations by Typography staff and PhD students. In a conference with over 550 international delegates, who repeatedly mentioned the ‘Reading’ influence
- [Study Aboard at Monash University, Melbourne](https://typography.network/2018/08/09/study-aboard-at-monash-university-melbourne/) - Hi, I am Jason from BA Graphic Communication Part 3. Welcome to my exchange journey to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia! Even though it is not my first time studying aboard, as I am originally from Hong Kong, it was my first time going to an unfamiliar place on my own. It was quite challenging,
- [Part 2: Editorial Design](https://typography.network/2018/06/13/part-2-editorial-design/) - Staff have asked a team of Part 2 students to publish reflections on the work they produced for taught project over the past 12 months. This is the first in a series aiming to showcase our work. In 2017 a substantially reworked Editorial Design module was re-introduced into the part 2 syllabus. We completed this module
- [National Youth Guitar Circus](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/national-youth-guitar-circus/) - Background information National Youth Guitar Ensemble (NYGE) is a charity which develops talented young classical guitarists in the UK by offering them world-class coaching facilities and the opportunity to play with other like minded individuals in ensembles. TY3BP As a group we had previously worked with NYGE in the TY3BP module. At the end of
- [RJ00263: Watercress & Winterbournes Conservation Project Logo](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/rj00263-watercress-winterbournes-conservation-project-logo-2/) - The Ethos of the Conservation Project The department was approached by Maggie Shelton, the Community Catchment Officer of the new heritage lottery funded project named Watercress & Winterbournes. The Test and Itchen rivers from the chalk of the Hamshire downs form a unique landscape, the environments that are home to Winterbournes and chalk streams. The client defined these as rivers
- [Reside Dance Rebrand](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/reside-dance-rebrand/) - Context Founded in 2016 and led by Jennifer Christine Stokes, Reside Dance aims to bring individuals and communities together by developing connections to places and others through dance. With a special focus on promoting and celebrating cultural diversity, Reside Dance aims to become Reading’s first dance company to bring its’ residents side by side to
- [Study Smart animation](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/study-smart-animation/) - MEETING THE CLIENT Once this job was allocated to us the first step was to contact the client. This job was part of an initiative of The University of Reading carried out by the University’s Centre for Quality Support & Development. We contacted Nicky McGrr (Open Online Course Project Manager) part of the University’s Study
- [Incognito Radio Events and Web design project](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/incognito-radio-events-and-web-design-project/) - Context Incognito has cultivated a revolution in Reading’s quiet underground music scene. Springing up from a radio studio, Incognito Radio is the central hub for artists and music lovers to come together through the club events and radio podcasts they provide. “Incognito Radio is a collective that works to promote music and culture through
- [Letterpress: possibilities & practice](https://typography.network/2018/06/06/letterpress-possibilities-practice-2-2/) - Due to popular demand, now on until 20 July 2018 We're pleased to announce the continuation of our exhibition, 'Letterpress: possibilities & practice', until Friday 20 July 2018. Stop by to see a range of innovative letterpress practices and possibilities. To tempt you, two practices in the exhibition are featured below. Read on! Reconstructing historical
- [Typography promotional banners](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/typography-promotional-banners/) - The brief The department of Typography & Graphic Communication asked for two banners that will identify key areas of the department. The topics for the banners are Inclusive Design, and the Real Jobs scheme. Each banner needs a striking headline along with a short piece of informative and engaging text. The objective was to appeal
- [Reading University Drum'n'Bass Society Branding](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/ela-reading-university-drumnbass-society-branding/) - It has always been one of my main goals, to some day work in the music industry as a designer, and hopefully one day creative director. For the last couple of years at university, I have been chasing any work opportunity I can find around electronic music, and more specifically Drum & Bass. It would
- [Question Journal](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/question-journal/) - Background Gareth Mills from the English Department at the University of Reading and Tabitha Stanmore from the University of Bristol set out to create an academic journal entitled ‘Question’. The main purpose of this journal was to present work created by PhD candidates, in collaboration with the South, West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (SWWDTP).
- [Anna Fran Designs: Branding a DIY Craft Business](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/anna-fran-designs-branding-a-diy-craft-business/) - Background Anna has been creating and selling handmade items in Sydney, Australia for the past few years. Recently, she has officially registered her business, Anna Fran Designs, and now needs a brand to reflect who she is and what she is selling. Her main items include hand-dyed fabrics and clothing, cosmetics bags, dog bandanas, and
- [Mrs Myrtle Events Signage](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/mrs-myrtle-events-signage/) - Our Client Mrs Myrtle is an independent events company based in London, a small business enterprise which offer their clients a styling service for premium events. Each private occasion is tailored specifically to the requests of their clients, based on their specifications and requirements for high end events. The company was established by Jenny Hodges,
- [Large Classroom Education Toolkit](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/large-classroom-education-toolkit/) - Introduction With this real job, it was made clear right from the start that it would be an intense project, as our client – Katja – needed it to be invoiced and sent to print within a month of the original brief. Being our first true real job, this really put the pressure on and
- [A to Z of Ephemera Exhibition and Website](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/a-to-z-of-ephemera-exhibition-and-website/) - Brief The Centre for Ephemera Studies at the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication planned an exhibition titled “A to Z of Ephemera” for their 25th anniversary. In addition to print deliverables such as posters, exhibition captions and decorative alphabet labels, the clients also wanted a simple visual system and a website to bring the
- [Entre Playas Signage Ibiza RJ00216](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/entre-playas-signage-ibiza-rj00216/) - Designing Entre Playas' signage was my first independent design job at The University of Reading. From the beginning of the project I understood that it would be a tricky task to take on as the final product would be situated abroad in Ibiza. This meant that throughout the project I needed to consider aspects which
- [PALS branding (RJ00197)](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/pals-branding-rj00197/) - Background PALS, or ’Partners for Active Leisure Scheme’ is a local charity based in Englefield, Berkshire. They provide leisure and recreational activities for children and adolescents aged 5–25 with physical disabilities. This helps the children achieve things, gain confidence and achieve their potential, and it helps the entire family to get a break from the
- [CQSD Teaching spaces guide (RJ00228)](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/cqsd-teaching-spaces-guide-rj00228/) - The brief The CQSD teaching guide project was to design a leaflet/brochure that is easily accessible to busy lecturers to help them to effectively use the space they are teaching in. The client was trying to communicate different teaching methods and how these can be used in the room that they have been allocated to.
- [Stenton Lecture 2016: print promotion](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/stenton-lecture-2016-print-promotion/) - Brief The brief was to design and print promotional material for the Stenton Lecture: a prestigious history lecture that occurs annually at the University of Reading. The client asked for the design to reflect the momentous subject matter of the lecture. The title of the lecture: Britain’s wars with France 1793­­­–1815­­ and their contribution to
- [Wynkyn de Worde Society Material](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/wynkyn-de-worde-society-material/) - Restated Brief As a team of four, we have been tasked with designing the promotional material for the Wynkyn de Worde Society throughout the year. As these deliverables are being made for a creative audience, the designs should be of a high standard and something the receivers will want to keep. The outputs we will
- [Typography room plans](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/typography-room-plans/) - Background The department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading have multiple different rooms that are needed to host different types of teaching. This means the furniture regularly has to be moved to ensure the teaching space is suitable. To make the process of moving the furniture easier and quicker, a set of
- [Tate Exchange programme](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/tate-exchange-programme-rj00230/) - Tate Exchange programme for Reading Assembly Background Tate Modern runs an annual programme called the Tate Exchange. Tate invites universities to run workshops in the Tate Exchange area for a week long programme. The theme for Tate Exchange 2018 was production. This year was the first year the University of Reading participated in Tate Exchange, therefore
- [Letterpress Wedding Invitations](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/letterpress-wedding-invitations/) - Briefing From the very start of the Real Job, it became clear that this was not an ordinary Real Job, nor an ordinary client. Geoff approached us – having completed the letterpress module the term prior – to print the wedding invitations for the wedding of Paul Luna’s son, David. This was intimidating at first as
- [Moving Gallery commemorative catalogue](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/moving-gallery-commemorative-catalogue/) - The brief The brief was to create a commemorative catalogue, in the form of a folded leaflet, to explain the client's art project: 'Moving Gallery', an art gallery inside a double decker bus in Reading. The folded leaflet needed to include images taken during the project, text explaining the project, and the bios of the
- [Ecosystems Photobook](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/ecosystems-photobook/) - The Ecosystems photobook was a collaborative project, between a photographer, an ecological economist and the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. The photobook was designed to illustrate different ways communities connect with ecosystems around the World through the eye of a camera lens. Briefing and Research We were approached
- [Creative Arts Anthology 2018 – Buildings of Nature](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/creative-arts-anthology-2018-buildings-of-nature/) - Brief I was approached by James Lloyd, real jobs coordinator, to design the eleventh edition of the University of Reading Creative Arts Anthology; an annual publication that brings together poetry, prose, art and photography by students and staff at the University of Reading and local residents. The Typography and Graphic Communication department have been involved
- [Department of Typography clock design and build](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/department-of-typography-clock-design-and-build/) - Review of design agencies project write ups I looked at the way Pentagram structure their write ups on their website and with all of their projects they take a very image based approach, explaining most of their process in the captions beneath the images. I also looked at Designinc who also use large images, however
- [RJ00260 Watercress & Winterbournes conservation project logo](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/rj00260-watercress-winterbournes-conservation-project-logo/) - The client & the brief My client for this project was a lady named Maggie Shelton; she works as a Community Catchment Officer, for the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. The Background Story As a designer, gaining a clear understanding of the ecology and science behind this project's was incredibly important when considering
- [Catalogue for Brazilian Music Film (RJ00184)](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/catalogue-for-brazilian-music-film-rj00184/) - Brief Albert Elduque Busquets, a postdoctoral researcher in Brazilian Cinema from the Department of Film, Theatre and Television was looking for a student designer to design a catalogue which the content included essays written about ten Brazilian music films and also the information about when these films would be shown in the Reading Film Theatre.
- [Winckelmann exhibition design](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/winckelmann-exhibition-design/) - Brief To design print materials for an exhibition hosted by the classics department at the University of Reading entitled From Italy to Britain: Winckelmann and the spread of neoclassical taste. This distinguished exhibition was part of a two-year international celebration (2017–2018), of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, the ‘father’ of classical art archaeology and promoter of neoclassical
- [UoR Internal Library Hoardings](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/uor-internal-library-hoardings/) - Background information: Over a period of 4 years the University of Reading Library is undergoing refurbishment. The marketing team required some graphics to be made to communicate important messages to the library users. Restated Brief: The graphics created needed to be incredibly diverse to work in a number of different situations including at large scale
- [The Moving Form of Film Conference brochure](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/the-moving-form-of-film-conference-brochure/) - Background A brochure containing the full programme, abstracts, bio notes and other information for the II IntermIdia Conference ‘The Moving Form of Film: Exploring Intermediality as a Historiographic Method’ was needed. The client was Professor Lucia Nagib, who was the conference organiser. Restated brief The brief was to design a brochure that would hold all the
- [Reading International email templates](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/reading-international-email-templates/) - RJ00241: Reading International Reading International The initial brief set by the client (Susanne) was to design a set of email templates using MailChimp for Reading International. Reading International is based in Reading, its an art organisation which is led by the Reading School of Art at the University of Reading. It is a contemporary visual
- [Joyce Legal Branding and Stationary](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/joyce-legal-branding-and-stationary/) - Client: Richard Joyce The brief W. R. Joyce & Company are a small firm of solicitors based in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The client asked for the company's visual identity to be updated and for it to become more distinguished. In addition to this, the client was keen to implement a consistent design across all forms
- [Houndsley Dog Walking Branding](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/houndsley-dog-walking-branding/) - Restated brief After we met with the client to discuss what they aimed to achieve, we sent them a restated brief, which was approved by both the client and our superviser. We aimed to create a logo for a unique style of bag as part of a UK brand, which will be used by style
- [London International Development Centre (LIDC) rebrand](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/london-international-development-centre-lidc-rebrand/) - RJ00227 London International Development Centre (LIDC) rebrand Designers: Fabio Rahmani and Orla O'Connell This London International Development Centre Real Job project was assigned to Fabio during the Christmas break period, and began with initial back and forth emails with the client to discover what work needed to be done. It was decided that a re-brand
- [Connect Reading Branding](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/connect-reading-branding/) - Ellie Hewitt, Fay Biggs, Fabio Rahmani, Jack Smithers This project was initiated due to a branding module that we undertook during our third year of studying at The University of Reading. The module consisted of rebranding Connect Reading, which is a Reading based charity. After attending a meeting with Kirsti Wilson, the Managing Director,
- [Young Ones Apparel](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/young-ones-apparel/) - Client meeting The aim of this job was to create 6 motifs which could be used across various sports fashion clothing items. Through our initial meeting with our client, we discovered the target market for the clothing was 16–28 year olds, with students being a large segment of this audience. Our initial aims were to experiment
- [Barkham Brook and Permadrain branding](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/loddon-catchment-consultancy-rj00152/) - Restated brief Two groups of students in Geography required logos and a simple brand system for their project. Each team was acting as a consultancy of their own and would pitch their reports in presentations to their year group at the end of term. The outputs required for both teams were a logo and Microsoft
- [Natural Flood Management Branding](https://typography.network/2018/05/24/natural-flood-management-branding-rj00229/) - Introduction The brief was to create a logo and brand identity for the newly funded Natural Flood Management Reasearch Programme headed by three major universities here in the UK. The task was to create a programme logo as well as three subset project logos as well as branded deliverables such as newsletters, letterheads, powerpoint templates
- [Lisbeth Poster Competition for TypeTogether Foundry](https://typography.network/2018/05/23/lisbeth-poster-competition-for-typetogether-foundry/) - During the summer term of 2017, TypeTogether organised a poster competition for the Part 2 students of our department in order to showcase their new typeface. Lisbeth was designed by Louisa Fröhlich, a Typeface Design MA graduate from University of Reading, who started working on the typeface as part of the MA. When describing her
- [Degree Show 2018 RJ00207](https://typography.network/2018/05/23/degree-show-2018-rj00207/) - Brief The degree show is an annual display of work by the undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication. Traditionally the MA and BA programmes would send out separate invites. However, this year the brief was to combine the shows. A print invite would be mailed and an email will
- [Letterpress: possibilities & practice](https://typography.network/2018/03/16/letterpress-possibilities-practice-3/) - An exhibition in the Department Until 28 April 2018 Letterpress printing has never lacked dedicated practitioners since its decline as a mainstream commercial printing process. But its conspicuous use in recent years – in the UK, Germany, Italy, USA, Brazil and many other places – is evidence of a resurgent interest in letterpress as an
- [Part 3s in Ravensburg](https://typography.network/2017/03/20/part-3s-in-ravensburg/) - Erasmus-supported Teaching Fellow, Sara Chapman and nine of our Part 3s spent Week 6 in Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) in the mediaeval town of Ravensburg, Germany. Students from both Reading and Ravensburg were working on the same ‘New Blood’ briefs from the D&AD 2017 competition. Everyone enjoyed a very creative, inspiring and positive week away, during which
- [Become a Design Star PhD student](https://typography.network/2017/10/28/become-a-design-star-phd-student/) - We are now open for applications for PhD studentships through Design Star, one of the Centres for Doctoral Training funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. At Reading we have nine Design Star students working on a range of topics, including collections-based research on non-Latin typefaces and typography; maps and wayfinding in museums; the
- [In the Top Twenty – John Morgan](https://typography.network/2015/10/14/in-the-top-twenty-john-morgan/) - Lists 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 our MA Book Design programme, has achieved in the Wallpaper* list of Top Twenty Graphic Designers. ‘Culture’s go-to art director’ is the way it describes John, picking up on his work for
- [Our 2015 Chancellor's Award winners](https://typography.network/2015/12/14/chancellors-award-winners/)
- [Student–staff collaboration on biodiversity tracking tool](https://typography.network/2014/06/26/student-staff-collaboration-on-biodiversity-tracking-tool/) - The University has launched its biodiversity mapping tool, KiteSite, which is to be used in teaching to track sightings of plant and animal life and, through GPS, map their location on campus. The tool was developed from existing open-source software by a joint team of biologists, computer scientists and designers as part of a University-funded
- [Successful undergraduate summer research project](https://typography.network/2014/12/07/successful-undergraduate-summer-research-project/) - Congratulations go to Part 3 students, Mel Towriss and Peter Loveland (pictured above) who, over the summer, took part in the University's Undergraduate Research Opportunity Programme (UROP) and worked with Centre for Information Design Research. Their project examined how on-screen text format affected people's reading speed and comprehension, as well as people's views on which
- [Minister for disabled people visits Reading](https://typography.network/2016/10/21/minister-for-disabled-people-visits-reading/) - Yesterday, Penny Mordaunt, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work visited the University of Reading to find out more about our transformative Breaking down Barriers (BdB) project. BdB focuses on embedding inclusive design in our curricula across the University. Typography have been highly involved in the project from its inception and were proud to present the
- [Looking at children’s reading books](https://typography.network/2016/01/08/looking-at-childrens-reading-books/) - A collections-based research exhibition about typography and illustration in books for teaching reading from the 1880s to the 1960s. Monday 11 January 2016 to Friday 18 March 2016 Open from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm, Monday to Friday Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, ToB2, Earley Gate More information from Laura Weill l.weill@reading.ac.uk The use
- [Have you thought about doing a PhD in Typography?](https://typography.network/2016/11/15/have-you-thought-about-doing-a-phd-in-typography/) - Our experienced supervisors welcome applications in the history, theory and practice of design for reading. Here are some of our recent and current PhD topics If you have any ideas do get in touch with Sue Walker for an informal chat, and to discuss funding opportunities. Why not join us as an AHRC-funded Design Star
- [Google PlayBooks have new typeface by Reading graduates](https://typography.network/2015/05/12/google-playbooks-have-new-typeface-by-reading-graduates/) - Google's PlayBooks application features a new typeface family by Type-Together, which was founded by Reading alumni Veronika Burian and José Scaglione. The brief for the new typeface demanded an outstanding reading experience across a wide range of devices and high resolution screens utilising different rendering technologies. Furthermore, the new typeface family was expected to avoid
- [Apple’s new system fonts](https://typography.network/2015/06/15/apples-new-system-fonts/) - There is a good community of Typography graduates working at Apple, and in recent days we got a peek at what they’ve been working on. During the annual World Wide Developers Conference held in San Franscisco MATD graduate Antonio Cavedoni took to the stage to introduce the new system fonts for the Apple platforms. The
- [Adobe publishes Bickham Script Pro 3](https://typography.network/2016/02/12/adobe-publishes-bickham-script-pro-3/) - After several years of development, Adobe published the updated version of Bickham Script Pro, a connecting script based on the examples in George Bickham’s The Universal Penman. The typeface captures the complexity of the style perfected in the eighteenth century by writing masters, making use of a substantial set of alternate letterforms, ligatures, and swashes. Additionally, Bickham Script Pro 3
- [Soapbox host one of our typography summer placements](https://typography.network/2016/08/01/soapbox-host-one-of-our-typography-summer-placements/) - Our Part 2 visiting student, Gabriela Lyrio Assreuy is spending her summer enjoying a stimulating, two-month placement at Soapbox. The London-based studio specialises in design that 'helps leading policy, research and advocacy organisations to communicate their ideas' and is the home to a number of Typography alumni from our BA and MA programmes (see pic). Gabriela says: 'At Soapbox I'm having
- [Material histories: crossed letters](https://typography.network/2016/10/26/material-histories-crossed-letters/) - In the second in a series of posts about artefacts in the exhibition 'Material histories' (now on in the Department), Sue Walker tells the story of ‘crossed letters’. Crossed letters ‘Crossing’ a letter was a widely-adopted letter-writing practice. The aim was to save paper and postal charges when – before the introduction of the Penny Post in
- [Material histories: Tschichold & ampersands](https://typography.network/2016/10/27/material-histories-tschichold-ampersands/) - In the third in a series of posts about artefacts in the exhibition ‘Material histories’ (now on in the Department), Rob Banham tells the story of Jan Tschichold’s history of the ampersand. Jan Tschichold and the ampersand This 28-page booklet (above, displayed open at upper right) is about the history of the ampersand. Published in 1953, it
- [Funding for doing a PhD](https://typography.network/2014/01/12/funding-for-doing-a-phd/) - Typography is part of the AHRC Doctoral Training Centre, Design Star. Design Star invites applications for full- and part-time Arts and Humanities Research Council studentships which include fees and a stipend. Find out why you should join us, and how to apply at www.designstar.org.uk Design Star brings together world-class research in design for industry, interaction
- [Michael Twyman awarded Sir Misha Black Medal](https://typography.network/2014/02/07/michael-twyman-awarded-sir-misha-black-medal/) - We are delighted to announce that Professor Michael Twyman has been awarded the 2014 Sir Misha Black Medal for his contribution to design education. Professor Sue Walker recalls: 'Writing about ‘Typography as a university subject’ in 1970, Michael identified four ‘basic beliefs’ that governed the structure of the Reading course: the visual form of typography
- [Banks and Miles Christmas tins and drums](https://typography.network/2014/02/21/banks-and-miles-christmas-tins-and-drums/) - We are delighted to draw attention to some items from the Banks & Miles Collection. This lovely set of 17 tins and drums were kindly donated by the once chief architect to the Zoological Society of London. Colin Banks and John Miles were the society’s typographical and graphic design consultants. The donor was also a
- [Typography tops the bill in the REF](https://typography.network/2014/12/18/typography-tops-the-bill-in-the-ref/) - Typography & Graphic Communication is proud to have achieved the highest GPA score (3.51) in UoA 34 (Art and Design: History, Practice, Theory), and the best REF result at the University of Reading. Our overall score was: 56 per cent 4*; 39 per cent 3*; 5 per cent 2*. Typography’s research covers the history, theory
- [Students and industry (2)](https://typography.network/2013/02/22/students-and-industry-2/) - This week saw the launch of an exciting new project for Part 2 students in collaboration with Oxford University Press. OUP Education Division's head of schools design Kate Kunac-Tabinor and designer Fiona MacColl have provided realistic briefs for innovative new covers for Keystage 3 textbooks in Science, English, and French, and they explained the design
- [Supporting design studies in the EBacc](https://typography.network/2012/12/04/supporting-design-studies-in-the-ebacc/) - We are the first institution, with Goldsmiths, to support the campaign to include design in the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), a proposed new qualification. Currently, the EBacc will require pupils to achieve a certificate in five subject areas: maths, English, sciences, languages (ancient and modern) and humanities (defined as only history or geography). This formulation has been widely criticised for its
- [Typewriters: ‘new technology’ for everyday use](https://typography.network/2012/10/29/typewriters-new-technology-for-everyday-use/) - The wonderful exhibition of typewriters and related ephemera currently on display in Typography’s exhibition area made me look again through my collection of early typing manuals. Re-reading some of these it is clear that this new technology took quite a bit of getting used to. Pitman’s typewriter manual, first published in 1893, included a
- [Reading types in Oxford English dictionaries](https://typography.network/2012/04/30/reading-types-in-oxford-english-dictionaries/) - Many of the various printed editions of Oxford dictionaries are now typeset principally in Parable, a typeface designed by Christopher Burke, Research Fellow in the Department. These include the Concise, Compact, Paperback, Pocket, Little, and Colour Oxford Dictionary as well as the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus. Parable is also used effectively in the Oxford Dictionary of
- [Typography on Radio 4!](https://typography.network/2012/04/29/typography-on-radio-4/) - Gerry Leonidas and Paul Luna contributed to the BBC Radio 4 documentary on the ampersand – Ampers-fan – at 4pm on Monday 30 April. Here’s the link to the programme on iPlayer.
- [Art Information symposium at the ICA - Saturday 26 April 2014](https://typography.network/2014/04/24/art-information-symposium-at-the-ica-saturday-26-april-2014/) - This one-day event looks at acts of publishing in contemporary art & curatorial practice. Organised by Ruth Blacksell, Programme Director of the MA in Book Design, this event features presentations by Jo Melvin, Chelsea College of Arts, London; Lucy Mulroney, Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center, New York; Stuart Bailey, Dexter Sinister/The Serving Library, New
- [Reading typefaces](https://typography.network/2014/06/17/reading-typefaces/) - Mary Dyson outlines how she approaches typefaces and the challenges for research from a psychological and design perspective in The Conversation
- [Getting from A to B: inspiration from the archives](https://typography.network/2014/06/17/getting-from-a-to-b-inspiration-from-the-archives/) - Our collection of twentieth-century town plans, road maps and route plans includes four AA Route Sheets that were individually made in the 1940s for the trips members wanted to take. The little booklets contain a combination of directions, maps, town plans and points of interest. The routes outlined in our recent acquisitions are London
- [Thesaurus of ephemera terms](https://typography.network/2014/07/25/thesaurus-of-ephemera-terms/) - In November 2013 Typography's Centre for Ephemera Studies (CES) published a Thesaurus of Ephemera Terms, which is freely available for download here, in two versions: alphabetical and top term order. Ephemera Thesaurus Top term report At present there are no plans to provide a searchable version. While not wishing to undermine the integrity of the
- [Presses in action for open days](https://typography.network/2016/06/20/presses-in-action-for-open-days/) - Thank you to all our prospective applicants and their parents who visited the Department on Friday and Saturday as part of the University's Open Days. We hope you enjoyed the displays and workshops as much as we did. If you didn't have enough time to view the BA Graphic Communication final display, you can still see some display
- [Typography student winner of University MA prize](https://typography.network/2014/12/15/typography-student-winner-of-university-ma-prize/) - We're very pleased that Tomoko Yamamoto, who recently completed the MA in Information Design, was awarded the University's Outstanding Taught Postgraduate Student award at her graduation on Friday. To be eligible for the prize, a student must achieve distinction-level grades in every one of the modules they study as part of their Master’s programme. The
- [Information Design at DRS 2016](https://typography.network/2016/07/03/information-design-at-drs-2016/) - Sue Walker and Alison Black attended the Design Research Society 2016 conference in Brighton. They organised a session, Effective Information Design, to raise the profile of the history, theory and practice of information design. Support for health care is an area where information designers have undertaken research projects ranging from health promotion, through clinical practice,
- [Radio marathon for clarity in government forms](https://typography.network/2012/06/01/radio-marathon-for-clarity-in-government-forms/) - Earlier this week Gerry Leonidas joined Bernard Baker, Business Development Director for the Public Sector at SAS UK in a series of radio interviews to discuss the just released ‘Communicating with the Citizen’ report, commissioned by SAS and carried out by YouGov. The marathon session (seventeen radio stations in one day!) picked up on the
- [Researchers’ Night at Reading](https://typography.network/2011/09/28/researchers-night-at-reading/) - The Department contributed speakers and events to the Univesity’s Researchers’ Night on the theme of Language, Text and Power. Gerry Leonidas introduced visitors to the history of typography through an array of printed books and type specimens: he outlined how research in historical documents informs design decisions in contemporary environments. Using Greek as a case
- [A  July like any other in Reading](https://typography.network/2016/08/01/a-july-like-any-other-in-reading/) - The Department of Typography did not get the memo that July is supposed to be a quiet period. We kicked off the month by hosting the KSBDA International Invitational Exhibition, its first stop after Seoul, and on its way to Katowice, Poland. The exhibition, attended by members of the current Board of the KSBDA and
- [Typecon Education Forum slides online](https://typography.network/2012/08/14/typecon-education-forum-slides-online/) - Opening the Education Forum in Typecon Milwaukee, Gerry offered a model for design education focused on typographically-rich environments on tablets, mostly. He talked about teaching the combination of paragraph-level typographic skills, information architecture, and interaction design required for designing complex documents like newspapers on small tablet screens. The slides (without commentary) are on SpeakerDeck.
- [A new Papal Inscription in Westminster Cathedral](https://typography.network/2013/08/06/a-new-papal-inscription-in-westminster-cathedral/) - Typography alumna, Caroline Webb, has designed and installed a new Papal inscription for Westminster Cathedral, to commemorate the visit of Pope Benedict in 2010. The 7 foot long inscription is made of one piece of Carrara Marble inlayed with letters of green and red Porphery and lies in the main entrance to the Cathedral. The
- [A British national letter at Tate Britain](https://typography.network/2014/04/10/a-british-national-letter-at-tate-britain/) - Professor James Mosley, an acute observer of letterforms in sensitive national settings, has published a short note on recent work completed for Tate Britain by Reading alumnus John Morgan and his studio. You might also be interested in James’s earlier remarks on HMS Victory, the National Gallery, and Ten Downing Street.
- [Return to Prague](https://typography.network/2012/11/25/return-to-prague/) - Following an invitation by the very active Petra Dočekalová of TypoSemestr, Gerry Leonidas will give a lecture at the Tranzit Gallery in Prague on Monday 26 November. The lecture will be followed by a two-day workshop on Greek type design, in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design. (The trip is timed perfectly to pick up
- [Pencil to Pixel travels to NYC](https://typography.network/2013/03/11/pencil-to-pixel-travels-to-nyc/) - When the Pencil to Pixel exhibition opened in Wapping last November, visitors were treated to a rare selection of typeface design and type-making objects from the Monotype Archive. The inspiring exhibition was accompanied by a special issue of the Monotype Recorder celebrating the work of Robin Nicholas, and an exceptional special issue of Eye magazine.
- [Greek typography and typeface design in New York](https://typography.network/2012/03/08/greek-typography-and-typeface-design-in-new-york/) - Five years after the first Greek Week-End in New York, Gerry Leonidas will return to the TDC. Already in 2007 Greek was becoming a central part of most large typeface projects, especially international branding applications. In the intervening years Greek has become a key aspect of professional designers' skills, and a regular expectation in job
- [Interview in the Haaretz](https://typography.network/2012/03/26/interview-in-the-haaretz/) - Earlier in the year Reading alumnus Adi Stern, now the Head of the Visual Communication department at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, invited Gerry Leonidas to give two lectures and work with students of the academy. One lecture was for a wide audience in the academy and visitors (entitled "Where is type now?") and
- [MA student Joana da Silva at the Encontro Nacional de Tipografia](https://typography.network/2011/08/03/ma-student-joana-da-silva-at-the-encontro-nacional-de-tipografia/) - Joana da Silva, one of our MA Typeface Design students, will be a speaker at the Encontro Nacional de Tipografia conference, hosted by the Universidade de Aveiro in Portugal, on 30 September. I can't read Portuguese, but I can just about decipher the "Áreas de interesse", and it made me think "I wish I could
- [Universities are living things…](https://typography.network/2012/06/25/universities-are-living-things/) - So starts a quote by this University's first Vice-Chancellor, selected by the current VC, Sir David Bell KCB. On a very tight deadline, we produced a keepsake (pictured above) to present to the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, on the occasion of the launch of the University's Institute of Education,
- [Type design and inter-disciplinary innovation](https://typography.network/2012/09/28/type-design-and-inter-disciplinary-innovation/) - The Musée de l'imprimerie in Lyons is hosting ‘La lettre à l'heure des révolutions technologiques’, an exhibition about typeface design and technological revolutions throughout the twentieth century curated by Alice Savoie, celebrated typeface designer and PhD researcher in the Department. This exhibition, which runs to 14 October, illustrates the challenges faced by users and producers of
- [2013 Monotype Studentship goes to Slovenian student](https://typography.network/2013/08/18/2013-monotype-studentship-goes-to-slovenian-student/) - This 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, who will study Typeface Design. Teja receieved her first degree in Fine Arts from the University of Maribor, where her dissertation topic was ‘The socially engaged poster’. Teja has developed
- [Design Star: funding for research students](https://typography.network/2013/10/15/design-star-funding-for-research-students/) - We 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, Goldsmiths, Loughborough and the OU, we have secured funding to support around 60 PhD studentships over the next five years. See Design for life: new research funding for PhD designers
- [Pencils to Pixels, and more](https://typography.network/2012/11/16/pencils-to-pixels-and-more/) - The University is a partner in the Pencil to Pixel exhibition which opened yesterday in the Metropolitan Wharf, in Wapping. After the taster of Gill's drawings seen in Beauty in the Making last spring, Monotype pulled out all the stops for Pencil to Pixel: the event marks the first public viewing of many materials from the archives in Salfords,
- [Students and industry (1)](https://typography.network/2013/02/21/students-and-industry-1/) - Information Design students respond instinctively to a wayshowing solution by getting out their smartphones. They were spotted while visiting the Bristol offices of City ID – thanks to Mike Rawlinson of City ID and to Beth Shepherd for organizing the visit.
- [Part 3 branding project](https://typography.network/2013/02/26/part-3-branding-project/) - Coinciding with a celebration of the work of Ken Garland and in the spirit of the First Things First manifesto, Part 3 students took on five not-for-profits and social enterprises to ‘brand’ as their last project of Part 3. Thirty-seven students worked for five clients: Charmian Allright from The Luton Hoo Childrens’ Book Festival, Don Rowe from Friends of Hlekweni — a charity
- [Wayne Hart is Golden](https://typography.network/2013/05/14/wayne-hart-is-golden/) - Wayne Hart, a Department alumnus and visiting instructor for letter cutting, has just been awarded Gold Award & Overall Winner and Maker of the Year Award in the annual Craft & Design competition. The specialist media judge, Medeia Cohan-Petrolino, summed up Wayne's work: Wayne Hart's work offers a unique juxtaposition - upholding traditional letter-carving methods while simultaneously
- [MATD project work in Instapaper](https://typography.network/2012/03/17/matd-project-work-in-instapaper/) - The latest update to Instapaper (AppleStore link) includes six new typefaces, including two that started as MATD student projects: FF Tisa by Mitja Miklavčič (2006) and Elena by Nicole Dotin (2007). Instapaper, a 4+ rated app, allows the user to collect content for reading in a highly user-friendly environment on an iPhone, iPad, or a personal computer.
- [Star Wars internship at the Theme Group](https://typography.network/2012/05/08/star-wars-internship/) - Local design agency Theme Group change their road sign every month, using pixel art to mark an anniversary or seasonal topic. The winner of the May competition was Part 1 student Craig Melvin, whose design reminds passers-by that this month is the 35th anniversary of the Star Wars film premiere. Although Craig would have preferred
- [Martin Andrews is William Caxton](https://typography.network/2012/09/26/martin-andrews-is-william-caxton/) - Martin Andrews as Caxton and Fraser Mackenzie as the printing assistant in Sky Atlantic's documentary The British. There's also a starring role for the Department’s wooden Gutenberg press, designed and constructed by Alan May. Watch an extract on YouTube.
- [Teaching award for Sara Chapman](https://typography.network/2012/09/27/teaching-award-for-sara-chapman/) - Congratulations to Sara, who has received one of the 2012 University Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning. This scheme recognises and rewards individuals who have made outstanding, on-going contributions to teaching and learning. This can either be through direct interactions with students, their support of staff within the School/section, or their contributions to
- [Yearbook of Type](https://typography.network/2013/07/11/yearbook-of-type/) - Edited by the same team that publish the Slanted magazine, this substantial reference volume for new typefaces has just been published by Niggli. The volume presents typefaces in generous specimens, and includes a number of essays on typeface design. Amongst them, a detailed presentation of the MA Typeface Design programme. The impressively produced volume is available from Slanted's
- [A very special ATypI](https://typography.network/2014/09/23/a-very-special-atypi/) - As students were settling into their Halls for Welcome Week and the start of the new academic year, Sunday marked the return of several members of the Typography family from the annual ATypI conference, a highlight in the calendar of international type professionals. Held in Barcelona's impressive new Museu del Diseny by MBM Arquitectes the conference
- [‘Time(less) signs’ at Austrian Cultural Forum London](https://typography.network/2014/10/14/timeless-signs-at-austrian-cultural-forum-london/) - The exhibition ‘Time(less) signs: Otto Neurath and reflections in Austrian Contemporary Art’ runs from 30 September 2014 to 9 January 2015, at the Austrian Cultural Forum London. It features a selection by curator Maria C. Holter from the ‘Zeit(lose) Zeichen’ exhibition first staged at Vienna’s Künstlerhaus in 2012, supplemented by original material from the Department's
- [Giving constructive feedback](https://typography.network/2015/03/16/giving-constructive-feedback/) - Mariana Mota, Lead Interaction Designer at software and web apps company Oxford Computer Consultants, is writing a book on verbal communication and leadership for designers. Her first interview, on constructive feedback, was with Gerry Leonidas. An edited extract is on Talking Design.
- [Vincent Ma winner 2013](https://typography.network/2013/08/13/vincent-ma-winner-2013/) - Kate Goudsmit, who as a Part 2 student was a winner in the Vincent Ma awards run by Design Portfolio Marketing Services, has been interviewed on their blog. Design Portfolio have been generously supporting students in the Department through prizes for achievement and opportunities for work experience in their busy London studios for several years,
- [Top of the table](https://typography.network/2016/05/25/top-of-the-table/) - We’re proud to be in the Guardian’s top 5 for undergraduate design courses in the UK. And even prouder that the same table places us at number 2 nationally for graduate employability in design. Find out more at our Open Days on 17 and 18 June.
- [Gold and silver placements at Design Portfolio](https://typography.network/2016/11/02/gold-and-silver-placements-at-design-portfolio/) - Part 3 students Louise Lee and Sophie Rahier completed an exciting placement at Design Portfolio’s Canary Wharf office during the summer vacation. Louise, Sophie and Anna Scully were the gold, silver and bronze winners of the 2016 Vince Ma Prize, which is awarded to the best performing students in Part 2, and includes a
- [Inclusive design workshops for print and digital design](https://typography.network/2016/02/05/inclusive-design-workshops-for-print-and-digital-design/) - This week our part 2 undergraduates participated in exciting inclusive design workshops as part of the Breaking down Barriers project. Students wore simulation gloves to discover how conditions such as arthritis may affect user experience across print and digital design. Read more about the inclusive workshops here.
- [Typography graduate's 'Design of the Year'](https://typography.network/2013/01/14/typography-graduates-design-of-the-year/) - Reading Typography graduate, John Morgan, has been nominated for the 2013 Designs of the year competition run by the Design Museum for his work on the visual identity for the 13th Architecture Biennale in Venice. Read about his work on the Eye blog: Common ground: a designer's letter from Venice. John is currently teaching students
- [Congratulations to John Morgan](https://typography.network/2013/04/10/congratulations-to-john-morgan/) - To follow up on my earlier post: We are delighted that the John Morgan Studio has won the graphics category in the Designs of the Year award. Reading Typography graduate, John Morgan, has been nominated for the 2013 Designs of the year competition run by the Design Museum for his work on the visual identity for
- [Exhibiting Aspen](https://typography.network/2013/06/20/exhibiting-aspen/) - Aspen, described in the 1960s as ‘the first three-dimensional magazine’, was produced in California and published in New York on an irregular schedule from 1965 to 1971. Many leading figures in contemporary North American and European art and cultural criticism were involved in its production as editors, designers or contributors and this, along with its
- [Журнал «Шрифт» features the MATD](https://typography.network/2014/03/27/журнал-шрифт-features-the-matd/) - The notable Russian online journal «Шрифт» (“Type”) published a substantial interview of Gerry Leonidas, programme director of the MA Typeface Design. The interview, which focuses on Reading’s pioneering approach to typographic education, is accompanied by images of student work and moments from the Department captured by Evgenia Basyrova. The original text of the interview, in English, is
- [Fiona Ross is awarded the SoTA Award](https://typography.network/2014/08/03/fiona-ross-is-awarded-the-sota-award/) - In a room bursting with applause and cheerful congratulations, Fiona Ross was awarded the prestigious SoTA Typography Award for her design and teaching work, during the TypeCon conference in Washington DC. The event began with prerecorded messages by graduates sending their congratulations from many countries holding up warm messages in some of the many scripts
- [Gerard Unger interview in Type Journal](https://typography.network/2015/05/14/gerard-unger-interview-in-type-journal/) - Eugene Yukechev’s Type Journal (or, natively, Журнал «Шрифт») continues to set a high standard for interviews drawing on extensive conversations and background research. The latest interview is of “our” Gerard Unger, and features some unseen treasures from Gerard’s archive.
- [Granshan hits the spot](https://typography.network/2015/07/30/granshan-hits-the-spot/) - Granshan is devoted to the development of typographic awareness in global scripts, through its annual competition and conference. This year Reading hosted the fourth conference, after Yeravan, Bangkok, and Munich. Over three days, the conference touched on the business of type design, training, support for minority and endangered scripts, the development of resources for complex scripts,
- [Reading in the US web standards](https://typography.network/2015/09/29/reading-in-the-us-web-standards/) - Good typography is at the heart of government and public services: it enables access to information, builds trust, and ensures accessibility. This statement will not surprise anyone who appreciated the impact of the redesigned GOV.uk site, and similar efforts in other european countries. Well, now the US government has published its own comprehensive guidelines for
- [The typo-Reading student experience](https://typography.network/2016/02/29/the-typo-reading-student-experience/) - Our final year BA Graphic Communication student Jess Lewis shared her Reading typography experience with online forum Creative Digest earlier this year. You can read her post here. Final year typography students are busy gearing up for our 2016 degree show and you can follow them on Twitter @andreadingshow for more news and previews.
- [Irmi Wachendorff awarded competitive research studentship](https://typography.network/2017/02/14/irmi-wachendorff-awarded-competitive-research-studentship/) - Congratulations 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 Duisburg-Essen explores social positioning through typographic variation in linguistic landscapes. Irmi has joined the Department for the spring term as a visiting lecturer from Folkwang University of Arts. Drawing on
- [Heritage and creativity: new lettering for HMS Victory](https://typography.network/2015/10/07/heritage-and-creativity-new-lettering-for-hms-victory/) - The name of HMS Victory, launched in 1765, the oldest ship of the Royal Navy that is still in commission, has been repainted. The name had been painted when the vessel was refurbished in 2005 for the two-hundredth anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, but unfortunately the style used was Trajan, the Roman inscriptional letter
- [Alumni visit to help with data visualisation with Part 2s](https://typography.network/2016/03/25/alumni-visit-to-help-with-data-visualisation-with-part-2s/) - We were very pleased to welcome alumni Craig Melvin to the Department during our recent Part 2 ‘Data Visualisation’ project. The Part 2 brief was to create an awareness-raising poster and short animation about some aspect of either 'Climate Change' or 'The Refugee Crisis'. Students presented found data using a combination of graphs, charts, diagrams,
- [Typography alumni inspire the next generation](https://typography.network/2016/02/22/typography-alumni-inspire-the-next-generation/) - Five talented design graduates, five talks, and five very different approaches. Last week, our Graphic Communication BAs got an incredible insight into the range of career paths that might await them when they graduate. As part of #UoREnhancementWeek, we asked some of our alums to come back to the Department and give 20 minute talks about
- [Typography in Beijing](https://typography.network/2016/04/02/typography-in-beijing/) - Soon after the conclusion of a successful visit by students from CAFA to Typography in 2015, we commenced working on a reciprocal visit to Beijing. As it happened, several strands of activity came together to make this an exceptionally productive visit. A short report follows below; the local organisers, led by CAFA teacher Liu Zhao,
- [News from Departmental alumna, Carla Spinillo](https://typography.network/2013/03/13/news-from-departmental-alumna-carla-spinillo/) - Carla Spinillo (pictured above) who carried out her PhD research, on the design of visual instructions, in the Department writes of the success of her work, with colleagues at the Federal University of Parana. Brazil, advising the Department of Health of the State of Parana on the design of patient information leaflets for homeopathic medicines. This
- [Using collections in research](https://typography.network/2012/11/14/using-collections-in-research/) - Just published in the Journal of Design History, a paper by Sue Walker based on material in the Otto and Marie Neurath Collection, discusses an iconic series of books for children. ‘Explaining history to children: Otto and Marie Neurath’s work on the Visual History of Mankind’ is part of
- [CIDR in the media](https://typography.network/2013/02/27/cidr-in-the-media/) - A collaboration with Post Office and Freeview on research examining people's comprehension of broadband and TV providers' web sites was picked up by the media last week, with Alison Black appearing on Sky News, Radio 5 Live and various local radio stations. Read more about the work here.
- [Colloquium upcoming: 'Printed image and decorative print, 1500–1750'](https://typography.network/2013/03/04/colloquium-upcoming-printed-image-and-decorative-print-1500-1750/) - On Friday March 22, Eric Kindel and James Mosley will contribute papers to the one-day colloquium 'Printed image and decorative print, 1500–1750' being convened by Reading's Early Modern Research Centre. They will both present projects and artefacts associated with the Académie Royale des Sciences in Paris. Eric will discuss the invention of stencil duplicating by
- [Collaborative type design in Adobe Creative Suite 6](https://typography.network/2012/05/11/collaborative-type-design-in-adobe-creative-suite-6/) - The new Creative Suite 6 will ship with a Devanagari typeface in two weights, designed collaboratively by Tim Holloway, Fiona Ross and John Hudson. The new typeface, first released in 2011, had to be legible in both screen and print in text-intensive documents, while addressing the challenges of the heavier weight and offering a distinctive,
- [Type in Europe](https://typography.network/2012/09/26/type-in-europe/) - James Mosley and Alice Savoie are contributors to a new book published to coincide with the Congrès des Musées Européens de l’Imprimerie in Lyon. James Mosley contributes an inventory of ‘the materials of typefounding’, while Alice (who is an AHRC-funded research student) writes with Alan Marshall and Bernadette Moglia on ‘our typographic heritage’. Copies are
- [Info design for children](https://typography.network/2012/11/28/info-design-for-children/) - Isotype children's books on the Eye blog Examples from the Otto and Marie Neurath Isotype Collection.
- [Railways under London](https://typography.network/2013/01/09/railways-under-london/) - The London Underground celebrates 150 years today. One of the best representations of the London Underground was a book for children, Railways under London by Marie Neurath, published by Max Parrish in 1948. This book explained to young readers how the Underground worked, including how escalators and lifts work, how platforms are built for speed
- ['Isotype revisited' in Vienna](https://typography.network/2013/01/29/isotype-revisited-in-vienna/) - Members of the ‘Isotype revisited’ team, Christopher Burke, Eric Kindel, Michael Twyman and Sue Walker, participated in an interdisciplinary symposium and workshop at the invitation of the University of Vienna and the Institut Wiener Kreis. The two-day symposium, ‘A tribute to Otto Neurath’, took place at Vienna’s Künstlerhaus gallery and coincided with its exhibition Zeit(lose)
- [CIDR collaboration with Cabinet Office Behavioural Insights Team](https://typography.network/2013/02/04/cidr-collaboration-with-cabinet-office-behavioural-insights-team/) - Centre for Information Design Research have just completed a collaborative project with the Cabinet Office Behavioural Insights Team to develop a pack to support job seekers looking for work. The effectiveness of the pack is now being evaluated in JobCentres. See CIDR blog for more details.
- [Fabula – a typeface for children](https://typography.network/2013/03/28/fabula-a-typeface-for-children/) - Fabula is gaining popularity for use in resources for children, both on paper and on screen. The typeface was designed under Sue Walker’s direction by a team of staff and students at Reading, including Vincent Connare, José Scaglione and Gerry Leonidas, as part of an EU-funded project producing bilingual story books for children. Since then
- [50% chance of rain](https://typography.network/2013/07/25/50-chance-of-rain/) - Typography & Graphic Communication student, Matt Standage, has been working together with Meteorology student, Rachel Bartlett and Psychology student, Shyamali Abraham on a joint project between the University’s Meteorology Department, Centre for Information Design Research and Psychology Department on the communication of probabilistic weather forecasts. These are forecasts that show the chance of rain as a
- [CIDR out and about](https://typography.network/2013/10/02/cidr-out-and-about/) - The Department's Centre for Information Design Research (CIDR) has popped up in a couple of places on the web, recently. You can see a talk by Alison Black to Oxford Academic Health Science Network on the Centre's projects on the design of information for dementia care here. And you can read Alison discussing the communication
- [Doing a PhD at Reading](https://typography.network/2014/06/03/doing-a-phd-at-reading/) - Titus Nemeth submitted his PhD thesis in 2013, on the evolution of Arabic type-making under the influence of changing technologies. The thesis spans the period from 1908, when the first adaptation of Arabic to mechanical typesetting introduced machine-aided composition; and 1993, when the adoption of Unicode marked the end of typeface design's association with specific platforms. Titus’
- [Launch of dementia carers' handbook](https://typography.network/2014/09/29/launch-of-dementia-carers-handbook/) - Last week saw the launch of the Berkshire Healthcare handbook for carers of people with dementia. The handbook is the product of a joint research project between Centre for Information Design Research and Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust to understand the information needs of carers of people with dementia and respond with an appropriately designed resource.
- [Have you ever really looked at . . .? A. M. Cassandre](https://typography.network/2017/03/23/have-you-ever-really-looked-at-a-m-cassandre/) - In 1994, Richard Hollis wrote: ‘Cassandre’s “Étoile du Nord” railway poster has become a paradigm of the Good Design to which we all aspire. But do we ever really look at this poster? If designing is about deciding, and good design about good decisions, then critical history can illuminate its exemplary character: the concentrated intelligence
- [MA/MA Res Open Day: Thursday 9 March 2017](https://typography.network/2017/02/04/mama-res-open-day-thursday-9-march-2017/) - We will be holding a Postgraduate Open Day at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication on Thursday 9 March 2017. The day is primarily aimed at students who are interested in pursuing a Masters degree with us. See our Departmental pages for our portfolio of courses. On the day we will assemble after 10:00, and
- [Material histories: Tschichold & ampersands](https://typography.network/2016/10/27/material-histories-tschichold-ampersands-2/) - In the third in a series of posts about artefacts in the exhibition ‘Material histories’ (now on in the Department), Rob Banham tells the story of Jan Tschichold’s history of the ampersand. Jan Tschichold and the ampersand This 28-page booklet (above, displayed open at upper right) is about the history of the ampersand. Published in 1953, it
- [Material histories: Emil Hübner](https://typography.network/2016/10/25/material-histories-exhibition/) - ‘Material histories’ is a small exhibition now on display in the Department. It presents graphic communication artefacts with a story to tell. The stories – the material histories – describe the artefacts in particular: what they are about, where they came from, their material qualities, their circumstances of production, how they were acquired, and crucially how they
- [Rick Poynor joins Typography](https://typography.network/2016/10/05/rick-poynor-joins-typography/) - We are very pleased to announce that Rick Poynor has been appointed Professor of Design and Visual Culture by the University of Reading, and will join the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication on 10 October. As author, editor, curator and commentator, Rick’s longstanding and wide-ranging critical engagement with design, design history and many dimensions
- [Award-winning student banner design](https://typography.network/2016/05/17/award-winning-banner-design/) - Congratulations to Part 1 student Emmeline Hewstone whose exhibition stand and banner designs won third place in Design Wizard's 2015/16 competition. Emmeline's minimalist design concept was inspired by the Swiss typographic design she studied in our history of graphic communication module. She says: To appeal to prospective design students, I needed to create a consistent brand.
- [Making an impression: printing presses, type and colour](https://typography.network/2016/03/13/making-an-impression-printing-presses-type-and-colour/) - This workshop, based around the printing press collection in Typography, attracted postgraduate students, academic staff, museum and library professionals, and members of the public interested in the materiality of text, books and ephemeral documents. Participants used the presses under craft supervision, and had a go at casting metal type. They printed a page from
- [Reading in Eye’s typography issue](https://typography.network/2015/06/12/reading-in-eyes-typography-issue/) - The latest issue of Eye magazine, the international review of graphic design, is dedicated to typography and typeface design. The Department is very well represented in the issue: it includes an extensive profile of Fred Smeijers, long-time collaborator of Eric Kindel on research in stencil letterforms, and past External Examiner for the MA Typeface Design programme. Our graduate
- [Branding workshop with Part 3 students](https://typography.network/2014/12/01/branding-workshop-with-part-3-students/) - Alumnus Chris Washington-Sare (1985-89), from Pentatonic Marketing, joined us this week to deliver an all-day workshop on ‘How to help charities develop their marketing proposition’ for Part 3 students, as part of their current practical project, ‘Not-for-profit branding and design thinking’. Learning through a series of short presentations, group work and practical exercises, students were
- [Reading presence at the New York & London Art Book Fairs](https://typography.network/2014/10/07/reading-presence-at-the-new-york-london-art-book-fairs/) - Last week saw the annual, simultaneously programmed, Art Book Fairs at MoMA PS1 in New York and the Whitechapel Gallery in London. Contributors from the Typography Department’s Art Information symposium, first staged in April at London’s ICA, presented again in New York and organiser Ruth Blacksell was invited to talk at NYCUs Artists Institute space
- [Reading presence at the New York & London Art Book Fairs](https://typography.network/2014/10/07/reading-presence-at-the-new-york-london-art-book-fairs-2/) - Last week saw the annual, simultaneously programmed, Art Book Fairs at MoMA PS1 in New York and the Whitechapel Gallery in London. Contributors from the Typography Department’s Art Information symposium, first staged in April at London’s ICA, presented again in New York and organiser Ruth Blacksell was invited to talk at NYCUs Artists Institute space
- [Web designers go for typefaces](https://typography.network/2014/09/16/web-designers-go-for-typefaces/) - Kicking off a busy week for Typography staff, Gerry Leonidas spoke to a full hall at Smashing Conference in Freiburg. The new talk focused on typefaces from a web designer's perspective, and included key notions for evaluating typefaces. Web design professionals are increasingly interested in typography and typeface design, where the Department’s expertise has many contributions to
- [Crossing Borders in Antwerp](https://typography.network/2014/09/09/crossing-borders-in-antwerp/) - The ninth Typosium, organised by Initiaal, took place at the Museum Plantin Moretus in Antwerp on 30 August, with the theme Crossing Borders/Genze(n)loos. Our own Jo De Baerdemaeker, Fiona Ross and Gerard Unger were amongst the presenters. Gerard spoke about his Alverata project, a contemporary typeface drawing on romanesque sources and employing a wide range
- [This is not about fonts](https://typography.network/2014/07/29/this-is-not-about-fonts/) - Quartz just published an extensive report on the globalisation of the typeface design market and the impact on the communication sector, with support from Gerry Leonidas, alumnus David Březina, and a reference to MATD alumna Juliet Shen’s design for Lushootsheed. Quartz’s post is another entry in a the growing list of articles in business and general
- [Full house at TYPE& in Tokyo](https://typography.network/2014/05/11/full-house-at-type-in-tokyo/) - Sponsored by Monotype, the 2014 TYPE& events in Tokyo included a masterclass for professional typeface designers, and presentations and panel discussion on multi-script typography and typeface design. The events captured the growing interest by Japanese type foundries to expand into Latin typeface design, and gave an opportunity to discuss Reading's approach to developing multi-script design
- [Full house at TYPE& in Tokyo](https://typography.network/2014/05/11/full-house-at-type-in-tokyo-2/) - Sponsored by Monotype, the 2014 TYPE& events in Tokyo included a masterclass for professional typeface designers, and presentations and panel discussion on multi-script typography and typeface design. The events captured the growing interest by Japanese type foundries to expand into Latin typeface design, and gave an opportunity to discuss Reading's approach to developing multi-script design
- [Postgraduate Taught Open Day Thursday 20 March 2014](https://typography.network/2014/02/26/postgraduate-taught-open-day-thursday-20-march-2014/) - MA Book Design MA Information Design MA(Res) Typography & Graphic Communication We will be holding a Postgraduate Open Day at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication on Thursday 20 March 2014. The day is primarily aimed at students who are interested in pursuing a Masters degree with us. The itinerary for the day is
- [Notice! poster discussion and tour at MAO](https://typography.network/2014/01/21/notice-poster-discussion-and-tour-at-mao/) - This Thursday evening, 23 January, Eric Kindel will join Fraser Muggeridge and Tom Bloor for a discussion and tour of nearly five decades of posters designed for Modern Art Oxford, now on show in ‘Notice! Modern Art Oxford in Print’. Details here … see you there!
- [Recent student awards](https://typography.network/2013/11/29/recent-student-awards/) - We are very pleased to note recent awards to students in Typography & Graphic Communication. Chancellor's Awards Undergraduates Kate Goudsmit and Rob Lowe, currently in their final year of study, together with Ryan Lee and Peter Loveland, in their second year, all received the Chancellor’s Award for their overall performance in the academic year 2012–13.
- [Success for Vermillion](https://typography.network/2013/11/25/success-for-vermillion/) - Typography 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 the digital category. The two winning apps come from the two ends of Vermillion’s client spectrum. The first explored the fascinating world of singer-songwriter Pierce Turner and concentrated on the
- [Postgraduate Taught Open Day Thursday 14 November 2013](https://typography.network/2013/11/06/postgraduate-taught-open-day-thursday-14-november-2013/) - MA Book Design MA Information Design MA Typeface Design MA(Res) Typography & Graphic Communication We will be holding a Postgraduate Open Day at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication on Thursday 14 November 2013. The day is primarily aimed at students who are interested in pursuing a Masters degree with us. The itinerary for
- [Visit from Mushashino Art University](https://typography.network/2013/11/02/visit-from-mushashino-art-university/) - Marking the University's new connection with the Mushashino Art University of Tokyo, two staff members and four students visited the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication for an intensive week of typeface design. The group, led by Reading alumnus Professor Yoshiro Goto of the Visual Communication Design Department, used their time in Reading to conclude
- [Standing out from other graduates](https://typography.network/2013/09/18/standing-out-from-other-graduates/) - Professional assignments – ‘real jobs’ – are a special part of our BA programme, and get the thumbs up from graduate Laura Slater in this month’s Creative Review. Real jobs were “totally worth it. It did seem a lot of effort sometimes but it boosted my confidence at pitching and my experience has made me
- [Monologue explanations](https://typography.network/2013/09/01/monologue-explanations/) - Students in the Department are used to discussing design issues with staff in small groups, or one-to-one settings. This allows us to adapt to the students’ experience and perspective, and gives us the opportunity to build a lesson around investigation and inquiry. But sometimes we have to address large audiences, and build explanations for unfamiliar
- [Non-Latin festival in Bangkok](https://typography.network/2013/07/25/non-latin-festival-in-bangkok/) - The University of Reading is a partner in the 2013 Granshan: Design and Identity conference in Bangkok, currently under way. The Department is contributing with a special version of the “From hot-metal to OpenType” exhibition, which opened to the public yesterday in the library of Chulalongkorn University. Speakers include Typography staff Gerard Unger and Gerry Leonidas, and
- [Reading at ICTVC 5, Nicosia](https://typography.network/2013/06/12/reading-at-ictvc-5-nicosia-2/) - Reading at ICTVC 5, Nicosia Reading staff and graduates have returned from the fifth International Conference on Typography & Visual Communication, hosted by the University of Nicosia. ICTVC is the brainchild of Dr Klimis Mastoridis (a Reading alumnus) who, since the first event in 2002, has given the conference a distinct character that sets it
- [Monotype Recorder online](https://typography.network/2013/05/24/monotype-recorder-online/) - Monotype's lauded Pencil to Pixel exhibition (in Wapping last November, and New York earlier this month) included a relaunched Monotype Recorder, after a hiatus of fifteen years (the previous issue had been published to mark the Centenary of the company, on the occasion of the 1997 ATypI conference, in Reading). The new issue celebrates Robin
- [Enhancing employability: our partnership with DPS](https://typography.network/2013/05/21/enhancing-employability-our-partnership-with-dps/) - Design & Print Studio (DPS) contributes significantly to our BA programme through modules in professional practice, more usually known as the ‘real jobs’ scheme. Students gain confidence through the proximity of a working design and production office, as this year’s degree show publications for Art and Typography demonstrate. And in a real vote of confidence
- [Reading in Berlin](https://typography.network/2013/05/20/reading-in-berlin/) - The annual TypoBerlin conference is a major fixture on the European design calendar, bringing together over 1,500 attendees in the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. Erstwhile staff member Ken Garland opened this year's conference with a talk on the theme of “touch”, taking the audience on a journey through senses and ideas, culminating
- [Another contribution to the Venice Biennale](https://typography.network/2013/04/26/another-contribution-to-the-venice-biennale/) - Adobe Thai, a typeface designed by Fiona Ross and Tim Holloway, features in this visual project by Zurich-based artist Dafi Kühne – 40 posters in 34 languages – presented at the Biennale in 2012. You can watch the production process on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/64761003 You can read the artist's documentation, where he thanks Fiona, research student
- [A new design for Modern Poetry in Translation](https://typography.network/2013/04/25/a-new-design-for-modern-poetry-in-translation/) - Reading MA student Katy Mawhood’s new design for Modern Poetry in Translation has given a new look to one of Britain’s oldest poetry magazines. You can read Katy’s article on the redesign, which features fellow Reading graduate Veronika Burian’s typeface Maiola.
- [ICON print identification course](https://typography.network/2013/04/16/icon-print-identification-course/) - This week we were pleased to welcome members of the Institute of Conservation, for whom we ran a hands-on print identification course. To find out more about our short courses, including next week’s poster workshop in conjunction with the V&A and the Arts Council England Subject Specialist Network (Wednesday 24 April), contact Diane Bilbey (d.j.bilbey@reading.ac.uk)
- [Support for local people to do a PhD](https://typography.network/2013/03/15/support-for-local-people-to-do-a-phd/) - The University is offering bursaries to cover the cost of home/EU fees for local people who wish to begin their PhD at the University on either a part-time or full-time basis. Candidates must normally live within 25 miles of the University, and must satisfy normal entry requirements. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 1 May
- [Design is not a matter of surface appearance](https://typography.network/2013/03/14/design-is-not-a-matter-of-surface-appearance/) - Typography supports the Design Commission’s launch on 13 March 2013 of Restarting Britain 2: Design and Public Services, and strongly endorses its opening statement: ‘Design is integral to the DNA of each and every public service. Design is not a matter of surface appearance.’ Prof Sue Walker, who contributed written evidence to the Commission, has
- [Ian Watson on contrast set labelling in information design](https://typography.network/2013/02/21/ian-watson-on-contrast-set-labelling-in-information-design/) - Ian Watson from Bifröst University, Iceland, is visiting the Department, and will talk to MA students on Friday 22 February. His thesis, Cognitive design: Creating the sets of categories and labels that structure our shared experience, can be read here.
- [Steen Ejlers on the Danish lettering tradition](https://typography.network/2013/02/20/steen-ejlers-on-the-danish-lettering-tradition/) - Danish architect and graphic designer Steen Ejlers wil be talking in the Department on Monday 25 February at 10am about the Danish lettering tradition of the 20th century. Steen Ejlers is associate professor at the Institute of Design & Communication at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. His current research project ‘Danish Font Design
- [Reading at the ICA](https://typography.network/2013/01/31/reading-at-the-ica/) - Reading's new partnership with the ICA was launched tonight, as Typography and Art began a collaboration that will provide a London venue for both departments for teaching and public events, drawing on Reading's strengths in both disciplines and on the ICA's ability to connect with a young, vibrant audience. The launch event was preceded by
- [Celebrating Ken Garland](https://typography.network/2013/01/29/celebrating-ken-garland/) - Designer, teacher, author, and photographer Ken Garland is celebrated in the current issue of Creative Review. Ken has been associated with the Department since its inception in the 1960s, and generations of students were inspired by his provocative teaching – learning how to think about the ‘why’ of design as well as the ‘how’. Ken will
- [Reading graduate is ‘Penguin’s brightest star’](https://typography.network/2013/01/03/reading-graduate-is-penguins-brightest-star/) - Penguin’s brightest star is not an author but illustrator (and Reading Typography graduate) Coralie Bickford-Smith, according to AbeBooks. The AbeBooks site features an interview and shows her brilliant covers for Penguin Classics, the Great Food series and her interpretation of a three-volume edition of the Arabian Nights. There is even more at Coralie’s own website, http://www.cb-smith.com
- [Non-Latin scripts: from metal to digital type](https://typography.network/2012/12/18/non-latin-scripts-from-metal-to-digital-type/) - Available from the St Bride shop, Non-Latin scripts: from metal to digital type reproduces previously unpublished items for the Department’s Non-Latin Type Collection. Collection curator Fiona Rosscontributes a major essay on the type design process for non-Latin scripts and describes the exhibits, Graham Shaw discusses the relationship between these scripts and print technology, and John
- [Non-Latin scripts exhibition in Hong Kong](https://typography.network/2012/12/18/non-latin-scripts-exhibition-in-hong-kong/)
- [Design Issues: visual essays](https://typography.network/2012/12/03/design-issues-visual-essays/) - Sue Walker joins Design Issues as Associate Editor, Archives to develop visual essays that derive from high quality collections and archives of design-related materials worldwide. Design Issues, the first American academic journal to examine design history, theory, and criticism, provokes enquiry into the cultural and intellectual issues surrounding design. It is one of the world’s foremost
- [Typeform dialogues](https://typography.network/2012/11/26/typeform-dialogues/) - Hyphen Press Extra has today posted – free to download – a document that gathers materials from the Typeform dialogues project, carried out by Eric Kindel, Catherine Dixon, and others at Central St Martins, London, in 1994–8 and afterwards. http://extra.hyphenpress.co.uk/
- [Chancellor presents student design prizes](https://typography.network/2012/11/20/chancellor-presents-student-design-prizes/) - Over the summer BA Graphic Communication students who has just finished their first year entered a competition run organised by Oculus, a Reading design company who are celebrating their 20th anniversary. The students were asked to create a brand for a fictional company and to deliver both visuals and a written rationale of the thinking
- [Data Journalism: A designer's perspective](https://typography.network/2012/10/10/data-journalism-a-designers-perspective/) - An Information Design Association talk by Lulu Pinney 6.30pm on 15 October Performing Arts Lab, Royal College of Art The internet has had a profound impact on journalism, as it has on many things. The vast quantity of data the internet has enabled us to discover, collect, explore and share is part of this. Visual
- [Pencil to pixel exhibition](https://typography.network/2012/10/03/pen-to-pixel-exhibition/) - We are amongst the supporters of the “Pencil to pixel” exhibition organised by Monotype UK. The exhibition will showcase a ranger of typographic treasures, and host design-themed events. The opening is on 16 November, and the exhibition will run the following week, 19—23 November, in the Metropolitan Wharf in east London.
- [Whatever Next](https://typography.network/2012/09/26/whatever-next/) - Founded by Camberwell Press' creative director, James Edgar, Whatever Next: a discourse in typography is an exhibition and book stemming from a series of conversations that took place in 2011. The discussions are prefaced by four essays, one of which is by Gerry Leonidas. The book will be launched at the Kemistry Gallery on 4
- [Burke in Chile](https://typography.network/2012/09/24/904/) - Christopher Burke, Senior Research Fellow in Typography, accepted an invitation by the Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Santiago to give two public lectures, and to work with students on typeface design. http://www.det.cl/
- [Simplicity at the London Design Festival](https://typography.network/2012/09/24/simplicity-at-the-london-design-festival/) - Alison Black, Professor of User-centred Design, shared a platform with leading designers and creative thinkers at the 2012 London Design Festival, explaining the importance of simplicity when developing products and services. Charing the event, which took place at the V&A Museum, was Philip Davies of Siegel+Gale. Other panel members were Merlin Crossingham, creative director of

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- [Degree show archive](https://typography.network/degreeshowarchive/) - Degree Show Archive About the archive Each year, students across many of our programmes put on degree shows to collect together their best work from their years of study. This site is an archive of these shows, including the student work itself, photographs of the events, recollections, and any associated digital presence.
- [Link tree](https://typography.network/link-tree/) - Global Goals exhibition RSVP for our 50th celebrations – Thursday 11 Sept, 5pm –8pm Book a BA Graphic Communication taster day Stay in touch form (degree show updates) BA Graphic Communication degree show 2025 online MA Communication Design website (MA Student work) Degree show feedback form ====================== University Undergraduate Open Days – Book now Postgraduate
- [Global Goals 2024](https://typography.network/globalgoals2024/) - Promoting the Global Goals This website showcases an exhibition of work by Part 2 students from the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication featuring proposals for posters and supporting material in response to a brief from Project Everyone, a United Nations Global Partner dedicated to promoting seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. Each student was given the
- [Global Goals archive](https://typography.network/globalgoalsarchive/) - Promoting the Global Goals This website archives exhibitions of work by Part 2 students from the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication featuring proposals for posters and supporting material in response to a brief from Project Everyone, a United Nations Global Partner dedicated to promoting seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. Reflections from our 2024 students. 2025
- [Global Goals](https://typography.network/globalgoals/) - This website showcases an exhibition of work by Part 2 students in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, each responding to a specific United Nations Global Goal. A physical exhibition runs in the Department, Monday 22 September – Friday 7 November 2025. Please do come and visit. An archive of previous years' work is
- [James Mosley's History of letterforms](https://typography.network/history-of-letterforms/) - James Mosley’s ‘History of Letterforms’ lectures James Mosley’s lectures on the history of letterforms were delivered in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication over many years. In 2020–21, they were recorded as still images with voice-over. Following Prof. Mosley’s death in August 2025, the Department is pleased to make the recordings generally available in
- [James Mosley – a celebration](https://typography.network/james-mosley-a-celebration/) - Remembering James Mosley: a celebration of his life and work James Mosley’s family and the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication would like to invite you to join us to share memories of James, and to celebrate the extraordinary contribution he made to the world of typography. Date: Wednesday 5 November, 12–2pm RSVP: If you
- [welcome-ug](https://typography.network/welcome-ug/) - Welcome to Typography! Looking forward to seeing all our new starters during welcome week, beginning 22 September 2025. The information below will update nearer the time with all the details you need to make the most of your first few weeks on our BA Graphic Communication course. Key documents like 'Things to buy' and 'Pre-sessional
- [50 years event](https://typography.network/50yearsevent/) - Join us on Thursday 11 September, 5pm – 8pm! A celebration of 50 years of the Department among graduates, staff and friends. Come and enjoy our exhibition covering important moments in the Department's history and selected student work from across the decades. We'll have drinks and snacks, a complete run of degree show invitations on
- [Department history](https://typography.network/departmenthistory/) - Department of Typography & Graphic COmmunication Michael Twyman’s vision for a new academic discipline was driven by his perceived lack of synergy in the teaching of art and of design in the 1960s. As a student in the School of Art at Reading he was inspired by courses in printing, book production, typography
- [Department history (JCL DEMO DO NOT USE)](https://typography.network/departmenthistory-2-2/) - Department of Typography & Graphic COmmunication Celebrating 50 years Michael Twyman’s vision for a new academic discipline was driven by his perceived lack of synergy in the teaching of art and of design in the 1960s. As a student in the School of Art at Reading he was inspired by courses in printing, book production,
- [Department history (archive, do not use)](https://typography.network/departmenthistory-2/) - Department of Typography & Graphic COmmunication Celebrating 50 years Michael Twyman’s vision for a new academic discipline was driven by his perceived lack of synergy in the teaching of art and of design in the 1960s. As a student in the School of Art at Reading he was inspired by courses in printing,
- [About Real Jobs](https://typography.network/about-real-jobs/) - About Real Jobs Students in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication take on 'real jobs' as part of their studies. This gives them invaluable experience of designing for real world clients, and means they are better prepared for jobs in the design industry after graduating. The scheme is designed to model common design workflows.
- [welcome-pg](https://typography.network/welcome-pg/) - Welcome to Typography! MACD Pre-sessional information Things to buy Computer buying guideAll postgraduate students are required to have their own laptop with relevant software. The file on the above link has detailed recommendations on hardware and software – not all of this is a must, but good to have in mind. Computer software and fontsStudents require a
- [Fab Lab](https://typography.network/fab-lab/) - Baseline shift Our Fab Lab (Fabrication lab) is located in the T3 studio to aid students in design projects. Before using any of the machines, you must attend an induction and read the guidance pages below (and also accessible via QR codes on the machines). Handmaking Processes and tips Examples of work using the Fab
- [FAB Lab (old)](https://typography.network/fab-labold/) - Baseline shift A series of talks, events and workshops helping students expand and redefine their understanding of what a designer is, and what design can do. Here's the schedule for this term.
- [Baseline shift](https://typography.network/baseline-shift/) - Baseline shift A series of talks, events and workshops helping students expand and redefine their understanding of what a designer is, and what design can do. Here's the schedule for this term.
- [What the font](https://typography.network/tg1wtf/) - TG1WTF (What The Font?!) This module is about fonts, why they matter, and how you make them. Reading is home to possibly the most prestigious Masters level font design course in the whole world. But with module, we're bringing our expertise in this area to anyone studying an Undergraduate course at Reading. It's fun • No
- [New staff essentials](https://typography.network/new-staff-sessional/) - Welcome! Friendly intro text IT setup IT setup is important … Training for teaching staff Once you are fully set up with your Reading IT account, we ask that all new teaching staff review a series of training videos on key topics around student welfare. XX YY ZZ
- [Typography papers](https://typography.network/typographypapers/) - Typography papers Provided here is information about volumes of Typography papers, including a listing of authors and articles for each volume, together with article summaries, the editorial introduction, and the colophon. PDF files are available for articles in volumes 1–7 and 9. About Typography papers Typography papers was conceived and developed by Paul Stiff at the
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- [Typography papers 3](https://typography.network/typographypapers3/) - Typography papers Typography papers 3 Editorial Typeface design, as a prerequisite of typography, but a slightly different discipline, can be examined in many ways. This third issue of Typography papers provides examples of three approaches, as well as papers evaluating the contribution of a distinguished forms (Nicolete Gray), and an expert user of type (Hans
- [Typography papers 4](https://typography.network/typographypapers4/) - Typography papers Typography papers 4 Editorial This issue is broadly concerned with the notion of ‘interpretation’ of meaning and ideas; we welcome the dialogue that is introduced in several of the contributions. The detailed typography of dictionaries with its potential to articulate meaning to a very fine degree is the topic of Paul Luna’s richly-illustrated
- [Typography papers 1](https://typography.network/typographypapers1/) - Typography papers Typography papers 1 Editorial Whatever else it is claimed to be, typography is design for reading. We would say that; but the surprise is that it still needs saying. It is hard to be wholly optimistic in publishing papers about typography: there are too many reports about reading’s demise, especially among the generation
- [Typography papers 2](https://typography.network/typographypapers2/) - Typography papers Typography papers 2 Editorial Modern type design began in the 1690s, with the project to devise a new type for the French royal printing house. The romain du roi is well known but, as James Mosley observes, the most enduring legacy of the enterprise – a rational system of type measurement – is
- [Typography papers 6](https://typography.network/typographypapers6/) - Typography papers Typography papers 6 Editorial This sixth volume of Typography papers reconstructs the classical letter in Italy. Between 1420 and 1470 artists developed the canonical letterform of the modern era. They reinterpreted the ancient Roman majuscules under the successive patronage of oligarchic bankers and merchants in Florence, of despot rulers of city-states, and later
- [Typography papers 8](https://typography.network/typographypapers8/) - Typography papers Typography papers 8 Editorial A network diagram would map more thriftily than rows of prose the copious intersections between our eleven articles and their authors in this eighth volume of Typography papers. That mesh of work, personal affinity, and politics testifies to a small world with disproportionate impact beyond its edges. Until quite
- [TY1SK1: Part 1 Design skills](https://typography.network/ty1sk1-part-1-design-skills/) - TY1SK1: Part 1 Design skills .These blog posts are students' reflections about developing their software skills through self-directed learning, how online tutorials helped skill development, and how research and sources of inspiration helped idea generation. Cutting out images (Photoshop) Editing images (Photoshop) Creative images (Photoshop) Formatting tabular text (InDesign) Formatting effective layouts (InDesign) Drawing vector
- [Typography papers 9](https://typography.network/typographypapers9/) - Typography papers Typography papers 9 Editorial In this ninth volume of Typography papers, we range widely over time and topic in pursuit of compelling narratives. Some scholars have argued that letterforms called ‘Romanesque’ lack stable characteristics of their own, and are only transitional between Carolingian and Gothic letterforms. Gerard Unger counters this view by drawing
- [Typography papers 5](https://typography.network/typographypapers5/) - Typography papers Typography papers 5 Editorial Typography papers here returns for its fifth volume in seven years. There are several obstacles to our aim of appearing annually, so we ask for the continuing patience of our readers if we decide, for example, that it remains better to set off with our carriages full than to
- [Typography papers 7](https://typography.network/typographypapers7/) - Typography papers Typography papers 7 Editorial In this its seventh volume, Typography papers continues to rewrite the history of letterforms. Over 40 years Hendrik Vervliet has produced a series of magisterial contributions to our knowledge of 16th-century French type design, the source of canonical forms of Western printing type. In his second systematic survey to
- [MA Test (Josefina and Abeera)](https://typography.network/ma-test/) - Part 1:Collections .What can we learn about design from looking at historical archives? Image(s) from the Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading.
- [Teaching news](https://typography.network/teaching-news/) - Student work BA Part 1 Design Practice (TY1DP1) Design Skills (TY1SK) BA Part 2 … coming soon BA Part 3 … coming soon MA courses Bottom Line Technologies Lantana Publishing Teaching news
- [TY1DP1: Collections](https://typography.network/collections-part-1/) - Part 1:Collections .What can we learn about design from looking at historical archives? Image(s) from the Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading.
- [TY1DP1: Part 1 Design Practice 21–22](https://typography.network/ty1dp1-part-1-design-practice-21-22/) - TY1DP1: Part 1 Design Practice .New work from our Part 1 BA Graphic Communication students Ideal gift .Get to know another student on the course, and user what you learn about them to design them a perfect present. Lettering in the environment .Lettering – in the form of letters, words, messages – is everywhere, indoors and
- [Paper samples](https://typography.network/paper-samples/) - .Our relationship with Antalis allows students to place orders for bespoke paper samples or dummy blocks direct with our contact. Below are some sample emails to help standardise your requests. Click the links to place an order: Request paper samples Request bound dummy Use these emails as a template and customise to suit your needs.
- [Typography papers X](https://typography.network/typographypapersx/) - Typography papers Typography papers 9 Editorial introduction In this ninth volume of Typography papers, we range widely over time and topic in pursuit of compelling narratives. Some scholars have argued that letterforms called ‘Romanesque’ lack stable characteristics of their own, and are only transitional between Carolingian and Gothic letterforms. Gerard Unger counters this view by
- [TY1SK1: Part 1 Design skills (Archive)](https://typography.network/ty1sk1-part-1-design-skills-archive/) - TY1SK1: Part 1 Design skills .These blog posts are students' reflections about their design ideas, how the online tutorials helped skill development, and how research and sources of inspiration helped idea generation. Cutting out images (Photoshop) .Design alternative images for your Typographic podcast, or a topic of your choice. Cut out at least 3 images
- [TY1DP1: Part 1 Design Practice](https://typography.network/ty1dp1-part-1-design-practice/) - TY1DP1: Part 1 Design Practice .New work from our Part 1 BA Graphic Communication students Narratives | Lettering | Images | Monograms | Covid | Penguins | Type design | User-focus | Listings Broken narratives .A client has written a novel and asks you to develop a concept that enhances the visual dimension of the story through
- [TY1DP1: Part 1 Design Practice 20-21](https://typography.network/ty1dp1-part-1-design-practice-20-21/) - TY1DP1: Part 1 Design Practice .New work from our Part 1 BA Graphic Communication students Narratives | Lettering | Images | Monograms | Covid | Penguins | Type design | User-focus | Listings Broken narratives .A client has written a novel and asks you to develop a concept that enhances the visual dimension of the story through
- [TY1DP1: Logo trends](https://typography.network/logo-trends/) - Part 1:Logo trends .An investigation of trends in contemporary logo design.
- [Hi!](https://typography.network/welcome/) - Hi! Welcome to the Department of Typography @ Graphic Communication at Reading. This page contains useful links to help you get started on your course, before you get access to your University username and password. Once you have those credentials, you gain access to more formal sources of information, and this page becomes redundant. But
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- [TY1DP1: Mind the gap](https://typography.network/mind-the-gap/) - Part 1:Mind the gap .Starting with just six glyphs from a given font, design additional letterforms in the same style by careful analysis of the existing shapes.
- [TY1DP1: Ideal gift](https://typography.network/ideal-gift/) - Part 1:Ideal gift .Get to know another student on the course, and user what you learn about them to design them a perfect present.
- [TY1INT: Reading Film Theatre listings](https://typography.network/reading-film-theatre-listings/) - Part 1:Reading Film Theatre listings .Start with some completely unformatted (and horribly copy-edited) text, and turn it into a coherently presented document that articulates an information hierarchy and supports user goals.
- [TY1DP1: Penguin cover](https://typography.network/penguin-cover/) - Part 1:Penguin cover .Inspired by the work of David Pearson, Harland Miller and others who enjoy playing with established design classics, create a perfect copy of a classic Penguin … then have some fun …
- [TY1DP1: Communication, Design, and COVID-19](https://typography.network/communication-design-and-covid-19/) - Part 1:Communication, Design, and COVID-19 .How is graphic language being used to communicate public health information in a global pandemic: collecting contemporary communications
- [TY1DP1: Transmogrify: your initials](https://typography.network/transmogrify-your-initials/) - Part 1:Transmogrify: your initials .Creating a monogram, a graphic representation of your initials
- [TY1DP1: Lettering in the environment](https://typography.network/lettering-in-the-environment/) - Part 1:Lettering in the environment .Lettering – in the form of letters, words, messages – is everywhere, indoors and out.
- [TY1DP1: Impactful images](https://typography.network/impactful-images/) - Part 1:Impactful images .Two images to illustrate a ‘given’ noun. The second image adds _one element_ to change the feeling or meaning of the first image.
- [TY1DP1: Broken narratives](https://typography.network/broken-narratives/) - Part 1:Broken narratives .A client has written a novel and asks you to develop a concept that enhances the visual dimension of the story through the book's form and materiality.
- [TY1DP1: Part 1 Design Practice 21–22 (Copy)](https://typography.network/ty1dp1-part-1-design-practice-21-22-2/) - TY1DP1: Part 1 Design Practice .New work from our Part 1 BA Graphic Communication students Ideal gift .Get to know another student on the course, and user what you learn about them to design them a perfect present. Lettering in the environment .Lettering – in the form of letters, words, messages – is everywhere, indoors and
- [Typography student fund](https://typography.network/student-fund/) - The Typography Student Fund supports professional practice among students. The fund is available to all students studying in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, but with a special focus on undergraduates. Students can apply here. About the fund The Typography Student Fund accepts donations from clients who work with students as part of
- [Diversity & Inclusion](https://typography.network/diversity/) - Typography & Graphic Communication are part of the University’s Breaking down Barriers (BdB) cross-disciplinary team. BdB champions the ways we embed engagement with inclusive design across disciplines. Read more about this award-winning project and our 2020 wayfinding hackathon on the BdB blog. http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/breaking-down-barriers/
- [Publishing platforms](https://typography.network/publishing-platforms/) - Publishing Platforms | MABD 2019 About the project Publishing Platforms explores different approaches to digital-first open access publishing. Students engage with notions of fixed vs fluid content, proprietary vs open source licensing, copyright vs public domain, and the related implications of all of these issues for the design, production and subsequent distribution of publications. The
- [Publishing platforms archive](https://typography.network/pp-archive/) - Publishing Platforms | MABD Archive About the project Publishing Platforms explores different approaches to digital-first open access publishing. Students engage with notions of fixed vs fluid content, proprietary vs open source licensing, copyright vs public domain, and the related implications of all of these issues for the design, production and subsequent distribution of publications. The
- [Research projects](https://typography.network/research-projects/)
- [Baseline shift feedback](https://typography.network/baseline-feedback/) - We're always looking to improve Baseline shift to give students more fresh ways of thinking about design. Use the form below to give us some feedback on a Baseline shift session you attended … Loading...
- [Real Jobs](https://typography.network/real-jobs-scheme/) - Welcome to Real Jobs Real Jobs is Typography's innovative scheme for bringing together students and clients for personalised work placements. Browse recent jobs below. Information for clients Information for students
- [Art](https://typography.network/art/) - How poster work The HPW website Links to files on google drive
- [CEG](https://typography.network/ceg/) - How poster work The HPW website Links to files on google drive
- [Creating a Real Job post](https://typography.network/creating-a-real-job-post/) - Creating a Real Job post This site hosts completed reflective reports submitted as part of your degree programme. For full details about how the Real Jobs scheme works for students, including how to post your report, review the Real Jobs organisation on Blackboard.
- [Publishing platforms DELETE](https://typography.network/delete/) - Publishing platforms 2018 Linda Byrne “No Results for Thirty-Three” uses a systematic numerical search to uncover the breadth of the Wellcome Collection's digital archive and explores connections between medicine, life and art. The results formed a print-on-demand tabloid published through Newspaper Club, and an interactive ePub can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. A webarchive
- [Women in type](https://typography.network/women-in-type/)
- [Real Jobs form](https://typography.network/about-real-jobs/real-jobs-form/) - If you are a client interested in working with students and you are happy to work around their often hectic schedules, get in touch via the form below. We're always looking for new projects that can stimulate our talented students, give them fresh experiences and a taste of what their future might hold. Enquire about
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