Tom Foley

Recently the students had the pleasure of having typographer Tom Foley visit. Thomas Foley (1983) is a graphic designer, typographer and type designer currently living and working in London. 

Thomas graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2009 with an MA in Communication Design and has since worked with Polimekanos, Micha Wiedmann Studio and Atelier Dreibholz. Thomas has carried out lectures and workshops at universities including Central Saint Martins, UWE, Limerick School of Art and Design, Dun Laoghaire Institute, and the University of Santa Clara. Thomas is currently working as a Font Designer at Dalton Maag.

Tom delivered a captivating talk and revealed the tediousness that can be involved with designing a new font, but also the enjoyment in being able to create something so usable.

Tom also ran a workshop with the first year students, to help with their Art and Language module. The students learned a lot about the basics in typography and some new interesting techniques in context. 

The lecture was informative and and the students produced some excellent work with the help of Tom.

Photography by: Tatsu Ishikawa

Jose A Garrido workshop results

Below are the results from a typography workshop run by Jose A  Garrido. This work was displayed in and around the studio.

Noem9studio

Fabiola Correas Lisbona

Fabiola Correas Lisbona

Lucy Taylor

Oran Kane

Re Type opening evening

Opening evening of the Re Type exhibition. It was a big success, plenty of people and good feedback. A big thank you to everyone that took part in the workshop and all the support received.

by Samuel Donohoe

Re Type Exhibition

A few students produced a typography poster each for a workshop Nom De Strip by William Hibberd. Students were tasked with exploring the purpose of type and the strong reactions different typefaces can provoke.

by Samuel Donohoe

Mark making

The first years looked at calligraphy and type. 

We experimented with various pen types to produce abstract marks or even an experimental type. As pens we used ruling pens, automatic pens, but also plastic forks, dough scrapers, a jar lid, sponges, a pipette...

Type Tart - Student Showcase

In the centre of the gallery Students have produced their own ‘type tarts’ in response to a brief set by Curator, Caroline Archer. The resulting work was displayed in the centre of the gallery during the exhibition > Mon 9 Jan – Fri 27 Jan

Here some impressions of the exhibition opening event. Curator, Caroline Archer, also held a free public talk in the Studio Theatre on that day with all HE Graphic Design students.

http://www.typographichub.org/

Helvetica

"Helvetica is a feature-lenght independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives". This film was a part of the three week lecture series held for all HE Graphic Design students and public.

www.helveticafilm.com

Comic Sans by Vincent Connare

Vicent Connare recently came in to talk about working professionally in the software industry, and different typeface projects he has undertaken in the series of lectures held for HE Graphic Design students. Connare has been working as a font engineer and type designer for over 20 years now. He was trained as a painter and photographer in New York and holds a Masters degree in Type Design from the University of Reading. In 1993 he joined Microsoft Corperation as a typographic Engineer and worked on custom type projects for Microsoft products. Here he designed and produced two of the most popular typefaces of the 1990's, Comic Sans and Trebuchet. Today, Vincent works for Dalton Maag Ltd, which is a London based Type design agency, which specializes in corporate font solutions, branding and type design. Here he notably designed the lettering for the Ministry of Sound logo and has recently released his latest font design, Magpie OpenType.

http://connare.com/

http://www.daltonmaag.com/

by Alan danby.