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Foredragsrækken TYP

Typ er en uafhængig organisation under KADK sat i verden af lektorerne Sofie Beier og Steen Ejlers. Formålet er at afholde foredrag, der oplyser og inspirerer branchen om emner inden for typografi, design og wayfinding. Foredragene holdes af gæster fra ind og udland, og af forskere og undervisere på KADK.

Tilmeld nyhedsbrev: IVD-TYP@kadk.dk

Har du én gang tilmeldt dig et arrangement, modtager du automatisk vores nyhedsbrev.

6.10.2016 - Christopher Burke: 'The mysterious case of the curtailed g: an outsider's view of Danish lettering'.

Typ-forelæsning
Torsdag den 6. oktober, kl. 17.00
Auditorium 90.2.01

Gratis adgang og ingen tilmelding

The Copenhagen cityscape is marked by lettering that features a minuscule g which – to foreigners' eyes – has been cut short. It is missing its lower half. This talk will take the peculiar g, which has become known as the 'Danish g', as a starting point to examine style in Danish lettering, from the nineteenth century up to the digital era.

About Christopher Burke 

Christopher Burke is Research Fellow at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading, UK. He has designed four typefaces (Celeste, Celeste Sans, Pragma and Parable) and written two books, Paul Renner: the art of typography (1998) and Active literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography (2007). He co-edited Isotype: design and contexts, 1925–1971 (2013).

Tidligere foredrag

Christopher Burke: 'Words divide, pictures unite': the pictorial script, Isotype
16. marts 2016, auditorium 5

Christopher Burke er Velux visiting professor ved KADK.

Forelæsningen indgår i semesterplanen for kandidatprogrammet ‘Skrift & Wayfinding’, men er også åben for typ.dk.

Isotype was initially called the Vienna Method of Pictorial Statistics. Developed during the 1920s for education in a socialist context, it was intended to ‘represent social facts pictorially’ and to bring ‘dead statistics’ to life by making them visually attractive and memorable. The creators of Isotype, led by Otto Neurath, concentrated on social themes such as housing, economy, and health, and so their work retains lessons for us today. In the international scope of their work we can perceive themes which seem to be increasingly relevant: globalization, social welfare, war and migration, and the relationship of trade to international politics.

Christopher Burke: 'Graphic design history in practice'

16. november kl 16.30. Auditorium 2, KADK

Forelæser er den kendte engelske skriftdesigner & -forsker Christopher Burke, forfatter til bl.a monografier om Jan Tschichold og Paul Renner.

Christopher er ‘Velux visiting professor’ ved KADK-kandidatprogrammet ‘Skrift & Wayfinding' i de kommende to år.

 

Thierry Blancpain
Wednesday 25. February 2015
With a strong sense of history, but no intention in simply recreating it, Grilli Type designs typefaces with an attitude. Co-founder Thierry Blancpain will talk about the Swiss design heritage and how current Swiss designers, including Grilli Type, relate to it – as well as how Grilli’s typefaces find their place in the world.

For more info on Grilli Type see: http://grillitype.com 


Per Mollerup: Wayshowing>Wayfinding
Mandag 15. december 2014

Wayshowing støtter wayfinding. Wayfinding er et anliggende for besøgende. Wayshowing er designerens professionelle disciplin. God wayshowing er brugerorienteret: tager sit udgangspunkt i brugerens situation. Der er tale om second order understanding, hvor designeren prøver at forstå, hvad brugeren forstår. Når vi finder vej i ukendt territorium bruger vi alle en eller flere af ni wayfinding strategier. De fleste af os ved ikke, at vi kender og bruger disse strategier. De er unknown knowns.