Prof of Typography at Uni of Reading. Design for public good. Collections and archives for creativity and research inspiration.
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📚 Book of the week: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Typography
Edited by Aaris Sherin, Vaibhav Singh, Sue Walker
🔗 Get your copy here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-…
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Sue Walker’s Guardian obituary of Michael Twyman.
Without Michael, my and Jo’s lives would have been very different
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University of Reading's Art Collections and Lettering, Print & Graphic Design Collections have achieved Full Accreditation by Arts Council England (@ace_national), in recognition of their expert management and preservation for future generations.
More: rdg.ac/4nwJPZS
ALT A picture of staff and students examining artworks in the collection and artwork by Peter Paul Rubens, Study for the Head of Marie de' Medici, 1622, black chalk on paper. UAC/10539.
ALT A picture of University of Reading artworks in the collection and artwork by Peter Paul Rubens, Study for the Head of Marie de' Medici, 1622, black chalk on paper. UAC/10539.
ALT A picture of a selection of items from the Type Design Collection and hat box lining made by Betty Bros. of Bristol, 1885. Maurice Rickards Collection of Ephemera.
ALT A picture of a selection of items from the Type Design Collection and hat box lining made by Betty Bros. of Bristol, 1885. Maurice Rickards Collection of Ephemera.
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This is also affecting access to @UniRdg_ArtCol, @ColeZoology, @uremuseum, @UniRdgTypoColls websites.
Please bear with us while we get this sorted.
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Next week over 300 delegates from all over the world will come to @UniofReading for the #SHARP2024 conference hosted by @cbcp_UniRdg on "Global Book Cultures: Materialities, Collaborations, Access".
Find out more at:
reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Rese…
ALT Red box with white writing that says SHARP 2024. Global Book Cultures.
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🌟It's publication day!!! 🌟
I'm really excited to share our new collection, Knowing COVID-19, edited with the brilliant @Des_Fitzgerald. The book brings together 8 fantastic essays on the epistemological work of the pandemic humanities:
manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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Yet more of Typography papers now online! We are pleased to make available PDF files of articles from volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Typography papers: typography.network/typograph…
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Enormously proud to share this good news! The work of years is finally coming out! Edinburgh Companion to #Women in #Publishing, 1900–2020 is now available for pre order: edinburghuniversitypress.com… @EdinburghUP @cbcp_UniRdg
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Professor Sue Walker (@UniRdg_Typo) and her team visited Rwanda to tackle #AMR.
They used design thinking to explore ways of explaining the dangers of drug-resistant bugs in the context of a community pharmacy. #WAAW2023
rdg.ac/2BQ1Lcw
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Next week, @IrmiWachendorff will be exploring the significance of stickers as self-publishing in urban spaces at a seminar with @cbcp_UniRdg. 🏙️
Don't miss out! 👇
research.reading.ac.uk/resea…
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Join our webinar 'Towards a Diverse REF Culture: Digital Datasets and Tools as Contribution to Knowledge', Wed 22 November, 12-1pm with Dr Arianna Ciula @ariciula from @kingsdigitallab & Prof Jane Winters from @DH_ResearchHub. Info: culturedigitalskills.org/web… #CultureDigitalSkills
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There's still time to catch 'Up in Arms', an exhibition from @cbcp_UniRdg @UniRdg_Typo exploring posters of protest, solidarity, engagement and action. ✊
The exhibition runs until 8 December 2023 - find out more 👇
research.reading.ac.uk/centr…
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Handsetting the first ghazal of the Divan of Hafez around 250 years after its publication in London using the same hybrid Naskh-Nasta’liq type.
(Still missing a few alternates)
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Join Dr Abba Abba @UniRdg_EngLit @cbcp_UniRdg on 7 December to discover how unpublished materials can help reclaim rebel authors' perspectives.
Find out more👇
research.reading.ac.uk/resea…
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We are inviting applications for 3 funded Visiting Research Fellowships to scholars to conduct research & shape a new project drawing on the Reading University’s Archives & Special Collections relating to book & publishing cultures. More info here👇tinyurl.com/2fd5hhn6
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We are excited to be collaborating with @typodiversity on a typography & type design event this Friday & Saturday. The full programme for this event is available here: typodiversity.net/typodivers…
Join @cbcp_UniRdg, @UniRdg_Typo and @typodiversity for an event series with talks and workshops on research and practice in typography and type design.✍️
The first event will explore the world of Arabic script on 3 and 4 November. Find out more 👇
research.reading.ac.uk/centr…
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Stickers are one of the smallest and yet most visually expressive and liberated forms of signs in urban space - so what do they tell us? 🏙️🎨
Join @IrmiWachendorff and @cbcp_UniRdg on 30 November to explore the significance of stickers in urban spaces.
research.reading.ac.uk/resea…
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Borna Izadpanah @BornaIz will speak @typodiversity on Nov. 3 & 4. Borna is a Lecturer in Typography at the University of Reading, from where he was also awarded a PhD, and an MA in Typeface Design.
