THURSDAY, AUGUST 06

Type & Design
Education Forum

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

(Subject to change. Detailed program and bios will be posted soon.)

11:00a–11:05a | Opening remarks by Sharon Oiga & Guy Villa Jr


PROCESS AND CRITICALITY

11:05a–11:25a | Curious Typography by Dan Elliott

11:25a–11:35a | Spatial & Dimensional Typography by Sharon Oiga

11:35a–11:55a | Typography with Time: Education for First-Year Students Fostering Critical Thinking by Albert Choi

11:55a–12:15p | Design Process in the Age of AI by John Paul Dowling

12:15a–12:30p | Q+A

12:30p–12:45p | Break

SYSTEMS AND METHODOLOGY

12:45p–1:05p | Filling the Gap in Graphic Design Curriculum by Sajad Amini

1:05p–1:15 | No.268: Typographic Systems as Institutional Strategy by Jan Ballard

1:15p–1:35p | Beyond Safe Pairings: Teaching Font Pairing Through Randomized Constraint by Thomas Jockin

1:35p–1:45p | Designing with Rules: Teaching Computational Thinking Through Type, Systems, and Code by Cat Normoyle

1:45p–2:00p | Q+A

2:00p–3:00p | Long Break

COMMUNITY, CULTURE, AND PLACE

3:00p–3:10p | On Tap: Embracing Community Along the Columbia Tap Trail by Jose Romero

3:10p–3:20p | Fileteado Porteño: Typography, Identity, and Cultural Expression in Argentina by Camila Yepes

3:20p–3:30p | Going Off-Script: Cultural Sensitivity in the Typographic Landscape by Kristine Lauron

3:30p–3:50p | Place & Meaning-Making: Embracing Process, Nuance, and the Creative Consciousness by Thi Nguyen

3:50p–4:05p | Q+A

4:05p–4:20p | Break

CONTEXT

4:20p–4:30p | Unusual Specimens: Conceptual Explorations in Type Personality by Jenny Kowalski

4:30p–4:40p | Type Through the Modern Decades by Ashley Pigford

4:40p–5:00p | Building Typographic Literacy in a First Graphic Design Course by Nancy Bernardo

5:00p–5:20p | Beyond Letterforms: Typographic Design as Narrative by Stephanie Simkin

5:20p–5:35p | Q+A

5:35p–5:40p | Closing remarks

5:45p–6:15p | Reception at Assembly Lounge, Revolution Hall, 2nd fl.
(Ed Forum attendees only. Conference badge required.)

BIOS

Sharon Oiga
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Sharon Oiga holds an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University and BFA degrees in Graphic Design and Photography from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). In her role as Professor and Chair of Graphic Design at UIC, she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in design, typography, and thesis. Sharon’s design work is consistently recognized through awards, publications, exhibitions, and funding. A two-time recipient of major funding by Sappi Ideas That Matter, Sharon was also honored to receive the student-voted UIC Silver Circle Teaching Award. She and her partner, Guy Villa Jr, of their studio Sharon and Guy, have written about their teaching in Designer magazine, a UCDA publication. In the design community, she serves on the board of SOTA and the Chicago Design Archive, and on the advisory council of Diversify by Design, as well as recently serving as a juror for the Communication Arts Design Competition. Additionally, she is allergic to cats.

Guy Villa Jr
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Guy Villa Jr holds a BFA from the University of Illinois Chicago, with a major in Graphic Design and concentration in Photography. In his role as Assistant Professor at Columbia College Chicago, Guy teaches graphic design, typography, and book design, and he served as Advisor to the Latino Alliance. Aside from teaching and design practice at his studio, Sharon and Guy, he speaks at conferences regularly and gives presentations at regional, national and international venues. His design work and his students’ coursework are consistently recognized through awards, publications, and exhibitions. Guy is also Chair of the STA+CDA Transitions Conference, a forum for designers held by the Society of Typographic Arts and the Chicago Design Archive. He has been a juror for the international SOTA Typography Award as well as a proposal reviewer for the TypeCon Education Forum and AIGA Shift Virtual Summit. Additionally, he loves cats.

(More bios to come.)