Designers for Peace 3 / VR Typography: Words for Peace: Sustainability
We are seeking for three CIRRUS students to join the workshop with Aalto University, Estonian Academy of Arts and visiting IADT students from Ireland.
In total: 3 ECTS
Students interested in participating in the workshop should submit a statement of interest and a portfolio or a link to the portfolio to tarja.nieminen@aalto.fi on the 6th of February 24:00 CET at the latest. The selection results will be announced on the 7th of February.
The students will receive a Cirrus grant of 670 EUR for travel, sustenance, and accommodation (suggestions will be given). Daily lunch (vegan) will be provided as well as a 7-day local travel card.
Further questions should be addressed to Tarja Nieminen (tarja.nieminen@aalto.fi)
VR Typography: Words for Peace: Sustainability
A CIRRUS (Nordic-Baltic Network of Art and Design Higher Education) student mobility workshop
Sunday 18 Feb – Friday 23 Feb 2024
Place:
EKA Estonian Academy of Arts,
Tallinn, Estonia
Workshop Description
VR Typography: Words for Peace: Sustainability
The workshop explores the design of typography and the audience experience of reading text in a virtual environment. The topic of the workshop is Sustainability.
The workshop will introduce the basic principles of virtual reality for designers and how they apply the design of information and typography in a virtual environment.
Concepts such as composition, interaction and audience perspective will be explored practically through designing and learning to build a simple prototype.
Students will learn the basics of Unity and how to design information for a VR environment.
The aim of the workshop is to design and prototype a simple VR reading experience.
Prior knowledge of 3D software is helpful, but not essential. Students will work in small groups.
Because VR is still an emerging technology, good examples of information design and typography in virtual environments are scarce, so this is an opportunity to explore the future possibilities.
Workshop tutors (the IADT, Dublin, Ireland / Erasmus Staff Mobility):
Robert Griffin (BA (Hons), MSc, MSc) teaches at IADT and has been involved in all aspects of course design, teaching, promotion and assessment. He has expertise in ICT, UX/UI, Cyberpsychology, VR. He is currently researching increasing empathy towards the visually impaired using virtual reality. Rob is programme chair of the MSc in Cyberpsychology and has a special interest in Virtual Reality. He has been at the forefront of encouraging students to engage with emerging technology at IADT, championing Virtual Reality projects in the Institute as much as possible. Rob is very interested in seeing how VR can be adapted across the spectrum of traditional subjects. He wants to see filmmakers, model makers, computing students and psychologists getting to work together on VR projects to see what they make.
Dr Hilary Kenna is a lecturer in design & user experience (UX) at IADT. She has taught interaction design, graphic design and typography in the BA(hons) in Visual Communication for nearly 20 years. She currently teaches on the Masters in User Experience Design and the postgraduate Certificate in Design Thinking at IADT.
Hilary has a PhD in Design Principles for Screen Typography from the University of Arts London. She designed the awarding winning app The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, which was the subject of her TedX talk, Words Made Usable. Hilary has led research projects in data visualisation and her work was granted two US design patents and commercially developed into a product. She has lectured about and published her work internationally.
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Tentative workshop schedule
(more detailed info will be given to workshop participants):
Sunday 18 Feb: 09.30/10.00 – 16.30 or 17:00: a sightseeing tour to visit places relevant to the workshop topic
Mon 19 Feb – Fri 23 Feb: workshop (9.30/10.00-17:00, daily hours will be confirmed) The workshop will treat lunch for all workshop participants.