Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify contemporary typographic defaults
- Explain how current notions of Western typographic tradition have been and continue to be constructed
- Analyse how modes of reading and writing have affected visual language in the past
- Consider aspects of written language that currently fall outside of established traditions
- Produce visual outcomes that are informed by historical models but not constrained by nostalgia
Credits: 3
Schedule: 29.10.2020 - 03.12.2020
Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022): Arja Karhumaa
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Arja Karhumaa, Tuomas Kortteinen
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (applies in this implementation):
Language of instruction and studies (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022):
Teaching language: English
Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
This course offers critical perspectives on typographic conventions in contemporary conditions and environments. It provides an expanded view of Western typographic tradition, focussing on its fuzzy peripheries and unexplored potentials. It takes the view that tradition can be mined as material for new approaches and solutions — that it may be a point of departure for designing but never a way back.
Through lectures, readings, and class assignments, the course provides a critical view on genealogies of writing and typography, from those established in Medieval Europe to those of 20th century modernism. Instead of concentrating on tools and technologies or the evolution of typographic styles, the course works towards articulating how changes to modes of reading and writing have manifested in and altered written language, and how they continue to do so.
The aim is to consider the following questions: What is history (of typography) for us (as practitioners)? How can we address contemporary issues while remaining in dialogue with history?
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Good attendance and submitted course assignments. Successful completion of the course requires 80 % attendance.
Workload
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
24 h in class, 57 h independent work
DETAILS
Study Material
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Study materials are provided at the beginning of the course.
Prerequisites
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
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SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
4 Quality Education
- Teacher: Karhumaa Arja