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Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:34:58 +0000

Presentation slidesPresentation slides can be found here.

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:20:45 +0000

Analysing the dataAnalysis of focus group discussions can be found here.

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:19:10 +0000

Analysing the dataThematic analysis of the images of ‘sources of identity’ can be found here.

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:14:35 +0000

Spectacles, sieves and filters Diagram from page 132 of Gray, C, & Malins, J. (2007) Visualizing Research: A Guide to the Research Process in Art and Design, […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:12:45 +0000

Analysing dataNow that I have gathered data relating to my intervention I will look into methods of data analysis. I read Chapter six: […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:08:29 +0000

Intervention: week 5: Focus Group Discussions During week five we asked the students to reflect on the intervention in their table groups (4–6 students). I provided t […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:53:35 +0000

Conversations with GCD Course Leader, Kira Salter During my intervention I had several conversations with GCD Course Leader, Kira Salter, who was able to offer me some great advice […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:49:44 +0000

Focus groupsAfter talking to Catherine during my tutorial, she mentioned using group discussions instead of individual questionnaires to gather […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:44:51 +0000

Intervention: week 4 During the fourth week students continued to refine and develop their designs, simultaneously considering: – Knowledge E […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:37:18 +0000

Intervention: week 3 In week 3 we were joined by two designers from Dalton Maag to talk more to the students about typeface design and industry standard […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:31:52 +0000

Intervention: week 2 Week 2 we were joined by Eleni Beveratou, Creative Director at Dalton Maag to provide students with specialist teaching, technical […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:24:37 +0000

Intervention: week 1 sketches Some of the results of the students’ initial designs. These were purposefully kept to pencil drawings / sketches so the students […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:19:25 +0000

Intervention: Type specimens from the Western canonI also provided printouts of seminal typefaces from the Western canon (relating to my overview lecture at the beginning of the […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:13:54 +0000

Week 1: Sources of identity Pre-taskPrior to the first session, students were asked to consider an aspect of their own identity and to find an image (ideally […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:04:47 +0000

Intervention: week 1 slidesAt the start of the session, I introduced the project and gave a short lecture on The Western canon of typeface design, plotting […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:56:25 +0000

Intervention: briefIn GCD Practices we refer to briefs as ‘tasks’. The task sheet for my intervention can be found here.

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:53:25 +0000

Participant Information Sheet & Participant consent formBefore I begin the intervention I have prepared a participant information sheet and Participant consent form and handed these out […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:49:10 +0000

Intervention overviewThis week I am starting my intervention which takes the form of a curricula change to a type design project that I ran last […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:36:35 +0000

A Multi-Script Type Design Program: Imagining a playground for collective archiving, researching and letter-making Naïma Ben Ayed’s article sheds light on the biases of teaching typography from the European perspective. Collage of North […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:34:17 +0000

Mexican Blackletter Thinking about themes of typography and cultural identity, my colleague Mikael Calandra Achode suggested looking at Mexican […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:29:49 +0000

Kae TempestSome great quotes from Kae Tempest on empathy, community and connection. I came across this book through the Stage 1 GCD reading […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:16:40 +0000

Typeface design and cultural identity This 2011 typeface by Geetika Alok & Henrik Kubel of A2 Type is a really lovely example of type design inspired by cultural […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:09:29 +0000

Knowledge Exchange: Dalton Maag As part of my intervention I would like to involve Knowledge Exchange and the relationship of teaching to Industry practice. I […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:06:12 +0000

Intervention ideasFor my intervention I’d like to combine several aspects of teaching: – Decolonisation – What can we learn from the Wes […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:02:59 +0000

Edward Catich Catich, E. M. (1968) The Origin of the Serif. Davenport: Catfish Press Edward Catich (1906–79, USA), was a calligrapher and t […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:59:45 +0000

Methods: Art-based Action Research Stream-of-consciousness notes from Jokela, T., & Huhmarniemi, M. (2018) ‘Art-based action research in the development work of a […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:53:18 +0000

PositionalityOn my positionality Also from the brief was this quote:”Notice and reflect on your positionality, embodiments, and practices as […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:51:38 +0000

References Websites to look at further in terms of diversity and racial inequality in the design industry. Home page of WATBD? Where are […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:49:07 +0000

Towards a Critical facultyStuart Bailey Re-reading this essay by Stuart Bailey about higher education and criticality. There are some great quotes that […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:45:32 +0000

I am a man Richard L. Copley, I am a man, 1968 (Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike) This powerful image became a key visual reference relating to typography and racial justice

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:42:12 +0000

Paul Luna, Typography Again, going back to some core reading on the subject of typography and how I can connect the PgCert intervention and ideas of […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:34:59 +0000

Norman PotterThinking of ideas for my intervention, I’ve been thinking about a typeface design project that looks at cultural identity as a […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:30:20 +0000

A Manifesto for Decolonising DesignFurther reading on Decolonising design The Decolonising Design Collective’s ‘A Manifesto for Decolonising Design’ was published in […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:28:39 +0000

How typography can make a more inclusive future Article by Ray Masaki on It’s Nice that exploring issues of inclusivity in type design. Ray Masaki, It’s Nice that Masaki […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:25:06 +0000

How many female type designers do you know?: I Know Many and Talked to Some! Onomatopee (2020) How many female type designers do you know?: I Know Many and Talked to Some! Eindhoven: Onomatopee

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:23:00 +0000

Edward Johnston I wanted to look more at the history of typography at CSM, to link with the legacy of the school and contextualise teaching of […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:17:05 +0000

Futuress: on decolonising typography Where feminism, design and politics meet Left: Nüshu characters (black) and their Chinese Hanzi counterparts (white) set in […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:12:52 +0000

More on decolonising design… GCD colleague Anoushka Khandwala organised a roundtable discussion with several practitioners around the subject of […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:06:29 +0000

Attainment gap on GCD at CSMWhile not directly attributed to teaching typography on Graphic Communication Design. The UAL attainment stats from 2023/24 tell […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:04:10 +0000

Diversity in the design industry The AIGA’s report of 2021 provides figures on diversity in the design industry (see image below). column 1: Overall respondents, […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:57:14 +0000

Climate, Racial and Social justice on GCD Cover of the GCD course handbook, 2024–25 From the Graphic Communication Design course handbook: “Engaging with climate, r […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:53:17 +0000

Re-reading the briefI went back and re-read the brief. Two points in particular stood out for me:– “Approach the intervention as a creative un […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:15:18 +0000

Ethical Action PlanLink to ethical action plan here Tutor feedback Ethical Action Plan feedback Stephen – thanks for getting this together. […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:11:10 +0000

Analysing Analytic AutoethnographyWorkshop 1 Reading Carolyn S. Ellis & Arthur P. Bochner, University of South Florida Autoethnography Auto (self, eg me as […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:04:20 +0000

Briefing workshopSome key notes from our first briefing workshop for the ARP unit: – Select an issue in your practice (related to so […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:37:23 +0000

Viewings Catherine Dixon, ‘Admit constraints: then having admitted, fill with discovery’, conference talk at Typography Theory Practice, Sat […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:52:09 +0000

“The alphabet, when pushed to a high degree of abstract visual intensity, became typography” Marshall Mcluhan (1964) Understanding Media Mcluhan, M. (1964) Understanding Media. New York: McGraw-Hill

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Sun, 22 Dec 2024 13:28:21 +0000

“Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers.”Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the oppressed, 1968 Paulo Freire’s quote is a key driver of my intervention. That students and tutors […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:23:13 +0000

Readings The Black Experience in Design Identity, Expression & ReflectionAnne Berry, et al. 2022 Anne Berry, et al., The Black […]

Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:36:46 +0000

Questionnaire designIn order to gather feedback at the end of my intervention cycle, I designed a questionnaire for students to reflect on what they […]