HCAS Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Delivers 2020 Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture

 

Recently, Miriam Ahmed, Ph.D., assistant professor of graphic design for the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, delivered the annual Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture, a virtual event hosted through the St Bride Foundation in London.

The lecture, titled “First, Lessons in Typography,” examined Ahmed’s virtual typography course and six female students who participated in the “Wander Type Project,” aimed at encouraging inclusivity and representation in the field of typography while also focusing on the evolution of the career at large.

“In this talk, I hoped to build a case for broader exploration beyond standard typographic pathways, quantitative approaches to design research and a re-evaluation of academic and professional type rhetoric; to provide pathways toward explaining and validating the immense worth of a career in design and typography; and, maybe, reposition the world view of typography and democratize the field a little bit more,” Ahmed said. “It was an honor to deliver this lecture which is named for Beatrice Warde — one of the most influential women in type —to contribute to representation and recognition of females in typography, and to showcase the research that my female typography students at NSU have done in support of the larger effort of representation within typography.”

To learn more about Ahmed and her student’s “Wander Type Project,” visit http://www.wandertypeproject.com