Giving type meaning

Mia Cinelli is an Associate Professor of Art Studio and Digital Design at the University of Kentucky, USA. With work ranging from speculative typography to experimental products, her multidisciplinary work in art and design explores frameworks for creating meaningful physical and visual interactions.

Introduction:

Chapter 1: Social Context
1.1 Context and meaning
1.a. Visual Inflection
1.b. Social Meaning & Typography
1.c. Visual Metaphors and Analogies
1.d. Cultural Context
1.e Power Structures
1.f Recontextualization

Chapter 2: Spatial Context
2.1. Visual Space (section)
2.1a Kinetic and Expressive Type
2.1b. Sound, Shape, and Speech
2.2. Concrete and Visual Poetry
2.2a. Physical Space
2.2b. Material Meaning
2.2c. A Known Social Context
2.2d. History and Material Meanings
2.2e. Material Metaphors and Analogies
2.3 Architectural Materials
2.3a. Public Space
2.3b. Place-Based Meaning
2.4b. Public Type & Community Participations
2.5 Private Space
2.5a Challenging Private Space
2.6 Personal Space
2.6a Apparel and Affiliation
2.6b Proximity and Politics
2.7 Virtual Space
2.7a Digital Methods
2.7b Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and Virtual Reality
2.8 Gestural Space
2.8a The Human Hand
2.8b Gesture in and of Letterforms
2.8c Gesture of Mark
2.8d Gesture and Expression
2.8e Corporeality and Performance


Chapter 3: Temporal Context
3.1. Time and history
3.1a Temporal Influence: Technology and Society
3.1b Temporal Influence: Current Events
3.2 Typographic Trends
3.2a. Historical Type in Contemporary Use
3.2b. Revivals and References
3.2c. Temporal Recontextualisations
3.2d. History-Inspired Type
3.3 Voices in Design
3.3a Type and Identity
3.4 Time as Medium
3.5 Into the Future
3.6 Language, Form and Meaning
3.7 Speculative Typography
3.8 What's Next?


Resources for Educators and Students
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements