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The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design, through its partnership with the University of Brighton, Royal College of Art, RIBA and V&A Museum, aims to enhance learning and teaching in design through research that brings together resources and expertise from Higher Education and collections-based partners.
The EJF is pleased to announce that CETLD has approved funding for the following project commencing in September 2007 (a regular progress report will be introduced):

Lettering - the Legacy of Edward Johnston

Project leader: Eiichi Kono, University of Brighton with Gerald Fleuss, Edward Johnston Foundation and Dr Rowan Watson, V&A

This project will provide a consolidated learning space for HE design students by bringing together collections and material from partnership and other archival collections to advance the understanding of Edward Johnston and his legacy in terms of his rediscovery of the fundamentals of formal handwriting and lettering and its continuing and widened relevance in the contemporary digital world (from electronic books to directional signage).

In collaboration with the curator at the V&A and curatorial colleagues at the RIBA, and in the design archives at Brighton, the project will examine the material located in all archives and in parallel include fresh exploration of the Edward Johnston Foundation's archive in Ditchling with the aim of making it accessible to students in Higher Education as well as other researchers and students both physically and on-line. Links to on-line materials located in other collections will be used to enhance the teaching materials and online effectiveness of the materials developed.

A second strand will be the design of an educational programme for practice-based learning at Levels 2 and Masters to explore the relevance of Johnston's principles to contemporary letter design. The historical thread informing the development of letterform through the ages, forming the major element in Johnston's teaching, has virtually disappeared in the educational environment and the importance of re-establishing it is timely. Without the knowledge of this tradition further development in, for instance, the field of type design is stultified. These teaching materials will be tested by introducing them to students on the extension studies courses at Brighton, where they will automatically be drawn from a wide range of disciplines.

The project will be further enhanced and evaluated by outreach to a wider audience of learners and students through the medium of video podcasts, lectures, course materials, workshops and demonstrations and exhibitions.

Saturday 08 December 2007 ATypI ‘Hands On’ conference Brighton 2007 ATypI Brighton 2007 September 13 - 16, 2007 Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of Brighton River Valley Technologies have provided multimedia recordings of the talks held at Sallis Benney Theatre, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of Brighton. The conference focused on 'Hands On' engagements and physical encounters with letters whether encountered on pages, screens, stones, walls - in books, buildings or landscapes. [includes 'The legacy of Edward Johnston' by Gerald Fleuss, 'Reynolds Stone - a life in graven images' by Humphrey Stone, 'Writing and lettering and illuminating - and mechanisation?' by Richard Hollis and 'National Armed Forces Memorial Staffordshire' by Richard Kindersley.] Posted by Gerald Fleuss at 10:40 AM. Filed under: (0)Comments		WEBLOG HOME Categories • News • Press Releases • Seminar 2010 • The Barn, Park Farm EJF Wikipedia Search Advanced Search
Saturday 01 September 2007 The Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design (CETLD) The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning through Design, through its partnership with the University of Brighton, Royal College of Art, RIBA and V&A Museum, aims to enhance learning and teaching in design through research that brings together resources and expertise from Higher Education and collections-based partners. The EJF is pleased to announce that CETLD has approved funding for the following project commencing in September 2007 (a regular progress report will be introduced): Lettering - the Legacy of Edward Johnston Project leader: Eiichi Kono, University of Brighton with Gerald Fleuss, Edward Johnston Foundation and Dr Rowan Watson, V&A This project will provide a consolidated learning space for HE design students by bringing together collections and material from partnership and other archival collections to advance the understanding of Edward Johnston and his legacy in terms of his rediscovery of the fundamentals of formal handwriting and lettering and its continuing and widened relevance in the contemporary digital world (from electronic books to directional signage). In collaboration with the curator at the V&A and curatorial colleagues at the RIBA, and in the design archives at Brighton, the project will examine the material located in all archives and in parallel include fresh exploration of the Edward Johnston Foundation's archive in Ditchling with the aim of making it accessible to students in Higher Education as well as other researchers and students both physically and on-line. Links to on-line materials located in other collections will be used to enhance the teaching materials and online effectiveness of the materials developed. A second strand will be the design of an educational programme for practice-based learning at Levels 2 and Masters to explore the relevance of Johnston's principles to contemporary letter design. The historical thread informing the development of letterform through the ages, forming the major element in Johnston's teaching, has virtually disappeared in the educational environment and the importance of re-establishing it is timely. Without the knowledge of this tradition further development in, for instance, the field of type design is stultified. These teaching materials will be tested by introducing them to students on the extension studies courses at Brighton, where they will automatically be drawn from a wide range of disciplines. The project will be further enhanced and evaluated by outreach to a wider audience of learners and students through the medium of video podcasts, lectures, course materials, workshops and demonstrations and exhibitions. Posted by Gerald Fleuss at 08:20 PM. Filed under: (0)Comments		WEBLOG HOME Categories • News • Press Releases • Seminar 2010 • The Barn, Park Farm EJF Wikipedia Search Advanced Search
Saturday 21 July 2007 The Edward Johnston Foundation’s Eighth International Ditchling Seminar 2008 The annual Pen to Printer seminars bring together distinguished speakers and delegates from many lettering and associated disciplines to discuss in a convivial atmosphere issues of importance in today's rapidly-changing world of communications. The Eighth Annual International Ditchling Seminar will run from Friday 30th May to Sunday 1st June 2008. Speakers: Georgianna Greenwood (USA), John Shaw, Melvin Jefferson, Timothy Noad, Dave Farey. Demonstrations: John Nash and Dave Farey. Full details here. NB Owing to the increased popularity of the seminar, please book early as we may have to impose a ceiling on numbers of delegates attending. Provisional on-line booking here. PHOTO GALLERY - SEMINAR 2007 Posted by Gerald Fleuss at 06:23 PM. Filed under: (0)Comments		WEBLOG HOME Categories • News • Press Releases • Seminar 2010 • The Barn, Park Farm EJF Wikipedia Search Advanced Search

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