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Teaching Courses
Type and Letterform, Washington University in St. Louis
WorkshopsFall Semesters, 2013–14 Type II, Washington University in St. Louis Fall Semester, 2013 & 2016 Co-taught with Ben Franklin and Chrissi Cowhey in 2016. Type I, Washington University in St. Louis Spring Semesters, 2013–2017 Two sections, one co-taught with Sarah Birdsall (2013) and co-teaching with Ben Franklin (2014–16), Kelcey Towell (2014), Jonathan Hanahan (2015 & 2017), Chrissi Cowhey (2016–17), and Kirsten O’Loughlin (2017). Letter workshop, MICA Fall Semesters, 2006–2011 Co-taught with Ken Barber & Christian Schwartz (2006–08) Student work examples from 2010 and 2011. Design Contexts, UD Fall Semester, 2009–2010–2012 Co-taught with Ken Barber until 2012. Graphic Design Studio 301, UD Spring Semester, 2011 Typography III, UD Fall Semester, 2009 Co-taught with Ken Barber Advertising Methods, UD Spring Semester, 2009 Co-taught with Ken Barber Academic CV (PDF)
Python programming for Graphic Design in Drawbot
PressVCUarts Department of Graphic Design, February 18–19, 2014 Modular Typefaces VCUarts Department of Graphic Design, February 21, 2014 Pardon My Accent Type@Cooper, June 5–6, 2013 Mind the Gap: Keeping your Kerning Right Type@Cooper, Tuesday, June 4, 2013 Basic Python Programming for Typeface Design Type@Cooper. Spring Semester, 2011–present Typeface Design University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. April 2012. Student work.
“Works in Progress, 20 Young St. Louis Artists to Watch”
LecturesAlive Magazine, September 2015. Interview for Co-Lab co-lab.us Dala Prisma selected for Typecache's Favorite Fonts of 2014 typecache.com Cortado Script featured on AIGA's Eye on Design eyeondesign.aiga.org Cortado Script awarded Akira Kobayashi’s jury prize in Hiii Typography 2014 www.hiiibrand.com Dala Prisma featured and Cortado Script mentioned in Typefacts Die besten Fonts 2014 typefacts.com Dala Prisma selected for Fontwerk’s Die besten Schriften 2013 bis 2014 www.fontwerk.com Dala Prisma honored in “Our Favorite Typefaces of 2014” typographica.org Cortado Script honored in “Our Favorite Typefaces of 2014” typographica.org Worthe Numerals honored in “Our Favorite Typefaces of 2012” by Typographica.org typographica.org Interview, example of professional work, and example of taught student work in Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming, Ellen Lupton, editor, 2011 Interview in “Steer Clear of the Uncanny Valley”. Jessica Karle Heltzel, www.aiga.org
Artist lecture at Webster University, Webster Groves, MO. September 18, 2015
Writing“Digital Craft: working in the 21st century with a 19th century attitude” VCU Objects + Methods Lecture Series, February 20, 2014 “My kern runneð over” Robothon 2009 “Mo’ Glyphs, Mo’ Problems” Robothon 2012
“Diggin’” Communication Arts–May/June 2011 “Webfonts: What you don’t see” Communication Arts–July/August 2012 |
Ben teaches at Washington University in Saint Louis, and has taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art, the University of Delaware, and gives an annual workshop at the Type@Cooper program in New York City. He received his MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading, UK in 2005. |
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