I’m currently in China as a guest of the Shandong College of Art and I’ve been lucky enough to teach some classes with the media and graphic design students.
I lectured to the students about what it is I do back home in Australia, earlier in the week, and so today was their turn to put theory into practice and make some tactile typography. We had very limited resources and had to make do with coloured paper, glue sticks and scissors, but as you can see, the students were very creative and resourceful and I was very inspired by some of their solutions.
I put up all 26 letters of the English alphabet on the projector and told them to cut out the letters to spell their favourite word. Some spelled out their English name, but most of them chose a word that meant something to them.
I had a great time and I look forward to doing it again with a new group of students tomorrow. One of the girls thanked me and said this was the first time they had done a project about themselves, which I thought was lovely.
