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Ksenya Samarskaya is the founding member of Samarskaya & Partners, drafting type to push against
the limits of technology, radiate legibly on small screens, and trigger nuanced algorithms of emotion and history.

Clients and collaborators include Adobe, Apple, Best Made Co., Birnam Wood, Design MW, Font Bureau, Google, Frere-Jones, Hoefler & Co., Ideo, JaegerSloan, Light+Ladder, McCann, MCKL, Monotype, Snoop Dogg, Trollback + Co., WeWork, and YouTube.

2015-2017 AIGA/NY Board of Directors. TDC63 Judge. Communication Arts 2017 Judge. 2017 TISDC TW Judge.

• Seeing our environment, and all graphic design, with enhanced vivid detail.

• Basic understanding of the history of western type design

• Judging the appropriateness of type selections.

• A start to being able to judge the quality of existing fonts.

• An understanding of how to work with type.


SKILLS:

- Type Design

- Calligraphy

Art Direction

- Brand Strategy

- Cyrillic Type Design

- Greek Type Design

- Latin Type Design

- Team Leadership

- Visual Design

DATE: 19 Feb - 09 Mar, 2018

DURATION: 3 Weeks

LECTURES: 3 Hours per day

LANGUAGE: English

LOCATION: Barcelona, Harbour.Space Campus

COURSE TYPE: Offline

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
ABOUT KSENYA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
HARBOUR.SPACE 

TYPOGRAPHY: READING & LOOKING

If typography is ninety-some percent of graphic design, this module is an onramp to understanding the world of type, which will set the participants well on their way to mastering the building blocks that all other visual communication is based upon.

We’ll cover type as a system; addressing issues of contrast, form, sequence, rhythm, and hierarchy. We’ll touch upon western type history, anatomy, classification, and the language needed to to converse about type in a design context. We’ll pivot our viewpoints to see type from the perspectives of art, from the needs of legibility, as well as the geo-political, cultural, and economic connotations embodied in any given piece of lettering.

The sessions will be a combination of discussions, research, presentations, and design assignments. Regular out-of-class reading will be expected to be able to meaningfully engage in the conversations.

KSENYA 
SAMARSKAYA

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HARBOUR.SPACE UNIVERSITY

DATE: 19 Feb –  09 Mar, 2018

DURATION: 3 Weeks

LECTURES: 3 Hours per day

LANGUAGE: English

LOCATION: Barcelona, Harbour.Space Campus

COURSE TYPE: Offline

TYPOGRAPHY: READING & LOOKING

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COURSE OUTLINE

Session 6-10

Lectures & Discussions

Cultural considerations and connotations
- What makes a typeface good?
- Familiarising with the contemporary type scene

Assignments

Research and present the process behind an existing typeface
- Continue accumulating a type inspiration board
- Business card layout (print or digital)

Session 11-15

Lectures & Discussions

Selecting the right typeface for the project
- Typographic layout basics: hierarchy, form, space, color
- Advanced typographic layout: index pages, heavy text, unique scenarios
- Considerations in print typography vs. web typography

Assignments

Index page layout for the inspiration board (print or digital)

Sessions 1-5

Lectures & Discussions

What counts as a typeface?
- Learning to spot patterns
- Anatomy of a typeface
- How does type assist or detract from intended meaning?
- A brief history of western typography

Lectures & Discussions

Inspiration boards via type walks and internet hunts

Quizzes

Type Anatomy and Classification