Outputs (9)

Mapping The Text (2019)
Data

This essay and self-directed case study focuses on the impact of the typeface in which written texts are set. It argues for the potential that can be realised from foregrounding typefaces in the creative process through typographic-poetic collaborati... Read More about Mapping The Text.

Mapping the text : a practice-led analysis of the creative interfaces between typography and text (2019)
Book Chapter
Isherwood, T., & Kendall, J. (2019). Mapping the text : a practice-led analysis of the creative interfaces between typography and text. In K. Williams, S. Aymes, J. Baetens, & C. Murray (Eds.), Art and Science in Word and Image : Exploration and Discovery (265-279). Brill / Rodopi. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004361119

This essay and self-reflective case study focuses on the impact of the typeface in which written texts are set. It argues for the potentials that can be realized from foregrounding typeface in the creative process through typographic-poetic collabora... Read More about Mapping the text : a practice-led analysis of the creative interfaces between typography and text.

Please use the intercom (2016)
Exhibition / Performance

Throughout a residency within the library, Isherwood spent his time within the environment considering the systems and procedures that are prevalent within the space, such as its cataloguing of titles, and protection for aged publications, amongst ot... Read More about Please use the intercom.

Invisible text (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Isherwood, T. (2016, July). Invisible text. Presented at XXI Congress - International Comparative Literature Association, University of Vienna, Austria

Typography, specifically typefaces themselves, are an ever present in our society, a vital tool in our means of communication, and a seemingly invisible partner in conveying and understanding written texts.
All typefaces are designed to have a uniqu... Read More about Invisible text.

Typographic haiku : collaborative experiments (2014)
Exhibition / Performance

About sixty graphic design and creative writing first year BA students attended the launch of the Typographic Haiku Exhibition currently running in Project room 3.33 in MediaCityUK campus till Friday 28th February, a project set up by Tim Isherwood a... Read More about Typographic haiku : collaborative experiments.

Research and practice (2012)
Exhibition / Performance

How important is research in practice? Do designers still use sketchbooks, is there enough time to work on projects that are not profit driven.
These issues will be debated by key members of the design community and academic staff from the school o... Read More about Research and practice.

Research and practice (2012)
Exhibition / Performance

How important is research in practice? Do designers still use sketchbooks, is there enough time to work on projects that are not profit driven.
These issues will be debated by key members of the design community and academic staff from the school o... Read More about Research and practice.

Typographic musings (2011)
Exhibition / Performance

The exhibition celebrated beauty and variation in typographic form. There were self-generated and existing typefaces, handcrafted and digital some using open-source software. The aim of the project was to generate collaboration between researchers an... Read More about Typographic musings.

Typographic musings (2011)
Exhibition / Performance

The exhibition celebrated beauty and variation in typographic form. There were self-generated and existing typefaces, handcrafted and digital some using open-source software. The aim of the project was to generate collaboration between researchers an... Read More about Typographic musings.