The Tone of Typography: A Visual Communication Guide

1-Hour Master Class with Mia Cinelli, Associate Professor of Art Studio and Digital Design at the University of Kentucky

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Typography is one of the cornerstones of design and user experience. It’s a powerful tool to communicate what your design and product is all about. If you learn how to intentionally communicate with typography, you’ll be able to deliver better user experiences and take your designs to the next level.

In this Master Class, Mia Cinelli will talk about how to communicate with typography in your products and experiences and will teach you how to use visual inflection while considering how context influences typographic meaning.

You’ll learn:

What visual inflection is and why it matters.
How meaning can be made and interpreted visually.
How to use visual design principles to communicate meaning.
How to apply gestalt principles to typography.
How to be more intentional with your type decisions.

Join this Master Class to learn how to communicate effectively with typography and improve your work as a UX or UI designer.

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Mia Cinelli is an Associate Professor of Art Studio and Digital Design at the University of Kentucky. Her design practice encompasses an eclectic span of poetic and pragmatic products, installations, and graphics which have been exhibited nationally and internationally.

Recently, her typographic works have been acknowledged with Best in Festival for New Work at DesignTO (2020), a Graphis Silver award for typeface design (2018), a Society of Typographic Arts “STA 100” award (2019), and a Communication Arts Typography award (2020). With an inquiry-driven practice, she is passionate about—and continually excited by—the possibilities of visual communication and human-centered design.

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