About me
I explore how graphic and typographic design function as catalysts
within collaborative or participatory social systems.
I am interested in how typographic practices create communities and
enable political expression, from historical movements like Esperanto to
contemporary digital and participatory research. Through this, I explore
ways in which visual and material languages empower collective identity
formation and facilitate meaningful discourse across diverse social
contexts. One aim for this work is to reveal how designed communication
systems can simultaneously document, inspire, and legitimise collective
efforts toward social transformation.
My work is anchored within - and moves between - histories and
contemporary design practices of typography and graphic design. I
consistently approach social and cultural questions through a
typographic lens. This perspective allows me to untangle visual systems
from the past while simultaneously crafting new frameworks that leverage
typography’s unique capacity to materialise abstract concepts, structure
information and social hierarchies, and visually articulate collective
identities.
I publish on subjects ranging from Mark E. Smith’s handwriting to the
material cultures of Esperanto and am committed to exploring how design
can foster community engagement and amplify marginalised voices,
bringing a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to both my teaching
and through my research.
I am a Lecturer in the School of Design at the University of
Leeds.
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