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Category Archives: Research
Information design research at Loddon Observatory showcase
This week, postgraduate researcher, Josefina Bravo, gave a rapid presentation of part of her PhD research to members of the Loddon Observatory. The session featured a wealth of environmental research on farming, water quality and sustainable agriculture. Josefina’s research into … Continue reading
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Recent research presentation roundup
Sue Walker gave a keynote talk at the Design4Health conference organised by Sheffield Hallam University, 3–6 September 2018 entitled ‘Getting the message across: communication design and healthcare’. Here she discussed the role of communication design in explaining the science behind … Continue reading
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UROP 2018: Investigating how food packaging influences perceptions
We have been joined this summer by Part 2 student, Lauren Quinn, who, with funding from the University’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP), has been working on an exploratory study to investigate how the broad context of food packaging influences … Continue reading
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Following from Understanding Risk 2018
In follow up to our post on the Understanding Risk Forum in Mexico, where Matthew Lickiss was part of the organising team for a Pressure Cooker workshop to develop new ways of communicating about risk of and response to natural … Continue reading
Forms design and the history of forms
We are delighted to be able to point you to a video of one of a series of seminars for masters students and postgraduate researchers in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication. The seminars, covering a range of topics, … Continue reading
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Information design and architecture fight anti-microbial resistance in community pharmacies
A new research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) begins today. Colleagues in Typography, Architecture and Pharmacy at Reading, and in Human Factors at Loughborough, are working with a science communication agency, Design Science and … Continue reading
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Designing for Europe
Information designers, typographers, type designers, and europhiles will be interested in Paul Luna’s talk at ATypI in Montréal last week in which he presented materials from Reading’s archive of the graphic designers, Banks & Miles, whose work included communication design … Continue reading
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Student researchers this summer
We’re delighted to welcome three summer researchers into the Department, Carmen Martinez-Freile, Sigrid Dalland and Louise Lee. The diversity of their research topics demonstrates the scope of the Department’s research. Carmen and Sigrid have just finished their Part 2 year … Continue reading
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New research to combat anti-microbial resistance
We are excited by the success of the research bid led by Sue Walker, Information design and architecture in persuasive pharmacy space: combating anti-microbial resistance (IDAPPS), which she submitted to AHRC, with Reading colleagues Flora Samuels, in Architecture, and Rosemary … Continue reading
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Developing interactive eLearning resources
This week CIDR researcher, Dr Jeanne-Louise Moys visited the University of Limerick. Working with Dr Ann Marcus-Quinn (University of Limerick) and Dr Tríona Hourigan, Jeanne-Louise is developing interactive eLearning materials for a new digital study of typographic differentiation. The bespoke materials … Continue reading