The poetry: Ligature Poetics
To learn about typographic ligatures and to practice skills in composition and content development, we have our students write a single sentence using words that include the five common ligatures. For the undergraduate-level student, the topic of the sentence is open. For graduate-level UIC students, the sentence is based on a thesis research interest. A series of posters with this content is then created. During the process, for graduate-level students, vague thesis ideas progress into tangible form.
Our essay on this project was featured in Designer Magazine, a publication of the University & College Designers Association.
Columbia College Chicago students: Mariah Houlihan, Eddie Limperis, Robert Kerrigan, Daniel Sharpe, Marieke McClendon
UIC student: Daniel Fournier
The light flickered on, and the fishy government official stepped off the podium to face the ruffled crowd.
UIC graduate student: Matthew Wizinsky
Shuffling frames affects interpretation and affirms infinite potential for fluid narrative overlays.
Distinctions (second poster):
STA Award
Chicago Design Archive Induction
UIC graduate student: Raul Pena
Playing music is making fire in a state of afflatus, a creation that suffuses the mind, a life-affirming flow of power.
UIC graduate student: Jennifer Wandro
The baffling power of light influences and affirms our understanding of mood and form, defining the different objects and colors we perceive.