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Hong Kong Hong Kong
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Director, Centre for Communication Design
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www.keithtam.net
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I am an information designer, typographer, researcher, teacher and academic adminstrator. I have more than 14 years of experience in design education, teaching in culturally diverse environments in Canada, Hong Kong and the UK. I served as head of the Communication Design discipline at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for seven years. More recently, I was Associate Professor in Information Design at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading, where I directed the MA Information Design and MA Creative Enterprise (Communication Design) programmes. My research and pedagogical focus is on the interrelationship between typography and information design.
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Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Occupation
Director, Centre for Communication Design
Industry
Education
Website
www.keithtam.net
About
I am an information designer, typographer, researcher, teacher and academic adminstrator. I have more than 14 years of experience in design education, teaching in culturally diverse environments in Canada, Hong Kong and the UK. I served as head of the Communication Design discipline at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for seven years. More recently, I was Associate Professor in Information Design at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading, where I directed the MA Information Design and MA Creative Enterprise (Communication Design) programmes. My research and pedagogical focus is on the interrelationship between typography and information design.
Tags
typography
graphic design
communication design
hong kong
information design
document design
typesetting
text typography
information design lab
herbert spencer
michael twyman
typographic hierarchy
legibility
desktop publishing
urban space
street culture
visual culture
urban environment
architecture
neon signs
signage
design education
bilingualism
multilingual typography symposium 2011
bilingual typography
design
information design conference 2012
medicine label
See more