Multilingual Type

3 units

In an interwoven world, engaging multiple languages in shared surfaces and spaces is essential to communication. How do we design for audiences with varied backgrounds and fluencies? How can designers navigate visual and conceptual balance? This studio course engages type-driven, multilingual projects, inviting the opportunities, questions, negotiations and challenges that arise. Studio projects are grounded in conversations about visual hierarchy, density, and texture, reading direction, sequence, identity as it relates to language, and designing for a multilingual audience. Learning is bolstered by lectures, readings, and writing exercises. Students do not need to know a second language.