Abstract

Keywords: Education, Digital, Technology, Interdisciplinary, Typography, Dimensional Typography, Digital Fabrication, CAD, 3-D Printing, CNC Milling, Material Study, Graphic Design, Post-Digital, Analog and Digital.

Technology and design have been in a symbiotic relationship. New technologies, processes, and materials enable new possibilities in art and design practices. They fused new ideas and creative design solutions. With the development of technologies, typography has evolved with the creative process, shifting the emphasis from two dimensions to multi-dimensions. The digital revolution with the introduction of personal computers caused radical changes. The new digital revolution of our time is under its way and urges educators to implement the new technologies in our classroom environment.

• Taekyeom Lee is an interdisciplinary artist although he prefers to introduce himself as a designer using artist’s materials and artistic sensibility. He is currently an Assistant professor of Graphic Design at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, USA. He received an MFA degree in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has made 3-D type as a series of typographic explorations to seek a new way to create tangible type in 3-D space. As a part of the research, he created self-build 3-D printers and designed his own tools to produce intricate 3-D ceramic type, objects, and graphics. Currently, he is using custom-built machines not only to print, but also to create various letterforms and graphics in dimensional space using various materials. His research has drawn interest nationally and internationally

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