DETI: Module 1—“Design and Typography Archives” (Classroom)

Steven Heller, is the co-chair with Lita Talarico of the MFA Design / Designer as Author + Entrepreneur program and the SVA Masters Workshop in Rome. He has written more than 190 books on graphic design, illustration and political art and is a contributing editor for Design Observer and Eye. Steven is the recipient of the Art Directors Club Special Educators Award, The Eric Carle Award, the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement, among others. He has two honorary doctorates from College of Creative Studies, Detroit and University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Jennifer Whitlock is the archivist for the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She initiated an archives program for the Indianapolis Museum of Art, served as a project archivist and interim acting curator at the Architecture & Design Collection at University of California Santa Barbara, and also worked as an Assistant Librarian at the Portland Art Museum. As a self-proclaimed “design preserver,” Jennifer works relentlessly to promote archives to designers and design to archivists.

Louise Sandhaus is a graphic designer, educator, and author, and the former Program Director and current faculty in the Graphic Design Program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Louise’s work has appeared in numerous publications including California: Designing Freedom, Designer’s Dictionary of Color, The Women of Design, Information Design Handbook, among others. Louise is a Letterform Archive board member, a former AIGA board member and former Chair of the AIGA Design Educators Community steering committee. She is an AIGA Los Angeles Fellow and recipient of LA Design Week’s Design Icon Award.

Saki Mafundikwa has been a graphic designer, author, and educator for over thirty years. As an expert on African writing systems, he has lectured, exhibited, and given workshops all over the world, including Pan African Design Institute Congress, SAVVY Spinning Triangles, Kinshasa, Congo; Ringling College, Sarasota; Multiverso Conference, Turin; Tasmeem Design Conference, Doha, Qatar; and more. Saki founded Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA) in 1999, the country's first graphic design and new media college.

The first Design Educator Typography Intensive (DETI), a global virtual learning environment, was presented by HMCT on July 17–18, 2020. The two-day intensive provided educators, designers, and students access to some of the most talented typography instructors currently teaching, who generously shared their expertise during the four webinar sessions. This module explores how design and typography archives can support teaching and what are the available digital resources. Moderated by Gloria Kondrup, Executive Director of HMCT.

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