Teaching-Type is the teaching portal of Kelsey Elder; an Assistant Professor of  design at Carnegie Mellon University


Examples of Student Work
Graduate Elective 1, “Variable”
↗︎ Syllabus
William Sumrall
Type/Programming
BFA

Tesselate

Benjamin Denzer   
Type/Programming
MFA

Scanned Times

Harshal Duddalwar
Type/Programming
MFA

Alankar

Kit Son Lee
Type/Programming
MFA

Phraktur Leet

Zach Scheinfeld
Type/Programming
MFA

Pixel Land


Experience Design (XD)
↗︎ Syllabus
Daphne Hsu
Experience/Community
MFA

Video Chat Compositions

Ryan Diaz
Experience/Community
MFA

Saying Yes


Design Studio 3, junior-level core studio
↗︎ Syllabus

Quinn Lockwood
Video/Animation
BFA

Switch

Eleanor Ryan
Video/Animation
BFA

Old Friends Become New


RISD Graphic Design Senior Show 2021
↗︎ Website
Team
Identity/Curation/Web
BFA

Points of Inflection


Graduate Thesis Advising
↗︎ Website
Ryan Diaz
Main Advisor
2021

Community, Harana, & Karaoke



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Mark

Tesselate


by William Sumrall
(RISD BFA ‘21)
For the final project in GE1 (Grand Prix), Will combined programs and techniques to create a generative camouflage tool. His form making process began with writing a drawing program in Python which was executed by DrawBot. These forms were then turned into a variable typeface which provided a way to explore the transition (interpolation) between two formally unique masters for each glyph.

A simple .py script was used to create a vanilla slider to demonstrate a possible user interface to the generative tool. Will pushed his process one step further by printing the swatches on fabric and capturing the final forms through analogue means; a vhs recorder and tube tv (outcome shown above, process shown below). 

Final video is viewable : here.


From Will: 

“Tesselate is a variable typeface available in two styles: extended and swatch. It is a generative tool for camouflage creation and experimentation. Tesselate tests the notion of language as a clarifying tool vs. as a tool for obfuscation.”