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“Kamama: From Butterflies to Elephants, 8-bit to Baskets” with Alumnx Monique Ortman @ Typographics Conference June 10-18, 2024

May 31, 2024

VCFA GD ’22 Alumnx Monique Ortman is presenting (virtually) her type work “Kamama: From Butterflies to Elephants, 8-bit to Baskets” at the 2024 Typographics Conference’s TYPELAB in NYC in June. Kamama is a Cherokee Syllabary typeface inspired by and designed for use in basket and mat weaving. Type design that weaves language preservation and traditional craft together. Here is the link to the conference: https://2024.typographics.com/ (June 10-18, 2024). VCFA is a sponsor of this conference.

Here is the direct link Monique’s TYPELAB Talk: Tuesday, June 11 at 12:20 to 12:45 pm (ET)
https://2024.typographics.com/typelab/

.Here is a link to Monique’s thesis work.

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The MFA in Graphic Design is an immersive two-year graduate program that synthesizes five intense, one-week residencies with four six-month semesters of independent study with a range of faculty mentors. We educate students towards the broader context of design in order to investigate and reveal relationships. We see Graphic Design as a social tool and design education as a process of social transformation.

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