Staff Directory
Kenna, Hilary
Department:
Department of Art and Design
School / Functional Area:
School of Creative Arts
Job Title:
Lecturer in Design and Digital Media Course Co-ordinator DL043 BA(Hons) in Visual Communication (www.iadt.ie/design) Pricipal Investigator (PI), Vizi & SeeSea
Contact Telephone Number:
+ 353 1 2394676
Email Address:
hilary (dot) kenna (at) iadt (dot) ie
Academic Qualifications:
MA Visual Communication, NCAD
BA(Hons) Visual Communication, NCAD
ATypI (Association Typographie Internationale)
ANCAD
Area of Expertise:
User Interface Design (UI), Interaction/Experience Design (UX), Information Design, Web Design, Motion Graphics, Screen Typography.
Currently Teaching:
Design for Screen (Web design and Motion Graphics), Typography and Graphic Design Professional Practice.
Research Interests/Activities:
Principal Investigator (2008 – present)
- Vizi – An Online Platform for Data Visualisation, funded by the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC).
- SeeSearch – Search UI Discovery Tool, funded by the NDRC.
Current PhD research:
- Design Principles for Screen Typography, London College of Communication (LCC).
- Data Visualisation, Search Visualisation, User Interface and Interaction Design, Motion Graphics, Interdisciplinary Design, ELearning.
Professional Practice Interests:
User Interface Design, Interaction/Experience Design and Art Direction (iPad, dvdrom, web apps, web design, motion graphics, bespoke systems etc)
Publications:
Publications:
PhD research Website and blog www.type4screen.com
Emil Ruder: A Future for Screen Typography Design Principles, Design Issues Autumn 2010, MIT Press.
Conference review: New Views: Repositioning Graphic Design History, Design History Society Newsletter, April 2006.
Mind Reading – the interactive guide to emotions (dvdrom), authored by the University of Cambridge, 2002.
Interacting with Moving Words – the voice of digital type, in IADT-DL Circa Supplement, Dec 2000.
Conferences/Presentations:
A Practice Methodology for Exploring the Materiality and Aesthetics of Screen Typography, AtypI Conference, Dublin 2010, DIT.
Evolving a Practice Matrix for Screen Typography, ATypI Conference, Dublin 2010, Dublin Castle.
Vizi: Business Intelligence Tool – a multi-disciplinary design process, IHCI Conference, Dublin, 2010, DCU.
A critical analysis of Emil Ruder’s Typographie and its relevance to screen typography practice, RNUAL Research Symposium, Central St. Martins, February 2008.
Panel Moderator of Identities and Borders: New National Design Histories, at New Views: Repositioning Graphic Design History, London College of Communication, October 2005.
Am I Type – Type on Screen: an uneasy relationship from the beginning, RNUAL Research Symposium, London College of Communication, July 2005.
Interactive Games Development – The Challenges for Education, the Digital Media Intelligence Conference, Dublin, April 2003.
Exhibitions:
Making Modernity: Media Explorer, a touch screen installation at the Chemistry Heritage Foundation Museum in Philadelphia (permanent exhibit)
