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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).
Other research interests: 
  • 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)


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