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
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:
Interface Design, Interactive Design, 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:
Current PhD research: Design Principles for Screen Typography,
Other research interests: Realtime Graphics & Data Visualisation,User Interface and Interactive Design, Motion Graphics, Interdisciplinary Design, ELearning.
Professional Practice Interests:
Interface and Interactive Design and Art Direction (UI, dvdrom,web motion graphics, bespoke systems)
Publications:
PhD research Website and blog www.type4screen.com
Conference review: New Views: Repositioning Graphic Design History, Design History Society Newsletter, April 2006.
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.
Interacting with Moving Words – the voice of digital type, in IADT-DL Circa Supplement, Dec 2000.




