March 21, 2012 to March 22, 2012

The current year is intended to reflect, review and explore the translation of current research into design and teaching practices.

AFTERTASTE, the title, word and image, is re-explored in the new graphic designed by Lucille Tenazas, Principal of Tenazas Design and Henry Wolf Professor at the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of Design.

Typographic Study: A F T E R T A S T E

AFTER TASTE (2 words) going beyond what is aesthetically appropriate/   positive?
AFTERTASTE  (1 word)  flavor intensity experienced after food has been ingested/ negative?

The two-word phrase, AFTER TASTE conjures up a set of associations, different from the single word, AFTERTASTE. Which one is positive and which is negative? In approaching the design of a typographic identity for Aftertaste, I welcomed the chance of coming up with something ambiguous so it is neither. As a graphic designer who uses typography to extend this idea, I look at individual letterforms and whenever possible, let them do "double-duty" so that 2 letters can be read as a single unit. I also like "constructing" the typographic elements so that it alters or enhances the way something is read. It is this vacillating process of design reading that I am most interested in. I have always been interested in ideas that are ambiguous because it relies on the viewer or reader to complete its meaning.

- Lucille Tenazas
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As a means of instigating reflection, Suzie Attiwill, program director of Interior Design at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia will be our guest to share her 20+ years experience with expansive Interior Design academic practices.
Her public lecture "?interior" will be held on Wednesday March 21st.