June 2005

Linda Reynolds (UK)

"Linda Reynolds worked as an information scientist in publishing for two years, before joining the Graphic Information Research Unit at the Royal College of Art in 1973. Initially as a research assistant, and finally as Senior Research Fellow, she worked on a range of projects relating to the legibility of printed documents, microforms, screen displays and signage. These studies were mainly funded by the British Library and were concerned with issues such as choice of typeface, type image quality, use of colour, effects of background patterns and tones, effects of show-through in printed materials, and so on."
Contact: Linda Reynolds (l.j.reynolds at reading dot ac dot uk)

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Paul Stiff (UK)

"Paul Stiff worked in graphic design and in academic publishing before joining the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication in 1980. He edited Information design journal from 1989 to 1999 and, with the journal's founding editor, Rob Waller, organised three of the first Information Design Conferences in the 1980s. In 1995 he founded the annual book-length research review of typography and graphic communication, Typography papers, and edited and produced its first two issues (1996, 1997); he returned to the editorship for the fifth issue (2003). He has been a visiting teacher at, among others, the Royal College of Art, The University of Michigan, Washington University St Louis, and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. His research interests include typographic design methods and specification, editorial typography for complex texts, and the whole field of information design (design for reading), in particular graphic support for wayfinding and navigation."
Contact: Paul Stiff (p.stiff at reading dot ac dot uk)

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Sue Walker (UK)

"Sue Walker has taught in the Department since 1980 and has been Head of Department since 1997. Before assuming her current full-time post in 1999, she was an active partner in Text Matters, an information design consultancy based in Reading. Within the Department she teaches aspects of practice, theory, and history. She is currently co-editor of Information Design Journal + Document Design, and a member of the editorial advisory panel of the Brazilian Journal of Information Design. She is also a member of the Executive of the Design Education Association (DEED), a council member of the Design Research Society (DRS) and a member of the Arts & Humanities Research Board (AHRB) Peer Review College."
Contact: Sue Walker (s.f.walker at reading dot ac dot uk)

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