Tipografi Eğitimine Çalıştayların Katkısı: Bir Çalıştay Örneği

Abstract

Typography is the most valuable communication and design element used to convey the text to the recipient and present it impressively. Developing technology has enabled the rapid expansion of the domain and boundaries of the term typography, which emerged with the invention of the printing press. Following this development and change in the field of typography is possible by increasing extracurricular activities in addition to course hours during the planned academic year. Workshops, an applied scientific teaching technique, contribute to education through their critical, democratic, flexible, process-oriented and collaborative structure and their openness to experimentation. In this research, the contribution of the workshops to typography education is exemplified through the "Typography Workshop on Phobias" held with a group of 20 fourth-year students of the Graphics Department of Selçuk University, Faculty of Fine Arts. The workshop was completed in an 8-hour study period, 4 hours per week, over a 2-week period. The sample designs included in this study were randomly selected from 21 works designed in the workshop. The selected typographic works are about pathological fears such as "Arithmophobia, Arachnophobia, Astraphobia, Apiphobia, Barophobia, Dinophobia, Megalaphobia, Microphobia, Nyctophobia, Obesophobia". It was observed that the typographic phobia posters produced quickly within a short period in the workshop informed the students both about the subject studied and about the effective, creative and appropriate use of typography. In this regard, it is recommended to include workshops in education where students-participants feel free, produce by sharing, discover new connections in creativity, experience and produce original works.

Keywords: Typography, Typography Education, Workshop