Visual Communication, Typography Creating a new visual literacy fuels professor, designer, and typographer Paul Sych’s identity. His work spans over two decades of graphic expression, innovation, and exploration. Paul’s creative design agency Faith was founded as a chrysalis of design discovery producing prolific works in both digital and print spectrums. Led by a penchant for distinctive …
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Sandra Gabriele
Visual Communication, Information Design, Typography Sandra Gabriele is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Master of Design Program. She attended Ontario College of Art in Toronto; School of Design (Schule für Gestaltung) in Basel and holds a MDes in Visual Communication Design from the University of Alberta and a MASc in Human Computer …
David Cabianca
Visual Communication, Typography, History, Theory & Criticism David Cabianca joined the department in 2005. He has taught typography, history, and theory at California Institute of the Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, OCAD and both architecture studio and theory and criticism at the University of Manitoba and the University of Michigan. At Michigan, he was the …
Wendy Wong
Visual Communication, History, Theory & Criticism Professor Wendy S Wong has established an international reputation as an expert in Chinese graphic design history and Chinese comic art history. She served as Director of the Graduate Program in Design from 2015 to 2018, Chair of the Department of Design from 2006 to 2009, and as Associate …
Robert Gill
David Gelb
David Gelb explores the potential of technology and pedagogical experimentation with a focus on ethical interfaces, artifact collaboration, and building design knowledge. David is co-leader of Interactive Art + Design Learning Modules which is supported through the Shared Ontario Course Fund and includes 10 researchers, artists and designers from across the province. He also co-leads Looking …
Angela Norwood
Information Design, Visual Communication Angela Norwood explores design as a practice for demonstrating knowledge and reflecting values. She is most interested in the potential for traditional knowledge systems to inform contemporary design practice and is currently co-developing such an approach to designing called Reciprocal Design, a mindset grounded in designers’ increased accountability in the pursuit …
Albert Ng
Teaching is in my blood…nurturing the future generations of designers Albert Ng is an award‐winning design professor at York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance, & Design (AMPD). He is passionate about the high quality of design education and, the standard of professional design. Albert has been instrumental in the milieu of Canada’s graphic …
Jan Hadlaw
Jan Hadlaw is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design and cross-appointed to the Communication & Culture, Science & Technology Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies graduate programs. Prior to completing her PhD in media history, she was a graphic designer in Montréal and worked with a diverse range of clients, including Alcan, the National Film …
