IDDV Talk 4: Rhetoric. The use of figurative language structures for contemporary visual communications (with R. Roger Remington)
Location:
Center for Design, Ryder Hall, 11 Leon St #102, Boston, MA 02115
A talk on "Rhetoric. The use of figurative language structures for contemporary visual communications" by R. Roger Remington, Emeritus Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design and First Director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
This will be our fourth talk of our Fall 2024 Information Design + Data Visualization (IDDV) 360 Lecture Talks Series.
Everyone is welcome to attend!
Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
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About The Speaker:
R. Roger Remington is the Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design Emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He is an experienced educator, scholar, and author in graphic design history, research and writing, whose work has been recognized by multiple prestigious organizations: Eisenhart Annual Award for Outstanding Teaching, RIT 1978; Trustee’s Lifetime Achievement Award for scholarship in Graphic Design, 2014; inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, 2008; member of AGI, 2013; Ladislav Sutnar Prize, 2015. Since 1982, he has been engaged in the research, interpretation and preservation of the history of graphic design, co-chaired two major symposia on graphic design history, and written several design books. His deep commitment to design history and preservation has led him to bring the archives of designers of the American Modernist generation to RIT. The Cary Graphic Design Archive contains more than 45 collections, including those of Lester Beall, Will Burtin, and many others. In 2010, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
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