12ET: 12th Typography Meeting: Matter of Type University of Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal, December 13-16, 2022 |
Conference website | http://12et.ubi.pt |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=12et |
Submission deadline | October 7, 2022 |
matterofType
The Typography Meeting is an annual international scientific event based in Portugal that gathers researchers, practitioners, pedagogues, students, and industry partners. It includes conferences by keynote speakers, peer-reviewed communications, workshops, and exhibitions. Our goal is to bring together leading individuals and projects in the Typographic panorama to: disseminate research and technical knowledge; foster learning, inspiration, and critical thinking; and contribute to the discussion and the development of ideas in Typography and Typeface Design. The 12th edition of the Typography Meeting takes place this year in Covilhã, at the University of Beira Interior. It is organized by the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the Arts Research Group of LabCom - Communication and Arts.
Matter, in its classical sense, is the amorphous mass from which our world gains physical existence. Typography began by giving shape to the matter wood and to the matter metal, the digital forms of today seem to have no matter, but nevertheless materialize our experience of the world.
When we recover traditional typographic practices, bringing them to the present, when typographic forms and uses without physical existence are created and metamorphosed, and also when design and typography are configured in the articulation between what is tangible and digital, the word matter — in its diverse senses — opens spaces for questioning about contemporary typographic practices.
The meanings of matter thus allow us to think and question design and, particularly, typography from the following angles: Matter as an amorphous substance which once shaped by letters becomes intelligible and creates meanings. What constitutes this substance in typography? Additionally, its formless characteristic allows us to glimpse the myriad possibilities of form and malleability in line with the different media in which typography is present. Between analog and digital, physical and virtual space, and all possible combinations. Also, through the conception of matter as what is tangible — referring us to the physical world that simultaneously enables, organizes and conditions our personal and common experience — we can question ourselves about how typography assumes tangible properties. In this particular aspect, the matter of typographic context is relevant, i.e. it’s media. Finally, political, social, historical, cultural, environmental, project dimensions, and others that challenge the role of design, cross all those interrogations thus configuring the web of the matterofType.
Call for Papers
We invite authors to send high-quality, creative and unpublished contributions that explore one or more topics from the 12th Typography Meeting, matterofType. Contributions may be submitted in the following categories: articles, workshops, project gallery and short talks.
Techno scientific topics for submission, including reflexion topics related to this edition’s theme_
- Type Design
- Editorial and Graphic Design
- Multimédia and Digital devices
- Environmental Graphic Design and Product Design
- History, Culture and Education
Thematic reflexion topics_
- What is the matter of type and how Type matters
- How Type matter behaves and is manipulated
- How Typography creates matter as substance and meaning
- How Typography materializes our experience of the world
- Typography as matter of facts and information
- Context and registration materials as meta matter for Type
//Extended Abstract for Papers
Extended Abstract submission for articles should be 500 - 1000 words and include_
- Title (and subtitle, if applicable)
- Keywords (3 to 5)
- Study objectives
- Research methods/methodology (if applicable)
- Results (if applicable)
- Conclusions
Submissions must be written in English.
Review_
Abstract proposals will be evaluated by Double-blind peer review by the scientific committee of the 12ºET. For this reason, all references to the author or his affiliation must be removed. Accepted works will have a 15-minute presentation space at the conference. Communications should preferably be made in English. Authors will be invited to send the full article in order to be included in the book of minutes of the 12ºET.
// Workshops
We invite you to submit proposals for workshops at 12ºET | matterof Type. ET workshops have become one of the most valued aspects of the encounter, providing a space for practical engagement and experimental sessions for participants to experience. Workshops might address one or more topics of the 12º Typography Encounter. Workshop proposals can be in a physical or digital/online format.
Proposers should provide information on the following:
-Title;-Duration;-Description of the objectives and content of the workshop (300 words);
-Brief CV;-Budget;
-Indication of the necessary technical conditions;
- Number (min-max) of participants.
Workshops accepted abstracts will be published on the conference website.
Submissions must be written in English.
// Type-Talks
We invite you to submit proposals for short presentations to integrate the Type Talks of the 12ºET| matterof Type.
Type Talks are 5-minute live presentations or video presentations.
The Type Talks can include emerging hot topics, preliminary research results, practical problems encountered by industry practitioners, lessons learned, tips and tricks, exciting projects, data and visualizations, and other topics of interest to the 12ºET.
Submission must include the following:
- Presenter name;
- Affiliation;
- Title;
- Abstract (200 words, it's possible to include images if needed).
Time limits will be strictly enforced.
Type talks abstracts will be published on the conference website.
//Projects Gallery
We invite you to submit proposals for the Projects Gallery at 12ºET | matterofType. We call for experimental projects, traditional typography techniques, disruptive proposals, and interactive digital typography projects. The projects gallery is an opportunity to expose and share inspiring projects in a creative, academic, and professional community. This open call aims to showcase a selection of inspiring works based on their quality.
Submissions must include the following:
- Proposers Name;
- Affiliation;
- Title;
- Concept description including pictures, photographs, or sketches (max. 3 pages);
- Identification of media formats and dimensions of the exhibition space;
- Brief CV and Portfolio.