• Communication Art & Design

    Matthias Hillner MPhil

  • Matthias Hillner MPhil
    Matthias Hillner MPhil
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  • Matthias Hillner MPhil’s Statement

    Digital media foster a growing information overload that makes it increasingly difficult to select and to reflect on information. This research defines virtual typography as visual data that appears virtually, ie almost typographical.

    It discusses the perception of gradually emerging text information, which, in the context of digital media, may be considered as anti-efficient. The thesis describes how virtual typography can be deployed to counteract the ongoing acceleration of the written word in digital environments. It argues that aesthetic perception can be seen as a para-communicative function which can help seduce viewers to attribute more of their time to contemplate digitally transmitted text information.

  • Matthias Hillner MPhil’s CV

    07968 484685
    research@virtualtypography.com
    www.virtualtypography.com

    Work Experience

    Course Leader, BA Applied Graphic Studies at Amersham & Wycombe College, 2007; Sessional Teacher, Department for Graphic Design and Illustration, University of Hertfordshire, 2007; Principal, Studio for Virtual Typography, Beaconsfield, 2005-present; Designer, The National Gallery, London, 2004-6; Designer, Pentagram Design, London, 2001-3M

    Exhibitions

    Moving Frame, Royal College of Art, London, 2006; evolution 2006—avant-garde approaches to film, video and sound, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, 2006; The Future of Croydon, Croydon Town Hall, Croydon, 2004

    Awards

    Winner, NFTS (National Film and Television School) Business Incubator Development Award, 2005; Second Prize, Pergo Flooring Design Competition, 2004; Merit Award, HOW Interactive Design Competition, 2003

    Sponsors

    Matthias' Studio for Virtual Typography has been part-funded by NESTA (the National Endowment of the Science, Technology and the Arts), and incubated by the NFTS (National Film and Television School) in Beaconsfiled, Buckinghamshire
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