READSEARCH

Type design and/or typography is looked at from a multidisciplinary and scientific perspective, but always with a practical attitude. The artistic practice forms next to, based on and in dialogue with experimental, but theoretically funded research a substantial share. READSEARCH provides a unique environment that brings together design researchers, typeface designers, scientists, students and stakeholders through research, courses and documentation. READSEARCH is the major influence to innovate typographic education at its host institute PXL-MAD School of Arts (Hasselt University) and the heart of the international Master Reading Type & Typography. The typographic design course is defined as an open, experimental, functional course about typography and or type design in the most extensive way possible. The latter two are looked at from a practice-based attitude, under a multidisciplinary and scientific perspective, with an interest in legibility or even illegibility.