Open lecture with Charlotte Rohde
25 oktober 2024
Her way of handling ideas of hyperfemininity, the economy of trust and pop culture is bracing her horizontally expanding practice of both very applied and also quite fine arts.
In her talk she will show some representative projects and talk about her experience within the design world. The talk will be very interactive, many questions are welcome.
Frequently engaged lecturer
Rohde is a frequently engaged lecturer in institutions such as Princeton University, Universität der Künste Berlin, Sandberg Instituut, Central Saint Martins, and the Estonian Academy of the Arts. She has also been engaged as Guest Professor for Typography and Type Design at Bauhaus Universität Weimar for the last three years.
Her works have been shown at Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Klingspor Museum Offenbach, NEVERNEVERLAND Amsterdam, Autohaus.Autohaus Kassel, and soft power Berlin.
Influential typedesigner
Charlotte Rohde has recently published her first Monograph titled “You Loved An Image”, with DISTANZ Verlag Berlin, an Artist Book that contains Autotheory, Poetry and Typographic Interventions. She has also been published in formats like form Design Magazine, Missy Magazine, passe-avant and It’s Nice That.
Several Institutions use her typefaces for their visual identity, such as Martin Gropius Bau Berlin, Serpentine Gallery London, and Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin.
Researcher in the field of visual communication
Together with Levi van Gelder, Rohde researches and lectures on the topic of visual literacy in digital spaces, memetic warfare and fan fiction. Together with Vivien Hoffmann, Rohde runs the project SoliType since 2020. Through offering a selection of independent type designs, they generate donations for organizations that support people seeking refuge in the EU. SoliType has collected more than 50.000€ in four years. Together with Max Weinland, she runs the website What Is My Work Worth which collects information and opinions around pricing, labor and capitalism critique in the field of graphic design.
Time & place
When: Friday 25 October at 16.00–17.30
Where: Beckmans College of Design, Agavägen 54, Lidingö
Find your way: Metro to Ropsten, and then either boat to Dalénum or train to AGA.
No pre-registration necessary
