two new research jobs in design
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University of Reading
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
Two researchers in information design history
for an Arts & Humanities Research Council funded project
‘Designing information in everyday life, 1815–1914’
This project offers two researchers excellent opportunities to do
innovative work within a new field. It investigates the products of
Victorian ‘information design’, and the everyday interactions which
were conducted through ephemeral printed documents – charts, forms,
catalogues, and diagrams. What demands did their rich and varied
configurations make on newly literate audiences? What were the
sources of innovation in the graphic organisation of information?
The researchers
• One with a background in design history, design or visual culture,
or graphic communication
• One with a background in modern social or economic history
• Each with PhD or equivalent, analytic & archival skills, ICT
literacy, ability to work collaboratively.
The posts: Research grade 1A (£23,182 p.a.) full-time, 4 years (fixed-
term).
Informal enquiries welcome: call Paul Stiff on 0118 378 8083
(international +44 00 118 378 8083) or e-mail [log in to unmask]
Closing date for applications: 27 June 2006
Further information and application forms are available at
<www.reading.ac.uk/jobs> or from:
Personnel Office, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217,
Reading RG6 6AH, England / phone 0118 378 6771 (voicemail)
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