Hello! I’m Aoife, trying my best to be a good teacher, typo/graphic designer, and more recently, weaver. I am a shape-system lover and am interested in the relationship between the codes we use to communicate, and the internal—surface vs. structure. I’m originally from Dublin, Ireland, and have made my circuitous route to land in Ohio, USA where the great Cuyahoga Valley National Park helps me feel at home.
I hold a bachelors degree in Visual Communications from the School of Art, Design and Printing at Dublin Institute of Technology (graduating 2005), and a masters degree in Typeface Design (graduating with distinction 2010) from the Department of Typography and Communication Design at the University of Reading, UK .
After graduating from the University of Reading, I moved to New York City to work as a full-time typeface designer for the type foundry, Hoefler & Frere-Jones (now Hoefler & Co. ). In 2013, I moved to Ohio where I was lucky enough to continue to work full-time for H&F-J as a freelance typeface designer and also dip my toe into teaching as an adjunct instructor..