Pyramid of Caius Cestius as seen from Monte Testaccio.

Typographers shape forms that endure and remain still enough for us to easily read them. But what is the shape of a figure in motion? How does movement refigure or disfigure a shape? How does moving through space reshape us? This talk will include projects and readings that probe these questions.

Ceiling moldings at the Villa Necchi, designed by Piero Portaluppi

Floor mosaics of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. All photographs by Rob Giampietro, 2014–15.

Rob Giampietro is a designer and writer. He is currently Creative Lead for Google Design NY. He was a 2013 MacDowell Colony Fellow and the 2014–15 Katherine Edwards Gordon Rome Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Rome. From 2010–15 he was Principal at Project Projects. The studio’s work was recognized with the National Design Award in Communication Design in 2015.

Rob Giampietro’s Website

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