Colm Dunne

Mr. Colm Dunne

Associate Lecturer in Design Studies

Details

  • College: School of Communication & Design
  • Department: School of Communication & Design
  • Campus: Hanoi Campus Vietnam
  • colm.dunne@rmit.edu.vn

About

Colm Dunne is a graphic designer whose professional practice includes designing for both print and digital media. Originally from Ireland, he has worked in design higher education in the UK and Singapore. Colm’s research interests are focused on typographic design, the rhetoric of typography, and the role of hands-on tactile creative practices in the typographic design process. In parallel to his academic position, Colm runs a small screen-printing studio. He holds a MA by Research in Creative Arts and a BA in Visual Communication from the Institute of Art, Design, and Technology, Dún Laoghaire (IADT), and a PGDip in Professional Design Practice from the Technological University Dublin (TUD). Colm is a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority UK (FHEA), is a panel member for the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) Student Assessment Scheme for Australasia, and was formerly a co-editor of the Message Research Journal. 

Academic positions

  • Co-programme Lead: Art & Design Foundation
  • University of Plymouth
  • Plymouth, United Kingdom
  • 2020 – 2022
  • Year 2 Coordinator: BA (Hons) Graphic Design with Typography
  • University of Plymouth
  • Plymouth, United Kingdom
  • 2018 – 2022
  • International Exchange Coordinator
  • University of Plymouth
  • Plymouth, United Kingdom
  • 2018 – 2022
  • Lecturer
  • Raffles College of Higher Education
  • BA (Hons) Graphic Design
  • Singapore
  • 2015 – 2018
  • Partnership Coordinator & Lecturer
  • Raffles College of Higher Education
  • BSc (Hons) Interactive Digital Media
  • Singapore
  • 2015 – 2017

Non-academic positions

  • Graphic & User Interface Designer
  • LexisNexis: Information Technology and Services
  • Dublin, Ireland
  • 2012 – 2015
  • Digital Media Designer
  • Zinc Design Consultants
  • Dublin, Ireland
  • 2011 – 2011
  • Graphic Designer
  • DesignTactics
  • Dublin, Ireland
  • 2010 – 2010
  • Co-founder, Graphic Designer
  • Unit Studio
  • Dublin, Ireland
  • 2008 – 2012

Degrees

  • Postgraduate Qualification or Prelim, Graphic and Design Studies
  • Technology University Dublin (TUD), Ireland
  • null
  • 2009 – Present
  • Masters Degree by Research, Graphic and Design Studies
  • Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT), Ireland
  • null
  • 2012 – Present
  • Bachelor Degree (Honours) Level, Graphic and Design Studies
  • Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT), Ireland
  • null
  • 2004 – Present

Teaching interests

Graphic Design, Editorial Design, Design History, Typographic Design, UI/UX Design.

Research interests

Typographic design, tactile processes in typographic design, the rhetoric of typography in public spaces.