resumé highlights (full CV here)
education
2023
2010
2005
MFA in Studio Art (Textiles), Kent State University, Ohio, USA
MA in Typeface Design (with distinction — 1.1), University of Reading, UK
BA in Visual Communication (cum laude — 2.1), Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
2023
2020
2020
2018
2018
recent publications
By Design or By Disaster: String Figures edited Conference Proceedings. Mooney, A. ‘Limbic Landscapes’. in String Figures - Transforming Together. El Moussaoui, M. and Krois, K, ISBN 9788894713954
River Stanzas: A Typographic Experiment. Mooney, A., Katila, S., Hassler, D. Wick Poetry Center and Cuyahoga Conservancy. Print run: 150. Sold in CVNP trailhead stores and website.
Iterations Journal (Special Issue 8). Coorey, J. & Mooney, A. ‘Typography as a catalyst for research: constructing identity and meaning through type’. DOI 10.31880/10344/8358. Print run: 250. Archived here
AIGA Dialectic Journal 2.1 (Issue 3). Mooney, A., Martens, M., & Rinnert, G. ‘Designing Energetic Alpha: A Research-Based App to Support the Teaching and Practice of Letter-Writing.’
Design Research Society. DRS Catalyst 2018 edited Conference Proceedings. Coorey, J. and Mooney, A. (2018) ‘Tacit Synthesis: Typography as Research’ in Storni, C., Leahy, K., McMahon, M., Lloyd, P. and Bohemia, E. (eds.), Design as a catalyst for change - DRS International Conference 2018, 25-28 June, Limerick, Ireland. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2018.677
recent presentations
2025
2024
2023–25
2023
2023
2021
AIGA DEC, IL, USA. Mooney, A., McMahon, T. ‘The Exploded Text’. Accepted but did not attend due to scheduling conflicts.
TypeCon Portland, OR, USA. Mooney, A. ‘Material Meaning’.
Creative Futures Academy, Ireland. ‘Typographic Futures’. February 2025. April 10 2024. August 9 2023.
Praxis and Practice Digital Weaving Conference, Kent/Cleveland, OH, USA. Praxis Fiber Workshop & Kent State University. Mooney, A. ‘Liminal Language’.
By Design or By Disaster: String Figures. Free University of Bozen-Bolsano, Italy. Mooney, A. ‘Limbic Landscapes’.
TypeCon ‘Together’ Virtual Conference. Education Forum. Mooney, A., Brangan, K. ‘Data Dispatches: An International Teaching Collaboration’.
recent exhibitions
2025
2023
2023–24
TypeForce 13, Chicago, IL, USA. ‘I Pass’, ‘I Intersect’, ‘I do not count’. Series of 3 works included. Attendance: 950 RSVPs for opening event. January 31st–February 18. Group show.
Not to Scale: MFA Thesis show. Payto Gallery. Series of 7 works. (October 2023) Kent State University School of Art, Kent, Ohio, USA. Solo show.
Small Expressions. Handweavers Guild of America. Single work included in traveling national exhibition series. Acceptance rate: TBA. July 2023 – June 2024. Group show.
residencies
2024
Praxis Digital Weaving Lab Residency. Praxis Fiber Workshop. Cleveland. Ohio. USA. (national) March 18–29.
professional practice
2025
2023
2023
2022
2020
2019
Cartoon Saloon. Julián. Typeface Designer. Logo and title typeface for animated film.
BMG + Blink-Ink, UK. Peter & the Wolf. Typo/graphic designer. Logotype design options guided final direction. (Bono’s is the final lettering used) Distributed by HBOMax.
Cartoon Saloon. Silly Sundays. Typeface Designer. Logo and title typeface for animated series. Distributed in Ireland on RTEjr and on HBO Max in Latin America.
Janice Lessman-Moss & Kent State University Museum. Dancing with the Distance Exhibition catalogue and postcard design. October 2021–January 2022.
Cartoon Saloon & GKids. Irish Folklore Trilogy. Typeface Designer. Custom lettering for limited edition Bluray boxset. July–August 2021 (international)
Cartoon Saloon. Wolfwalkers. Typeface Designer. Logo and title typeface. (international)
awards + features
2024
2024
2020
2018
Communication Arts Typography Annual 2024. Sundae. Shortlisted. Typeface designed for credits and title of Silly Sundays animated children’s series directed by Nuria Blanco and produced by Cartoon Saloon, distributed by RTÉjr HBO and AppleTV. 321 of 1058 submissions were shortlisted —30% (international)
Awwwards. BioRhyme. ‘20 Best Webfonts from Google and FontFace’. (international)
The Art of the Title. Wolfwalkers featured. (international)
GRAPHIS Typography 4 Competition
Gold Award in category of Typeface Design. Sprout family.
Merit in category of Type In Use. Ossified poster.
Sprout typeface is featured, and the Ossified poster listed in the printed catalogue of competition winners, Graphis’ Typography 4.
selected citations
2025
2018
2016
2012
Alphabettes Soup 2015–2025: Ten Years of Feminist Approaches to Type lettering created for masthead of Alphabettes blog included in compendium due for publication 2025 (international)
Theory of Type Design Graduate dissertation cited in: Unger, G., Theory of Type Design, Netherlands, NAi, 2018
TYPOgraph.Journal. Graduate dissertation cited in Arnett Phillips, N., TYPOgraph.Journal. Volume 03.
Typography Referenced: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History, and Practice of Typography. Tselentis, J., Haley, A., et al, MN, USA, Rockport, 2012. Graduate thesis project Magnimo, a typeface family, cited in: Leonidas, G.,‘Type Design and Development’.