Tarryn Rennie

Tarryn Rennie is a lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at Nelson Mandela University where she lectures Visual Communication, Advertising and Critical Approaches to Media Design. She is also a PhD candidate in Visual Arts. Her research is in digital humanities, graphic design, education and healthcare, but most specifically, how design and visual communication can influence, change and enrich peoples' lives in a positive way, particularly in education and the healthcare industry. Tarryn also received  Vice-Chancellor Excellence Awards for Engagement and Creative Outputs in 2023, and further Creative Output Awards in 2024, 2022 ad 2021.

Research Interests

Visual Communication, Advertising, Graphic Design, Brand Communication, Illustration, Copywriting
 
Modules
 
LMCV282, LMCV252, LMCV261, LMCV321, LMCV372, LMCV350, LMC401, LMC417, LMC425

Sites

Books
  • Sutherland, P, 2025. Parenting with Love,  (forthcoming)  (Illustration and design)
  • 2021-2023 Digital Books (collaborative projects) Creative Output with Prof Subeshini Moodley (Online Repository 2021) and (Online Repository 2022) and (Online Repository 2023)
  • Sutherland, P 2023, Interfaith Parenting with Love (Illustration and design) 
Conferences
  • Eighteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices (2024), Polytechnic Unversity of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. E-book Online Repository: Digital Archiving from Crisis Response to Pedagogical Opportunity (co-presented with Prof Subeshini Moodley)         
  • Digitial Humanities for Inclusion Committee Member and Reviewer, Nelson Mandela University, 27 November to 1 December (2023)                           
  • Thirteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, University of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia. The brandsense or nonsense of experiential activations in brandscapes: a systematic approach to multi-sensory engagement in space and place. (2019)                   
  • Eighth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Vancouver Canada. Capturing the core principles of Graphic Design in South Africa. (2014)