The Type Directors Club is pleased to announce a celebration of its 70th anniversary, a day-long series of typography talks and an evening reception.

Speakers will include TDC Medalists Ed Benguiat, Louise Fili, Paula Scher, and
Erik Spiekermann, former TDC presidents Allan Haley and Charles Nix, and Greg Gazdowicz, Elizabeth Carey Smith, Jessica Svendsen, and Zipeng Zhu.

The day will close with a 6 pm cocktail reception at the SVA Theatre.

Twenty-nine Type Directors Club Medals have been awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to typography. Hermann Zapf won the first in 1967 and Emigre (Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans) was honored with the most recent in 2016.

The Type Directors Club was formed in 1946 in New York City and is a professional organization dedicated to educating its international membership and the graphic arts and design communities about the value of typography in communication.

This event is sponsored by
School of Visual Arts, Monotype, Adobe Typekit, and House Industries

Place
School of Visual Arts Theater
333 West 23rd Street, New York City

Date and Time
Friday, March 10th, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Schedule

8:15
Doors Open

9:00–9:10
Opening Remarks

9:15–10:00
Louise Fili

10:10–11:00
Erik Spiekermann

11:10–12:00
Allan Haley, freelance writer and traveling typographer

12:00–1:30
Lunch Break

1:30–2:30
Ed Benguiat — Interview by Debbie Millman

2:40–3:30
Paula Scher

3:40–4:30
Charles Nix, Monotype

4:40–5:30
Panel
Debbie Millman, Moderator
Greg Gazdowicz, Type Designer,Commercial Type
Elizabeth Carey Smith, The Letter Office
Jessica Svendsen, Associate Creative Director, Dropbox
Zipeng Zhu

6:00–7:30 p.m.
Cocktail reception