A look back at 5 years of studio work, passion projects, and the hints that an inevitable job in publishing were there all a long. Oliver Munday is a graphic designer living and working in New York City. Along with his studio, he co-founded “Piece”, a socially based design collaborative, with Bernard Canniffe and Mike … Read more
Bruce Rogers remains a towering figure in the graphic arts, arguably the single most important American book designer of the twentieth century. The unrivaled subtlety of his style also sets apart Rogers’s most widespread accomplishment, the Centaur type. Numerous other Jenson revivals of his day (as well as more recent attempts) appear at best quaint, … Read more
Since the release of Monotype’s Gill Sans Titling in 1928, Eric Gill’s namesake family has been enormously successful for the company. As a result, there has been a demand for many variations of the design over the years, from the variants conceived by Gill himself to those produced in-house by Monotype, with or without Gill’s … Read more
Astoria, Dutch Kills and Ravenswood. Three contiguous neighborhoods along the Queens waterfront across from Manhattan that have a mix of pre-1960s signage, churches with Art Deco lettering, lively graffiti, and funky vernacular. A perfect location for the next TDC lettering walk. These walks occur only twice a year and locations are never repeated. So, take … Read more
W.A. Dwiggins is best known for the typefaces he designed for Mergenthaler Linotype (now available through Monotype) and the books he designed for Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. However, when he was awarded the AIGA Gold Medal in 1929 it was for neither of those activities. It was for his work in advertising. The most important … Read more
Superfamilies have grown to become a common feature of typography in the twenty-first century. Their history and their conceptual background will be examined and examples from Sumner Stone’s own work and the work of other designers, both historical and contemporary will be examined and discussed. Sumner Stone is the principal of Stone Type Foundry Inc. … Read more
Jim Moran, Director of the Museum will give a presentation that will highlight the history of Hamilton's place in the world of typography and their year-long effort to pack up the world's largest collection of type into a new facility and begin a re-birth of the Hamilton legacy. Register Online
In 1921, Condé Nast set out to centralize production of his magazines and pattern business just outside of New York City. The result was a 300,000 square foot state of the art printing plant along the Boston Post Road in Greenwich, CT. Join Shawn Waldron, Senior Director of the Condé Nast Archive, as he talks … Read more
(CANCELED) Braille was developed in 1824. Its design was constrained by the technology of the day. It has been the standard tactile alphabet for 190 years. However, only 59,000 people in the U.S. can read braille, out of a visually impaired population of 8.3 million people. This low adoption rate (less than 1%) is due … Read more
Typography on the web has made huge leaps forward in recent years, allowing web designers to realize their designs with an almost print-like level of control. However, the details surrounding that control can still be challenging, and bleeding-edge technology like OpenType support is still in flux. In this talk, Typekit’s Creative Director and 8 Faces … Read more
