It’s time once again for TDC Book Night! Join us to meet three of the world’s best book cover designers and art directors who are coming to show us how it’s done. Note: We've moved this to the Theater at MAD (Museum of Art and Design) at 2 Columbus Circle to accommodate a larger crowd! … Read more
Crit Club + Drinks + Fun, in New York City. TypeThursday is a monthly meet-up in New York City for people who love letterforms. The events feature networking opportunities and a critique of works in progress led by editorial designer Kara Gordon of Point Five. Foundry Spotlight: Dalton Maag National Sponsor: Adobe Typekit NYC Sponsor: … Read more
Monograms and ciphers sold to personalize products such as luggage, handbags, totes, linens, dress shirts, sweatshirts, T-shirts and even baby onesies mostly look the same. Stationer Nancy Sharon Collins explains their historical progression and the evolution of the monogram into something as plain and simple as most have become. With her decades-long work researching and … Read more
What is typography? This most basic question has prompted countless debates within Western circles. In China, the situation is more complicated. Terms used to describe calligraphic forms have been augmented to include their mechanical brethren. Competing Chinese words represent differing ideas of what type—printed, calligraphic, and hand-lettered—means. For typography, there is no Chinese term fully … Read more
Ross MacDonald is perhaps best known as an illustrator, yet all the while he has led a secret double life designing and fabricating props for over 40 movies and television series. He has made everything from the book Bradley Cooper’s character throws out the window in Silver Linings Playbook, to the titular Book of Secrets … Read more
Kameel Hawa will present his typographic sculptures and reveal the creative process and the conceptual considerations behind these projects. He will highlight the artistic power and poetry of the Arabic letterforms, and their cultural contribution to public space. About Kameel Hawa Lebanese designer, painter, and writer Kameel Hawa's name has become synonymous with Almohtaraf, the … Read more
It's fontastic & boldacious & x-heighting! It’s TypeThursdayNYC! TypeThursdayNYC is a monthly gathering of type geeks, held at Type Dorectors Club. We like to think of ourselves as a type superfamily: we attract local letterform lovers hailing from all disciplines and levels of expertise. Social hours bookend the centerpiece of our event, a group critique … Read more
Join the TDC at Parsons for an evening double feature! In Letters We Trust | Tobias Frere-Jones For centuries, letterforms have been a means of security for citizens and governments alike. This talk will explore the ways that letterforms have been used in plain sight and in secret, to thwart forgery. Some strategies have relied … Read more
It's fontastic & boldacious & x-heighting! It’s TypeThursdayNYC! TypeThursdayNYC is a monthly gathering of type geeks, held at Type Directors Club. We like to think of ourselves as a type superfamily: we attract local letterform lovers hailing from all disciplines and levels of expertise. Social hours bookend the centerpiece of our event, a group critique … Read more
It's fontastic & boldacious & x-heighting! It’s TypeThursdayNYC! TypeThursdayNYC is a monthly gathering of type geeks, held at Type Directors Club. We like to think of ourselves as a type superfamily: we attract local letterform lovers hailing from all disciplines and levels of expertise. Social hours bookend the centerpiece of our event, a group critique … Read more
