On the tenth anniversary of the Grand Central Publishing imprint we will discuss the origins of its look and the development of its consistent visual brand. We will present samples from some of its many imprints, including but not limited to Grand Central, 12 Books, and Grand Central Life & Style. Our successes have often … Read more
Triboro will recount its tumultuous relationship with type. The studio has tailored over 50 bespoke typefaces (and endless lettering designs) for clients like Ai Weiwei, Google, André Balazs, Everlane, the New York Observer, and Wired. Triboro will trace the evolution of several brand new projects—and a few old favorites. Triboro is the Brooklyn based design … Read more
Kleiton & Kledir and their innovated southern music style are the basic reference for those interested in understanding the new Brazilian music. They have produced more then 20 albums, recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, New York, Lisbon, Paris, Miami, and Buenos Aires. Their compositions have been performed by famous interpreters around the world … Read more
We know type and text more than we write by hand, and the art of beautiful everyday writing has all but disappeared. But once, penmanship was an esteemed skill, a sign of education, refinement, and good taste. For centuries, correspondence, advertising, even business transactions and records, were exquisite documents created by skilled penmen—members of a … Read more
Brand advertising and graffiti tagging are similar pursuits that interrupt our urban landscape. A tag is like a logo for a graffiti writer. It’s everywhere. It’s repeated consistently. And the writer wants you to recognize it. The tag becomes a symbol for the person. What happens when tagging is subjected to today’s trend of modernist … Read more
A lecture on Japanese graphic design and typographic history from 1854 to 1965 that will explore Japan’s first type foundries, propaganda, speculative labor, and how one Japanese designer disrupts our understanding of design history. Bio: Ian Lynam is a Tokyo-based designer operating at the intersection of graphic design, design education and design research. Much more: … Read more
'Euclid. A New Type,' originally designed in the 1930s by modern American designer Alvin Lustig (1915-1955) has been revived through a collaboration of designers Craig Welsh and Elaine Lustig Cohen. Only twelve letterforms from the original font design had been retained in archive material in the many decades since its initial development. The revived 'Lustig … Read more
Mehdi Saeedi’s artistic vision is informed by the aesthetic heritage and traditions of the Middle East. Combining his experience in classical Persian calligraphy with visual cues from the art of dance, Saeedi explores the sensual nature of writing. His work—thoroughly contemporary, masterful, shimmering with visual sleights of hand—has as its basis movement, speed, space, and … Read more
Founded in 1666 by colonists intent on setting up a Puritan theocracy (new ark), Newark is the largest city in New Jersey and the state’s industrial center. Its population boomed from the middle of the 19th century until the Great Depression. At its height in 1930, Newark had 442,337 residents making it the 18th biggest … Read more
Graphic Designer Erik Carter (erikcarter.net ) and A+D Guest Curator Mark Owens (lifeofthemind.net ) will discuss Carter's book cover designs for Verso Books' Verso Futures series and what "abstraction" might mean for designers today. The discussion is conducted in conjunction with the exhibition "The Surface of Design" at the Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery at … Read more
