Since the 2013 introduction of Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe InDesign has added well over 1,000 features, changes, and updates. Some large, some small, keeping up with what’s new in your favorite program is now harder than ever. And if your world includes Photoshop or Illustrator, it’s no wonder that you’re feeling lost in the dust. … Read more
For the 15th year in France, ECV Nantes, Creative Schools and Community, is hosting the annual exhibition of the Type Directors Club The World's Best Typography. The exciting exhibition brings together the creations of established professionals and student work from an international network of schools of graphic design and visual communication. The show highlights the … 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
A one-day conference reflects the changing face(s) of typography The Type Directors Club celebrates the undeniable significance of typography around the world. We are a global community of experts and enthusiasts who are united by the shared belief that type drives culture. And culture drives type. Like many industries, typography and type design have long … Read more
Go beyond choosing the same fonts from the type menu to creating your own typefaces and become your own type designer. Get a crash course in designing type from Matteo Bologna, Creative Director of award-winning studio Mucca Design. This (always sold out) 6 hours workshop will introduce you to the basic skills necessary for the … Read more
Type Directors Club is proud to be a co-sponsor of the Zapf Centennial Symposium at The Grolier Club in New York City on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, and everyone is invited to attend. This special event has been organized by The Grolier Committee on Modern Fine Printing. The symposium speakers include: • Dr. Robert Bringhurst, … Read more
If graphic design is about creating and organizing visual form to communicate, why are design educators obsessed with everything except teaching about form? How did we become so distracted from what really matters? Provocative answers to these questions precede a prescription for effectively building students’ expertise in design’s core fluency. Timothy Samara is a New … Read more
Typography empowers communication whether it’s a hand-painted sign, a silk-screened message, or letterpress printed words. Gloria Kondrup will present posters curated from the archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics -- a selection that examines issues such as choice, gender inequality, war, and violence against women. Included are works by Barbara Kruger, … Read more
In the early 1980s Ron Gordon and his associate, Dean Bornstein, traveled around New York City to document the letterpress shops that were still in operation, including Bowne & Co., the Harbor Press, Pittsburgh Metal’s foundry, Peter Kruty Editions, Grenfell Press, Ron’s own Oliphant Press, and Charles Press (shown above). Ron and Dean interviewed the … Read more
This free event, courtesy of Google, will be streamed live from Google HQ in New York City on the TDC YouTube Channel: TDC YouTube The last 30 years has seen a great growth in generalized glyphs and styles. David Berlow's talk will show what happens to and for typography when we start to get more … Read more
