David Carson was named in January 2014 as one of the 30 most influential designers in Apple computers 30 year history, only two GRAPHIC designers, made the list...{April Grieman was the other} Apple called Carson, :”a pioneer with profound impact”. David was also named as an AIGA Gold Medalist for 2014. Also this year, The Smithsonian Instiute commissioned … Read more
Boris Kochan’s branding agency KOCHAN & PARTNER is engaged in many fields of typography. Amongst others KOCHAN& PARTNER founded the Munich Typoday and exhibits the TDC-‐Show in their venues annually since 2004. Boris Kochan himself is founder and CEO of the agency, president of the Typographic Society Munich (tgm) and board member of the German … Read more
Take control of your type instead of letting it control you! Gourmet Typography Training teaches the typographic skills and aesthetics rarely taught or fully understood by professionals. Learn how to “see” like you’ve never seen before. Whether you are a beginner or seasoned pro, Gourmet Typography Training will sharpen your eye and give you the … Read more
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
Old letterpress printing equipment meets contemporary design thinking in the typographic posters of Swiss designer Dafi Kühne. This event is a one-evening presentation and reception at The Arm letterpress studio in Williamsburg (just off the Bedford Avenue stop on the L train). It is free and open to the public. Dafi Kühne is a Swiss … 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
