Featuring works by international designers awarded Certificates of Excellence by the juries of the 2014 Type Directors Club international competitions for Communication Design and Type Design, this annual exhibition at SASD at UB is much-anticipated by students and professionals. Exhibit entries are the works of international designers of graphics, packages, environments, logos, corporate branding, typefaces, … Read more
The free exhibit at Bau, Centro Universitario de Diseño de Barcelona, will show the best international graphic design, from the winners of this year's TDC61 competition. The exhibit is part of the Bau Design Forum and will run through to October 9th 2015.
Pyramid of Caius Cestius as seen from Monte Testaccio. Typographers shape forms that endure and remain still enough for us to easily read them. But what is the shape of a figure in motion? How does movement refigure or disfigure a shape? How does moving through space reshape us? This talk will include projects and … Read more
We are proud to host the Type@Cooper Extended graduates’ show at our HQ. The exhibition showcases the type specimens of the fonts created by the graduating class of Type@Cooper 2014/2015. The Extended Program is a focused and comprehensive study of key typeface design principles: technique, aesthetics, expression, history, and theory. During the program Students learn … Read more
Deeply rooted in history, but with no intention in simply recreating it, Grilli Type designs typefaces with an attitude and promotes them by creating unique visual worlds for each of them. Nearly six years into the journey, I will explain how Grilli Type started and offer a sneak peek at what we are working on … Read more
ATypI invites submissions of lectures, demonstrations and workshops for presentation at its 2015 conference in São Paulo, 14–17 October 2015. The theme of ATypI's 2015 conference is “Challenges”, which invites attendees to explore not only the many challenges faced in contemporary type design and visual communication, but also strategies for how we might best address … Read more
From October 14th - 28th you can visit, the Escola ILLA, and view the TDC61 traveling typography exhibition. The exhibition showcases a winning collection of typographic posters and packaging projects. The show brings together the best of typographic design carried out throughout the year 2015 in the international arena. The entries are part of an … Read more
Attending ATypI this year? Come by and see the 22 winning typefaces from our TDC 2015 competition. The winning work from TDC61 will be displayed digitally. Open: Wednesday, October 14 to Saturday, October 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Event is free.
The Society of Design Conference is a one-day, multidisciplinary design event featuring the world's most talented creatives. A day of inspiring, motivating, and spellbinding presentations about all things design - advertising, architecture, branding, copywriting, graphic design, industrial design, interaction design, interiors, lettering, media design, and typography design. CONFERENCE SPEAKERS Nick Asbury (England) Annie Atkins (Ireland) … Read more
The Society of Design Conference is a one-day, multidisciplinary design event featuring the world's most talented creatives. A day of inspiring, motivating, and spellbinding presentations about all things design - advertising, architecture, branding, copywriting, graphic design, industrial design, interaction design, interiors, lettering, media design, and typography design. CONFERENCE SPEAKERS Nick Asbury (England) Annie Atkins (Ireland) … Read more
We are human beings and we all have urges. You seek pleasure from eating an oyster, having sex, or listening to music. The more you experience and embrace pleasure, the easier it is to communicate it. This sensation should translate to your work, but surprisingly it doesn’t for many. Physical pleasure is as important as … Read more
The 61st Annual TDC International Exhibition is open at Humber College's L Space Gallery until November 6th! This free annual exhibition from the Type Directors Club in New York showcases a collection of works from the annual typeface design competition honouring some of the world’s best typographic design. Daily hours, Monday to Friday: 10am - … Read more
EVOLVE YOUR BUSINESS. EVOLVE YOUR TOOLS. EVOLVE YOUR ACTION PLAN. EVOLVE YOUR ALLIANCES. Get empowered to succeed. Discover some hard truths. Register for our intimate 2-day symposium designed to deliver actionable results for evolving your creative business. Join other creative leaders and peers from around the country to engage in transparent and honest conversations on … Read more
Tackling a wide range of subjects from Sister Corita to wooden toys to organic molecules, Barbara Glauber will show the unconventional ways her studio combines and adapts typefaces, graphic furniture, and printing processes mostly for books, mostly on art. Barbara Glauber founded the design studio Heavy Meta in 1990. The studio focuses on projects for … Read more
Why spend 10 months learning to be a type designer when you could spend 45 years? Ramblings on my education as a type designer in a pre-internet world. James Montalbano has created over 1000 individual fonts for the retail and custom markets since getting involved in this type design thing 25 years ago. He sells … Read more
I spy with my little eye … Impression or expression? See or be seen? Identity or identical? Clearly – reality is in the eye of the beholder. But without brain-eye-heart coordination, there is nothing to see. In other words: the smooth, mirror-like (outer) surface is just the beginning. And it reflects everything back to you. … Read more
