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August 3, 2017Competition chairs and TDC Board invite you to an after-hours tour of “World’s Best Typography” before it closes Aug 10. Free. No reservations needed. Show up at 41 Cooper Square at 6pm next Tuesday for a one-hour guided stroll through the world’s best by Joe Newton and Angela Voulangas. It will be fun, enlightening, and … Read more
Tagged book design, branding, calligraphy, competition, exhibition, Gourmet Typography, graphic design, lettering, magazine design, magazines, posters, tdc63, type design, typedesign, typeface design, typography | Leave a commentLetter As Object: Drawing Representational Letterforms Workshop with Sasha Prood – Cancelled
July 23, 2017Developing representational lettering is primarily about balancing the clarity of the object and the integrity of the letterform. Sasha will lead workshop participants through this process, explaining the different approaches she has taken over the years to create these typographic illustrations. Students will start off the morning conceptualizing multiple directions based on a project brief. … Read more
Tagged lettering, Workshop | Leave a commentTypographics Conference
April 24, 2017Type Directors Club is a proud sponsor of Typographics! We look forward to seeing our members and friends there. Look for us in the Book Fair where you can pick up vintage back copies of the TDC annual for a great price! The highlight of the Typographics Festival is this 2-day conference on June 16th … Read more
Tagged Advanced Web Typography, book design, bookjackets, branding, choosing type, emoji, exhibition, lettering, setting type, type, type conference, type design, typeface design, typography, web design | Leave a commentCreate Your Own Lettering with Martina Flor
April 6, 2017In this hands-on intensive workshop you will drive the process of drawing and refining custom lettering. In this one-day session you will be introduced to effective techniques to create a lettering from scratch. It is ideal for beginners as well as advanced letterers who want to improve their technique. You will walk away from this workshop … Read more
Tagged lettering, Workshop | Leave a commentMartina Flor—The Golden Secrets of Lettering
March 28, 2017Talk and book signing! Martina Flor’s new book, The Golden Secrets of Lettering (Princeton Architectural Press) is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to hand lettering. Martina shows readers how to transform their initial lettering concepts and hand sketches into a well-shaped, exquisite piece of digital lettering that can be sold and published. With a foreword … Read more
Tagged booksigning, how-to, lettering | Leave a commentRESCHEDULED Victoria Rushton: Fixing Things for Fun and No Profit
January 17, 2017NEW DATE! Victoria Rushton tries to fix other people’s work for kicks. It’s the dark underside to her type design and lettering practice that she doesn’t particularly like to talk about, until now, here we are. She’ll share how these mini secret projects are interesting to her and more importantly a great time, as well … Read more
Tagged lettering, salon | Leave a commentWorkshop: Type Design for Non-Type Designers
August 16, 2016Get a crash course in designing type from Matteo Bologna, Creative Director of award-winning studio Mucca Design. This (always sold out) workshop will introduce you to the basic skills necessary for the wild journey into the super fun world of type design. In this class you will learn the basics of designing and generating a … Read more
Tagged Glyphs, Gourmet Typography, lettering, type design, typedesign, typeface design | Leave a commentLetter as Object: Representational Lettering From Project Brief Through Final Art—with Sasha Prood
August 11, 2016The primary challenge when creating representational lettering is balancing legibility of type and clarity of object. This is only made more complex when a client is involved. Sasha Prood will examine her representational lettering process from project brief, through ideation, sketch evolution, final art, and even the occasional “final final” art. She will delve into … Read more
Tagged hand lettering, lettering, salons | Leave a commentTDC Type Walk with Paul Shaw: North Bronx
March 18, 2016This lettering walk will take in several neighborhoods in the northern part of the Bronx, between the New York Botanical Garden and Westchester: Norwood, Williamsbridge, Wakefield and Woodlawn Heights. We may even stray into Mt. Vernon or Yonkers, if the weather is good and we are not too tired. These neighborhoods are rich in ethnic … Read more
Tagged Bronx, lettering, Paul Shaw, tour | Leave a commentStephen Powers, Language Artist
February 11, 2016“I’m a visual cacophony kind of guy.” Stephen Powers has been making art his whole life and it has been his sole occupation since 1999. His work has been shown at Luggage Store, The Philadelphia ICA, The Venice and Liverpool Biennials, repeated appearances at Deitch Projects and most recently Brooklyn Museum. As a Fulbright Scholar … Read more
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