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← Older posts Newer posts →Best of the old/Best of the new: Unifying The Wall Street Journal typography.
January 21, 2018Che Douglas, Global Head of Design at The Wall Street Journal, will discuss the recent undertaking to simplify, standardize and modernize the typography of all WSJ brand experiences. Che Douglas was born in South Australia. He is a graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). Che was the Founder and Creative Director of … Read more
Tagged newspaper design, salon, typography | Leave a commentEye Magazine—>NYC: Eye 95 Launch with R. O. Blechman and Triboro
January 13, 2018Join the Type Directors Club for a special NYC launch of Eye 95, the latest issue of the acclaimed independent, international review of graphic design. Part of the team behind Eye, Editor John L. Walters and Art Director Simon Esterson, will be on hand to moderate presentations by Brooklyn design practice and creators of this years TDC … Read more
Tagged eye magazine, launch, RO Blechman, salon, Triboro | Leave a commentTony Di Spigna on Spencerian Script
November 30, 2017Tony Di Spigna discusses Spencerian Formal Script and will demonstrate his Spencerian Script design procedure from beginning to final art execution. Tony will show samples in various stages of design development—in short, he will reveal all his secrets and answer any questions attendees may have. Tony is proud to announce LOVE LETTERS, his book featuring … Read more
Tagged calligraphy, lettering, salon, script, spencerian | Leave a commentA Graphic Memoir?: Debbie Millman and Paul Sahre
October 4, 2017Designer turned author Paul Sahre will present and then be joined by Debbie Millman and special guests John Gall, and Gabriel Levinson, to discuss Sahre’s new book Two-Dimensional Man, published by Abrams Press. They will talk about the highs and lows of committing to life as a graphic designer, the making of the book, and … Read more
Tagged book design, bookjackets, discussion, graphic design, memoir, paulsahre, salon | Leave a commentPablo Medina and the Story of Dekalb….
September 22, 2017The Story of Dekalb (and other tales about the Brooklyn neighborhood that inspired Pablo A. Medina’s newest font) In 2013 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Pablo A. Medina began the four-year process of designing his latest font called Dekalb. Medina will tell the story of how the font was created by showing images of murals and signage … Read more
Tagged brooklyn, salon, type design, vernacular | Leave a commentHubert & Fischer: Boooooooooook Design
September 6, 2017Philipp Hubert and Sebastian Fischer, the founding partners of Hubert & Fischer, a design studio with offices in New York and Berlin, are coming to the Type Directors Club to talk about their passion—book design. They met at the State Academy of Art and Design in Stuttgart, Germany, where they had access to the school’s … Read more
Tagged book design, bookjackets, fonts, graphic design, salon, salons, type | Leave a commentUnderware: Enough is Not Enough
August 26, 2017Underware’s work is among the most popular of independent type foundries — happy-go-lucky, high-quality, text-friendly typefaces for both display use and comprehensive typesetting. Underware’s typefaces stand out thanks to unique aesthetics and a considered collective presence. Underware is a refreshing and intelligent team who, while taking what they do seriously, manage to not take themselves … Read more
Tagged foundry, salon, type, underware | Leave a commentFrom Pentagram to Partnership: Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth
July 25, 2017Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth are the founding partners of Standards Manual, an independent publishing imprint founded in 2014, and Order, a design office—both located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Reed and Smyth met at Pentagram while working under the direction of Michael Bierut for the last six years. They’ll be sharing what started their paths to … Read more
Tagged pentagram, salon | Leave a commentIsmar David and the First Hebrew Typeface Family
June 20, 2017Ismar David was a prolific calligrapher, type designer, illustrator, architect and educator. From the 1930s until the 1990s, he lived and worked in Berlin, Jerusalem and New York and created a manifold of exquisite designs. His most important work is considered to be the David Hebrew Typeface family. It was the first of its kind … Read more
Tagged calligraphy, Hebrew type design, salon | 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
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