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February 24, 2019For 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
Tagged book design, bookjackets, branding, calligraphy, competition, exhibition, fonts, graphic design, hand lettering, lettering, magazine design, magazines, posters, TDC64, traveling exhibition, type, type design, typedesign, typedrivesculture, typography, web design | Leave a commentTypeThursdayNYC (February)
February 19, 2019It’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
Tagged calligraphy, crit, crit club, fonts, graphic design, hand lettering, type, type design, Type Thursday, typography | Leave a commentGloria Kondrup: FEMINAE, Typographic Voices: of Women, by Women
February 15, 2019Typography 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
Tagged art, ArtCenter, feminst, graphic design, HMCT, Hoffmitz Milken, Pasadena, posters, salon, typography, women | Leave a commentZapf Centennial Symposium at The Grolier Club
February 14, 2019Type 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
Tagged calligraphy, exhibition, fonts, graphic design, Grolier, hand lettering, lettering, New York City, nyc, type conference, type design, typeface design, typography | Leave a commentNYC Poster Exhibition: Connection, Community & Values — Inside the Facebook Analog Research Lab
February 6, 2019Come to the Type Directors Club to view our latest exhibition — Connection, Community & Values: Inside the Facebook Analog Research Lab. You’ll get to see posters produced at Facebook’s artist-in-residence program and see why one of the world’s largest digital platforms is hand-crafting posters one at a time. You’ll see posters and printed matter … Read more
Tagged exhibition, Facebook, fonts, graphic design, lettering, posters, printmaking, silkscreens, typedesign, typography | Leave a commentDavid Berlow: Beyond the Quest for the Perfect Uppercase Partial Differential
February 6, 2019This 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
Tagged fonts, Google, salon, type design, typedesign, typeface design, typography, YouTube | Leave a commentType Drives Culture Conference 2019
January 20, 2019A 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
Tagged graphic design, paneldiscussion, type conference, type design, typedesign, typedrivesculture, typeface design, typography | Leave a commentTypeThursdayNYC February
January 14, 2019It’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
Tagged calligraphy, crit, crit club, fonts, graphic design, hand lettering, lettering, type design, typeface design, typography | Leave a commentArabic Lettering Workshop | Episode 12: New York, New York
January 8, 2019ALW is a series of workshops about Arabic lettering. Every episode takes on a different theme. This episode at TDC will explore the vernacular aesthetics of New York. The participants will select important public signs from New York and will proceed to create the Arabic counterpart. No previous experience in Arabic lettering is necessary, and … Read more
Tagged Arabic, calligraphy, graphic design, hand lettering, lettering, typography | Comments Off on Arabic Lettering Workshop | Episode 12: New York, New YorkTDC Judges Night: Karin Fong and Kristyan Sarkis
December 20, 2018Two Judges. One Night. Karin Fong (Los Angeles) Founding Member of Imaginary Forces Emmy Award Winning Director TDC65 Communication Design Judge Kristyan Sarkis (Amsterdam/Beirut) Co-founder TPTQ Arabic Co-founder Type Design–Beirut TDC65 Typeface Design Judge Two esteemed judges of the Type Directors Club’s competitions will present their work and their perspectives. Join them in conversation with … Read more
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