TDC Salon : Conversation with. . .
:: Alexander Isley ::

Date & Time:

Thursday 18 March 2004, 6:00–8:00 p.m. (admission free)

Venue :

TDC Offices
127 West 25 street, 8th Floor
New York, NY

The Conversation :

Designing something that will be seen by all of one's peers: Dream job, right? A chance to show off! Time to cut loose creatively! Time to show 'em all!

Join Alexander Isley, designer of this year's TDC annual, to hear him talk about how he tries to avoid the temptations that befall designers (including himself, he admits) when doing work for design-oriented clients. Alex will show examples from his firm's award-winning work for the AIGA, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and the TDC, among others. He'll talk about his love of type, why he feels he could never be a great type designer, and how sometimes the best way to show off to one's peers is to take a step back and let their work be the star of the show. And just for fun, he'll also show some examples of work he thinks is really terrible. (Some if it his own.)

About Alexander Isley :

Alexander Isley, Alexander Isley Design is a graphic design and marketing communications firm with offices in New York and Connecticut. It is known for the influential, attention-getting, and award-winning work it produces for a wide range of businesses and organizations.

Clients include Random House, AOL Time Warner, Toys "R" Us, Accenture, Hearst, Discovery, Nickelodeon, Giorgio Armani, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Articles featuring the firm and its work have appeared in leading design books and periodicals including I.D., Blueprint, Adweek, Design Quarterly, Graphic Design: New York, and Graphic Design in America.

Mr. Isley is the designer of Typography 24, the current TDC annual.

More Info :

TDC :: Type Directors Club
127 West 25th Street 8th Floor
New York, NY  10001
USA

T: 1-212-633-8943
F: 1-212-633-8944

E: director@tdc.org
W: http://www.tdc.org/