Personal typographic influences on the forty-year career of Pentagram Partner, Kit Hinrichs, and how to utilize the emotional power of type in your design.
Friday
Introduction :: 3:00–5:00
Cocktail Reception :: 5:00–7:00
Saturday
Class Meeting :: 9:00–5:00
(Continental breakfast and lunch included.)
TDC Conference Center
Type Directors Club
127 West 25th Street, 8th floor
New York, NY 10001
Registration is required. Space is limited.
Kit Hinrichs studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and worked in several New York design offices before forming independent businesses. In 1976 Hinrichs & Associates moved to San Francisco and formed a national partnership called Jonson Pedersen Hinrichs and Shakery. In 1986 the San Francisco office merged with Pentagram.
Kit's accumulated design experience incorporates a wide range of projects. At Pentagram he leads a graphic design team with expertise in corporate communications and promotion, packaging, editorial and exhibition design.
He has been an instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He has been a lecturer at the Stanford Design Conference and numerous other design associations and universities across the country.
Kit's work has been honored and published widely, and several of his pieces can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. He is the co-author of four books: Vegetables, Stars & Stripes, Long May She Wave, and Typewise. He is an executive board member of both the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the Director Art Center and, a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).
In 2004 he was awarded the profession's highest honor, the AIGA Medal, in recognition of his distinguished achievements and contributions to the field.
If you must cancel for any reason, please notify us via e-mail at director@tdc.org by Friday 18 April 2008. Your registration fee will be refunded less a $50 processing fee. No refunds will be made after this date.
TDC :: Type Directors Club
127 West 25th Street 8th Floor
New York, NY 10001
USA
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