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Paula Scher
Tell us a little bit about yourself – what you do and where you work I am a Pentagram Partner and design identities, environmental graphics, books, promotion and packaging for a wide range of clients.…
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Meet Abraham Lule Ascender 2019
Each of our 2019 Ascenders spoke with us about their design inspirations and work. Here is our interview with New York graphic designer Abraham Lule. What schools did you attend? The Universidad Del Valle de…
Special Events
TDC 2019 Holiday Party at Poster House
Join us for a convivial typographic evening with wine, hors d’oevres, two poster exhibitions with a curator-guided tour, and a silent auction. There may even be a nerdy typographic game (we’re still working on the…
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TDC 2019 Holiday Party
Join us for a convivial typographic evening with wine, hors d’oevres, two poster exhibitions with a curator-guided tour, and a silent auction. There may even be a nerdy typographic game (we’re still working on the…
Competitions
2019 Typeface Design Judge’s Choice: Orientation by Sandrine Nugue
When asked to select his favorite from among all the entries, typeface design judge Kristyan Sarkis chose Orientation, created by Sandrine Nugue to help students find their way around a new student housing complex in…
Exhibitions
TDC64 Opening in Bridgeport
Everyone is invited to the opening reception for TDC’s 64th Annual Competition Exhibition, The World’s Best Typography at the University of Bridgeport. The reception is open to the public, with a short panel discussion by…
Exhibitions
TDC64 Exhibition at Estación Diseño in Granada, Spain
This TDC64 exhibition opens in Grenada following the exhibition’s tour to Tokyo, Seoul, Warsaw, New York, Antwerp, Ontario, Saigon, and Auckland. TDC64’s tour through Spain has included Barcelona, Sabadell, Soria,and Madrid. Read about AAD’s history…
Classes and Workshops
“StencilMania”: Stencil Lettering & Type Workshop with Laura Meseguer
This workshop offers participants an opportunity to spend a day learning from and creating under the guidance of award-winning Barcelona typeface designer, Laura Meseguer. Goals To help participants to understand and practice the principles underlying…
Member Of The Month
Sven Lindhorst-Emme
Unsurprisingly for a TDC member, your work is largely led by typography. That’s true, although I think that every graphic designer uses typography—they should just do so consciously and with applied experience. Tell us a…
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Stan Church
You came up in one of the Golden Ages for Typography, in the 70s and 80s in New York City. Nowadays, young designers have the internet to tell them who the latest hot shots are,…
Special Events
Lettering Walk with Paul Shaw: Greenwood Heights and Sunset Park
Join us to explore the adjacent neighborhoods of Greenwood Heights and Sunset Park that straddle Fourth Avenue and butt up against Gowanus Bay and the Upper Bay of New York Harbor. These are working class…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 12 Type Panel
Part 12 of 12 Afternoon Type Panel with Juliette Cezzar “Type: More Democratized Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by…
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Type Drives Culture: Part 11 Afternoon Panel
Part 11 of 12 Afternoon Panel with Gloria Kondrup: “Type: More Vital Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 10 Kris Holmes and Debbie Millman for "Design Matters"
Part 10 of 12 Kris Holmes Interviewed by Debbie Millman for Design Matters: “Type: More in Need of Handwriting Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 9 Wael Morcos
Part 9 of 12 Wael Morcos: “Type: More Arab Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type Drives Culture…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 8 Nontsikelelo Mutiti
Part 8 of 12 Nontsikelelo Mutiti: “Type: More Obscure Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type Drives Culture…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 7 Anne Quito
Part 7 of 12 Anne Quito: “Type: More Newsworthy Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type Drives Culture…
Classes and Workshops
Type Design for Non-Type Designers with Matteo Bologna
Get a crash course in designing type from Matteo Bologna, Creative Director of award-winning studio Mucca Design. This (always sold out) 6 hours workshop will introduce you to the basic skills necessary for the wild…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 6 Morning Panel
Part 5 of 12 Morning Panel Moderated by Jason Pamental Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type Drives Culture is…
NYC Exhibition
The Ascenders 2019 Exhibition
Congratulations to the Ascenders 2019! Come see their work! The Type Directors Club invites everyone to view examples of the work of ten young designers named Ascenders 2019, the result of a competition that received…
Competitions
Presenting the 2019 Ascenders
The board of the Type Directors Club had the difficult task of selecting this group from 130 outstanding designers from 33 countries. The board was impressed with the quality and diversity of the entries, which…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 5 Yotam Hadar
Part 5 of 12 Yotam Hadar: “Type: More Bi-Scriptual Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 . SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type Drives…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 4 Ksenya Samarskaya
Part 4 of 12 Ksenya Samarskaya: “Type: More Questionable Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 . SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type Drives…
Competitions
Bloco Gráfico of São Paulo Awarded TDC65 Best in Show for Dynamic Poster Series
Bloco Gráfio created the Oficinas de criatividade Sesc Pompéia 2018 set of posters to promote a series of workshops held inside one of São Paul’s most celebrated cultural buildings. Here are the credits: Design: Gabriela…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 3 E Roon Kang
Part 3 of 12 E Roon Kang: “Type: More Systematic Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 . SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 2 Fiona Ross
Part 2 of 12 Fiona Ross: “Type: More Examined Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Videotaping courtesy of Google Type Drives Culture is…
NYC Exhibition
TDC65 Exhibition at The Cooper Union in New York City
Type Directors Club thanks The Cooper Union, Type@Cooper, and the Herb Lubalin Study Center for hosting the New York City debut of The World’s Best Typography exhibition, which features award-winning work of the club’s 65th…
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Kris Sowersby
What book are you reading at the moment? I usually have more than one book on the go. At the moment it’s The Bone People, Printers Type in the Twentieth Century, and The Design Philosophy…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 1 Rich Tu
Part 1 of 12 Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Videotaping courtesy of Google TYPE DRIVES CULTURE is the TDC’s annual one-day conference that reflects…
Special Events
TypeCon 2019
TypeCon is an annual conference presented by the non-profit Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA), an international organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of typography and related arts. The majority of the TypeCon program (see below)…
Special Events
Juan Carlos Pagan at TypeCon (+ Facebook Analog Research Lab!)
The Type Directors Club and the Society of Typographic Aficionados are pleased to announce that lettering artist and illustrator Juan Carlos Pagan will be giving a special presentation on Thursday, August 29th, as part of…
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Ron Gordon: The Twilight of Letterpress - New York in the 80s
TDC Salon: “The Twilight of Letterpress: New York in the 80s” with Ron Gordon Type Directors Club, New York April 25, 2019 In the early 1980s Ron Gordon and his associate, Dean Bornstein, traveled around…
Exhibitions
TDC65 Exhibition at PJITK in Warsaw
Type Directors Club thanks the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (PJITK) in Warsaw for this year’s Polish debut of The World’s Best Typography exhibition, which features award-winning work of the club’s 65th Annual Communications Design and…
Exhibitions
TDC65 Exhibition at Takeo in Tokyo
Type Directors Club thanks the Japan Typography Association and Takeo Paper for the Japanese debut of the World’s Best Typography exhibition, which features award-winning work of the club’s 65th Annual Communications Design and 2019 Typeface…
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Miguel Reyes: Variation on a Theme
TDC Salon: “Variation on a Theme” with Miguel Reyes Type Directors Club, New York April 11, 2019 Type designer Miguel Reyes of Commercial Type explains the ideas and process behind a new condensed display family…
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Manuel Estrada: “Painting with Letters” Exhibition Opening
Exhibition opening for “Painting with Letters” exhibition by Manuel Estrada Type Directors Club, New York April 3, 2019 Spanish Designer Manuel Estrada opens his New York exhibition Painting with Letters: Book Covers, Typograms, and Other…
Exhibitions
TDC65 Exhibition at ECV in Lille, France
Type Directors Club thanks the École de Communication Visuelle (ECV) Lille for the French debut of the “World’s Best Typography” exhibition, which features award-winning work of the club’s 65th Annual Communications Design and 2019 Typeface…
Exhibitions
TDC64 Exhibition in Madrid
Di_Mad (Asociación Diseñadores de Madrid y Fundación Diseño Madrid), Madrid’s leading organization of designers and design firms, is hosting his exhibition of award-winning work at Matadero Madrid through June 30. This exhibition is one of…
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David Berlow at Google HQ: Beyond The Quest for the Perfect Uppercase Partial Differential
David Berlow: “Beyond The Quest for the Perfect Uppercase Differential” Presented by the Type Directors Club at Google HQ, New York City, May 16, 2019 The last 30 years have seen a great growth in…
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Jan Tschichold, the TDC, and a Mystery
An exhibition currently on view in New York City celebrates the German designer and typographer Jan Tschichold and reminds us of his prominent position within design history. One gallery in the exhibition Jan Tschichold and…