The Victorian Letterforms of Ethel Reed

Explore the Victorian-era hand-lettering featured in Poster House’s latest exhibition Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property with type historian Patricia Childers. Take a close look at the letterforms this pioneering graphic artist used in her poster…

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Isometric Studio

How do typography, architecture, and storytelling blend into your studio practice? The studio’s practice evolved naturally from our backgrounds and interests– Andy’s training in the ethnography of inequality and in graphic design, and Waqas’ study…

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Adé Hogue Scholarship

Broderick “Adé” Hogue was a Chicago-based art director and letterer as passionate about the sport of cycling as he was about the intricacies of design—with a drive to foster diversity in both worlds. Tragically, he…

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TDC Presents 2022 Edition of Type Drives Culture

TDC is pleased to present the 2022 Edition of Type Drives Culture, our global conference that explores ways in which people use typography to form and transform creative communities, and conversations around contemporary type and…

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Meet the Judges II: Communication Design

Meet the TDC68 Communication Design Jury moderated by competition co-chair Joe Newton. During this panel discussion the judges of the Type Directors Club’s 68th Communication Design competition discuss their work, the state of communication design…

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Type Drives Culture: The Next 75 Years

Online at typedrivesculture.com on March 4th (12pm to 5pm ET) and 5th (9am to 2pm ET). General Admission is $100 ($85 for Members) and Student Admission is $50 ($45 for Members) The Type Directors Club…

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Meet the Judges II: Communication Design

MEMBERS-ONLY BACKSTAGE PASS: TDC Members have the opportunity to join our panelists for a conversation after the panel. Email director@tdc.org for a code to reveal Members-Only Tickets. ABOUT THE EVENT: Meet the TDC68 Communication Design Jury moderated…

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Meet the Judges III: LGC Judges Day

MEMBERS-ONLY BACKSTAGE PASS: TDC Members have the opportunity to join our panelists for a conversation after the panel. Email director@tdc.org for a code to reveal Members-Only Tickets. ABOUT THE EVENT: Meet the second half of the 25TDC…

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Type Design for Non-Type Designers

  Get a fun 2-day crash course in type design with Matteo Bologna (mucca.com) in a workshop from the comfort of your couch. About the Workshop March 11th from 9am to 5pm ET and March 12th from 9am…

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Let's Make Letters... Together!

ABOUT THE EVENT: Even when trapped behind our computer screens, typography behaves as if it were physical: it stretches, it compresses, it thickens, it thins, and animates. In this workshop, Kelcey Gray will guide participants…

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Type for Justice with Andy Chen and Waqas Jawaid

Isometric Studio partners Andy Chen and Waqas Jawaid will share their recent work at the intersection of typography, architecture, and social justice. This includes brand identities and exhibition design projects for major educational and cultural…

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TDC Scholarship Award Day, June 16

The TDC’s first female member, Beatrice Warde, was a journalist, scholar, and passionate advocate of education. Named in her honor and sponsored by Monotype, the scholarship recognizes one female-identifying college junior, whose work demonstrates exceptional…

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"Person Place Thing" with Gail Anderson

Join us as Person Place Thing host Randy Cohen interviews the award-winning designer Gail Anderson in a live recording of the popular public radio series from the Type Directors Club. Designer, writer, and educator Gail…

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Douglas Davis

Elizabeth Carey Smith: How has being a parent changed your perspective, from a work standpoint, now that working and parenting are kind of in the same space for you? Douglas Davis: I think, in some…

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Meet the Judges, Part 1: 24TDC Type Design Competition

Wednesday, January 6, 2021 Virtual Salon Ksenya Samarska moderates a discussion with the judges for the Type Directors Club’s 24th Type Design competition, discussing their work, the state of the type scene today, and what…

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Meet the Judges, Part 1: 24TDC Type Design Competition

TDC24 Judges Night w/Peter Biľak, Ryoko Nishizuka, Noël Leu, Agyei Archer, Nadine Chahine, and Sandra García. Moderated by Ksenya Samarskaya. At this event, the judges of the Type Directors Club’s 24th Type Design competition will…

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Elaine Lopez

Elizabeth Carey Smith: I thought we could start with the easy questions, haha. What isn’t challenging you right now?  Elaine Lopez: Yeah, that’s a hard one. No, I really enjoy teaching. When we’re in the…

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2021 Beatrice Warde Scholarship Competition Deadline March 19 [ARCHIVED]

View 2023 TDC Scholarships Find the application and related information here. Extended application deadline: March 19, 2021. The Beatrice Warde Scholarship recognizes one female-identifying college student in their penultimate year of undergraduate study, whose work demonstrates exceptional…

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Ksenya Samarskaya

I was thinking before this interview, what do I want to understand about Ksenya? And I kind of don’t want to; I love the enigma that is you.  KS Hah. Well, the enigma is not intentional.…

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Simon Loxley: In Search for Emery Walker

Thursday, October 22, 2020 Virtual Salon Emery Walker (1851–1933) inspired and facilitated the private press movement and raised general standards in printing and typography – largely reflected through others’ work. Who was he, what exactly…

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