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TDC Education Series: TDC Urban Lettering Tour: Greenwich Village and Soho
TDC Education Series: TDC Urban Lettering Tour: Greenwich Village and SohoThe 10th TDC Urban Lettering Tour will return to Manhattan. We will focus on Greenwich Village and Soho, two neighborhoods that have gone from hip to forgotten as they have become overrun with tourists.
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Kalligraphos: Experimental Calligraphy
Kalligraphos: Experimental CalligraphyKalligraphos is a two-day, experimental-calligraphy workshop at the TDC. Kalligraphos takes people away from the computer screen to explore the art of drawing letters by hand–as a means of improving technique, focusing creative energy, and stimulating personal graphic research.
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Typography 30
Typography 30This color Annual includes the winning selections from entries into the TDC55 Typography Competition, and the winning selections from entries into the TDC2 2009 Type Design Competition.
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Interviews with former TDC Scholarship recipients
Interviews with former TDC Scholarship recipientsWe tracked down some former scholarship recipients to see where their talents have taken them, and learn how the TDC was able to contribute to their career development in a small way.
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Introducing: TDC INTRO
Introducing: TDC INTROThe first annual competition and showcase of title design. Some of the most exciting creative work today is being done in title design for film, television, online and live gatherings. Still, there has never been a good forum to showcase this exciting work.
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Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration
Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic ExplorationFrom December 5th to January 10th, Lucky Gallery is pleased to present “Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration.”
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Exhibition: Widows and Orphans
Exhibition: Widows and Orphans
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Glyphs: a new font editor now in public beta
Glyphs: a new font editor now in public betaGlyphs is a new font editor for the Mac, in public beta testing right now. Anyone can download and test drive it, and ostensibly use it for OpenType font design. (There are still some bugs, but the creator seems to be responding to beta testers’ concerns quickly in each new release.) One of Glyphs major [...]
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A giant step for typography on the Web
A giant step for typography on the WebThere is a buzz in the typographic and design communities right now about Web font embedding. The recently released version of CSS (cascading style sheets) includes an @font-face tag, which allows Web pages to use any truetype or opentype font.
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47th D&AD Awards now Open for Entry
47th D&AD Awards now Open for EntryMembers of the TDC are invited to submit their finest type of 2009 into the D&AD Awards 2010. Enter before 18th November and save 10%.
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Genuine Imitations: A Type Designer’s View of Revivals
Genuine Imitations: A Type Designer’s View of Revivals
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Applied Typography 20 Call for Entries
Applied Typography 20 Call for EntriesBoasting high standards and a history of more than thirty years, Applied Typography showcases outstanding work, keeping an eye on the ever-evolving world of design and incorporating new ways of expression through contemporary media.
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Typography 29
Typography 29This color Annual includes the winning selections from entries into the TDC54 Typography Competition, and the winning selections from entries into the TDC2 2008 Type Design Competition.
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Type Salon: Great Comic Book Typography
Type Salon: Great Comic Book TypographyComic book historian Arlen Schumer presents an overview of some of the best typography in comic book history
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Frames Per Second: An Introduction to Type in Motion
Frames Per Second: An Introduction to Type in MotionA hands-on introduction into the ever-expanding practice of typography and design in motion.
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Font Design for Non-Type Designers
Font Design for Non-Type DesignersGet the skills necessary for the wild journey into the mysterious world of type design
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Beginning Adobe InDesign
Beginning Adobe InDesignScott Citron is one of the most recognized authorities in the InDesign community. Scott has helped thousands over the past six years move from QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign.
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Advertising Design and Typography
Advertising Design and TypographyStructured as a guided exercise, participants will develop and perfect their own advertising project. Requirements: please bring a PDF document and printout of one of your advertising projects.
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TDC55 and TDC2 2009 Show
TDC55 and TDC2 2009 ShowThe TDC55 and TDC2 2009 Show will be on display at The One Club on 21 East 26 Street, 5th Floor until 23 September.
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TDC NYC Lettering Walk: Brooklyn
TDC NYC Lettering Walk: BrooklynThe destination this time is the Brooklyn waterfront: Fulton Ferry, Dumbo, and Vinegar Hill. If time and weather permit we may finish by walking across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan.
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Genuine Imitations: A Type Designer’s View of Revival”
Genuine Imitations: A Type Designer’s View of Revival”In this lecture Matthew Carter explains his debt to the historical legacy, and describes cases where historically-based designs have been adapted to the needs of contemporary clients.
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Type Salon: Three to Tango — Stories of Collaborative Type Design
Type Salon: Three to Tango — Stories of Collaborative Type DesignPatrick Griffin presents details of his involvement in three vastly different collaborative projects. This talk will be engaging type design edutainment, and your backstage pass to high-profile design process and its many quirks.
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The Night of the Italians
The Night of the ItaliansPanel discussion moderated by Paola Antonelli. SVA Theatre 333 West 23 Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). Seating is limited so RSVP now.
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Exhibition: Type as Object
Exhibition: Type as Object
A new exhibition of prints, patterns, products, installations and sculptures based on House Industries’ 16-year love affair with alphabetical forms.
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The World of Arabic Typography: Politics, Culture, and Visual Identity
The World of Arabic Typography: Politics, Culture, and Visual IdentityThis talk will try to connect the lines of Arabic calligraphic and typographic innovation with the cultural and political backdrop of the Arabic world, historically and to the present day.
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Introduction to Arabic Type Design
Introduction to Arabic Type DesignLinotype’s Arabic specialist and Branding Manager, Nadine Chahine, will give a 2-day workshop as an introduction to Arabic type design.
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Type Salon: A Forced Race for Eye Space
Type Salon: A Forced Race for Eye SpaceCollective efforts and the internet helped bring Latin America, formerly without much typographic tradition, to the forefront of global type design — showcasing fresh tastes and formulating new visual philosophies for the constantly changing use of packaging typography.
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Book Cover Party
Book Cover PartyJoin your colleagues, past and present and feast on a selection of delectable snacks and beverages and gasp in admiration at continuous big-screen exhibition of yours and everyone else’s favorite covers.
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Type Salon: Photo-Lettering and You
Type Salon: Photo-Lettering and YouMore information coming soon. RSVP now.
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Letter as Image
Letter as ImageChief letterer and typeface designer, Ken Barber, will offer a behind the scenes peak at House’s production process while showcasing some of the studio’s more recent forays into alphabetic ostentatiousness.
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Shadowboxing : Duality in Design
Shadowboxing : Duality in DesignHear Staehle talk about how everything good in design comes in twos, and how professional work can inform your personal work and vice versa.
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Unimark International: The Design of Business and the Business of Design
Unimark International: The Design of Business and the Business of DesignBook signing with Jan Conradi and special guests.
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Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story
Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) StoryBook signing featuring Paul Shaw and special guests.
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Type Salon: Painted Words, Tainted Logos
Type Salon: Painted Words, Tainted LogosFor almost four decades John Langdon has been seeing things in the words of the English language and the names of American businesses and products that most of us might not have even imagined. His logos reveal the essence of a company’s soul with clarity, beauty, and wit. His love of type is unexceeded.
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Holiday Party, Silent Auction and Special Guest: The Chopping Block
Holiday Party, Silent Auction and Special Guest: The Chopping BlockThe Chopping Block opened its studio doors in 1996 with one ambition—“World Domination Through Graphic Design.” Today, our full-service graphic design firm uses this principle to inform every aspect of our projects. Whether creating identities, interactive, or print, our work has proven that intuitive, engaging design drives solutions and spans mediums.
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Type Salon: Your Client is Your Worst Enemy
Type Salon: Your Client is Your Worst EnemyThey’ll withhold your money. They’ll stomp all over your ideas. They’ll make you want to scream. Designers beware – Clients from hell are on the loose!
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The Society of Scribes in cooperation with the Type Directors Club presents: Tony Di Spigna On Typographics and Spencerian
The Society of Scribes in cooperation with the Type Directors Club presents: Tony Di Spigna On Typographics and SpencerianTony Di Spigna was born on the Island of Ischia, Italy and is a graduate of New York City Community College and Pratt Institute. Tony was a partner in the legendary studio of Lubalin Associates where he worked on all aspects of visual communication and graphic design.
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Web Fonts in Action
Web Fonts in ActionJoin Roger Black (Font Bureau) and Bill Davis (Ascender Corp) as they present a variety of websites deploying Web Fonts, provide an overview of best practices and tackle tough questions from the audience on this exciting topic.
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Type Salon: Outlines, Shades, and Shiny Bits (the stuff sign painters can’t resist)
Type Salon: Outlines, Shades, and Shiny Bits (the stuff sign painters can’t resist)John Downer is a sign painter by trade, with a specialty in gold leaf lettering.
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Type Salon: Cooking with Type
Type Salon: Cooking with TypeMore information coming soon. RSVP now.
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Typography: The line that roars in the jungle of multi-dimensional communication
Typography: The line that roars in the jungle of multi-dimensional communicationSponsored by the New York chapter of the American Printing History in
Association with the Type Directors Club
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Type Salon: Scott Stowell
Type Salon: Scott StowellMore information coming soon. RSVP now.
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Tina Roth Eisenberg, Swiss Miss and Silent Auction “Beautiful Banal”
Tina Roth Eisenberg, Swiss Miss and Silent Auction “Beautiful Banal”Tina Roth Eisenberg, Swiss Miss and Silent Auction “Beautiful Banal”
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Type Salon: Ideas vs. Style — why one can no longer live without the other
Type Salon: Ideas vs. Style — why one can no longer live without the otherStewart Devlin, Creative Director of The Partners’ New York Studio, will lead an interactive discussion while referencing case studies spanning various industries and mediums.
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Textile: Typography of the 19th Century Textile Trade
Textile: Typography of the 19th Century Textile TradeA lecture by Adrian Wilson about his unique collection of typefaces and trademarks last seen in use by 19th century fabric merchants.
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Ed Rondthaler (1905-2009)
Ed Rondthaler (1905-2009)The Type Directors Club mourns the passing of one of its founding fathers, Dr. Ed Rondthaler, who died Wednesday at the grand age of 104.
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TDC56 and TDC2 2010
TDC56 and TDC2 2010Early Bird deadline: Friday, December 18, 2009
Final deadline: Friday, January 8, 2010
More information coming soon.
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2008 Scholarship Winners
2008 Scholarship WinnersFlorian Brozek
The Cooper Union
James Dunphy
Parsons School of Design
Magdalena Fumagalli
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Joshua Hearn
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Type Camp
Type CampStrengthen your graphic design career and revive your inspiration by expanding your knowledge of typography through creative self-discovery.
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The world of Arabic typography: Politics, culture, and visual identity
The world of Arabic typography: Politics, culture, and visual identityLinotype’s Arabic specialist and Branding Manager, Nadine Chahine, will give a 2-day workshop as an introduction to Arabic type design.
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Professional Practices Bootcamp: The Business of Design
Professional Practices Bootcamp: The Business of DesignLearn the skills and tools required to run, manage and maintain a profitable and successful creative business—managing projects, time, clients, staff and money.
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Ken Barber: Letter as Image Workshop
Ken Barber: Letter as Image WorkshopKen Barber will share some of the studio’s top secret letter-making recipes, reacquainting workshop participants with drawing basics as they take a crack at creating their own one of a kind wordmarks.
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Effective Proposal and Pricing Strategies
Effective Proposal and Pricing StrategiesGet paid what you’re worth. Write winning proposals. Create smart pricing strategies.
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Gourmet Typography 1: The First Step in Learning to Communicate More Effectively with Type
Gourmet Typography 1: The First Step in Learning to Communicate More Effectively with TypeGain the expert-level typographic skills and aesthetics necessary to visibly improve your type.
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Gourmet Typography 2: The Next Step in Learning to Communicate More Effectively with Type
Gourmet Typography 2: The Next Step in Learning to Communicate More Effectively with TypeGain the expert-level typographic skills and aesthetics necessary to visibly improve your type.
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Staffing and Managing Your Team for Success
Staffing and Managing Your Team for SuccessIn this course, you will learn organizational and inspirational management systems and structures that ensure a motivated and dedicated team.
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TypeCon2009 Discount for TDC Members
TypeCon2009 Discount for TDC MembersBecause of the ongoing partnership between SOTA and the Type Directors Club, we are pleased to offer you a special discount off TypeCon2009 admission. Early registration is open through June 29, and seating is limited – register now to enure your place!
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Health Insurance Options for TDC Members
Health Insurance Options for TDC MembersThe TDC has been negotiating with companies to offer health and dental insurance for our U.S. members. We have several options. Please contact the companies directly to determine whether their coverage and pricing is right for you.
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TDC 55 Winners
TDC 55 WinnersWe’re proud to announce the winners of TDC 55. The winners listed below will be featured in Typography 30.
This year’s competition saw a total of 1733 entries from 33 countries: of the total, 957 (55%) from the U.S. and 776 (45%) from other countries. Total work selected included 215 from 21 countries. Of the total [...]
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Event & Type Salon Schedule
Event & Type Salon ScheduleClick to see the full 09 – 10 Type Salon and Event schedule.
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Fancy: Ornamented Typefaces and Artistic Printing in the Nineteenth Century
Fancy: Ornamented Typefaces and Artistic Printing in the Nineteenth CenturyJoint meeting of TDC and APHA (American Printing History Association) with Doug Clouse and Angela Voulangas
This illustrated talk presents the unique opportunity to explore MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, the largest and most influential American type foundry of the nineteenth century, and the ingenious eccentricities of Artistic Printing, the movement that challenged the limitations of letterpress [...]
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TDC Urban Lettering Tour: A Trip on the Trains
TDC Urban Lettering Tour: A Trip on the TrainsThis lettering walk, led by Paul Shaw, will focus on the subway system. We will take the L train from Seventh Avenue (actually Sixth Avenue) and 14th Street in Manhattan to Broadway Junction in Brooklyn and then return o Eighth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan via the A train. Along he way we will [...]
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Type 201: From Fat Faces to Superfamilies
Type 201: From Fat Faces to SuperfamiliesAdmit it. You’re a type junkie. You crave type and anything to do with type. You go into raptures at the sight of a well-kerned headline. You salivate at the thought of a new version of Garamond or Bodoni. You swoon when given the opportunity to caress the bowl of a 72 pt Fry’s Baskerville [...]
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Type School
Type SchoolEducation has always been an important part of the Type Directors Club’s purpose. The TDC began offering lectures in 1947, the second year of the Club’s existence. Called Ten Talks on Type, the lectures were given by James Secrest, Arnold Bank, Gene Ettenberg, Charles Felton, Milton Zudeck, O. Alfred Dickman, Joseph Weiler, Frank Powers, and [...]
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Typographer’s Typography
Typographer’s TypographyThe Type Directors Club has been advancing and preserving the best of typography for over 60 years. That’s a long time. Typography, the TDC annual, is testimony to the remarkable evolution of style and technology in our profession—from modernism to mashups, from metal type to Minion Pro, from bookplates to broadband. If the last 5000 [...]
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Video: Things Not Pictures — Part 1
Video: Things Not Pictures — Part 1This is part one of Things Not Pictures, a Type Salon presentation by Joshua Darden, chief designer of Darden Studio. In this video Joshua talks about his work for Tatler Asia.
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Movie Night at Cove House
Movie Night at Cove House“Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu”
1980, 29 minutes
David Loeb Weiss, Producer and Director
Carl Schlesinger, Narrator
A joint program with A to A Studio Solutions
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
A to A Studio Solutions, Ltd
Cove House
47 Euclid Avenue
Stamford, CT 06902
6:15pm Cocktails, Refreshments and Popcorn; 7:00pm Film
Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu
Filmed on July 2, 1978, at The New York Times, during production of the last [...]
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The Liberated Letter
The Liberated LetterWaving his magic wand and speaking with his colorful (Brooklyn) accent, Ed Benguiat will take us through a typographic journey from BC (before computers) to the present New York scene, which will blow you away. He’ll even take you on an awesome tour through his home. Which by the way leads up to some remarkable [...]
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The Storyteller’s Art
The Storyteller’s ArtA Retrospective of the Work of Designer Kit Hinrichs
Design show at the Art Center in LA.
For more information visit: www.artcenter.edu/williamson/
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Designing Type: The Work of Matthew Carter
Designing Type: The Work of Matthew CarterDesigning Type: The Work of Matthew Carter, a lecture at 7 p.m. Monday at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW. $25; $20 Corcoran members.
Register by calling 202-639-1770 or visiting http://www.corcoran.org
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Things, Not Pictures
Things, Not PicturesJoshua Darden, chief designer of Darden Studio (DardenStudio.com)
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Custom and Altered Type: The Process
Custom and Altered Type: The ProcessLooking at strong type solutions is always satisfying. But examining the inspirations and behind-the-scenes process of custom and altered type is even more satisfying. I will be discussing the majority of my work from the style pages of The New York Times Magazine and The Lives They Lived Issues. I may even throw in my [...]
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Smashing Alphabets with Chank and Spunk
Smashing Alphabets with Chank and SpunkTypographic inspirations, improvisations and renovations with alphabetician Chank Diesel and the Spunk Design Machine. (www.chank.com)
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Books on Typography
Books on TypographyType Directors Club President, Charles Nix, has compiled this list of books on typography. By clicking on these links and purchasing a book you will be helping to support the TDC. If you would like to suggest a book, please click here.
The ABC’s of [triangle circle square], The Bauhaus and Design Theory [...]
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TDC Book Fair
TDC Book FairThe Type Directors Club is pleased to announce the inaugural TDC Book Fair at our club office on West 36th Street. The fair is open to the general public Friday 29th May from 3pm to 9pm and Saturday 30th May from 11am to 5pm.
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TDC.org Honored by GD USA
TDC.org Honored by GD USAThe Type Directors Club is honored to have our new Web site recognized by the GD USA, 2009 American Web Design Awards. We are committed to continually improving the site with features and content that make it the leading destination for typographers and lovers of typography around the world.
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HOW Design Conference: Special Registration Rate for TDC Members
HOW Design Conference: Special Registration Rate for TDC MembersYou’re invited to join HOW magazine in Austin, Texas, June 24-27 for the 2009 HOW Design Conference. You’ll get four days packed with software instruction, creativity boosters and tips for growing your career in a tough economy, plus a wealth of innovative ideas and great design work.
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TDC Space Available for Rent
TDC Space Available for RentIdeal space for presentations, press conferences, teaching – classroom/workshops, receptions, book launches, meetings, conferences, photo shoots etc.
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Type Nouveau
Type NouveauApproaching the art of typography as a graphic designer and illustrator, I am naturally drawn towards more decorative fonts and unique typography. Generally elaborate, one-of-a-kind, designed by hand and finished on the computer, I call this style ‘Type Nouveau’.
There seems to be a steady increase of young graphic designers that are also drawn to this [...]
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Letter Forms as Content: A Show & Tell with Designer and Book Artist Russell Maret
Letter Forms as Content: A Show & Tell with Designer and Book Artist Russell MaretCo-sponsored by the Type Directors Club (TDC), Society of Scribes (SoS), American Printing History Association (APHA)
Russell Maret began studying letterpress printing in 1989 in San Francisco. Initially studying with Peter Koch, he went on to be resident printer at the Press in Tuscany Alley, and to continue his studies at Firefly Press in Somerville, Masssachusetts [...]
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What I See
What I SeeKevin Smith, former partner of Giampietro+Smith (Studio-GS.com)
Kevin Smith is a talented designer, typographer, and teacher. He worked with TsangSeymour Design and Winterhouse before starting Giampetro+Smith (with Rob Giampietro) in 2003. In 2007, Print Magazine selected him for their "New Visual Artists: 20 Talents Under 30" issue. He has recently started his own studio called And [...]
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Advertising Design and Typography
Advertising Design and TypographyRegistration is required. Space is limited.
$275 for TDC members, $350 for non-members.
Advance payment by check or credit card.
Alex W. White is the author of six books (including Advertising Design and Typography, Thinking in Type, and The Elements of Graphic Design) and numerous articles [...]
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Font Design for Non-Type Designers
Font Design for Non-Type DesignersThis class will introduce you to the basic skills necessary for the wild journey into the mysterious world of type design. Go past choosing fonts from the type menu to creating your own personalized typefaces.
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Numbers: A Silent Auction to Benefit the TDC Scholarship Fund
Numbers: A Silent Auction to Benefit the TDC Scholarship FundNumbers are mighty powerful. But they can also make our eyes can glaze over–especially when the numbers are in the billions and trillions. To liven things up, the TDC has invited a group of ultra-talented designers (James Victore, Strange Attractors, Deb Bishop, Matteo Bologna, and Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich to name a few) to [...]
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Free Issue of Eye Magazine for TDC Members
Free Issue of Eye Magazine for TDC MembersThe Type Directors Club has teamed up with Eye, the international review of graphic design and is pleased to announce a special offer for its members.
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Do we need more fonts?
Do we need more fonts?One of the things I have struggled with as a type designer is explaining what I do for a living. This was especially true when I was starting out. I might be at a party with my girlfriend, now my wife, and we would be meeting some new people for the first time.
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Alex W. White
Alex W. WhiteAlex W. White, managing Partner of The Alexander W. White Consultancy, works with advertising and editorial art directors as well as with editors and advertisers to guide them to an understanding of how design affects their targets’ needs.
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Typography 28
Typography 28This color Annual includes the winning selections from entries into the TDC53 Typography Competition, and the winning selections from entries into the TDC2 2007 Type Design Competition.
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Charles Nix
Charles NixCharles Nix has been a member of the TDC since 1999. He has served on the Board since 2001, and has been Secretary-Treasurer since 2004. He chaired the 2005 TDC 51 competition, and the 2004 TDC2 type design competition.
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Typography 27
Typography 27This color Annual includes the winning selections from entries into the TDC52 Typography Competition, and the winning selections from entries into the TDC2 2006 Type Design Competition.
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Typography 26
Typography 26This color Annual includes the winning selections from entries into the TDC51 Typography Competition, and the winning selections from entries into the TDC2 2005 Type Design Competition.
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Typography 25
Typography 25This color Annual includes the winning selections from entries into the fiftieth anniversary TDC50 Typography Competition, and the winning selections from entries into the TDC2 2004 Type Design Competition.
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Typography 24
Typography 24This color Annual includes the winning selections from entries into the TDC49 Typography Competition, and the winning selections from entries into the TDC2 2003 Type Design Competition.
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Typography 23
Typography 23This color Annual includes the 158 winning selections from 2350 entries into the TDC48 Typography Competition, and the 15 winning selections from 119 entries into the TDC2 2002 Type Design Competition.
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Typography 22
Typography 22This color Annual includes the 140 winning selections from entries into the TDC47 Typography Competition and the 14 winning selections from entries into the TDC2 2001 Type Design Competition.
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Typography 21
Typography 21This full-color Annual contains over 300 winning selections from entries in the TDC46 Typography Competition and of the TDC2 2000 Type Design Competition.
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The TDC Gets Social
The TDC Gets SocialStay in touch with the Type Directors Club by following us on Twitter and join our growing network of typographers on Facebook.
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The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway
The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City SubwayThe true story of Helvetica in the subway system wlll be untangled, explained and displayed by Paul Shaw on February 5 at the Type Directors Club. Before you arrive, look at the subway signs you encounter as you travel from work or home.
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Gunter Gerhard Lange (1921-2008)
Gunter Gerhard Lange (1921-2008)Type designer, communicator and teacher, Günter Gerhard Lange passed away on 2 December 2008.
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TDC 55 Judging
TDC 55 JudgingJudging for Typography 55 took place January 16-18 at FIT in New York City.
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Diego Vainesman
Diego VainesmanWith more than 20 years of design experience, argentinian born Diego Vainesman started his own desing firm, 40N47 Design, to provide clients with all sorts of design ranging from promotional cards to large environmental graphics identities.
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Lou Dorfsman 1918 – 2008
Lou Dorfsman 1918 – 2008Typographer, designer, and art director extraordinaire, Lou Dorfsman passed away on 22 October.
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Graham Clifford
Graham CliffordGraham Clifford is a second-generation typographic designer. He was trained by his father before working for some of London’s best advertising agencies CDP and GGT. He moved to New York in 1989 and plied his craft at Chiat/Day and Ogilvy.
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Marc Blaustein
Marc BlausteinMarc Blaustein was raised by artist/designer parents in Manhattan and has been living in Brooklyn for the past 14 years. His formal training took place at The Cooper Union School of Art, with a stint at Parsons School of Design, followed by post-graduate work at Middlesex University in London.
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Matteo Bologna
Matteo BolognaMatteo Bologna is the founder and President of New York-based Mucca Design Corporation, where he also serves as Creative Director. Born and raised in Milan, Italy, Matteo’s grounding in architecture, graphic design, illustration and typography facilitated his early business successes and inspired his decision to create a New York agency.
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Scott Citron
Scott CitronScott Citron is an award-winning graphic designer and publishing consultant based in New York City. A designer of fine books, logos, and websites, his clients include Adobe Systems, Random House, HarperCollins Publishers, Walker & Company, the InDesign and Creative Suite Conferences, InDesign Magazine, American Jewish University, and Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers.
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Sean King
Sean KingSean King is currently Design Director of Corporate Communications at Landor Associates, where he oversees a variety of print and digital communications. A self-proclaimed design nerd, he is passionate about both the history and the future of typography and lettering.
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Brian D. Miller
Brian D. MillerBrian Miller, principal of The Brian Miller Design Group, recently founded the MillerWhite School of Design with TDC chairman Alex W. White. The school offers educational programs for students interested in graphic design and for professionals who want to hone their skills.
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Rosanne Guararra
Rosanne GuararraRosanne Guararra is currently the Creative Director/VP at Triumph Learning, an educational publishing house in New York City. Previously, she was the art director at Grosset & Dunlap/Price Stern Sloan, the mass market imprints of Penguin Young Readers Group where she responsible for upwards of 300 book covers per year. She has also been art director at Golden Books, Simon and Schuster Children’s Trade and Education Division, and Highlights for Children.
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Ina Saltz
Ina SaltzIna Saltz is an art director, author and professor (of Electronic Design and
Multimedia at The City College of New York) whose areas of expertise are
typography and magazine design. For over 22 years, Ina was an editorial
design director at Time (International Editions), Worth, Golf Magazine and
others.
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Jakob Trollbäck
Jakob TrollbäckA self-taught designer from Sweden, Jakob Trollbäck leads an innovative and highly successful company, creates seminal and award-winning designs, and is an acknowledged industry leader in branding and motion graphic design.
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Anne Twomey
Anne TwomeyAnne Twomey is presently a VP/Creative Director of Cover Art for the newly formed Hachette Book Group USA, formerly Time Warner Book Group, where she oversees the cover designs of over 300 books a year.
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Carol Wahler
Carol WahlerCarol Wahler is celebrating her twenty-fourth year with the Type Directors Club. Ms. Wahler has a type background from working in her families’ businesses that spans starting with the period of ludlow typesetting in the 50’s through today – the digital world.
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Typography for Print: The Finer Points
Typography for Print: The Finer PointsLearn the expert-level typographic skills and aesthetics necessary to master typography for print. This sessions will sharpen your eye and give you the practical skills that will visibly improve your type, as well as (re)ignite your passion for typography.