Kris Sowersby started the New Zealand based Klim Type Foundry in 2005. His first retail typeface, Feijoa, was released in 2007. National, Sowersby’s second release, won a Certificate of Excellence from the TDC in 2008. Since then he has received two more Certificates of Excellence and worked on various custom and retail typefaces including FF Meta Serif. Sowersby’s reputation for typeface design has lead to his working with, and for, contemporary typographic luminaries such as Christian Schwartz, Erik Spiekermann, Chester Jenkins, House Industries, DNA Design and Pentagram. Sowersby’s typefaces combine historical knowledge with contemporary craftmanship & finish.

Non members $20
Student Non members $15

Against this background you might think that Germany is a real Eldorado for graphic designers. And, in fact, to a certain extent it’s true – come and see what’s new in the german market for magazines … be suprised!

About the speaker:

Wolfgang Wick, born 1961, is graphic designer and partner in Buero MAGENTA Freiburg. One day per week he teaches design at the Freie Hochschule fuer Grafik-Design & Bildende Kunst e.V. Freiburg. 2002 – 2010 he was editor of university press ZWIEBELFISCH – Magazin für Gestaltung. In 2010 he designed the photographers magazine CHEERS. Wolfgang Wick was a speaker at various design events like MIRACLE Moscow, TYPO Berlin, PROFILE Bremen, F2F Stuttgart, BAU TypoWeek Barcelona and Designforum Freiburg.

A personal overview presented by Wolfgang Wick

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TDC members: free
Non-members: $20
Students: $15

Wooden printing type is often used to evoke historical themes from the second half of the 19th century – a period in the evolution of typography filled with “wanted” posters and theater broadsides. Despite these old-time connotations, contemporary designers and letterpress printers have been expanding on the paradigms of wood type in recent years, incorporating new technologies or expanding on typographic techniques that were much more limited in the past. Through a survey of contemporary wood type inspired design, printing, and preservation, Nick Sherman will discuss how forward thinking typographers are clearing the dust off the concept of wood type and bringing it new life in the 21st century.

About the speaker:
Nick Sherman is a typographer working with the Font Bureau. He serves on the advisory board for the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum and is the editor of “Woodtyper”, an online journal focusing on wood type and related topics.

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TDC members: free
Non-members: $20
Students: $15

Are you a type criminal? Join Ilene Strizver of The Type Studio and find out as she discusses the 10 worst type crimes, and signs copies of the newly released 3rd edition of her book, “Type Rules! The designer’s guide to professional typography”. Whether you are a student, educator, professional designer or art director (or even an editor or marketing professional!) don’t miss this opportunity to meet Ilene and experience her dynamic presentation style.

“Type Rules: The Designer’s Guide to Professional Typography”, 3rd Edition is an up-to-date, thorough introduction to the principles and practices of typography. From the fundamentals to getting the most (typographically speaking) out of cutting-edge applications, this edition has everything today’s serious designer needs to know to use type effectively. Includes such topics as how to select the appropriate type for the job, how to set type like a pro, how to avoid common mistakes, as well as how to fully harness the power of major design packages such as InDesign and QuarkXPress, with new coverage of non-print typography, including type on the Web and motion typography.

About the speaker:

Ilene Strizver, founder of The Type Studio, is a typographic consultant, designer, writer and educator specializing in all aspects of visual communication, from the aesthetic to the technical.

Ilene formerly was the director of typeface development for International Typeface Corporation (ITC) where she developed more than 300 notable text and display typefaces. Ilene writes the popular column, fy(t)i For Your Typographic Information for fonts.com, as well as TypeTalk for creativepro.com. She conducts her widely acclaimed Gourmet Typography Workshops internationally.

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Non-members: $20
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A 3-D alphabet as a mind-bending puzzle. A typeface designed for reading
and writing in four directions. An alphabet mash-up between the Roman
Alphabet and Korean Hangul, Google logo transformed as circles. These are
some of the typographic experiments by Ji Lee, who was born in Korea,
raised in Brazil and lives in New York.

Ji will share his experience of growing up in different cultures, the
challenges of communicating in several languages, and how this has
shaped his interest in communication and playing with type and alternate
alphabets.

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Non-members: $20
Students: $15

Ji Lee, independent designer / creative director at Google Creative Lab

2009

Rafael Almonte, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
Marie Castiglione, Fashion Institute of Technology
Sam Chun, The Cooper Union School of Art
Grant Gold, School of Visual Arts
Skip Hursh, Pratt Institute
Grace Lee, Parsons New School for Design
Calvin Waterman, Rhode Island School of Design

2008

Florian Brozek, The Cooper Union
James Dunphy, Parsons School of Design
Magdalena Fumagalli, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Joshua Hearn, Fashion Institute of Technology
Sarah Nguyen, School of Visual Arts
Michelle Park, CalArts
Natasha R. Rodriguez-Bacchus, Pratt Institute*

2007

Meng He, Parsons School of Design
Gleb Lobachov, The Cooper Union
Amanda Morante, Fashion Institute of Technology
Nikola Radovani, Art Adademy Split, Croatia
Linton Small, School of Visual Arts
Michelle Testani, Tyler School of Art
Jon Varriano, Pratt Institute*

2006

Melanie Durante, Maine College of Art
Poliana Kirst, Fashion Institute of Technology
Wei Lieh Lee, School of Visual Arts
Louise Ma, The Cooper Union
Adam Mignanelli, Parsons School of Design
Mitja Miklavcic, University of Reading, UK
Eric Wrenn, Pratt Institute*

2005

Catalina Garcia, School of Visual Arts
Rachel Ann Hardy, East Carolina University
Jillian Hardy, Parsons School of Design
William Hayden, Pratt Institute*
Aleksi Jalonen, Lahti Polytechnic Institute of Design, Finland
Jee-Eun Lee, Fashion Institute of Technology
Roy Rub, The Cooper Union

2004

Jesse Packer, Pratt Institute*
Allan Cole, The Cooper Union
Ewa Orzechowska, Fashion Institute of Technology
Stuart Lyle, Parsons School of Design
Mona Chehadi, School of Visual Arts
Omid Rashidi, California College of the Arts
Francisco Manuel Quiles Noguez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico

2003

Monica Botto, Fashion Institute of Technology
Shana Burnett, School of Visual Arts
Stèphane Halmaï-Voisard, École de design, Université de Quebec, Montreal
Johana Londono, The Cooper Union
Philip Lubliner, Pratt Institute*
Christopher Masonga, Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA), Zimbabwe
Aviva Michaelov, Parsons School of Design
Crystal Ott, Hartford School of Art

2002

Natsumi Nishizumi, School of Visual Arts
Juliana Fajardo, Fashion Institute of Technology
Lorrain Abraham, Pratt Institute
Tanaporn May Jampathom, Parsons School of Design
Grace Chou, The Cooper Union
Anna Djahova, Maryland Institute College of Art
Vera Yevstafyeva, University of Moscow

2001

Timea Danc, School of Visual Arts
Bo-Ram Kim, Fashion Institute of Technology
Avi Kravitz, Pratt Institute
Takaaki Okada, Parson School of Design
Lyndi Parrett, Portfolio Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Sophia Yoon, The Cooper Union
Silas Jansson, The Graphic Arts Institute of Denmark.

2000

Brian Hoffer, Cooper Union
Eugene Rogovitz, Fashion Institute of Technology
Alejandra Santos, Parsons School of Design
Pei Wen Sharon Goh, Pratt Institute
Beom Suk Kim, School of Visual Arts
Paul T. Reid, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena
Philipp Arnold, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig

1999

A student at Fachhochschule Dusseldorf
Judy Hong, Fashion Institute of Technology
Christine Heslin, Parsons New School for Design
Matthew Dolphin, School of Visual Arts
Alex Tochilovsky, The Cooper Union School of Art
Philip Truesdale, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1998

Lauren Schulz, Fashion Institute of Technology
Aleya Anil Samji, Parsons New School for Design
Matthew Strong, Pratt Institute
Lisa Ellingsen, School of Visual Arts
Heung-Heung Chin, The Cooper Union School of Art

1997

Edith Gutierrez, Fashion Institute of Technology
Camille Utterback, New York University
Ciaran Groarke, Parsons New School for Design
Shawna Dermer, Pratt Institute
James Tung, School of Visual Arts
Heather Cahoon, The Cooper Union School of Art

1996

David Barrineau, Parsons New School for Design
Hyewon Shin, Pratt Institute
Lara Hovensian, School of Visual Arts
Jeffrey Piazza, The Cooper Union School of Art

1995

Irene Santoso, Parsons New School for Design
Jason Andrew Brightman, Pratt Institute
David Byun, School of Visual Arts
Kaming Liu, The Cooper Union School of Art

1994

Teresa Young, Parsons New School for Design
Tae Chung, Pratt Institute
Heather Dega, School of Visual Arts
Jennifer Crupi, The Cooper Union School of Art

*The scholarship presented to Pratt Institute (2003-present) is named in honor of Mr. Mahlon Cline, who bequeathed a substantial amount to the TDC Scholarship Fund and was a very active Pratt faculty member and alumnus.

Here are the 2010 winners:

Hyun Jeong Kim
Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea

Taylor C. Pemberton
The Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia

Adly M. Elewa
The School of Visual Arts in New York, New York

Amit Werber
The Cooper Union School of Art in New York, New York

Dasha Marcial
Pratt Institute in New York, New York*

The TDC extends its congratulations to all the recipients.

View previous years’ TDC Scholarship winners here

*The scholarship presented to Pratt Institute (2003-present) is named in honor of Mr. Mahlon Cline, who bequeathed a substantial amount to the TDC Scholarship Fund and was a very active Pratt faculty member and alumnus.

Whether you are a technophile or a techonophobe, there is no getting around the fact that a computer is an essential design tool in the 21st century. It is hard to imagine a designer working without one. Which brings us to the only recipient of a Type Directors Club scholarship in Africa. Christopher Masonga was awarded a TDC scholarship in 2003, to help with his final year at Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts. Christopher completed his degree and graduated in 2004. In 2009, the TDC conducted a series of interviews with former scholarship recipients, including Christopher. You can read those interviews here on TDC.org.

In the spring of 2010, Christopher wrote to me. He talked about buying a laptop for his design work, and the difficulty of collecting all the funds (roughly equivalent to $500USD) at one time. I shared his message with the other members of the TDC’s Board of Directors. TDC President, Charles Nix, contacted David Lerner at Tekserve, a great Apple sales and repair shop in New York City. Tekserve generously donated a used MacBook Pro to Christopher. The TDC shipped the laptop to Christopher, and it was in his hands on May 1, 2010.

Christopher kindly agreed to answer a few questions about his experiences as a designer in Zimbabwe.

Q: How long have you been working as a designer?
A: I have 5 years experience.

Q: What types of work have you designed in that time?
A: I have designed for print, packaging, newsletters, company profiles, posters, etc.

Q: How is type and typography important to your work?
A: I create my own headline type.

Q: What are your career goals? What would you like to be doing in five years?
A: I would like to create the best type & design work in the field. I would like to have my own studio.

Q: Can you tell us a little bit about the design field where you live? What kinds of jobs are available for a designer?
A: Most design work is for print advertising.

Q: Can you also tell us about your home? Where do you live, what is it like there?
A: I currently live in Chitungwiza, a high density suburb of Harare. It’s an affordable place to live.

Christopher's home

Q: Your computer was kindly donated by Tekserve, an Apple sales and repair store here in New York City. Do you have any message for Tekserve?
A: I am filled with excitement that I can’t say much, only to say may the good God be with you all, be blessed.

Christopher also shared some of his latest work, shown here.

Posters for Zimbabwe's National Association of Non Governmental Organizations (NANGO)

Packaging designs for Daribord

The TDC would also like to offer sincere thanks to Tekserve for their generous donation. This essential tool will be a huge help as Christopher builds his design career.

Exhibitions will be open Monday through Thursdays
July 21 through August 19.

The Cooper Union
Cooper Union Gallery
41 Cooper Square
New York City

Exhibition is sponsored by:
The Cooper Union
Monotype Imaging
Veer

Even if the name Michael Doret doesn’t ring a bell, you’re probably more familiar with his work than you may realize. You have most likely seen his logo for the NY Knicks, his covers for TIME magazine, or for the hardrock group KISS. Michael is one of the most celebrated practitioners of “integrated letterforms;” his award–winning work blurs the distinctions between the worlds of lettering, illustration, and graphic design.

More recently, Michael has been working in the realm of font design—his font “Deliscript” was accepted for inclusion in the TDC² 2010 Typeface Design competition.

Michael (now based in Hollywood) will delve into his past and reveal the primal sources which drive his art: how his environment and surroundings while growing up in Brooklyn made deep and lasting impressions in his young mind which are still strongly evident in his work.

TDC members free
Non members $20
Students: $15