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SUMMARY:TDC Book Night is BACK!!
DESCRIPTION:Designing books and book jackets is one of the most rewarding and admired jobs available.\nBut everything about the process—from how brilliant designs are created and approved\, to how to build a successful career in book publishing—can be a mystery\, to outsiders and insiders alike. \nThree industry veterans will spill the tea and do some collective GATE-BREAKING\, to share some of the tips\, tricks and insights that they have discovered while charting their own unique career paths. \nHow do you break into book publishing as a cover designer? How do you get a great design approved when there are a dozen stakeholders in the process\, all with veto power? How do you ask your boss for a promotion\, negotiate a raise\, and know when it's time to leave for greener pastures? These are the difficult questions they will tackle. \nAn event for fans of book and book jacket design\, but also one that will empower creatives at every stage of their career—in book publishing and beyond. \nPlease note that this is an IN-PERSON event and will not be streamed. \nSo if you want to hear the crazy stories\, share the laughs and glean the wisdom\, you'll have to put on hard pants and join us in person for this amazing evening. \nFirst come first serve due to limited seating. \nTickets will sell out\, so get yours NOW! \nIn partnership with A2A. \nTDC Member/Student prices available for $10/ticket\, contact carol@oneclub.org to receive the discount code. \n  \nPURCHASE TICKETS \n\nPANELISTS\nMaria Elias\nSenior Art Director of Rise x Penguin Workshop a part of Penguin Young Readers \nRaised in Brooklyn\, Maria Elias has a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her career began in news and magazine. Once in books\, Maria designed adult books for a decade before moving on to Children’s at Disney Hyperion and later Workman Publishing. In 2019\, she co-founded Rise x Penguin Workshop\, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. Maria’s work has been recognized by AIGA\, the Type Directors Club\, and others. She also writes about design and is a proud member of the Latine/LatinX in publishing community. \nChris Sergio\nVice President\, Group Creative Director\, HOLT / Macmillan Publishing \nPrior to joining Macmillan in 2019\, Sergio worked at Random House\, Simon & Schuster and was VP Art Director at Penguin Random House for many years. Sergio serves on the National Board of Directors for The One Club and is also a member of the Type Directors Club Advisory Board. He is a proud alum of both RISD and LaGuardia High School and was raised in Hell's Kitchen\, New York so long ago that sometimes he still stands on street corners—for extended periods—trying to hail nonexistent yellow cabs rather than call an Uber\, much to the chagrin of his family. \nAlbert Tang\nVice President\, Creative Director\, Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Book Group U.S.A. \nAlbert Tang is a New York born and raised graphic designer who happens to design book covers for a living. He has made stops at Penguin\, W.W. Norton\, Simon and Schuster\, and is currently the VP\, Creative Director at Grand Central Publishing\, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. Twenty something high and low years in the publishing industry\, and still loving it. \n  \n 
URL:https://tdc.org/event/tdc-booknight/
LOCATION:The One Club\, 450 W 31st St\, Floor 6\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Classes and Workshops,Panels
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SUMMARY:Ascenders 2024 Award Ceremony & Reception
DESCRIPTION:Created by the Type Directors Club\, Ascenders recognizes rising designers. It is for all typographic creatives aged 35 or under. This August 14 at The One Club for Creativity\, we are holding a winners' ceremony and reception\, a formal evening with keynote speakers\, creative professionals\, design leaders\, and Ascenders winners in attendance. \nEach Ascenders applicant is reviewed by a panel of top industry professionals\, who hand-select entries decided through multiple rounds of group voting and discussions. \nJoin us at The One Club for Creativity Gallery in New York City on Wednesday\, August 14th\, as we honor this year’s cohort of exceptional type and design practitioners age 35 and under. It’s an opportunity to network with the type community\, the ones that call the Big Apple home and those traveling from afar. You’ll see the winners in attendance receive their Ascenders honors\, meet members of the TDC Advisory Board and extended type community. \nSCHEDULE \n\nDoors Open / 6:00 pm\nNetworking and Drinks / 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm\nKeynote Presentation / 7:00 - 7:45 pm\nNetworking and Drinks / 7:45 pm - 9:00 pm\n\n*Light food and drink provided \nTICKETS \n\nNon-Members: $20*\nStudents & Members: $10* (use the code received via email to register or reach out to tdc@oneclub.org)\n\n*plus Eventbrite fees \nLimited seating is available\, so get your tickets while you can—it will be a memorable experience for everyone. \nThe One Club For Creativity\n450 W 31st St\nNew York\, NY 10001\n\nPURCHASE Tickets \n\nLearn about the 2023\, 2022\, 2019\, and 2018 Ascenders\, and follow #TDCAscenders. Become a member for discounted entries and important dates. ​
URL:https://tdc.org/event/ascenders/
LOCATION:The One Club\, 450 W 31st St\, Floor 6\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Awards Ceremony
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SUMMARY:Typography After Dark w/ Special Guests
DESCRIPTION:A sexy night to step into the sultry world where letters meet libido. \nTypography After Dark explores the penetrative role of typography in porn\, from vintage erotica to modern-day visual media. Discover how typefaces shape desire\, communicate intimacy\, and play a subtle yet powerful role in the art and marketing of sensuality. \nJoin Silas Munro\, Yihuang Zhou\, Elizabeth Goodspeed & Zipeng Zhu for an evening of saucy talks\, juicy visuals\, and anything goes discussions about the intersection of design\, sexuality\, and culture. Whether you’re a designer\, a typophile\, or simply curious\, this event promises to unveil the playful\, provocative\, and profound stories hidden in the curves and contours of the letters we love. \nBUY TICKETS \n\n  \nSilas Munro is a designer\, artist\, writer\, researcher\, curator and surfer. He is founder of the design studio Polymode that works with clients across cultural spheres. Commissions and collaborations include: The New York Times Magazine\, MIT Press\, Nike\, Airbnb\, the Brooklyn Museum\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, LA MOCA. Munro is the curator and author of Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest at Letterform Archive\, and Reverberations: Lineages in Design History\, opening at the Ford Foundation Gallery in the Spring of 2025. He was a contributor to W. E. B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America and co-authored the first BIPOC-centered design history course\, Black Design in America: African Americans and the African Diaspora in Graphic Design 19–21st Century. His work was recently exhibited at Lesley University\, LA Design Festival\, and the Scottsdale Museum of Art\, and is included in the collections of Tufts University\, and the Montalvo Arts Center. Upcoming exhibitions in 2025 include a solo show at The University of Hartford’s Joseloff Gallery\, and in the group show Printing Black America at Print Center New York\, curated by Tiffany E. Barber. Munro is Founding Faculty\, Chair Emeritus for the MFA Program in Graphic Design at Vermont College of Fine Arts. \n\nZipeng Zhu is a Chinese-born artist\, designer\, art director\, illustrator\, and animator in New York City who wants to make every day a razzle-dazzle musical. His clients include Apple\, Adidas\, Adobe\, Coca-Cola\, Microsoft\, Twitter\, Netflix\, New York Times\, The New Yorker\, CNN\, MTV\, and Samsung. He was one of the Art Directors Club Young Guns 13 winners and has been recognized as Print magazine’s New Visual Artist and The One Show Young Ones. His work has been exhibited all over the world including New York\, Barcelona\, Dubai\, Mumbai\, Shanghai\, Beijing and other major museums and institutions. Now he runs his creative practice Dazzle Studio and gift shop Dazzle Supply to push dazzle to the next level. \n\nYihuang Zhou is a graphic designer who navigates the intersections of cultural identity and design. Born in Taicang\, China\, traditional Chinese calligraphy training and the country's rapidly changing visual landscape profoundly shaped his design perspective. \nGraduating from the School of Visual Arts in 2019 with a BFA in Design\, Zhou's career has spanned design roles in both China and the United States. He currently works as a Senior Designer at Mother Design in New York City and is pursuing the Type@Cooper Extended Program for Typeface Design. \nOutside of design\, Zhou is passionate about cooking\, which he considers another creative outlet that engages all five senses. \n\nElizabeth Goodspeed is an independent designer and writer based in Providence\, Rhode Island. She's collaborated with clients like Herman Miller\, Phaidon\, HBO\, and The Whitney Museum\, as well as many studios—including Pentagram\, Mythology\, High Tide\, RoAndCo and Porto Rocha. She’s also the US Editor-at-Large for It’s Nice That\, where she writes a monthly column on design and visual culture\, and contributes to Fast Company\, PORT\, The Architect’s Newspaper\, and AIGA Eye on Design. She publishes "Casual Archivist\," a newsletter about design history\, and teaches at RISD and Parsons. \n  \nget tickets
URL:https://tdc.org/event/typography-after-dark-w-special-guests/
LOCATION:Mother\, 77 10th Street #3rd Floor\, Brooklyn\, 11215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Panels
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SUMMARY:TDC71 Exhibition & Winners Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:TDC71 at Creative Week 2025 – Recap \nCreative Week 2025 rolled out the red carpet for four acclaimed award shows celebrating the best in global creativity. Among them\, the Type Directors Club’s 71st Annual Exhibition spotlighted typographic excellence through its TDC71 Winners Showcase\, held at The One Club for Creativity in New York. \nThe TDC71 exhibition featured 170 winning entries across Communication Design\, Type Design\, and Lettering\, selected from 26 countries. Each category celebrated a Best of Discipline winner: \n\n\nBest of Communication Design: New York City FC Branding – Gretel with Frere-Jones Type \n\n\nBest of Type Design: Naatak – Ek Type \n\n\nBest of Lettering: Stanford d.School Yearbook 2023 – Daniel Frumhoff Design \n\n\nIn addition to category winners\, the jury selected standout projects as their personal Judges’ Choice honorees. These were presented by: \n\n\nMin Lew (Communication Design) \n\n\nCharles Nix on behalf of Sahar Afshar (Type Design) \n\n\nDavid Jon Walker (Lettering) \n\n\nEach Judges’ Choice highlighted work of exceptional craft\, innovation\, or cultural relevance. The full list of honorees was featured in the show and will appear in Typography 46: The World’s Best Typography® \nAll winning work will travel globally in eight international exhibitions and be permanently archived in the TDC annual. \nThank you to all who joined us to celebrate the world’s best typography.
URL:https://tdc.org/event/tdc71-exhibition-winners-ceremony/
LOCATION:The One Club\, 450 W 31st St\, Floor 6\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Alphabettes Book Release
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the release of Alphabettes Soup: a decade of feminist approaches to type research\, design\, and creative community-building.\nAlphabettes Soup: Feminist Approaches to Type (Bikini Books\, 2026) celebrates a decade of typographic pot-banging and community-building. Blending key articles from the Alphabettes platform with new essays\, reflections\, and interviews\, the book challenges dominant narratives in type and seeks to inspire future decentralized design networks. A 400-page potluck type specimen\, this hearty soup features work by over 250 women and gender-diverse type and design practitioners from around the world. \nJoin editor Amy Papaelias and contributor Elizabeth Carey Smith\, along with Dyana Weissman\, Victoria Rushton\, Liz DeLuna\, Laura Serra\, and more Alphabettes Soup chefs\, to celebrate the launch of the book with conversation\, cake\, and\, of course\, fun. \nImage credits: Sera van de Water\, courtesy of Bikini Books.
URL:https://tdc.org/event/alphabettes-book-release/
LOCATION:The One Club\, 450 W 31st St\, Floor 6\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:TDC72 Awards Ceremony and Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to help us celebrate the winners of the 72nd year of the Type Directors Club’s annual competition\, honoring The World’s Best Typography.\nThe evening includes a breathtaking exhibition of the best physical work\, posters\, books\, and packaging\, plus amazing displays of type-in-motion. \nThe awards show is the moment we finally reveal this year’s Best of Discipline winners and Judges' Choice selections. But more than that\, we are introducing our brand new Type-High Award\, a first-ever trophy in Gold\, Silver\, and Bronze. Find out what entrants won this new level of distinction! \nDoors: 6:00pm\nCeremony: 7:00– 8:30pm\nPost-reception: 8:30 pm \nVENUE\nTheater at The Lighthouse\n58 Kent Street\nBrooklyn\, NY 11222 \nABOUT THE VENUE \nThe Lighthouse is the first-ever creative campus & studio playground for the Creator Economy.\nThe campuses are designed to enable and empower career creators & creative professionals. promising to provide creators from all walks of life a place to call their own\, a place to co-create\, connect with one another\, learn from each other\, share their ideas and grow as founders of the businesses fueling creative culture.
URL:https://tdc.org/event/tdc72-awards-ceremony-and-exhibition/
LOCATION:Theater at The Lighthouse\, 58 Kent Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Awards Ceremony
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