For Creative Week in New York Cit, Paul Shaw's tour will include such iconic New York lettering venues as the Empire State Bulding, the Chanin Building, Tudor City, and the Beaux Arts Institute of Design. But it will also look at the mundane and often overlooked examples of lettering in the city such as door […]
Join us as we invite three of the world’s best book cover designers and art directors to come show us how it’s done. This legendary event sells out fast, so get your tickets while you can. Note: Doors open at 6:00pm - The event starts promptly at 6:30pm. Nicole Caputo is an award-winning New York […]
Join us for our second night of frank (and passionate!) conversation between graphic designers and type designers. Together we shape the typographic landscape, yet we still have so much to learn from each other. Our first conversation was about collaboration; this evening, let's talk about craftsmanship. On May 8th moderator Charles Nix and panelists Christian […]
All members are invited to attend the Annual Meeting in New York to celebrate the year's activities and achievements. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to [email protected] Graphic: Firebelly Design
This free event will be streamed live from Google HQ in New York City on the TDC YouTube Channel: TDC YouTube The YouTube event will go live at 5:5o pm EST, and the program will begin at 6:00pm EST. Join us for a memorable event! The last 30 years has seen a great growth in […]
On May 19 we will return to Downtown Brooklyn to see what remains of its lettering past as well as to see what is new. We will also visit nearby Boerum Hill for the first time. We will see classical roman capitals, Art Deco, and geometric sans serifs on courthouses, schools, firehouses and other governmental […]
Over its 20 year history, the DesignThinkers Conference has spanned massive changes in the communication design industry. From print to digital, visual identity to brand, websites to user experiences, design has evolved as new trend, technologies and philosophies transform the wider world. Join us at DesignThinkers Vancouver this May, put on by RGD in partnership […]
Join us for the opening night of our new exhibition, Visual Memoranda: A Selection of Posters from the IBM Poster Program 1969-1979. Curators Robert Finkel and Shea Tillman will be there to share their research about this corporate design venture and speak about the designers whose works are on display. The decades following World War […]
TypeThursdayNYC is a monthly gathering of type geeks, held at Type Directors Club. We like to think of ourselves as a type superfamily: we attract local letterform lovers hailing from all disciplines and levels of expertise. Social hours bookend the centerpiece of our event, a group critique we refer to as Type Crit. What the […]
WHAT: The 11-day festival is a forum for presentations about graphic design, lettering, web design, publication design, book design, type design, packaging, branding, corporate identity, advertising, and motion graphics. Importantly, Typographics focus on new frontiers in-app and responsive web design. The international line-up of speakers includes emerging and established designers. The group attracts many distinguished […]