Type Directors Club

TDC Lettering Walk—Midwood and Bensonhurst
2022-06-05 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Join the TDC and Paul Shaw for a walk through Midwood & Bensonhurst in Brooklyn.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
This TDC Lettering Walk will mark a return to Brooklyn and a continuation of walk from 2018 that covered Prospect Park South, Flatbush and Ditmas Park. This time we will venture out further into the wilds of Brooklyn to Midwood, Bensonhurst and the smaller neighborhoods between them. These neighborhoods are very residential with parts of Midwood looking more like a quiet Midwestern town than part of New York City. Nevertheless, there are still enough commercial, educational, and religious buildings with examples of lettering to pique our interest and satisfy our craving for the unusual.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Paul Shaw has been leading urban lettering walks since 2005. Along with over 50 walks covering all of the five boroughs of New York, he has also conducted walks in thirteen other North American cities. Paul teaches the history of type at both the School of Visual arts and Parsons School of Design. With Patricia Childers he organizes the bi-annual Legacy of Letters tour and letterpress workshop in Italy.

REGISTRATION:
DATE: Sunday, June 5th, 2022
TIME: 11:00 am – 2:00pm ET
WHERE: Midwood & Bensonhurt (Starting Location TBA)
PRICE: $45 ($35 for Members)
This event is discounted for Type Directors Club Members. Members, please enter your email address in the promo code field to reveal discounted tickets

TDC68 Exhibition
2022-07-13 - 2022-08-04 | The Rose Auditorium at Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY, 10003, United States
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:
After a two-year hiatus, the Type Directors Club invites you to join us at Cooper Union on for an exhibition of the TDC68 Communication Design, 25TDC Typeface Design and Young Ones TDC winners! This long-standing TDC tradition puts some of the most brilliantly designed use of type of the past year on display and encourages you to explore it all alongside other lovers of letterforms.

EXHIBITION DATES:
DATE: Monday - Thursday | July 13th - August 4th, 2022 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
WHERE: Cooper Union (41 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10008)
REGISTRATION: No registration required, but please bring a proof of vaccination and identification to present to security.

TDC Ascenders Opening Reception
2022-08-16 18:00 - 21:00 | The One Club, 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10001, United States
ABOUT THE OPENING:
Join us to celebrate the winners of the third TDC Ascenders Competition and see their work on exhibit.
Ascenders is the world’s premier portfolio-based competition dedicated to type in all its versatile forms, and the inspiring up and coming designers — individuals or teams — who are elevating the medium.
*Light food and drink provided

EVENT INFORMATION:
DATE: Tuesday, August 16th
TIME: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
WHERE: The One Club for Creativity (450 W. 31st Street, Floor 6, New York, NY 10001)

"Person Place Thing" with Steven Heller
2022-10-17 18:30 - 20:30 | The One Club, 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10001, United States
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Steven Heller's recent book GROWING UP UNDERGROUND : A Memoir of Counter Culture New York chronicles the first decade of his 50+ year career as an art director, graphic designer, educator and writer (of sorts). He is the author, coauthor or editor of over 200 books on popular culture through the lens of design, typography and ephemera. He was for 33 years an art director at the New York Times, around 30 of them at the Book Review section. He is the recipient of the AIGA Medal, National Design Award, inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame and was awarded two honorary doctorates. He has written obituaries and design columns for The Times, The Atlantic and Wired and writes The Daily Heller for Printmag.com. He is married to Louise Fili and they have one son, a filmmaker known as New York Nico
Person Place Thing is an interview show based on the idea that people are particularly engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing with particular meaning to them. The result: surprising stories from great talkers and thinkers
Person Place Thing takes place in front of an audience, with live music, at a variety of venues and is then edited for broadcast across a 23-station regional radio network, and a dozen other public radio stations around the country. You can stream PPT’s archive at PersonPlaceThing.org or download episodes via iTunes.

REGISTRATION:
DATE: October 17th, 2022
TIME: 6:30 pm ET (Doors at 6:30pm, Program Begins at 7:00pm)
WHERE: The One Club for Creativity (450 W 31st Street, New York, NY 10001)
PRICE: $20 ($5 for Members)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please note that masks and proof of vaccination (or recent negative PCR test, within 72 hours) will be required for entry to this event. No food is to be consumed during the event.
This event is discounted for The One Club for Creativity's and Type Directors Club Members. Members, please use your associated email address as a promo code on the first page of registration.

Unknown Lower Manhattan | A TDC Lettering Walk
2022-10-23 11:00 - 14:00 | To be announced prior to walk, New York City
Join the TDC and Paul Shaw for a walk through Lower Manhattan.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
There is an area of Lower Manhattan that has escaped the realtor's urge to name and identify. It is below Canal Street, east of Broadway (the common edge of Tribeca), west of Little Italy, and north of City Hall. It is an area that was changing rapidly before the Pandemic hit, with many shiny luxo-condos replacing decades-old manufacturing buildings and tenements. Much of its lettering is 19th and early 20th century in style: ghost signs, slab serifs, Tuscans, grots, Didones, etc.
This lettering walk is a chance to assess the damage, to see what gems still survive and what has been loast in the past half-decade. The walk will inevitably veer into adjoining neighborhoods and will end—for those staying throughout—with lunch or drinks in either Little Italy or Tribeca.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Paul Shaw has been leading urban lettering walks since 2005. Along with over 50 walks covering all of the five boroughs of New York, he has also conducted walks in thirteen other North American cities. Paul teaches the history of type at both the School of Visual arts and Parsons School of Design. With Patricia Childers he organizes the bi-annual Legacy of Letters tour and letterpress workshop in Italy.

REGISTRATION:
DATE: October, June 23rd, 2022
TIME: 11:00 am – 2:00pm ET
WHERE: Lower Manhattan (Starting Location TBA)
PRICE: $45 ($35 for Members)
This event is discounted for Type Directors Club Members. Members, please enter your email address in the promo code field to reveal discounted tickets

Type Drives Culture: Ezhishin
2022-11-11 - 2022-11-12 | Virtual (Link Provided Soon), Virtual, TBD
Ezhishin, part of TDC’s ongoing Type Drives Culture conference series, is co-curated by Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Chippewas of Rama First Nation), a graphic designer, artist, photographer, and writer who specializes in working within Indigenous communities, and Ksenya Samarskaya, the recently appointed TDC managing director.
The conference includes presentations and panels featuring prominent Native designers, as well as non-Native designers working respectfully with Native communities.

TDC x Poster House Holiday Party
2022-12-09 18:00 - 21:00 | Poster House, New York, NY, United States
Join us for everyone’s favorite design party featuring full access to the museum and Poster House’s current exhibitions, typographic raffle prizes from around the world, and free drinks for the first 50 attendees, courtesy of Work Type IPA and Ghia! Poster House and TDC Members get a 20% discount at the bar thereafter.
All are welcome with an advance RSVP. Proceeds from the raffle go to supporting our programming including Poster House educational outreach for school tours and TDC’s salons and scholarships.
Poster and lettering for this event created by Vera van de Seyp.
Drinks provided by Ghia, The Working Assembly, and others.
Prizes provided by WorldlyTypes and Poster House.

BranD Magazine Virtual Panel with Halle Kho
2023-01-05 10:30 - 11:30 | Virtual (Link Provided Soon), Virtual, TBD
Meet TDC69 Judge Halle Kho—Halle (pronounced like Halle Berry) is currently the Vice-President of Design at SAP. She is building and leading a remote global design team that will influence all aspects of product expression for SAP Design, with her practice area expertise includes Experience and Research, Storytelling and Strategy, Creative Direction and User Experience Strategy and Vision. Her previous role was Head of Design and Executive Design Director in the New York studio of frog, one of the world’s premier design consultancies. In that role, she lead the Design Research, Interaction Design and Visual Design disciplines in the studio. She was responsible for developing a cutting edge culture of Design, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mentorship Program and worked in tandem with the GM for the collaborative running of business, client relationship development and expertise advancement.

BranD Magazine Virtual Panel with Au Chon Hin and Li Zhiqian (in Mandarin Chinese)
2023-01-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual (Link Provided Soon), Virtual, TBD
Meet TDC69 judge, and Ascenders 3 winner: Au Chon Hin, who’ll be presenting and in conversation with Ascenders 4 judge: Li Zhiqian. (Please note that the panel is only in Mandarin Chinese.)

Au Chon Hin, is an acclaimed designer from Macau, who mainly engages in brand identity and visual identity. He is the founder and creative director of UntitledMacao and is known for his forward thinking and bold visions. His works utilize vibrant colours clashes as well as simple yet figurative lines to bring a new visual experience to his clients. Au was awarded the Medal of Cultural Merit 2021 by the Macau SAR Government, and his works have won many international design awards, including the ADC Art Direction Association Annual Award (Silver and Bronze Cubes), D&AD Awards 2022, Young Guns 17 International Youth Design Award, The One Show Awards, Tokyo TDC Annual Awards (TDC Prize), etc. Ultimately, he and Untitled Macao are committed to spreading Macau's brilliant design all over the world.

LI Zhiqian works in various fields with an interdisciplinary approach. He authored the book Xiwen Ziti de Gushi (Story of Western Fonts) and translated The Art of Calligraphy by David Harris, Never Use Futura by Douglas Thomas, Tokyo TDC Vol.32 by Tokyo TDC, Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton (to be published in 2023), etc.. He is a contributor and broad member of The Type, project lead of Shanghai Type and co-founder of 3type. His type works have won several awards including New York TDC’s certificate of typographic excellence in 2022.

BranD Magazine Virtual Panel with Cheng Xunchang (程训昌) and Anuthin Wongsunkakon
2023-01-07 10:30 - 11:30 | Virtual (Link Provided Soon), Virtual, TBD
Meet two multiscript TDC69 judges that traverse the globe, Cheng Xuchang and Anuthin Wongsunkakon! They’ll show some of their recent research and work, and join BranD Magazine in a short conversation regarding their outlooks on the current state of type design.

Multilingual typeface designer, documentary director. PhD student of Typeface Design, University of Reading, UK. Chinese Country delegate of ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) and member of the Chinese Information Processing Society of China. Current research mainly explores the history of Chinese typeforms in the 19th and 20th centuries from the perspective of typeface designers. While studying the history of Chinese typeface design, I am also paying attention to the innovations of international typeface technology, variable fonts, dynamic fonts, and changes in the presentation of characters in different media. Regarding typeface design, I focus on Chinese and Latin text typefaces and bilingual design. I also give Chinese & Latin typeface design workshops for BA and MA students.

Anuthin Wongsunkakon (born 1973) is a partner of Cadson Demak, a communication design firm and the biggest type foundry in Thailand that specializes in Southeast Asian scripts. He has been known as the key person behind the long-running BITS, an international typographic conference to be held in Southeast Asia. He is also a co-founder of the CommMA international program at Chulalongkorn University. Anuthin and his team at Cadson Demak have been putting out work that is widely recognized by clients such as Monotype, Apple, and Google, to name just a few.

TDC69 Lettering Judges — Virtual
2023-01-26 11:00 - 12:20 | Virtual (Link Provided Soon), Virtual, TBD
Meet three of the eight TDC69 Lettering judges: Hussein Alazaat, Huston Wilson, and Ximena Jiménez, and join the discussion on why lettering is having such a hot moment, and how it translates around the globe.

Hussein Alazaat is an Arabic calligraphy artist, instructor, multidisciplinary designer, and typography enthusiast from Jordan. He founded ALAZAAT Design Studio, located in Amman fulfilling his vision of offering his services to various clients and industries worldwide. Alazaat didn’t stop there, he continued to establish his cultural space ELHARF House in Amman, and he co-founded the social design initiative “Wajha” which aims to popularize the good design culture in the Arab cities.

Huston Wilson built up his repertoire as a self-taught letterer and graphic designer through his love of design and curiosity and the occasional YouTube tutorial. When he's not working with color, texture, and bold shadows, he adds African aesthetics to his work in homage to Johannesburg, South Africa, his hometown.

Ximena Jiménez, is a queer lettering artist and muralist from Cali, Colombia and actually based in Bogotá. Her path as a letterer started in 2014 in the academy while she was living in Buenos Aires, time she spent studying and learning all the rules and the formal bases around the letter. In 2019 she met graffiti and started a new pursuit for something freer and more personal in her graphic lettering style. Her work actually moves between the formal bases and their own deconstruction through constant experimentation around textures, irregular strokes, ink, spray paint and brushes, going from paper or digital in small formats, to big scale murals. Over the last years she has worked with companies like Facebook, The Washington Post, Adidas, Nokia, Adobe, Munsingwear Japan, and many others.

Moderated by TDC Managing Director Ksenya Samarskaya.

Best-in-Show with Pentagram — Virtual
2023-02-09 11:00 - 11:40 | Virtual (Link Provided Soon), Virtual, TBD
Want to know what it takes to get the coveted best-in-show prize in our annual competition? Last year, Pentagram’s Michael Bierut and Jonny Sikov took home this single coveted prize in their leadership on the International Center for Photography. Want to know what went into the project? Why the judges loved it as much as they did? What it takes to create, and submit, such stellar winning work? Have questions as you prepare your TDC69 entries? This is the place to ask—

Here’s what they had to say about the project: The new logo is a revival of the geometric monogram originally created by modernist design pioneer Arnold Saks for the announcement of ICP’s opening in 1974. No longer just a square, the updated mark can now be reframed into any aspect ratio and the three letters can appear in an infinite number of forms, reflecting the vastness of today’s image culture and the many ways that photographers frame our view of the world. The bold mark is set off by primary typography set in Publico, a serif typeface originally designed for newspapers and magazines, a nod to the relationship of photography and journalism. The identity framework has been extended to publications and promotional materials, the digital design of the website, and a system of signage and environmental graphics for the new location with custom icons built on the geometric shapes of the logo.

Moderated by TDC Managing Director Ksenya Samarskaya.

#TDC69 Type Design Judges Online Panel
2023-02-16 11:00 - 12:30 | Virtual (Link Provided Soon), Virtual, TBD
ABOUT THE EVENT
Meet three of the eight TDC69 Type Design judges: Naïma Ben Ayed, Kateryna Korolevtseva, and Parimal Parmar, and join the discussion on global type design today. Moderated by Kimya Gandhi.
ONLINE
Thursday, February 16, 2023
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST

SPEAKERS

Naïma Ben Ayed is an independent type and graphic designer from France, based in London, UK. She holds a Master in “création typographique” from Estienne school (Paris). She set up her independent practice in 2019 after working for several years at corporate studio Dalton Maag (London, UK). Her work with different foundries and individuals in the art and cultural sector ranges from designing retail and custom Arabic and Latin typefaces to creating visual identities. Her approach to design is telling stories with letters. She regularly leads workshops and engages in the question of opening up Arabic type design pedagogy to broader audiences.

Kateryna Korolevtseva is an independent Brand Designer and Art Director from Ukraine. With a background in creative strategies, Kateryna is passionate about branding projects that have a deep focus on typography. One of her personal projects is Misto font, an homage to her hometown of Slavutych, a city that was born after the Chornobyl explosion. Kateryna gives public speeches at design conferences (e.g. Typographics 2022) and writes for Design Week, Alphabettes, Telegraf.design, etc. By sharing her knowledge about Ukrainian design, culture, and type design heritage, Kateryna strives to put Ukraine on the map in the design world.

Parimal Parmar is a designer based in India. His interests revolve around multi-script typeface design, identity and art. He has collaborated and published fonts with foundries like Typotheque and Indian Type Foundry. After completing his Master's from Atelier National de Recherche Typographique (ANRT) in 2021, he resumed his research and design practices in New Delhi and continues teaching in various design schools across the country.
Moderated by TDC Advisory Board Member Kimya Gandhi.

Advocating for Design with Emily Cohen — NYC
2023-02-23 18:30 - 20:30 | The One Club, 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Are your clients not seeing the value your creative firm provides? Do you struggle to communicate your value? Does this impact your team, your bottom line (i.e. clients taking advantage of your generosity), and your happiness at work? Our industry is at a value crossroads. Our clients don’t understand the value that design brings to their business while our competitors, colleagues, and even our own professional associations don’t always do enough to advocate for and communicate our industry’s value. We also contribute to this value challenge by not advocating for ourselves, which can result in our team feeling undervalued and disrespected. Does any of this sound familiar? In this talk, we’ll discuss the current state as well as the perception of our industry’s value and discuss how we all can better advocate for our profession. Let’s get paid what we’re worth and ensure the design industry and the people in it are valued for their incredible work!

As a razor-sharp business consultant, Emily Cohen has been honored to partner with 500+ leading creative firms worldwide. She has developed, tested, and refined key insights and strategies that have allowed her clients’ businesses to become more effective, profitable, and fun to work at. She is a designer by degree, an avid reader, dog-lover, a trend-spotter, a connection-builder, and an industry advocate. She is also a frequently-requested main stage speaker within the creative industry and has spoken at hundreds of international, national, and local conferences and events.

Cha Che Chi
2023-03-03 12:00 - 2023-03-04 17:00 | Virtual (Link Provided Soon), Virtual, TBD
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The Cha Che Chi conference will be held online, on March 3rd and 4th, as a two-day showcase of presentations and panels on what’s happening in Latin American typography today. If you’d like to know more, to partner with or support the conference, or to feature us in your publication, please email info@tdc.org. We look forward to seeing you in March!

Tátil Design
2023-03-03 18:00 - 22:00 | Rua Fradique Coutinho, Rua Fradique Coutinho, Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
Come share a happy hour with us and let's talk about type and design! Subscriptions open!

Greco Design
2023-03-03 18:00 - 22:00 | Rua Rio Verde, Rua Rio Verde, 150 Anchieta, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil
Our home was built in the late 1950s, at the height of the Brazilian modernist movement. We revitalized the space while maintaining its original features, materials and finishing. As time has passed, we have acquired a selection of furniture from designers of the same period. All of this contributes to creating a unique atmosphere, which fosters relationships between people, reinforces existing bonds and contributes to new experiences.

Porto Rocha
2023-03-03 18:30 - 22:00 | Porto Rocha, 75 Stewart Ave Unit 315, Brooklyn, New York City, NY, 11237, United States
PORTO ROCHA is a New York-based design studio founded by Brazilian designers and creative directors, Leo Porto and Felipe Rocha. Since its start in 2019 PORTO ROCHA has been developing creative and strategic work that engages deeply with the world we live in while working closely with people and companies to craft branding systems, products and experiences.

HMCT
2023-03-04 15:45 - 17:45 | ArtCenter South Campus, 950 South Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91105, United States
Chabón, chango, chava, chela, checar, chicha, chichón, chido, chimichurri, chulo, churro —the ch* sounds reverberate throughout Latin America and Los Angeles. We will bring all that rhythmic cacophony from the TDC conference to you in a typographic, in-person, letterpress printing party at the unique and celebrated HMCT/Archetype Press at ArtCenter College of Design, which houses over 3,000 cases of foundry metal and wood type. Acompañamos!

Ascenders Judges Golnar Kat Rahmani and Matthew Tapia
2023-04-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual (Link Provided Soon), Virtual, TBD
Matthew Tapia is a self-taught artist and designer born and raised in Hawaii with more than 15 years of experience working in New York and Honolulu. Over the past decade and a half, he has honed his specialty in hand-lettering for a diverse group of clients. His passion for art and hard work extends his capacity to a wide range of projects: from custom type and lettering, identity design, and art direction; to illustration, mural installation, and more.
Golnar Kat Rahmani is a Berlin-based creative director and artist. She was born and raised in Iran, graduated in visual communication from faculty of fine arts at Tehran University and the Academy of Arts Berlin-Weißensee. She runs Studio Kat Rahmani. The studio specializes in typography, type design, editorial design featuring a strong expertise in multilingual design with a focus on Persian/Arabic typography. In contract with clients like: Deutsche Welle, BBC, Daimler (M.Benz), Lucas fonts. Her recent initiative project “Type & Politics” aims at freeing Persian/Arabic Type from its ideological and negative connotations. Following that helding typographic workshops at UDK (university of arts Berlin), KHB (Academy of art Berlin Weißensee) and University of Arts in Burg Halle. Also as a leccturer at various design conferences like: Typoberlin, Format Club Berlin, Type Club Berlin, Type Thursday and Typographics NewYork.

Ascenders Deadline
2023-04-15 | Virtual (Link Provided Soon), Virtual, TBD
Ascenders recognizes designers on the rise. Ascenders is for all typographic creatives age 35 or under (so if you were born in 1987 or later). You can apply individually, or as a duo if you do your best work as part of a team. Please go to Ascenders for more details and to enter.

From Typography to Monolinear Street Calligraphy
2023-04-26 18:00 - 20:00 | The Working Assembly, 11 West 25th Street, New York City, NY, 10010, United States
Visiting us from France by way of Philadelphia—architect, graphic & type designer, and documentary author François Chastanet will present two sides of his work: his current research as a PhD candidate about graffiti of names’ handstyles in North and South America and the design process of open-paths or “single-line” font optimized for fablabs’ environments recently published on GitHub and Adobe Fonts platforms.
His presentation will show that these two seemingly distant topics are linked through a common skeletal design approach of Latin letterforms, addressing contemporary handwriting questions.

Advertising Type: Women of Digital Design
2023-04-27 - 2023-11-05 | Poster House, New York, NY, United States
The show features type specimen posters by contemporary women designers around the globe, including works by Ana Andreeva & Alyona Puraeva, Naïma Ben Ayed, Giulia Boggio, Maria Doreuli, Celine Hurka & Carmen Dusment Carrasco, Océane Juvin, Liana Korios, Tien-Min Liao, Muk Monsalve, Giang Nguyen, Sun Young Oh, YuJune Park, Emma Piercy, Ksenya Samarskaya, and Stefanie Schwarz.
DATES:
APRIL 27 - NOVEMBER 5

WHERE:
POSTER HOUSE, ENTRY FOYER
119 W. 23RD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10011
CURATORS:
Angelina Lippert
Ksenya Samarskaya
EXHIBITON DESIGN:
Mihoshi Fukushima Clark

TDC Ascenders Award Ceremony & Reception
2023-09-07 18:00 - 21:00 | The One Club, 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10001, United States
ABOUT THE OPENING:
The Type Directors Club invites you to celebrate the winners of the fourth edition of Ascenders!
Join us at The One Club for Creativity Gallery in New York City on Thursday, September 7, 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 community, and sip on beer provided courtesy of Other Half Brewing.
*Light food and drink provided

EVENT INFORMATION:
DATE: Thursday, September 7, 2023
TIME: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Doors Open / 6:00 pm
Networking and Drinks / 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Keynote Presentation / 7:00 - 7:45 pm
Networking and Drinks / 7:45 pm - 9:00 pm
WHERE: The One Club for Creativity (450 W. 31st Street, Floor 6, New York, NY 10001)
TICKETS
Non-Members: $10*
Students: $5*
Members: Free (use the code received via email to register or reach out to tdc@oneclub.org)
*plus Eventbrite fees

"Person Place Thing" with Timothy Goodman
2023-09-28 18:30 - 20:30 | The One Club, 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10001, United States
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Join us as Person Place Thing host Randy Cohen interviews award-winning multi-hyphenate , Timothy Goodman, in a live recording of the popular public radio series from the Type Directors Club.
Timothy Goodman is an award-winning artist, graphic designer, author and public speaker. His art and words have populated walls, packaging, clothes, products, and magazine covers and one sanitation truck for Apple, Nike, Google, Samsung, MoMa, Netflix, Yves Saint Laurent, Time, the New Yorker, the New York Times and the city of New York. His partnerships have included a global collection of clothing with Uniqlo and his own Nike basketball shoe for Kevin Durant titled the “Timothy Goodman KD15”. He regularly partners with not-for-profit organizations and schools to create art for communities in NYC. He’s the co-creator of several social experiments including the viral blog and book 40 Days of Dating (whose TV rights were optioned to Netflix). His second solo gallery exhibition Every Time I Fall in Love It’s Summer was on view at The Richard Taittinger Gallery in the summer of 2023. Timothy’s work often discusses topics such as mental health, manhood, race, politics, heartbreak and love. He teaches at School of Visual Arts in NYC, and regularly speaks around the world at creative conferences. His graphic memoir I Always Think It's Forever was published in January 2023 by Simon & Schuster.
Person Place Thing is an interview show based on the idea that people are particularly engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing with particular meaning to them. The result: surprising stories from great talkers and thinkers
Person Place Thing takes place in front of an audience, with live music, at a variety of venues and is then edited for broadcast across a 23-station regional radio network, and a dozen other public radio stations around the country. You can stream PPT’s archive at PersonPlaceThing.org or download episodes via iTunes.

REGISTRATION:
DATE: September 28th, 2023
TIME: 6:30 pm ET (Doors at 6:00pm, Program Begins at 6:30pm)
WHERE: The One Club for Creativity (450 W 31st Street, New York, NY 10001)
PRICE: $20 ($5 for Members)
This event is discounted for The One Club for Creativity's and Type Directors Club Members. Members, please use your associated email address as a promo code on the first page of registration.

Image To Type: A Conversation and Book Launch with Marta Cerdà Alimbau
2023-10-26 18:00 - 22:00 | Sunday Afternoon, 424 Broadway 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10013, United States
ABOUT THE EVENT:
New York audiences are in for a treat, as Barcelona-based letterer, illustrator, graphic designer, Type Directors Club Advisory Board Member, and Sunday Afternoon artist Marta Cerdà Alimbau returns to the Big Apple for the first time in several years with the launch of her new book!
Join us at Sunday Afternoon’s SoHo studio on Thursday, October 26, as Marta sits down with renowned designer Juan Carlos Pagan to discuss Image to Type, her brand-new book that blurs the lines between her typographic and illustrative practices. With six distinct sections — Calligraphy & Digital Lettering, Typography, Digital Effects, Illustrative Lettering, Illustration Within Letters, and Illustration — Image to Type showcases the multidisciplinary nature of Marta’s work in a first-person voice that gives a surprising level of insight.
Tickets for this event are free and include post-discussion networking for the attendees. You must RSVP in advance to be admitted, so please do so today!
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Marta Cerdà Alimbau brings functional beauty and emotion to Design, translating each project into an effective design that is unique. Her main body of work is focused on the boundaries between typography and illustration. While Marta’s style is strongly eclectic, she believes that the separation of these two disciplines into specialized activities is a limitation. Since 2008, she has worked on global projects which call for Art Direction, Design, Illustration and Custom Typography for Arts, Culture and Advertising Clients abroad.
DETAILS:
DATE: Thursday, October 26, 2023
TIME: 6:00pm - 10:00pm ET
WHERE: In-Person
PRICE: Free
LOCATION
Sunday Afternoon
424 Broadway
New York, NY 10013
5th Floor
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Type Drives Culture - Multilingüe
2023-11-09 12:00 - 2023-11-11 17:00 | NY
Multilingüe will take place between November 9th and 11th online where we will have the opportunity to meet a wide group of representatives from the Chatino, Mixe, Ngiba, Nahua and Zapotec nations and representatives coming from Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and that come together to talk about the challenges and achievements related to design and work with native languages.

In the same way, the congress will be held in Spanish, Portuguese and English, with simultaneous translation.

Multilingüese llevará a cabo entre el 9 y el 11 de noviembre en línea, donde tendremos la oportunidad de conocer a un amplio grupo de representantes de las naciones Chatino, Mixe, Ngiba, Nahua y Zapoteco y representantes provenientes de México, Ecuador, Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, que se unen para hablar sobre los retos y logros relacionados con el diseño y el trabajo con lenguas originarias.

Del mismo modo el congreso se hará en español, portugués e inglés, con traducción simultánea.

Multilingüe acontecerá entre os dias 9 e 11 de novembro online onde teremos a oportunidade de conhecer um amplo grupo de representantes das nações chatino, mixe, ngiba, nahua e zapoteca e representantes vindos do México, Equador, Argentina, Brasil, Colômbia e que se reúnem para falar sobre os desafios e conquistas relacionados ao design e ao trabalho com línguas nativas.

Da mesma forma, o congresso será realizado em espanhol, português e inglês, com tradução simultânea.

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TDC Lettering Walk — 14th to 34th St: Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park & More
2023-11-19 11:00 - 14:00 | NY
ABOUT THE EVENT:
This lettering walk will roam from the west side of Manhattan eastward between 14th Street and 34th Street. It will cover Chelsea, the Flatiron District, Ladies' Mile, Union Square, Gramercy Park and perhaps more. These neighborhoods are largely residential, but there are pockets of industrial buildings as well as numerous commercial strips. We will look at churches, liquor stores, apartment buildings, 19th century department stores, government buildings, and public schools. The lettering styles we will encounter include Art Nouveau (a rarety in New York), Art Deco, slab serifs, grotesques, classical Roman capitals, and some scripts. There will also be a few ghost signs. At the end of the walk, we will repair to a nearby cafe or restaurant for drink and food—and more conversation about letters and type.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Paul Shaw is a typographer, typographic historian and urban lettering expert. He has been conducting lettering walks in cities throughout the United States and Canada since 2005 for the Type Directors Club, TypeCon and various American and European design schools. He has also led or co-led Legacy of Letters since 2010, a combination lettering tour and workshop in northern Italy.
REGISTRATION:
DATE: Sunday, November 19, 2023
TIME: 11:00 am – 2:00pm ET
WHERE: 14th to 34th St: Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park & More (Starting Location TBA)
PRICE: $45 ($35 for Members)
This event is discounted for Type Directors Club Members. Members, please enter your email address in the promo code field to reveal discounted tickets
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MEMBERS' HOLIDAY PARTY 2023
2023-12-05 18:30 - 21:00 | The One Club, 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10001, United States
ABOUT THE EVENT
Join us in celebrating the magic of the season at our Members' Holiday Party! As we reflect on a year filled with workshops, networking events, awards, and more, we want to express our gratitude to the incredible One Club and TDC members who make our community thrive.
To fill our evening with holiday spirit, we'll have a live brass band, delicious passed hors d'oeurves, an open bar and more! The Members' Holiday Party is the perfect way to end the year, and we can't wait to share this joyous occasion with all of you!
THIS PARTY IS FREE FOR MEMBERS AND ONE GUEST.
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SPREAD SOME JOY

This year, we are collecting toys and/or small donations for toys to be given to children seeking refuge in New York City.
Tens of thousands of children have recently found themselves relocated to New York City; we hope to spread joy to them as they spend their first holiday season in a new home.
Have a question about what you can donate? Email taziah@oneclub.org for more information.
If you prefer to make a monetary donation rather than bring a toy, you may do so via our online store.

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Members' Holiday Party 2023

THE TDC AWARDS @ 70: THE JUDGES REFLECT
2024-01-17 08:00 - 2024-01-18 13:00 | Virtual, Virtual
ABOUT THE EVENT
For a milestone 70 years, the Type Directors Club’s Annual Competition has been celebrating the very best typography, lettering, and design the world has to offer. As we head towards the February 2024 entry deadline for this year’s awards, we invite you to reflect on that history with us!
Please join us virtually for two engaging panels featuring some of this year’s esteemed TDC70 judges as they reflect on past winners that have stood the test of time, as well as the projects they’ve seen in 2023 that deserve to stand alongside these historical gems.
Because the TDC Awards is a global competition, with submissions from all corners of the world, our panels are timed so that at least one is convenient for your time zone. First, tune in on Wednesday, January 17 at 8:30 AM ET — morning for those in the western hemisphere, afternoon for Europe and Africa, and evening for our Asia-Pacific entrants.
Speakers for Wednesday, January 17th:

Justine Braisted - Associate Design Director @ frog design
Andy Chen - Partner @ Isometric Studio, New York
Mark DeWinne - Creative Director @ Relay Room/Multitudes, Singapore
Ricardo Gonzalez - Artist, Designer @ IT’S A LIVING, New York
Nada Abdallah - Designer and Assistant Professor of Visual Communication @ College of Fine Arts and Design, University of Sharjah

Can’t make it on the 17th? Join us on Thursday, January 18 at 12:00 PM ET — morning for the west coast of the Americas, afternoon for the east coast, early evening for Europe and Africa, and late evening for the Asia-Pacific region.
Speakers for Thursday, January 18th:

Carmen Garza - Creative Director
Emily Oberman - Partner @ Pentagram, New York
Ben Johnston @ Artist, Designer
Jo De Baerdemaeker - Typeface Designer, Font Developer, Scholar @ Studio Type, Antwerp
Carolina Laudon, MFA Graphic Designer, Type Designer, Type Director @ Laudon Design AB, Gothenburg

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