Type Directors Club

Zapf Centennial Symposium at The Grolier Club
2019-03-20 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, NY, 10022, United States
This special event has been organized by The Grolier Committee on Modern Fine Printing.
Hermann Zapf was the first person to receive the prestigious TDC Medal in 1967.
The symposium speakers include:
• Dr. Robert Bringhurst, a Candian known for his work as a linguist, cultural historian, typographer and author of The Elements of Typographic Style
• David Pankow, Curator Emeritus, The Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Ferdinand Ulrich, typographer, writer and educator, and type designer, who is a doctoral student at the University of Reading, United Kingdom
• Julian Waters, a former student of Hermann Zapf, who works as a lettering designer, international teacher, and lecturer
This symposium is being held in conjunction with Alphabet Magic: A Centennial Exhibition of the Work of Hermann & Gudrun Zapf, on view at the Grolier Club, February 20–April 2. 2019.
The seminar is free and open to the public. If you are interested in attending the seminar, please RSVP to Maev Brennan, mbrennan@grolierclub.org, (212) 838-6690
Alphabet Magic chronicles the extraordinary artistic achievements of Gudrun and Hermann Zapf with the most comprehensive exhibition of their work to date. Zapf’s typefaces Palatino, Optima, and Zapfino (to name a few) are a part of our everyday lives in the United States and Europe, as well as around the world. He was also at the forefront of type technology. Zapf’s Marconi alphabet design was the first typeface ever created specifically for digital typography. Gudrun Zapf von Hesse secured her own design legacy through typefaces such as Diotima, Carmina, and Shakespeare Roman.

Included in the exhibition are rare specimens of their typefaces, landmark works using their typefaces, original calligraphic works of art, and examples of fine bookbinding. In addition to completed works, ephemeral process work for some of Gudrun and Hermann Zapf’s most important typefaces and publications offers a behind-the-scenes look at the masters at work. Of special interest are sketches, layouts, and proofs for Hermann Zapf’s groundbreaking Feder und Stichel (1950), Manuale Typographicum (1954, 1968), and Orbis Typographicus (1990). As Robert Bringhurst has written, Hermann Zapf has been “widely recognized as one of the most poetic of type designers, or, to put it another way, as the author of some of the loveliest printing type ever made.”
Although Gudrun and Hermann Zapf are perhaps best known for their type design, over the course of their long careers they engaged with nearly every aspect of the book arts. Hermann considered himself a book designer at heart, Gudrun is a noted bookbinder, and both were master calligraphers.
Co-sponsors: American Printing History Association-New York Chapter, Center for Book Arts, Society of Scribes, Type Directors Club, Typophiles, and the Cary Graphic Arts Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology

Type Design for Non Type Designers
2019-03-09 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Type Directors Club, 347 W 36th St Suite 603, New York, NY, 10018, United States
Get a crash course in designing type from Matteo Bologna, Creative Director of award-winning studio Mucca Design.
This (always sold out) 6 hours workshop will introduce you to the basic skills necessary for the wild journey into the super fun world of
type design.
This class will teach you the basics of designing and generating a typeface with the font-design software Glyphs (Mac only).
In the morning session we will learn the basics of drawing a font, generate the font, and use it in InDesign.In the afternoon, we will add additional letters to the font, learning how to kern them, add diacritics, and produce the combined letters. At the end of the day, we will not have a finished font, but a respectable start and hopefully you’ll be infected with the type making bug.
Requirements:

Basic Adobe Illustrator skills are necessary.
You must bring your own laptop with a full or trial version of the font design program Glyphs already installed (download a free 30-day trial). Sorry no Windows, no Fontlab, no Robofont.
No prior experience is required in font design, but some experience with Bézier-based vector drawing tools is useful.

About Matteo Bologna

Matteo Bologna is the principal of Mucca Design, where he also serves as Creative Director. Under his direction, the Mucca Design team has solved numerous design challenges and created uniquely successful work for a wide variety of global companies like Sephora, Whole Foods, Victoria’s Secret, Barnes & Noble, Adobe Systems, Bacardi and Target. With his team he designed the identities for a variety of now classic New York City culinary destinations like Balthazar’s and Brooklyn Fare.
Matteo is also the principal of the new Mucca spin-off type foundry muccaTypo.
Matteo is a past president of the Type Directors Club and former board member of AIGA/NY. He frequently lectures about branding and typography around the world.

Type Drives Culture Conference 2019
2019-03-01 09:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
The Type Directors Club celebrates the undeniable significance of typography around the world. We are a global community of experts and enthusiasts who are united by the shared belief that type drives culture. And culture drives type.
Like many industries, typography and type design have long suffered from a lack of diversity and inclusion. But the doors are beginning to widen, revealing a pathway for new ideas, perspectives, and leaders.
The annual Type Drives Culture conference on March 1st reflects the changing face(s) of typography. We’re moving outside of the design canon to feature as many global scripts, diverse designers, and regions as possible.
Our title this year is Type: More _____ Than Ever, an interactive theme that invites new voices to fill in the blank about the present and future of type.
Our exciting lineup includes two of the most influential typeface designers of the 21st century, Fiona Ross and Kris Holmes, along with a new generation of designers and thinkers who are making type more accessible, more global, and more exciting than ever before.
Join us at the SVA Theatre in New York City for this unique opportunity to meet, hear from, and nerd out with type lovers from all over.
Conference highlights include:

Our Master of Ceremonies, Rich Tu, the Vice President of Design for MTV, AIGA NY board member, and host of First Generation Burden podcast
Our keynote speaker, type designer, educator, and TDC Medalist Fiona Ross
Presentations by award-winning designers and thinkers E Roon Kang, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Wael Morcos, Natasha Jen, Anne Quito, Yotam Hadar, and Ksenya Samarskaya
An interview with Kris Holmes of Bigelow & Holmes during a live-taping of Debbie Millman’s influential podcast, Design Matters
A panel discussion with Dan Rhatigan of Adobe Fonts, Irin Kim of Google Fonts, and Charles Nix of Monotype moderated by Juliette Cezzar
A two-hour reception with the speakers and panelists directly following the programming

Event Sponsors:
Google, Morisawa, Occupant Fonts, A to A Studio Solutions, Facebook Analog Research Lab, Adobe Type, Glyphs, LAFCO New York, SVA Masters in Branding, and Design Matters
No ticket code required. Reduced prices are as marked.
Come help us fill in the blank on March 1st! Learn more on our conference website.
Group rates available via director@tdc.org
Doors open: 8:15am Coffee
Design & Strategy: Juan Villanueva & Ysabel Yates

TypeThursdayNYC (February)
2019-02-28 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Type Directors Club, 347 W 36th St Suite 603, New York, NY, 10018, United States
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 font is Type Crit‽
Briefly: It’s a critique. Of letterforms. No grades. Plenty of wine.
Verbosely: Type Crit is a group critique of up to four, in-progress projects involving letterform design and/or usage. You can get, give, or simply listen to feedback—your pick! Discussion is moderated by a TypeThursdayNYC dialogue lead—we pride ourselves on fostering a friendly forum for constructive, thoughtful advice that’ll raise the baseline on your letterform game.
QUICK LINK: Sign up to present work for feedback at Type Crit
What’s the program for the evening?
6:00pm – 6:45pm: Check in & Socializing
6:50pm: Opening Statements | Introduction
7:00pm – 8:00pm: Type Critiques
8:00pm: Closing Comments | Outro
8:10pm – 8:45pm: Socializing & End of Event
RSVP here!
Partners & Sponsors
TypeThursdayNYC is made possible by our generous sponsors
National Sponsor: Adobe Fonts

TDC64 Exhibition at ECV Nantes
2019-02-27 13:00 - 2019-03-23 18:00 (America/New_York) | Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Nantes, 6 quai François Mitterrand, Nantes, 44000, France
The exciting exhibition brings together the creations of established professionals and student work from an international network of schools of graphic design and visual communication. The show highlights the best of current achievements and future trends in graphic design and communication.
ECV Nantes is one stop on the TDC64 world exhibition tour, work selected by professional juries. For the eighth year, the exhibition will be installed in the Loire gallery of the ENSA Nantes, whose rare positioning and architecture make it a remarkable educational tool open to the city and its landscape.
The branding for the Nantes exhibition is by Nicolas Gautron, graphic designer based in Nantes. The studio Antonin + Margaux, communication agency, has designed the hanging of the award-winning work.
Open Monday to Saturday from 13:00 to 18:00
Free admission, open to the public public
Guided tours:
Saturday, March 2 at 15:00, with Thierry Fétiveau, graphic design & typography, Nantes
Saturday, March 9 at 15:00, with Aurélie Guitton, director of Editions Revue 303, Nantes

InDesign Tune-Up with Scott Citron
2019-02-22 08:30 - 16:30 UTC | Type Directors Club, 347 W 36th St Suite 603, New York, NY, 10018, United States
And if your world includes Photoshop or Illustrator, it’s no wonder that you’re feeling lost in the dust.
But don’t despair! Scott Citron, Adobe Certified Expert, author, designer, teacher, and former head of the NYC chapter of the InDesign User Group, has put together a fun, one-day workshop to help bring you up to speed. Not only will Scott show you what’s new and worth knowing, but he’ll also share his deep knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator to make you a smarter designer when using these key applications.
Among the many topics he’ll cover are:
• What’s new in tables?
• Tricks for better type handling
• Effective use of CC Libraries
• Plug-ins and scripts
• The power of paste and link
• Smart page navigation
• Quick Apply: the least-known feature you probably aren’t using
• Adding backgrounds and borders
• Essential keyboard shortcuts
• Get to know the gap tool
• Photoshop and Illustrator integration into InDesign
• Learn and love the Color Theme tool
• Span and split columns
• Style sheet refresher
If you’ve been feeling less than confident about your InDesign skills, knowing there must be better ways to work, then this is the class for you. Scott is among an elite group of Adobe trainers who know InDesign inside and out. This class will fill up quickly and space is very limited, so sign up now.
Have questions about the class? Feel free to contact Scott at scott@scottcitrondesign.com.

Type ThursdayNYC February
2019-02-07 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Type Directors Club, 347 W 36th St Suite 603, New York, NY, 10018, United States
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 font is Type Crit?
Briefly: It’s a critique. Of letterforms. No grades. Plenty of wine.
Verbosely: Type Crit is a group critique of up to four, in-progress projects involving letterform design and/or usage. You can get, give, or simply listen to feedback—your pick! Discussion is moderated by a TypeThursdayNYC dialogue lead—we pride ourselves on fostering a friendly forum for constructive, thoughtful advice that’ll raise the baseline on your letterform game.
QUICK LINK: Sign up to present work for feedback at Type Crit here.
What’s the program for the evening?
6:00pm – 6:45pm: Check in & Socializing
6:50pm: Opening Statements | Introduction
7:00pm – 8:00pm: Type Critiques
8:00pm: Closing Comments | Outro
8:10pm – 8:45pm: Socializing & End of Event
FAQs
Who should go?
Anyone who loves letterforms. We always welcome a new (type)face.
Do I have to present?
Not at all! Some people come to network, some to learn and observe, and some to help give feedback. Your level of participation is up to you.
Why should I consider presenting at Type Crit?
You'll get free, friendly, fast feedback from fellow font fanatics
Type Crit presenters get free admission to the event
We shower presenters with love on our Twitter and Instagram pages.
Instagram: @typethursdaynyc
Twitter: @typethursdaynyc
What kinds of work can I show at Type Crit?
We accept any work involving the use or design of letterforms. Examples:
Logotype designs
Hand lettering
Calligraphy
Typeface designs
Print layouts that involve typesetting
UI designs that need hierarchical sharpening
… or make up a new genre of type-related work and blow our minds!
How do I submit work to Type Crit?
Upload files using TypeThursdayNYC's handy online form.
We'll display your work using a projector hooked up to a laptop.
I have more questions!
Email our organizer, Whitney Dobladillo: whitney.dobladillo@typethursday.org
Partners & Sponsors
TypeThursdayNYC is made possible by our generous sponsors
National Sponsor: Adobe Fonts
Event Host Partner: TDC | The Type Directors Club

The Right Kind of Wrong: Inside the Facebook Analog Research Lab
2019-02-06 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Type Directors Club, 347 W 36th St Suite 603, New York, NY, 10018, United States
You’ll see posters, printed matter and installation work of the Facebook Analog Research Lab and its Designer-in-Residence program established in 2016. Scott Boms will offer a rare view and chart the evolution of the values and mission of this unique organization — the what, the how, and most importantly, the why.
Scott will talk about how and why Facebook decided to put ideas, critical questions, and visual interventions into the spaces that people inhabit, and how these hand-crafted artworks are opening doors to new ways of looking at the world, finding community, inviting dialog, and creating positive friction that meaningfully affects people.
Scott Boms is a cross-disciplinary graphic designer and printmaker. As the global design lead at the Analog Research Lab, Facebook’s in-house design and art making studio, he is responsible for creating and guiding projects that ask questions, intersect social values, and provoke important questions with the aim to open minds to new ideas and perspectives.
The evening will feature a panel discussion featuring Facebook’s past Designers in Residence: Elana Schlenker, Kaye Blegvad, Eddie Perrote, and Luiza Dale.
Website: http://scottboms.com
Instagram: @scottboms
Twitter: @scottboms
Facebook: @scottboms
Facebook Analog Research Lab:
Instagram: @analoglab
Facebook: @analoglab

NYC Print Exhibition: Connection, Community & Values -- Inside the Facebook Analog Research Lab
2019-02-06 09:00 - 2019-03-29 16:00 (America/New_York) | Type Directors Club, 347 W 36th St Suite 603, New York, NY, 10018, United States
You’ll see posters and printed matter of the Facebook Analog Research Lab and its Designer-in-Residence program, which was established in 2016, to put ideas, critical questions, and visual interventions into the spaces that people inhabit.
See how these hand-crafted artworks are opening doors to new ways of looking at the world, finding community, inviting dialog, and creating positive friction that meaningfully affects people. The works ask questions, intersect social values, and provoke important questions with the aim to open minds to new ideas and perspectives.
The show features work by Facebook’s Artists in Residence, including Elana Schlenker, Kaye Blegvad, Eddie Perrote, Luiza Dale, and others. The show is curated by Scott Boms, a cross-disciplinary graphic designer and printmaker, who serves as the global design lead at the Analog Research Lab, Facebook’s in-house design and art making studio.
The exhibition is free and open to the public Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm by appointment only. Call 212-633-8943 or email director@tdc.org for an appointment.
Facebook Analog Research Lab:
Instagram: @analoglab
Facebook: @analoglab
Website: http://scottboms.com
Instagram: @scottboms
Twitter: @scottboms
Facebook: @scottboms

Arabic Lettering Workshop | Episode 12: New York, New York
2019-02-02 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Type Directors Club, 347 W 36th St Suite 603, New York, NY, 10018, United States
ALW is a series of workshops about Arabic lettering. Every episode takes on a different theme. This episode at TDC will explore the vernacular aesthetics of New York. The participants will select important public signs from New York and will proceed to create the Arabic counterpart. No previous experience in Arabic lettering is necessary, and beginners are welcomed to join in this day of drawing, design, and cultural exchange! Through the process, the participants will learn about the main parameters that define the Arabic script and letterforms and play around with them to see the different results that can be generated.
Kristyan Sarkis is a graphic and type designer. He is the co-founder and managing partner of TPTQ Arabic type foundry and the co-founder of Arabic Type Design - Beirut, the first educational program dedicated to the subject. His work received multiple awards including the TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence in 2011, 2012, 2016, and 2017.
Wael Morcos is a graphic designer and type designer and a partner at the Brooklyn based studio Morcos Key. He is from Beirut Lebanon and received his MFA from RISD in 2013. Wael has been featured in Print Magazine’s 15 under 30, was named a Young Gun by the Art Directors Club and an Ascender by the Type Directors Club.
See more of Kristyan's work here:
Instagram: @KristyanSarkis
Instagram: @TPTQArabic
Twitter: @TPTQArabic
Facebook: @TPTQArabic
See more of Wael's work here:
Instagram: @waelmorcos
Instagram: @morcoskey
Twitter: @morcoskey
Facebook: @MorcosKey

Wael Morcos in his Brooklyn studio, Morcos Key.

Type ThursdayNYC @ Wix Playground
2019-01-19 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Wix Playground, 235 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY, 10011, United States
TypeThursdayNYC is a monthly gathering of type geeks, this month held at Wix Playground. 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 font is Type Crit‽
Briefly: It’s a critique. Of letterforms. No grades. Plenty of wine.
Verbosely: Type Crit is a group critique of up to four, in-progress projects involving letterform design and/or usage. You can get, give, or simply listen to feedback—your pick! Discussion is moderated by a TypeThursdayNYC dialogue lead—we pride ourselves on fostering a friendly forum for constructive, thoughtful advice that’ll raise the baseline on your letterform game.
QUICK LINK: Sign up to present work for feedback at Type Crit
What’s the program for the evening?
6:00pm – 6:45pm: Check in & Socializing
6:50pm: Opening Statements | Introduction
7:00pm – 8:00pm: Type Critiques
8:00pm: Closing Comments | Outro
8:10pm – 9:00pm: Socializing & End of Event
Wix Playground is a space for all designers to experiment, to collaborate and to find inspiration. During the summer Wix Design Playground offers 40 students a chance to learn high-level web design from leading designers and professionals in a creative environment. Wix Playground Presents takes over the rest of the year with curated design events, workshops and hackathons for the local design community in NYC.

Viktor Koen Exhibition: Phenotypes
2018-11-15 09:00 - 2019-01-31 16:00 (America/New_York) | Type Directors Club, 347 W 36th St Suite 603, New York, NY, 10018, United States
This exhibition explores the cross-section between typography and illustration, and features Viktor's steam-punkphabet works, his Sciphabet, the Artphabet designed for School of the Visual Arts, and many more inspirational creations.
The exhibition is free and open to the public Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm by appointment only. Call 212-633-8943 or email director@tdc.org for an appointment.
Viktor Koen is a regular contributor to national and international publications. His prints are exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide. Clients include The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Nature, The Economist, TIME, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, Fortune, Penguin Random House, TOR, Doubleday and Harper Collins.
Viktor serves on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts at both graduate and undergraduate levels, and is SVA's director of the Illustration Residency Program.
See photographs of the installation at Type Directors Club on our Flickr site here.
