TDC69 Lettering Judges — Virtual
2023-01-26 11:00 - 12:20 (America/New_York) | 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.

NOT A MEMBER YET? JOIN TODAY!

As a member you’ll receive a host of other benefits including discounted event access, social features, leadership opportunities, members-only content and events, free admission to over 1,000 museums in North America, and so much more!
Join today: Type Directors Club Membership

QUESTIONS?
Contact taziah@oneclub.org

Available tickets:
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

QUESTIONS?
Contact carol@oneclub.org

TDC70 Exhibition
2024-05-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Location05, 450 West 31st Street Floor 7, New York, NY, 10001
This is the milestone 70th year of the Type Directors Club’s annual competition, and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate its winners than with a breathtaking exhibition! Join us on Tuesday, May 14, for a reception where not only the very best of type and lettering will be on display, but this year’s Best of Discipline winners and Judges' Choice selections will finally be revealed.

TDC Lettering Walk
2024-05-16 10:30 - 14:00 | New York City, New York City, NY, United States
New York is one of the most fascinating cities in the world, and a casual stroll through any of its famous locales is sure to be a typographic journey, by way of its architecture and signage.
On Thursday, May 16, slip into some comfortable shoes and join us as designer, calligrapher, and historian Paul Shaw returns to lead us on one of his renowned TDC Lettering Walks. This year, we will be headed down the spine of Manhattan, along Broadway from City Hall all the way to the Battery! Along the way we will check out sites such as the Sun Building, St. Paul's Chapel, Trinity Church, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Brooklyn/Battery Tunnel, the Cunard Building, and the Municipal Ferry Terminal. For those so inclined, we’ll even hop aboard the Staten Island Ferry for lunch in the neighborhood of St. George, where a breathtaking view of Manhattan is always on the menu.

New York City
Thursday, May 16
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
SOLD OUT

TDC Book Night is BACK!!
2024-06-12 18:00 - 20:30 | The One Club, 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Designing books and book jackets is one of the most rewarding and admired jobs available.
But 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.
Three 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.
How 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.
An 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.
Please note that this is an IN-PERSON event and will not be streamed.
So 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.
First come first serve due to limited seating.
Tickets will sell out, so get yours NOW!
In partnership with A2A.
TDC Member/Student prices available for $10/ticket, contact carol@oneclub.org to receive the discount code.

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PANELISTS
Maria Elias
Senior Art Director of Rise x Penguin Workshop a part of Penguin Young Readers
Raised 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.
Chris Sergio
Vice President, Group Creative Director, HOLT / Macmillan Publishing
Prior 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.
Albert Tang
Vice President, Creative Director, Grand Central Publishing / Hachette Book Group U.S.A.
Albert 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.

Typographics 2024
2024-06-14 - 2024-06-15 | The Cooper Union Gallery 41, 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY, 10003, United States
The 2024 Typographics Conference is on June 14 & 15. This will be the 10th year of the Festival hosted at The Cooper Union in NYC. Early bird tickets are available until April 30. Discounts are also available for groups, educators, and students.
Speakers include M/M (Paris), Andrea Trabucco-Campos, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Osmond Tshuma, Gen Ramírez, Luiza Dale, Authentic, Jingqi Fan, Chris Lee, Kyle Letendre, Sanchit Sawaria, Tala Safié, Vera van de Seyp, Zoë Pulley, Rozi Zhu
and Min Lew.
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Ascenders 2024 Award Ceremony & Reception
2024-08-14 | The One Club, 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10001, United States
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.
Each Ascenders applicant is reviewed by a panel of top industry professionals, who hand-select entries decided through multiple rounds of group voting and discussions.
Join 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.
SCHEDULE

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

*Light food and drink provided
TICKETS

Non-Members: $20*
Students & Members: $10* (use the code received via email to register or reach out to tdc@oneclub.org)

*plus Eventbrite fees
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The One Club For Creativity
450 W 31st St
New York, NY 10001

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Person Place Thing with Juan Carlos Pagan (Free w/ RSVP)
2024-10-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual, Virtual
Join us as Person Place Thing host Randy Cohen interviews award-winning Juan Carlos Pagan in a live recording of the popular public radio series from the Type Directors Club.
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

Juan Carlos Pagan is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, and typographer from New York. Juan has created work for clients including NPR, Pinterest, Cîroc, Under Amour, Nike, Google, Apple, Disney, New York Lottery, Jump Bikes, and Youtube. He has also designed cover art for publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stones Magazine, and Variety Magazine. Juan has been recognized for his work by The Type Directors Club, The Art Directors Club, The One Show, Communication Arts, Graphis, Cannes Lions, Clios, D&AD, AICP, 4A’s, AdColor, and Print Magazine amongst others.
In 2013 Juan received The Art Directors Club Young Gun Award, which recognizes vanguard creatives under the age of 30. That same year he was nominated for Print Magazines New Visual Artist 20 Under 30, and was named at the top of Adweek‘s Talent 100. In 2018 Juan received the Type Directors Club Ascenders Award, which recognizes designers who are 35 years of age and under for their remarkable achievement in design and typography. In 2017 Juan co-founded Sunday Afternoon, a hybrid design studio & artist management agency.
Juan holds BFA from Parsons School of Design, and completed his postgraduate studies in typeface design at The Cooper Union.

Randy Cohen’s first professional work was writing humor pieces, essays, and stories for newspapers and magazines (The New Yorker, Harpers, the Atlantic, Young Love Comics). His first television work was writing for "Late Night With David Letterman" for which he won three Emmy awards.
His fourth Emmy was for his work on Michael Moore’s "TV Nation." He received a fifth Emmy as a result of a clerical error, and he kept it. For twelve years he wrote "The Ethicist," a weekly column for the New York Times Magazine. He is currently the creator and host of Person Place Thing, a public radio program.
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David Carson: The Rules of Grafik Design
2024-10-23 18:30 - 20:30 | The One Club, 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10001, United States
David Carson debuts "The Rules of Grafik Design & Creativity ''; an insightful look into his creativity and unique eye.
Dive into the world of visual storytelling with one of the most influential designers of our time. Join us for an exclusive lecture with David Carson, the iconic graphic designer renowned for his groundbreaking work and unconventional approach to design. From his early work with *Ray Gun* magazine to his more recent projects with Macallan Whiskey & Stussy, Carson has consistently challenged the norms and expanded the boundaries of visual communication.
The AIGA Gold Medal recipient will also be debuting an unreleased book titled "The Rules of Grafik Design & Creativity '' that was originally put together in 2009. This book is an insightful look into his creativity and unique eye.
Whether you're an aspiring designer, a seasoned professional, or simply a design enthusiast, this lecture offers valuable perspectives and inspiration from a true pioneer in the field. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a legend and explore the dynamic interplay between tradition and innovation in graphic design.

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Brent David Freaney Reflects On His Design Work on Charli XCX's 'brat'
2024-10-30 18:00 - 21:00 | The One Club, 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10001, United States
It is rare for designers to achieve such global recognition that they transcend their original function, leading to a celebration of form that becomes a pop culture phenomenon.
You’ve witnessed it. It’s everywhere.
TDC presents an in-person event with Brent David Freaney, founder of Special Offer, Inc., where he’ll discuss type design, large-scale systems, his work on Charli XCX’s album “brat,” and what it truly means to be a professional designer, followed by a live Q&A.
SPECIAL OFFER, Inc. is an award—winning creative tech company committed to the growth of subculture through design.
Brent David Freaney on instagram @spamriskmissedcall
Special Offer, inc on instagram - @specialoffer.inc
Website - SPECIALOFFER.inc
Admission
$20 - General Admission
$10 - Members & Students
Due to capacity, limited seating is available. Purchasing tickets ahead of this event is recommended.
PURCHASE TICKETS
Due to capacity, limited seating is available. Purchasing tickets ahead of this event is recommended.
Additional work below.

Charli XCX - 'brat' + Charli XCX Troy Sivan SWEAT Tour

TDC Lettering Walk w/ Paul Shaw
2024-11-10 11:00 - 17:00 | NY
Join Paul Shaw on Sunday, November 10 for one of his legendary lettering walks. Paul has been leading lettering walks in New York since 2005. He has also conducted them in 18 American and Canadian cities as well as in several cities in Italy. These walks are aimed at getting designers and others away from their computers, smart phones, and digital fonts to see letterforms in the wild: letters carved into stone, cast in metal, carved out of wood, molded in plastic, spray-painted, scrawled with a marker, written with paint and a brush, fabricated in neon, and more. Each TDC lettering walk is unique, though some may include neighborhoods from previous walks. This time the walk will focus on the East Side of Manhattan between Union Square and Grand Central Terminal.
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.

A Virtual Discussion with Shine's Michael Riley (Free w/ RSVP)
2024-11-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual, Virtual
A good concept has always been at the center of design. But in 2024, with the explosion of design in motion, designers are increasingly stepping into the role of storyteller. Join us at for a virtual presentation at the TDC to hear one designer’s approach. Michael Riley from Shine in Los Angeles will share his design work in streaming and film. Spoiler alert: the answers are often in the script.
