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.
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 […]
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 […]
The judges deliberated. The winners, declared. Now join us as we officially award and celebrate this year’s batch of Ascenders in NYC!
Get Tickets 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]