• Ascenders: South Korea—Singapore—New Zealand

    Virtual (Link Provided Soon) Virtual, TBD

    Join Loris Olivier, Mark de Winne, and Anthony Hos for a conversation moderated by Actual Source’s Davis Ngarupe and JP Haynie

  • TDC Lettering Walk—Midwood and Bensonhurst

    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 […]

    $45.00
  • TDC68 Exhibition

    The Rose Auditorium at Cooper Union 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY, 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 […]

  • TDC Ascenders Opening Reception

    The One Club 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 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 […]

  • "Person Place Thing" with Steven Heller

    The One Club 450 W 31st St, Floor 6, New York, NY, 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, […]

  • Unknown Lower Manhattan | A TDC Lettering Walk

    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 […]

    $45.00
  • Type Drives Culture: Ezhishin

    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 […]

  • BranD Magazine Virtual Panel with Halle Kho

    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 […]

  • BranD Magazine Virtual Panel with Au Chon Hin and Li Zhiqian (in Mandarin Chinese)

    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 […]