Typeface design is about drawing and spacing beautiful letters, which is not as straightforward if you are making one for a script you haven't grown up with. In this talk, Toshi discusses the ways to approach a new writing system without committing yourself to a university degree. Toshi Omagari is an independent typeface designer in […]
Isometric Studio partners Andy Chen and Waqas Jawaid will share their recent work at the intersection of typography, architecture, and social justice. This includes brand identities and exhibition design projects for major educational and cultural clients including Google, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Center for Reproductive Rights, and the Museum of the City of New […]
About the Event The One Club for Creativity has launched a brand new entry system for the TDC Communication and Type Design Competitions, and we'd love to share the new features with you. UPCOMING SESSIONS: October 27th at 9am ET (1pm GMT) October 27th at 5pm ET (9pm GMT) During this 1-hour live session with the TDC and One Club Team, you'll […]
About the Event Briar Levit and Anne Galperin will tell the stories of Ellen Raskin and Betti Broadwater Haft, two New York-based contemporaries: one an illustrator turned book designer, turned author and the other, a multidisciplinary designer who was one of the rare women to design a typeface for Photo-lettering Inc. These are just two […]
ABOUT THE EVENT: Meet some of the 25TDC Typeface Design Jury moderated by Nadine Chahine, Committee Co-Chair. This year marks the expansion of TDC’s Typeface Design Competition with 3 extra categories added for Arabic, Indic, and CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) scripts. Each of these categories has 3 judges known for their expertise in that […]
MEMBERS-ONLY BACKSTAGE PASS: TDC Members have the opportunity to join our panelists for a conversation after the panel. Email [email protected] for a code to reveal Members-Only Tickets. ABOUT THE EVENT: Meet the TDC68 Communication Design Jury moderated by Manija Emran and Joe Newton, Committee Chairs. At this event, the judges of the Type Directors Club’s 68th Communication Design competition will […]
MEMBERS-ONLY BACKSTAGE PASS: TDC Members have the opportunity to join our panelists for a conversation after the panel. Email [email protected] for a code to reveal Members-Only Tickets. ABOUT THE EVENT: Meet the second half of the 25TDC Typeface Design Jury moderated by Ksenya Samarskaya, Committee Co-Chair. At this event, the judges of the Type Directors Club’s 25th Typeface […]
ABOUT THE EVENT: Even when trapped behind our computer screens, typography behaves as if it were physical: it stretches, it compresses, it thickens, it thins, and animates. In this workshop, Kelcey Gray will guide participants in using paper, pencil, and scissors to draw type and build folded paper structures that will serve as scaffolding for […]
TypeType CEO Alexander Kudryavstev and Art Director Yulia Gonina will reveal they grew their type foundry and how you might grow yours too. ABOUT THE EVENT: Congratulations! You’ve finally put in the courage and conviction to start your own studio! Now you just have to hold on for dear life to make sure it all […]
Online at typedrivesculture.com on March 4th (12pm to 5pm ET) and 5th (9am to 2pm ET). General Admission is $100 ($85 for Members) and Student Admission is $50 ($45 for Members) The Type Directors Club (TDC) is pleased to present the 2022 Edition of Type Drives Culture, an international conference that will explore the ways […]