Typogr
June 2017
Typographics is a design festival for people who use type. The event series takes place June 12–22, 2017, and is devoted to contemporary typography, with talks, workshops, and tours focusing on where typography is today and where its future may lie. It will be held at The Cooper Union in New York City.
Conference: June 16–17
The highlight of Typographics is a two-day conference centered on the contemporary use of type. Registration is open to the public.
Workshops & Tours: June 12–22
Workshops and tours are being scheduled around the conference, covering everything from hand lettering to responsive typography.
TypeLab: June 15–18
The TypeLab at Typographics 2017 will host a series of technical but informal hands-on workshops, demos, interviews, and experiments.
Book Fair: June 17–18
The Typographics Book Fair, now in its second year, will feature items for sale from some of our favorite design booksellers.
And much more …
Further programming will be announced over the coming weeks, but registration is already open. For news and updates, join our mailing list and follow @TypographicsNYC on Twitter.
Speakers
The core of the Typographics festival is a two-day conference featuring the following presenters:
Helen Yentus
Riverhead Books
“Type first: The rebirth of big type and lettering in contemporary book cover design”
Hansje van Halem
Hilary Greenbaum
Whitney Museum of American Art
“It’s not Helvetica, and other facts about designing for the Whitney”
Lara Captan
Annik Troxler
Jonathan Key
Shiva Nallaperumal
Ken Barber
House Industries, Type & Lettering
“Fried Eggs & Flourishes: American Advertising Lettering of the Mid‑20th Century”
Register
Registration is now open for the main Typographics conference, with educational and bundle discounts available.
This event has ended.
Registration is no longer available.
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