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.
Most of the Typographics festival will take place at The Cooper Union, in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
Speakers
The core of the Typographics festival is a two-day conference featuring the following presenters:
Hilary Greenbaum
Whitney Museum of American Art
“It’s not Helvetica, and other facts about designing for the Whitney”
Hansje van Halem
“Trial and Error”
Shiva Nallaperumal
“Typographic Labyrinth”
Helen Yentus
Riverhead Books
“Type first: The rebirth of big type and lettering in contemporary book cover design”
Ken Barber
House Industries, Type & Lettering
“Fried Eggs & Flourishes: American Advertising Lettering of the Mid‑20th Century”
Annik Troxler
“Developing Type & Image for Poster Design”
Lara Captan
“Arabic Type Design – Beirut: The Story”
Jonathan Key
“Designing to Amplify”
