Archives: Events
-
Lubalin Lecture Series: Small Performances (The Making of Baskerville’s Typeface)
Date: 17 November 2025More info The Baskerville typeface is familiar to billions of readers and users of standard computer software across the world. However, the story behind its creation by John Baskerville (1707-75) is much less widely known. This is in spite of the fact that he was England’s foremost printer, and what he called…
-
Lost Design | Purpose = Place | Art, Architecture & Our Built Environment
Date: 16 October 2025More info Featuring global scholars and practitioners in art and architecture sharing insights on how creative inquiry shapes our built environment. A virtual panel and exhibition that explores how art, architecture, and the built environment shape identity, belonging, and the human experience. Conceived in response to students and emerging architects seeking new…
-
Made By All: Building a Career in Placemaking
Date: 23 October 2025More info Learn how to take your passion from public space into a profession, featuring placemaking practitioners in various stages of their career! Fifty years ago, the founders of Project for Public Spaces invented a new kind of work, driven by the belief that public spaces should be designed by the people…
-
UCL Lunchtime Lecture: The Library of Lost Maps
Date: 11 November 2025More info This lecture shares the remarkable story of an overlooked map archive that reveals how maps have helped inspire some of the greatest scientific discoveries, but also led to terrible atrocities. At the heart of University College London, nestled in the centre of Bloomsbury, lies a long-forgotten map library packed with…
-
Utopian Hours 2025
Start date: 17 October 2025End date: 19 October 2025More info Utopian Hours returns to Turin as Europe’s leading festival dedicated to city making and urban innovation. Three days packed with inspiration: masterclasses, talks, workshops, roundtables, and exhibitions. Recipes and case studies from around the world show how urban (and social) innovation happens — and how the…
-
Celebrate Irish Design Week 2025 with Anthony Burrill at the National Print Museum
Date: 20 November 2025More info Join us for a special evening with internationally acclaimed graphic artist Anthony Burrill. Anthony Burrill is renowned for his ability to distill ideas into simple yet striking forms. Combining analogue craft with bold, optimistic messages, his work communicates with clarity and impact. Burrill frequently collaborates with forward-thinking practitioners across music, architecture, curation, education, and…
-
TypoCircle Presents: Harriet Richardson – What Did You Just Say to Me?
Date: 30 October 2025More info Yeah, type is cool but have you ever typed something that truly represented you as a living, creative soul on this godforsaken lump of rock? Harriet Richardson is a London-based artist and writer whose practice spans performance, photography, and diaristic storytelling. Her work often begins with the handwritten (or hand…
-
Loveable Places, Thriving Communities: A Regenerative Placemaking Masterclass, (Tasmania)
Date: 14 November 2025More info Ethan Kent, Gilbert Rochecouste and Emma Hall, some of the world’s leading placemaking leaders, invite you to an inspiring, transformative and practical masterclass. This day will explore the next evolution of placemaking, helping you to create loveable and thriving places for all. Regenerative Placemaking provides a new approach to transforming…
-
Healthy Placemaking Workshop
Date: 18 November 2025More info A workshop exploring what healthy placemaking means in the UK in the context of the Healthy Hospitals KTP a partnership between LMU and NUH. This impact-focused workshop will bring together researchers, designers, clinicians, and policymakers to explore how our urban environments, particularly in healthcare, shape experiences of care , and…
-
Type Tourist, City Signs
Date: 27 October 2025More info Type Tourist with David Quay explores the rich heritage of urban and vernacular signs and lettering in our cities and towns. [This event is free-of-charge, but please register to attend.]