Archives: Events
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Realising the health co-benefits of the transition to net zero
Date: 8 October 2025More info As the urgency to reach net zero intensifies, so does the need to design environments that also protect and improve public health. The built environment has a critical role to play in delivering both. To mark its 60th anniversary, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering (IEDE) is convening leading…
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SEGD Vancouver Chapter | Typography and Place Webinar
Date: 28 August 2025More info Designing inclusive letterforms for wayfinding, exhibitions, and public spaces. Join SEGD Vancouver for an engaging webinar with Eleni Beveratou, Creative Director at Dalton Maag, as we explore typography design for the built environment. From wayfinding systems and public spaces to exhibition graphics and identity programs, typography shapes how we navigate,…
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Liveable Streets: Rethinking Urban Space with the Woonerf Concept
Date: 30 July 2025More info As cities across the world rethink their approach to public space, the concept of woonerf ( streets designed for people, not cars) offers a powerful vision for the future of urban life. But how do we actually design liveable streets? And what lessons can we draw from real-world experiments? In…
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World Design Congress: Programme deep-dive
Date: 6 August 2025More info For the first time in 59 years, the Design Council and World Design Organization (WDO) are bringing this global event to London. They’ll dive into design’s power to create a regenerative future, connecting with global leaders and learning cutting-edge strategies to design for planet. This hour-long webinar gives you the opportunity to get a…
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Letterform Archive: Collections Tour (Intro to the Archive)
Date: 22 August 2025More info Explore and interact with a curated selection of books, periodicals, posters, sketches, original art, and related ephemera that chronicle the history of written communications. From the invention of writing and medieval manuscripts to the advent of print and the proliferation of digital type, our collection illuminates humankind’s ongoing engagement with…
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A for Akshar: India Through Its Letterforms
Date: 7 August 2025More info Explore a facet of Letterform Archive’s vast collection with this online, docent-led tour. This is an online tour celebrating the visual and linguistic diversity of India through its rich typographic heritage. From palm leaf manuscripts and multilingual movie posters to vintage type specimens and everyday ephemera, the tour showcases how…
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Multicultural color & typography
Date: 31 July 2025More info Join us for a fun and interactive workshop! Fundamental Color Theory: Basics of color, color wheels, color harmonies (complementary, analogous, triadic, etc.), color psychology, and how colors interact. Multicultural Color: This is a key distinguishing factor. It suggests the class will delve into: Cultural meanings of colors: How different cultures perceive and use…
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Lettering Tour of Highgate Cemetery
Date: 24 July 2025More info There was no recording of this tour Example of headstone lettering on an old grave (for John Brown who died in 1861) in Highgate Cemetery The Sign Design Society secured an exclusive lettering tour of Highgate Cemetery. Stonemason Neil Luxton gave us a guided tour of the lettering in the cemetery. Neil conducts stonemasonry…
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New Mobility Congress (KNM) 2025
Start date: 23 September 2025End date: 25 September 2025More info The largest conference and EXPO dedicated to sustainable development in transport in Central and Eastern Europe. Join the leaders of the green transition for transport sector now! This is an industry dialogue at the highest substantive level and topics covering key issues and challenges facing…
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For a long time, there was type and there were pictures
Date: 22 July 2025More info Inscript is an all-online festival showcasing inspiring presentations at the overlap of typography and today’s evolving industries, including: artificial, augmented, and virtual realities, creative computing, font development, and innovative use of craft. In this talk, Inscript Collective member and event co-curator Ksenya Samarskaya will present glimpses from behind the scenes…