Archives: Events
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Letters for letters
Date: 4 June 2025More info When commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation, Woodstock, Hip Hop, or the Solar System, what typography or lettering should one use? Antonio Alcalá, art director for the USPS Stamp Development program, will discuss choices he made for these and other contemporary stamps. [Tickets cost $49.87 including the booking fee. Buy your ticket(s).]
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Herb Lubalin Lecture: Clara Istlerová: A Life Among Letters with Anežka Minaříková
Start date: 14 July 2025End date: 15 July 2025More info Join us for a talk by Anežka Minaříková on the making of Clara Istlerová: A Life Among Letters (Inventory Press, 2025), the first English-language publication dedicated to Czech graphic designer Clara Istlerová (b. 1944). A pioneering figure in Czech graphic design, Istlerová is celebrated for her distinctive…
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Highgate Cemetery: Stonemasonry workshop
Date: 13 September 2025More info Try your hand (or hone your skills) at carving stone. All materials and tools supplied – and you can take your stone home with you. Carve your own design into a slab of stone, under the guidance of the amazingly talented Neil Luxton (creator of many wonderful monuments and headstones…
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Commoning accessibility: Exploring access as a collective
Date: 4 June 2025More info This research seminar, hosted by the Urban Mobility Research Cluster at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL, features a presentation by Prof. Enrica Papa (University of Westminster) on the concept of commoning accessibility, a novel approach that redefines accessibility not as an individual condition or a technical outcome, but as…
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62nd International Making Cities Livable Conference
Start date: 15 October 2025End date: 18 October 2025More info Research and debate on our common urban and architectural future. Among other pressing topics, the conference will critically examine the long-standing prohibition of “revival” architectures and their patterns, and their continued replacement with aggressively “modern” buildings and cities. What have been the consequences of the…
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LSE Festival 2025: Green, just, and healthy: what do young Londoners want for the future of their neighbourhoods?
Date: 18 June 2025More info At a time of eco-anxiety, climate scepticism, and widespread disillusionment with formal political institutions, how do diverse young Londoners connect with climate politics at a local level? How do they imagine the future of their neighbourhoods, and how can their visions and values be brought to the heart of London’s…
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Congress for New Urbanism 33
Start date: 11 June 2025End date: 14 June 2025More info Examining the Resilience of a Region CNU 33 will allow attendees to examine how New England has adapted, explore the values of interdependence and community, and establish a hopeful vision for the future based on the power of New Urbanist solutions. The region is home…
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Webinar: SignAgent Mobile
Date: 28 May 2025More info Join us for a webinar as we introduce the new and improved SignAgent Mobile, now available for both iOS and Android devices! Prepare to forget about the clipboard and spreadsheets, because this all-in-one field app makes signage and wayfinding field work faster, easier, and more accurate than ever. SignAgent’s Alex Keen (Director,…
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TypeParis: Now 2025
Date: 31 May 2025More info Now25 is the annual conference in Paris that brings together art directors, graphic designers, type designers, all passionate about good design and quality typography. [The Type Directors Club annual exhibit in Paris is open during the Now25 conference.] Our international speakers for Now25 will represent various spheres of the graphic…
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Healthy City Design Congress 2025
Start date: 14 October 2025End date: 15 October 2025More info The 9th Healthy City Design 2025 (HCD 2025) International Congress, Awards & Exhibition is a global forum for the exchange of knowledge on the research, policy, practice and investment in designing healthy and sustainable cities and communities. The Congress is at the forefront of new knowledge…