Event categories: Third-party event
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Reading type specimens from Cicero to Spoonie Highdiddel Ladies’ Cicerone with Paul Shaw
Date: 11 June 2024More info Most designers—and before them, printers—have looked at type specimen books. They have looked at typefaces to see how beautiful (or ugly) their letters are. And they have looked at typefaces set in a mass to see how legible they are. But they have not read type specimen books. They have not read the words,…
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Living with TYPE with Ellen Lupton
Date: 14 March 2024More info Does autospacing make your tummy hurt? Does Papyrus make your eyes roll? Once exposed to the art of typography, many individuals never recover. Ellen Lupton will share stories about people who learned to live with type and lead productive, possibly happy lives. Meet Type Mom (Ellen’s beloved alter ego), and…
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Clerkenwell Design Week 2025
Start date: 20 May 2024End date: 22 May 2024More info During CDW, new design projects, street spectacles and temporary installations feature prominently around Clerkenwell. They are created to challenge visitors’ perception of design application, as well as to inspire and entertain. CDW exhibition venues showcase a curated mix of leading brands and emerging talent covering furniture,…
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2023 AHI Awards webinar
Date: 23 January 2024More info A free webinar showcasing the winners of the 2023 AHI Engaging People Awards. Learn the secrets behind their success. Changes in a Lifetime: Climate Cafés at Stromness Museum, Orkney Natural History Society Museum – Community conversations about changes in people’s lives that could be attributed to climate change, inspired by the museum…
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UCL Bartlett School: Human-centric lighting principles and soundscape design for enhanced environments
Date: 22 January 2024More info This presentation will share the latest scientific evidence of the dynamic intersection between the visual and non-visual pathways and the critical role of light in modulating sleep, mood and metabolism. We will review recent examples of the applications of these principles to healthcare, educational and workplace settings. Finally, we will…
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Letterform Archive: Typographic Jazz – the monoprints of Jack Stauffacher
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Interchange 2024
Start date: 27 February 2024End date: 28 February 2024More info Join OS at @InterchangeUK this February and take part in our roundtable where we will discuss how location intelligence could improve operational efficiency for the transport ecosystem.
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Winning type: elevating design expression with type
Date: 16 January 2024More info Join us for an evening of networking and delving into emerging trends in Typography in 2024. Type is one of the most important communication tools, yet widely misrepresented and misunderstood. D&AD will host a panel of industry experts representing Typography, Type Design & Lettering, Graphic Design, and Magazine & Newspaper…
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AIA UK/RIBA keynote lecture 2023 by Thom Mayne of Morphosis
Date: 30 January 2024More info Join us for the rescheduled annual lecture, jointly hosted by the American Institute of Architects UK (AIA) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), featuring Morphosis, an interdisciplinary practice involved in design and research that yields innovative, iconic buildings and urban environments.
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Die Neue Sammlung: Paula Scher – ‘Type is Image’
Start date: 23 June 2023End date: 22 September 2024More info Paula Scher has been a pioneering force in graphic design for over five decades. She began her career as an art director in the 1970s and early 1980s, when her eclectic approach to typography became highly influential. In 1991 she became a partner in the…