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Abril Wins Gold Medal at European Design Awards 2012
Last month, on Saturday, May 26th, the European Design Awards 2012 Ceremony was held in Helsinki in the 80-year old movie theatre Bio Rex, widely regarded as a landmark of Finnish architecture. The best designers from all corners of the continent gathered to recognise and reward their achievements of the previous year. Gold and silver [...]
Read moreLast Week of Early Bird Registration for TypeCon2012 MKE Shift
The next American event devoted to all things typographic is TypeCon2012 MKE Shift. The conference presented by SOTA –&nbso;short for Society of Typographic Aficionados – takes place in the InterContinental Milwaukee. From July 31st through August 5th, dozens of the brightest names in type and design will share their knowledge and skills, exploring topics such as: [...]
Read moreSecond Edition Of Ampersand Web Typography Conference
Ampersand will be a fabulous day of nitty gritty details from experts in font design & development, typesetting & font usage, browser implementations and web design.
Read moreFree Typography Symposium 33pt In Dortmund
Registration for the free one-day typography symposium 33pt. Voices on Typography has opened.
Read moreLearn From The Masters At TDC’s Type Masters Week NYC
Type Masters Week 2012 is the second edition of TDC’s series of workshops and evening lectures, by Gail Anderson, David Berlow and Underware’s Bas Jacobs.
Read moreTwo More TYPO Berlin “Sustain” Talks Online
The presentations by Lars Müller and Martin Lorenz & Lupi Asensio (TwoPoints.net) were added to the TYPO Video Portal.
Read moreFive TYPO Berlin “Sustain” Talks Online
The presentations by Bernd Kolb, Daniel van der Velden, Kirsten Dietz, Nat Hunter and Matthew Butterick were added to the TYPO Video Portal.
Read moreMota Italic Gallery Celebrates First Anniversary With Pre-TYPO Berlin Party
Celebrate the first anniversary of the Mota Italic Gallery at the +1 Year & TYPO Berlin Party.
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