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Last Days of Early Bird Registration for ISType 2013 “Stroke”
Like I mentioned in my last post I attended/spoke at my share of conferences these past few weeks, yet the fun is not over yet. Last year I complained that the Istanbul Type Seminars did their very best to make me regret not attending by posting their video impressions on Vimeo. I added I definitely [...]
Read moreTYPO Berlin Goes East
In two days Europe’s biggest annual design conference reaches adulthood when TYPO Berlin celebrates its 18th anniversary. “Touch” opens on Thursday, May 16 at 2 PM with a keynote by the formidable Ken Garland, star of the most recent edition of TYPO London. This year TYPO has taken it upon itself to bring its audience [...]
Read moreKerning, A Promising New Typography Conference In Italy
I was a little disappointed I couldn’t attend the second edition of TYPO San Francisco after speaking there last year, but that doesn’t mean I won’t have my share of conferences before summer. And it starts in just two weeks when I will be talking at Kerning, the first international conference in Italy (and by [...]
Read moreTYPO San Francisco 2013 “Contrast” Live Streams Available For Viewing
With over 700 attendees, speakers and volunteers, the second edition of TYPO San Francisco “Contrast” was again a success. If you couldn’t make the conference or are already going through withdrawal, the videos of no less than five live streams are still available for viewing by the general public. Furthermore searching the #typo13 hashtag on [...]
Read moreTYPO SF 2013 “Contrast” Presents Type Track
This year TYPO SF adds a Type Track in the intimate, 100-seat YBCA Screening Room to its schedule.
Read moreLast Days of Reduced Rate for TYPO Berlin 2013 “Touch”
You can always count on the TYPO organisers to come up with fun surprise initiatives. Their Early Bird reduced rates were supposed to end on February 28. That is, until they realised this year is an important anniversary for the Berlin design conference (which now also has sister events in London and San Francisco). Its [...]
Read moreLast Chance to Save $100 Off Tickets for TYPO SF “Contrast”
The typography conference season starts again in one-and-a-half months when TYPO San Francisco, the first of the 2013 TYPO conferences takes place in the Yerba Buena Center of The Arts in San Francisco on April 11 and 12. The deadline for regular registration is fast approaching – you can save US$100 if you register before [...]
Read moreWebfontday 2012 This Saturday in München, Germany
I have added a very last-minute speaking commitment to my schedule. This Saturday, November 11, I will give a presentation about improving web typography in a few simple steps at Webfontday 2012, the one-day conference organised by the Typographische Gesellschaft München. The theme this year is “Type goes Interface”.
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