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There’s a TypeCon Brewing in Milwaukee
Brew Town. City of Festivals. German Athens. MKE. The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is pleased to announce that Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will be the host city for TypeCon2012. We are very excited to be working with folks at the historic Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum – in nearby Two Rivers, Wisconsin – on several...
Handmade Design, Now Online
The Handmade Design silent auction fundraiser is now online. Currently on display in the Collins C. Diboll Gallery at the Loyola University New Orleans, the exhibit features works donated by artists, printmakers, and designers including: Nancy Sharon Collins, Yvette Rutledge, John Downer, Ed Fella, Stephen Sidelinger, Daniela Marx, Richard Kegler, Michelle Melancon, Nancy Bernardo, Tom...
Talkin’ About My Generation
This video of Mehmet Gozetlik’s Type in 20 presentation Typography of the “Generation Y”, prior to “Generation Z” is now available for viewing on Vimeo. Please be aware that the audio is a bit muffled at times. This is due to the fact that it was recorded using the camera’s microphone, not directly off the...
Sketchy Catch Up
Have you missed some of the conference highlights over the past few days? Check out Carolyn Sewell’s almost daily recaps for UPPERCASE Magazine. In particular, #2, #3 & #4 are jam-packed full of delightful visual snippets.
SOTA Typography Award Honors Erik Spiekermann
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) has announced that architect, type designer, author, and educator Erik Spiekermann has been honored with the 2011 SOTA Typography Award. The presentation took place on Saturday, July 9th 2011, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans, as part of TypeCon2011. Spiekermann is widely known for his typefaces, of...
The Faces of “Surge”
We felt we should put faces to the folks who put the “surge” into this year’s TypeCon identity. Tom Varisco and Uyen “The Design” Vu from the eponymous Tom Varisco Designs will be hanging around the conference floor today and tomorrow. If you have a chance, say “hey!”
Going Long …
Because of the awesomeness which is the TypeCon program, this morning’s presentations have eaten into the lunch break. That means that this afternoon’s program will restart at 2:30 instead of 2:00, as previously scheduled. Thanks for understanding.
Program Update: Saturday
David Berlow is not able to be with us to give his Adventures in Letterdrawing for Crude Media, & Co presentation Saturday morning. Fortunately, one of David’s Font Bureau cohorts will be here to fill the gap. Nick Sherman will be presenting From Wood Type to Webtype: What Letters Made of Wood and Metal Can...
New Orleans Restaurant Guide
Over the past several years the TypeCon Restaurant Guide has been provided to our conference attendees for their noshing and libationary enjoyment. Download this year’s edition — graciously compiled by Melanie Innis — or dig through the seemingly bottomless pit of goodies bag schwag to get your handy portable version.
Type Crit Rules!
As mentioned in our previous post, the popular Type Crit will be celebrating its tenth anniversary in New Orleans. This year’s cast of critics – Matthew Carter, John Downer, Akira Kobayashi, and Ed Benguiat – would like to fill you in on a few of the guidelines for participation. Sign-up will be open Friday afternoon...
TypeCon Goes Mobile With SitBy.Us
Take your TypeCon schedule with you, wherever you go. For the second year running, we’ve partnered with the good folks at Weightshift to provide a mobile-optimized conference program using the SitBy.Us web app. SitBy.Us provides easy-to-use, platform independent scheduling designed to make attending events like TypeCon simpler and more social. Start using the TypeCon Mobile...
Jazz Jammin’ at TypeCon
If you’re a typophile with a musical bent, watch out for “The Beignets” — a randomly created Dixie/Blues duo providing an impromptu musical background during various TypeCon events. Feel like joining in? Bring your instrument along. Jim “Knuckles” Wasco (piano) and Steve “Fat Lip” Matteson (trumpet) would love to have you pull up a chair...
