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TypeCon2009: Rhythm
July 14-19, 2009
Grand Hyatt Atlanta at Buckhead
Atlanta, Georgia
presented by The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA)
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) will present its fourth Type and Design Education Forum as part of TypeCon2009. This special program will be held on Thursday, July 16, at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead. The forum will be devoted to addressing issues faced by type educators and the institutions they represent. The program will feature assignment presentations, experiential workshops, a distinguished panel (for a lively) Q&A exchange, as well as breakout sessions dedicated to the open exchange of ideas and experiences.
We are looking for presenters in the following areas:
Assignment Presentations
15-minute presentations of effective and stimulating assignments that generate a passion for type:
- Basic skill sets/foundations of type/typography
- Basic lettering/letterform design
- Type history/typographic history
- Experimentation with type
- Interactive/new media
Workshops
One-and-a-half to two-hour experiential workshops devoted to exploring one type-related class exercise or project. Attendees will participate in the execution of the project, to be followed by a discussion on how to present the project effectively, its use as a teaching tool, the approach and language for critiquing, etc. The exercise or project can be of varying levels (beginning, intermediate, or advanced).
Breakout Sessions
There will be a general session consisting of small breakout discussions. We are looking for people to facilitate discussions on the following topics:
- Curriculum development for schools with 1–2 type classes
- Curriculum development for design programs with 3–4 type classes
- Teaching type/typography basics
- Teaching letterform design
- Strategies for more effective critiques
- Experimentation in typography
- Type in motion
- Interactive/web type
- Multi-lingual typography
Submissions
Proposals should contain your biography/resume/CV, your area(s) of interest/specialty, a description of your proposed presentation, workshop, and/or breakout session, and a statement about why you’d like to participate. For presentation and workshop proposals, you should include 2 to 3 images of student work that has resulted from the proposed assignment. Please include a speaking reference if you have not previously presented at a TypeCon event.
Please send all submissions to Ilene Strizver and Nancy Rorabaugh, SOTA Education Committee chairs, at education [at] typecon.com. Deadline for submissions is February 27, 2009.
TypeCon2009 is the annual conference of SOTA, an international non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type design, typography, and the related arts. For information about TypeCon, visit http://www.typecon.com. For more information about SOTA, please visit the website at http://www.typesociety.org.
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