TypeCon2004: Type High
July 21-25, 2004
San Francisco, California USA
500 attendees took a fantastic voyage through the now and then of type, design, and all things relative. Our guides on this journey included Ed Benguiat, Roger Black, Matthew Carter, John Downer, Emory Douglas, David Lance Goines, Shelley Gruendler, Michael Harvey, House Industries, Max Kisman, Victor Moscoso, Jim Parkinson, Dan X. Solo, Erik Spiekermann, Sumner Stone, Ilene Strizver, Underware, and other fine minds.
TypeCon2004 offered a rich mix of contemporary and historical programming. More than 20 optional workshops covered everything from letterpress printing, showcard lettering, Asian calligraphy, and Renaissance handwriting to digital font production, type for mobile devices, and expert typography. Underware taught us to Shut Up and Listen, and Typophile unveiled the grace and chaos of type in motion at their first annual film festival.
The main program explored San Francisco's rock art culture of the 60s-70s, and the amazing film titles of that era; British, Dutch, Latin American, Asian, and African American type, design, and lettering; deconstructed and experimental typography; custom type; type and design education; and much more.
TypeCon2004 attendees were treated to an array of exhibits in the SOTA TypeGallery, which will travel to other venues internationally. Video highlights of the conference will be available on the web soon!
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NEWS UPDATES
08.09.04: TypeCon2005 bites the Big Apple.
Mark your calendars for July 20-24, 2005 as TypeCon heads back east for a big show this summer. TypeCon2005 will be co-presented with the Type Directors Club, and will be hosted by the oldest design school in the United States, Parsons School of Design. We are excited about holding TypeCon in another wonderful new city, and look forward to seeing you all there! Stay tuned for more details.
08.10.04: What happened at TypeCon2004?
A thread on Typophile leads to links of photos from TypeCon2004.
07.27.04: A heartfelt thanks from all of us at SOTA and TypeCon.
Thanks to all of you who helped maked TypeCon possible! To all of you who came to the show and walked away with a smile and new-found inspiration (and new friends), we thank you, too. Please join us in thanking and supporting our speakers, sponsors, partners, auction donors, and the best volunteer team in the world. Post your own experiences and links to photographs on the forums at Typophile and on Typographica!
07.19.04: Shut Up and Listen! We got the message, loud and clear.
The Underware workshop, Shut Up and Listen, was a great success. This intensive week-long workshop was held at CCA July 12-17, and the results were amazing. Check out more details on Shut Up and Listen and other Underware workshops.
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