Blog: Future of Type ‘Results are in…’
Results are in on the future of type
By Rachael Steven, Creative Review 13 May 2013
Earlier this month, designer Sarah Hyndman hosted a St Brides workshop asking: “What is the Future of Type?” The question provoked mixed reactions on Twitter ahead of the event: on the day, Hyndman says, some common themes emerged.
Blog: The future of type
Thank you to everybody who has participated in the #FutureOfType? discussion via email, Twitter, and those who came along to the evening discussion/workshop at the St Bride Library.
This has turned out to be a big conversation with a range of themes that we are going to continue to explore in more detail. Please sign up to the #FutureOfType? mailing list if you would like updates.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE THEMES…
Workshop: Type as Image
Sunday May 12th, 3-7pm
Type Tasting Studio (London N16)
For people with creative/typographic experience
Apply to type@withrelish.co.uk and you will be sent a PayPal link
A creative typography workshop in which participants create typography that looks like what it says.
Workshop & discussion: #FutureOfType?, St Bride Library
Thursday May 2nd from 6.30-9.30pm
In the Bridewell Hall, St Bride Foundation
Tickets £25 · Concessions & Friends of St Bride Library £22.50 · Students £20
Apply: www.stbride.org/events
Type Safari: Islington
£12. For all (no previous creative experience necessary)
Sign up to the mailing list for the date of the next Islington Type Safari.
Apply to type@withrelish.co.uk and you will be sent a PayPal link, 15 places available.
Workshop: Type that describes
Sunday April 21st, 3-7pm
Type Tasting Studio (London N16)
For people with creative/typographic experience
Apply to type@withrelish.co.uk and you will be sent a PayPal link
Workshop: Type styles through history
Learn about typography and the history of type: correspondence course
This course is currently in a tryout phase with our volunteer test pilots…
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