3. Experiencing the Interface
Half-day symposium on creating compelling exhibition experiences about technology.

When: Monday, April 6, 2015, 1:00pm–4:30pm
Where: Bard Graduate Center, 8 West 86th Street, Lecture Hall, NYC

Price: Free and open to the public

 

4. Ernst Schneidler & His Students
Ernst Schneidler was one of the most influential and beloved teachers of letter arts in the twentieth century, whose students included Georg Trump, Albert Kapr, Imre Reiner, Walter Brudi, and Rudo Spemann. This talk will present a rich selection of the calligraphy, type design and book design of Schneidler and his students in a high-definition show-and-tell from the collection of the Letterform Archive.

When: Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: The Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public

 

5. Ad It
How would you sell a bagel?  As a boy, Paul Rand copied advertisements in his parents’ Brooklyn grocery store. Later, he grew to become one of the most successful graphic designers of his time. Follow in his footsteps by creating an advertisement for some of your favorite New York foods.

When: Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 11:00am–2:00pm (This program will also take place on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 17)
Where: Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Avenue, NYC
Price: Museum admission

 

6. Why Isn’t Innovation Happening
Mona Patel will walk through her process for helping clients overcome internal corporate blocks and personal barriers. Learn the creativity framework which includes the Problempathy Map, Funnel Vision Placemat, and HOWWOW Matrix, and how to use them when approaching your day-to-day problems.

 

7. Why Isn’t Innovation Happening
Mona Patel will walk through her process for helping clients overcome internal corporate blocks and personal barriers. Learn the creativity framework which includes the Problempathy Map, Funnel Vision Placemat, and HOWWOW Matrix, and how to use them when approaching your day-to-day problems. Using examples from the crowd she will talk through the barriers that hold back companies both small and large, as well as, people and teams.

When: Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 6:00pm–8:30pm
Where: MRY, 11 West 19th Street, NYC
Price: $10 NYCUXPA members, $5 students, $20 general public

 

8. Design and Publishing with Hardworking Goodlooking
Newly accessible and alternative methods of printing have allowed designers to break free from the authority of offset printing, publish independently, and build their own audiences. How do designers become publishers, and how do publishers transition from being producers of objects to platforms for ideas? An evening exploring new emergent possibilities for publishing as object, approach and framework.

When: Thursday, April 9, 2015, 6:30pm–8:00pm
Where: Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC
Price: Free with museum admission

 

9. Firebelly Design: Dawn Hancock, Will Miller & Nick Adam
Typeforce was conceived when two type-lovers, Chicago-enthusiasts and overall community-uplifters came to the realization that their city was losing some of their best talent to New York because they were doing a poor job of celebrating those rising up through the ranks. Come hear how a typography show saved a community from itself.

When: Thursday, April 9, 2015, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street
#603, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public

April 5 – April 11, 2015

EVENTS

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