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December 4 – December 10, 2011

1/ Type, Technology & Trade: Adobe’s Early Years

Sumner Stone gives a talk about the state of type design in America when he launched the program and the technological, aesthetic, and business considerations for Adobe’s development of the Adobe Type Library and the Adobe Originals.

When: Monday, December 5, 2011, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Where: Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square, NYC

Price: Free and open to the public

2/ Visiting Artists Lecture Series: Dana Schutz

Dana Schutz graduated with a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2000 and received the MFA from Columbia University in 2002. Her work is represented in major museums in North America and Europe. Her first European solo show, Self Eaters and the People Who Love Them, was mounted in Paris’ Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin. Her bright, fantastical works have been compared to Currin, Goya, and Katz.

When: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 6:15 pm

Where: New School, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue, NYC

Price: Free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served

3/ Gary Hustwit

Gary Hustwit will discuss the process of creating his impressive trilogy (Helvetica, Objectified, Urbanized), helping bring the world of design we love to a larger audience through film.

When: Thursday, December 8, 2011, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Where: Bumble and bumble, 3rd floor auditorium, 415 West 13 Street, NYC

Price: $20 AIGA members, $10 AIGA student members, $30 general public

4/ Artist Publications with Jesse Hlebo

The advent of the printing press not only gave rise to democratization of education, the middle class, and the modern knowledge-based economy; it also destabilized previous political systems of power. Exploring these possibilities, MAD is conducting drop in workshops with Brooklyn-based artist Jesse Hlebo. Subjects ranging from establishing a small press, to the importance of self-publishing in the currently mass-media saturated cultural climate. Jesse Hlebo will facilitate an environment where techniques in construction, outlets for distribution, and the value of the physical page come together and give the museum visitor new tools to re-shape their own creation of historical ideologies.

When: Thursday, December 8, 2011, 6:00 pm

Where: Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC

Price: Free with pay-what-you-wish admission

5/ The Unfinished Grid: Speculations for Manhattan

The Manhattan street grid is a catalyst for thinking about the present and future of New York. Eight projects were selected from 120 submissions for an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York. What new possibilities for the grid still exist? What can we expect for the city’s future and how will it be shaped and reflected by the street grid?

When: Saturday, December 10, 2011, 4:00 pm

Where: Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, NYC

Price: $6 Architectural League members and members of the museum; $8 for students and seniors; $12 general public. Tickets include Museum admission.