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Want to suggest an event? email hidden; JavaScript is required March 17–March 23, 2013

1/ SVA BBC Design Documentary Film Festival
Curated by Adam Harrison Levy and Steven Heller. Organized by the School of Visual Arts MFA Design Departments.
When: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 11:00am–7:30pm
Where: SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, NYC
Price: $15 general public

2/ The Tao of Hand and Eye: Exploring the dynamics of formal and informal letterforms
Sumner Stone explains examples, and the general principles that govern the dialectic of the hand and the eye in producing new scripts, both formal and informal. The results have been to a large extent responsible for the rich variety we have in our current panoply of typographic form.
When: Monday, March 18, 2013,6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: Rose Auditorium, The Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public

3/ Celebrating Kurtzman
Drew Friedman, Robert Grossman, Al Jaffee, and Arnold Roth will discuss the life and works of Harvey Kurtzman with a panel moderated by Peter Kuper.
When: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, NYC
Price: $10 SI members, $7 students, $15 general public

4/ A Day In the Life of the Art Director
Christopher Brand, Keith Hayes, Jaya Miceli discuss what it’s like to work in the New York publishing industry.
When: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 603, NYC
Price: $5 TDC members, $15 students, $20 general public

5/ Your First (Typographic) eBook: Workshop with Charles Nix
One-day workshop that will teach print-based graphic designers how to make a (typographic) eBook.
When: Friday, March 22, 2013, 8:30am–4:30pm
Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 603, NYC
Price: $275 TDC members, $350 general public

6/ Hello Etsy: Reimagine the Marketplace
Weekend conference will address the future of consumption, new methods of production, alternative approaches to work, and more purposeful ways of doing business. Speakers will discuss building the creative economy of the future. The conference will include speakers and workshops that will offer unique experiences in an atmosphere of inspired thinking
When: Friday–Sunday, March 22–24, 2013
Where: Pratt Institute, 200 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Price: $85 general public