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May 6 – May 12, 2012

1/ Creative Week

Creative Week is a celebration of creativity in advertising, design, digital media and all the arts that feed and touch those disciplines.

When: May 7-11, 2012

Where: Various Venues, NYC

Price: Various prices, see website for complete list of registration and ticket options

2/ Unconventional Path

Greg Lamarche discusses how graffiti has influenced his development as a collage artist, letterist and illustrator. The talk will explore techniques and unorthodox practices using hand lettering in relationship to fine art and commercial art.

When: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 603, NYC

Price: Free TDC members, $15 students, $20 general public

3/ Deco Printmaking Workshop

Graphic designer Adrienne Wong leads a three-hour workshop on basic block-printing techniques. Create multi-color, unique greeting cards and tea towels with Art Deco motifs inspired by the exhibition Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945.

When: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Where: Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, NYC

Price: $75 Japan Society members, students, seniors, $80 general public

4/ TDC Walking Tour with Paul Shaw: Midtown East

Because of its constantly evolving architecture and businesses, Midtown is full of a wide array of lettering examples. On the east side, between 42nd Street and 59th Street, we have an opportunity to see many examples of Art Deco, 1920s Gothic lettering, some 1950s scripts, a little bit of neon, and plenty of post-1970s commercial typography (including the work of Paula Scher).

When: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Price: $35 TDC members, $45 general public

5/ Against Type

This talk will feature various typographic tales from Heads of State as they fall in love with letters, rebel against fonts, forsake letterforms to become illustrators, and then beg for forgiveness.

When: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 603, NYC

Price: Free TDC members, $15 students, $20 general public

6/ One Show

Celebrate the year’s best work in print, television, radio, outdoor, innovative marketing, integrated branding and branded content.

When: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Where: Allice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam, NYC

Price: $250 One Club members, $275 general public

7/ Visual Design, Sound & the Wilderness

Over the last 5 years The Wilderness has garnered acclaim for their direction of seminal music videos. Originally a design and motion graphics firm, The Wilderness has stepped into more live-action projects including documentaries, brand films and commercials. The team will discuss various apexes of filmmaking and how it relates to design, fine art and music.

When: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

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

Price: $20 AIGA member, $10 AIGA student member, $30 General public

8/ IN/VISION, 2012 SVA MFA Interaction Design Festival

IN/VISION, the 2012 MFA Interaction Design Festival at the School of Visual Arts is a celebration of work from interaction design graduates who present their explorations in a public forum.

When: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Where: SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, NYC

Price: Free and open to the public