Mathieu Réguer at Printemps de la Typo 2013
This year the Printemps de la Typo celebrates the 20th anniversary of the DSAA Typographic Design course from école Estienne. Among the invited speakers, Typofonderie team member Mathieu Réguer will talk about his collaboration with Atelier Muesli.
Albert Boton’s colorful world of black and white
Presenting 50 years of type design was not an easy task. Albert Boton’s career was indeed long and very prolific. He was born in 1932 in Paris. His father was a carpenter so he grew up in the smell of glue and wood chips. Nothing predisposed him to become a type designer and yet that’s when he joined his father’s workshop that he discover type design.
Pecha Kucha Vol. 19: Jean François Porchez
As part of the Observeur du design 13, a Pecha Kucha session is organized during which 10 designers will present a project. For ZeCraft, Jean François Porchez will present the project Parisine Girouette, Labeled Design Observer 13.
Sonia Da Rocha lecture at III Typography Meeting
The theme of the third Portuguese conference about typography aptly named III Typography Meeting, focusing this year on Convergences. This new edition of III Encontro de Tipografia will take place on 5 and 6 October 2012, at the Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett, Porto, Portugal.
Art of design 2012: Jean François Porchez in JHB
Antalis South Africa launched again earlier this year a graphic design competition. For the 2012 Art of design awards ceremony, Jean François Porchez will the international guest speak. He will talk about AW Conqueror typeface project among others in Johannesburg.
Typocamp 2012: re-enchant reality
Typocamp is the result of a joint initiative of the Foundry (Digital Agency of Île-de-France), Silicon Xperience and Graffr, within the Futur en Seine festival. It is a type manifestation of a new kind posing as challenge of creating and staging typography in 48 hours in the fields of print, web and animation. We have also noted the presence as a type design team from the Velvetyne type foundry. The first edition took place on 22, 23 and 24 June at the Cantine.
TDC 57, Lecture at Lille Art Fair
On Sunday 15 April 2012, Jean François Porchez is invited by the ECV design school for a lecture at the Lille Art Fair. This lecture is in connection to the TDC 57 exhibit presented at Lille Art Fair, France.
TDC 57, Lecture in Nantes
On Monday 19 March 2012, Jean François Porchez is invited by the ECV design school for a lecture open to everyone (free entrance). This lecture is in connection to the TDC 57 exhibit in Nantes, France.
Lectures + workshop in Los Angeles
After a week in Seattle, Jean François was invited in Los Angeles. The welcome was fantastic. Kali Nikitas, Chair of the Communication Arts department at Otis College of Art and Design concocted a short program including a typeface workshop, a critic session in the type design program…
Lectures in Seattle
As part of the typeface design workshop program organised up by Karen Cheng, Jean François Porchez was invited to gives three lectures during his stay in Seattle in February 2012.