Monday, April 30, 2007

Australian Type Design - from Rob

I'm researching for a type project at uni and am finding it hard to come across Australian designed type.

Can someone point me in the right direction?
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Thursday, April 12, 2007

+&-=X

This sounds interesting.

+&-=X: 20 Years of typo-graphics from the Tokyo Type Directors Club

From 5 April to 5 May 2007, the Faculty Gallery at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia will host +&-=X: 20 Years of typo-graphics from the Tokyo Type Directors Club.

The exhibition will include opening events on Friday, 13 April.

From 14:00-17:00, a seminar series titled Dancing Letters in a Stream of Light will include five interesting talks.

Takako Terunuma from the Tokyo Type Directors Club will provide the introduction, followed by presentations from Katsumi Asaba (Chair TDC/Art Director of Asaba Design Co., Ltd), Kazunari Hattori (Freelance Art Director/Graphic Designer) and Issay Kitagawa (Graphic Designer/President of GRAPH Co., Ltd).

A panel discussion with exhibition curator and designer John Warwicker will close the session.

Following the seminar talks, the exhibition opening will be held from 17:00-19:00 in the Faculty Gallery.

Bookings are essential. To reserve your space, please contact Angela Brophy (details below).

For further information please contact:
Angela Brophy
Faculty Gallery
Monash Art & Design
900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield East 3145
T: + 61 3 9903 2882
E: angela.brophy@artdes.monash.edu.au

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