Commercial Type

EVENTS | 7 JUNE 2013

Paul Barnes at Newsdesign13 in Zürich

Paul will be speaking at the annual conference of the SND DACH - the Society for News Design Deutschland / Österreich / Schweiz. For more information see the conference site or the SND DACH facebook page.

Fri–Sat, 7–8 June 2013

Museum für Gestaltung

Ausstellungsstrasse 60

Zürich, Switzerland

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NewsDesign13

EVENTS | 16 MAY 2013

Paul Barnes speaking at TypoBerlin 2013: Touch

Paul will be speaking at this year's TypoBerlin, the beloved international design conference. This year's theme is Touch.

Thu–Sat, 16–18 May 2013

Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures)

John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10

Berlin, Germany

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Tickets from €550 (€279 for students)

EVENTS | 21 MARCH 2013

Christian Schwartz speaking at Typocracia 10

Christian will be speaking at Typocracia 10 in São Paulo, Brazil, and will also be teaching a one-day workshop on magazine logotypes. More information is available on the conference site (Portuguese only for now).

Thu–Sat, 21–23 March 2013

Mackenzie University

Rua da Consolação, 930

Consolação, São Paulo

SP, 01302-907

Brazil

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Conference site (in Portuguese)

EVENTS | 7 MARCH 2013

Paul speaking in Plymouth

Paul Barnes will be speaking to Graphic Design Students at the Faculty of Arts, Plymouth University. He will talking about his graphic design work, type design and the world of Commercial Type.

Thursday, 7 March 2013, 4:00pm

Faculty of Arts

Plymouth University

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Closed to the public.

EVENTS | 5 MARCH 2013

Paul Barnes lecturing in Copenhagen

On 5 March, 2013, Paul will be speaking about his general design work and Commercial Type in Copenhagen at the HK Grafisk Kommunication.Then on 6 March 2013, Paul will speak at Danish Faces with Trine Rask of Kontrapunkt.

Tue–Wed, 5–6 March 2013, Open to the public

5 March at 17:30 at HK grafisk kommunikation

Hovedstaden

Svend Aukens Plads 11.

Copenhagen

6 March at 18:00 at Kontrapunkt

Nikolaj Plads 2

Copenhagen

Open to the public

EVENTS | 23 FEBRUARY 2013

Paul Barnes lecturing at "Tell me about editorial design!"

Paul will be lecturing on making typefaces for newspapers and magazines at a conference on editorial design in Munich, fittingly called "Tell me about editorial design!".

Sat–Sun, 23–24 February 2013, 10:00–18:00

Literaturhaus München

Salvatorplatz 1

80333 München

Germany

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Conference site

EVENTS | 20 FEBRUARY 2013

Paul Barnes in Lyon for a workshop and lecture

Paul will be teaching a workshop at Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux Arts in Lyon, where he will also deliver his lecture “You can’t repeat the past”.

Wed–Thu, 20–21 February 2013

École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon

8Bis Quai St Vincent

69001 Lyon

France

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EVENTS | 30 JANUARY 2013

Paul Barnes lecturing at Reading University

Paul will be lecturing to the students in the MA Typeface Design program at the University of Reading.

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

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Not open to the public.

EVENTS | 29 NOVEMBER 2012

Paul Barnes lecturing at the KABK

The Beatrice Warde memorial lecture, "You Can't Repeat the Past", makes its first outing in mainland Europe at the KABK in the Hague, the Netherlands. Paul Barnes will be showing how his work relates to the past, and will be showing rarely seen images of the Caslon foundry, sans serifs from 1806, mono line letters from the 18th century and much, much more.

Thursday, 29 November 2012, 3:00pm

KABK

Prinsessegracht 4

2514 AN Den Haag

Netherlands

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Limited seating available

EVENTS | 8 NOVEMBER 2012

Workshop and Lecture by Christian Schwartz in Mexico City

Christian Schwartz will be teaching a workshop entitiled "Diseño de tipografía: de la calle al estudio" ("Type design: from the street to the studio") in Mexico City, hosted by Grupo Horma. He will also deliver a lecture at a one-day conference on typography, alongside speakers including David Kimura and Marina Garone.

Thu–Sat, 8–10 November 2012

Workshop at Grupo Horma

Allende 21, Int. 402

esq. República de Cuba

Centro Histórico

06000 Ciudad de México

Lecture at Museo Franz Mayer

Av. Hidalgo 45, Cuauhtemoc

Centro Histórico

06300 Ciudad de México

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Workshop $ 3 900.00 pesos.

More information (in Spanish)

EVENTS | 19 OCTOBER 2012

Paul Barnes to speak at TYPO London

Paul will be speaking at TYPO London 2012, which has the theme "Social". Although this is just two days after his lecture at St Bride, he promises to deliver a completely different talk.

Fri–Sat, 19–20 October 2012

Logan Hall

Institute of Education London

University of London

20 Bedford Way

London WC1H 0AL

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TYPO London

EVENTS | 18 OCTOBER 2012

Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture by Paul Barnes

Paul Barnes will be giving the annual Beatrice Warde Lecture at the St Bride Foundation in London. Entitled "You can't repeat the past", Paul's lecture will address how important the past has been in his work, how it has influenced many of his designs and what we can learn from it in making contemporary typefaces.

Thursday, 18 October 2012, 7:00–9:00pm

St Bride Foundation

14 Bride Lane

London

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Open to the public. Tickets £5.

Tickets

EVENTS | 17 OCTOBER 2012

TypoCakap with Christian Schwartz in Kuala Lumpur

Christian Schwartz will be lecturing on type design at Dasein Academy of Art in Kuala Lumpur on the afternoon of October 17, hosted by TypoKaki.

Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 2:00–4:00pm

Dasein Art Academy

No. 3A-12-G, Jalan Wangsa Delima 10

Desa Wangsa, Sec 5, Wangsa Maju,

53300 Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

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Limited space available.

Facebook page for the event

EVENTS | 30 AUGUST 2012

Paul Barnes speaking at Designyatra 2012

Paul Barnes will be speaking at Kyoorius Designyatra 2012 in Goa, India. The theme of this year's conference is "The Divide".

30 August–1 September 2012

Grant Hyatt Goa

Bambolim, North Goa

Goa, India, 403206

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Designyatra 2012

EVENTS | 28 JUNE 2012

Paul Barnes at “Out of the box: archive night at St Bride”

Eye magazine and the St Bride foundation are hosting an informal evening of graphic designers talking about their favorite objects from the vast collections at St Bride. The panel is made up of Sara De Bondt, Violetta Boxill, Simon Esterson, Alan Powers, Mark Thomson, and our own Paul Barnes.

Thursday, 28 June 2012, doors open 6.30, main event from 7–9pm

St Bride Foundation

14 Bride Lane

London

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More information on the eye blog

EVENTS | 5 JUNE 2012

Christian Schwartz at MagNet 2012

Christian Schwartz will be delivering two lectures on type design for publications at MagNet 2012, an annual conference in Toronto held by Magazines Canada.

Tue–Fri, 5–8 June 2012

Courtyard Marriott Downtown

475 Yonge St

Toronto, ON M4Y 1X7

Canada

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MagNet

EVENTS | BOOKS | 29 MAY 2012

Book signing in Paris with Paul Barnes

On Tuesday 29 May at 7pm, Paul Barnes will be signing copies of newly published Marian, une collection de revivals at the office of Ypsilon Éditeur.

Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 7:00pm

Ypsilon Éditeur

34 bis rue Sorbier

75020 Paris, France

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EVENTS | 2 NOVEMBER 2011

Christian Schwartz at DesignThinkers 2011

Christian Schwartz will be speaking at the Association of Registered Graphic Designers' 12th annual DesignThinkers Conference in Toronto, along with an impressive list of designers from all areas of graphic design.

Wed–Thu, 2–3 November 2011 See Map

DesignThinkers

EVENTS | 21 AUGUST 2011

Lecture by Christian Schwartz at Les Rencontres internationales de Lure

Christian Schwartz will be speaking on "Obsessions in Type Design" at the 2011 Rencontres internationales de Lure, a weeklong conference on typography taking place in Lurs, Alpes de Haute Provence, France.

Sun–Fri, 21–26 August 2011

Lurs

Alpes de Haute Provence

France

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Conference website (in French)

EVENTS | 13 JUNE 2011

AGDA International Speakers Tour: Paul Barnes & Christian Schwartz in Australia

Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz will be touring Australia in June, giving 7 talks and a workshop over 12 days. Their lecture will touch on a number of the projects they have collaborated on, and discuss how they came together to form Commercial Type.

Mon–Wed, 13–22 June 2011

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