Category: Events, Talks & Exhibitions

Wednesday, October 18
6:30 – 8:30pm EDT
Parsons – Starr Foundation Hall
University Center, UL102 63 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003
Student Tickets $8.61

In celebration of Phaidon’s latest publication GAME CHANGERS: The Video Game Revolution, join us and Simon Parkin, contributor to The New Yorker, in conversation with Colleen Macklin, and moderated by Dr. Mitu Khandaker of NYU Game Center, for a conversation on the ever changing landscape of game design.

After the event, you are invited to join us for a reception and book signing.

A limited number of books will be available for purchase at the event, but we strongly encourage you to purchase the book in advance (with ticket purchase).

Sponsored by AIGANY.

October 25 – October 29, 2022
9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Steuben Hall, Floor 2 (Pratt Studios 200: Design Center Gallery)
Open to the public

Every year, the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC) organizes The Most Beautiful Swiss Books competition to honor outstanding achievements in book design to promote and showcase high-quality book production, with particular attention being paid to works that express contemporary trends.
The 23 Most Beautiful Swiss Books of the 2021 edition were named by the FOC on the recommendation of the jury, whose members are: Sereina Rothenberger (Chair), Vela Arbutina, Gina Bucher, Joost Grootens, and Gregor Huber.
Over three days the works were examined in minute detail from the perspectives of graphic design and typography, quality of printing and binding, and attention to the materials used.
The award-winning books were selected in January 2022 from among the 402 submissions that met the eligibility criteria, and were exhibited at the Helmhaus Zurich from 23–26 June 2022 before traveling to various other locations in Switzerland and abroad.

*** The exhibition will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday, 28–29 October 2022.

More information: https://designfuture.space/events/mbsb/

April 27–November 5, 2023
POSTER HOUSE
119 W. 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
Students $8 or Free on Fridays

In 1984, the Apple Macintosh computer was introduced, ushering in a new era of digital type design.

That same year, Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko founded Emigre Graphics in San Francisco. Soon, this typeface foundry and its magazine, Emigre, became the late 20th century’s wellspring of experimental digital typography and graphic design.

A few years later, in 1991, FUSE was founded by Neville Brody and Jon Wozencroft as both a printed and digital publication, becoming a unique showcase for experimental digital-typeface designers and typographers. Replacing bound pages, the magazine’s content came on a computer diskette and included five folded, printed posters that explained and sampled the featured typeface designs.

This show explores Emigre and FUSE through their posters announcing new, progressive digital typefaces.

April 27–November 5, 2023
POSTER HOUSE
119 W. 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
Students $8 or Free on Fridays

Unlike general advertising posters, type specimen posters are targeted to graphic designers who are in the market to buy or use a typeface in a project.

All of the posters in this exhibition advertise digital typefaces, showcasing the myriad women who are thriving and expanding the world of type design.

This exhibition was created in partnership with the Type Directors Club and Amber Weaver of You Creative Media.

Monday, November 6
6:30 – 9:30pm EST
SVA MFA Design Criticism, Second Floor
136 West 21st Street New York, NY 10010
Free with Registration

How do you tell your story? Geared toward those seeking to tell the story of their studio’s work, this workshop with Tara Dabir (Pentagram) highlights the power of the case study for designers, creatives, researchers, and writers alike, and considers how we talk about design with non-designers. Space is limited – reserve your seat today!

Doors open at 6:00 PM.

Workshop begins at 6:30 PM.

All talks are followed by a reception in our studio, where guests can meet featured speakers and prospective students can chat with current MA candidates, faculty, and alums.

Sponsored by DCrit.

Tuesday, November 7
6:30 – 9:30pm EST
TBA
SVA New York, NY 10010
Free with Registration

Award-winning strategy and design agency PORTO ROCHA joins us in the studio for a masterclass in design thinking. From large-scale projects to socially and culturally-motivated initiatives, these groundbreaking designers will discuss how they produce work that provokes meaningful change, recently recognized as 2023 Studio of the Year from the Latin American Design Awards.

Doors open at 6:00 PM.

Speakers begin at 6:30 PM.

All talks are followed by a reception in our studio, where guests can meet featured speakers and prospective students can chat with current MA candidates, faculty, and alums.

Sponsored by DCrit.

November 9 @ 12:00 pm to November 11 @ 5:00 pm
Online
Students Tickets $25

Multilingüe will take place between November 9th and 11th online where we will have the opportunity to meet a wide group of representatives from the Chatino, Mixe, Ngiba, Nahua and Zapotec nations and representatives coming from Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and that come together to talk about the challenges and achievements related to design and work with native languages.

In the same way, the congress will be held in Spanish, Portuguese and English, with simultaneous translation.

Multilingüese llevará a cabo entre el 9 y el 11 de noviembre en línea, donde tendremos la oportunidad de conocer a un amplio grupo de representantes de las naciones Chatino, Mixe, Ngiba, Nahua y Zapoteco y representantes provenientes de México, Ecuador, Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, que se unen para hablar sobre los retos y logros relacionados con el diseño y el trabajo con lenguas originarias.

Del mismo modo el congreso se hará en español, portugués e inglés, con traducción simultánea.

Multilingüe acontecerá entre os dias 9 e 11 de novembro online onde teremos a oportunidade de conhecer um amplo grupo de representantes das nações chatino, mixe, ngiba, nahua e zapoteca e representantes vindos do México, Equador, Argentina, Brasil, Colômbia e que se reúnem para falar sobre os desafios e conquistas relacionados ao design e ao trabalho com línguas nativas.

Da mesma forma, o congresso será realizado em espanhol, português e inglês, com tradução simultânea.

Sponsored by TDC.

Tuesday, December 5
6:30 – 9:30pm EST
SVA MFA Design Criticism, Second Floor
136 West 21st Street New York, NY 10010
Free with Registration

What do design, community, and social change have in common? Join Yin Kong (Director, Think!Chinatown) and Amanda Ramos (Innovation Field Office) for a conversation about creating a better world through design. As we prepare ourselves for the new year, how are you invoking the power of design for social innovation?

Doors open at 6:00 PM.

Conversation begins at 6:30 PM.

All talks are followed by a reception in our studio, where guests can meet featured speakers and prospective students can chat with current MA candidates, faculty, and alums.

Sponsored by DCrit.

Center for Book Arts
28 West 27th St, 3rd Fl
New York, NY 10001
Mon-Thurs, 11am-6pm
Fri-Sat, 11am-5pm
Sun, CLOSED
Free, suggested donation

To publish is to make public. What do artists’ books make public? How do they engage a public? Where do they travel? Where do they end up? What conversations do they spark? What ideas do they push or pull from a work of art? What do they perform? How do they continue to speak across time and generations? Artists’ Books as Prompts for Discourse considers the life of a book after its making and how through its distribution and circulation, a book is activated.

This exhibition attempts to trace the discursive reverberations of the books that have been published and produced through Bay Area-based publishing studio, Sming Sming Books. Founded in 2017 by artist-publisher Vivian Sming, Sming Sming Books works in close collaboration with artists whose works and ideas inform design, material, and printing choices. The studio is committed to promoting critical discourse, advancing cultural equity, and creating alternative sites of knowledge production through publications and public programs.