The Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture 2022

Regular followers of the blog know that I often write about talks or lectures that I think might be an interest to readers of this blog and this is just one of those events... 

This year's Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture is being delivered by Nicolas Barker at the St Bride Foundation.

Renowned as ‘The First Lady of Typography’, Nicolas first met Beatrice in the late 1940s. He describes her as a force of nature, and an enthusiast for printing and printers of all types. She wrote several works on the subject, especially supporting British Typographer Stanley Morison. Warde was the best ever sales-person for Monotype, its products and users; and she was known, indeed a by-word, throughout the world of printing and design. As a lone female voice in the male-dominated printing Industry, her success and popularity challenged the idea that being male was a prerequisite for a prosperous career in printing. According to Nicolas, her book, 'The Crystal Goblet' is the best guide to typographic design ever written.

You can read more about the talk HERE

It is both on Zoom and in person, so you don't have to be in London or the South East.

The talk is this Thursday -10 November 2022 St Bride Foundation and Online via Zoom In-person time (GMT): Doors/bar: 18:15 Talk: 19:00-20:30 In-person tickets: £8, £10, £12. Online time (GMT): 19:00-20:30 Online tickets: £3, £5 Book tickets HERE 

Posted by Justin Hobson 08.11.2022

Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture 2021

The 2021 Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture is being held at the St Bride Foundation in London on Thursday - why don't you go along and stimulate the brain.... 

‘There are bad types and good types, and the whole science and art of typography begins after the first category has been set aside.’ Beatrice Warde 

This is both and online and in-person event and is the fiftieth anniversary of the Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture. For this special event, they have invited seven designers, type designers and typographers to talk about good types/bad types. 

The speakers are... David Williams, Ellen Lupton, Erik van Blokland, Liron Lavi Turkenich, Martina Flor, Paul Barnes and Tré Seals.

You can book HERE for both online and in person tickets. It's very reasonable and you might learn a lot!

https://www.sbf.org.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 12.11.2021

International Women's Day

What better day to show you this amazing poster celebrating Beatrice Warde, produced as part of the Collections and Collaborations event at the St Bride Foundation.

Beatrice Warde (1900 – 1969) was a writer and scholar of typography. As editor and publicity manager for the Monotype Corporation, she became influential in the male dominated world of typography and printing and is recognized one of the few internationally renowned women typographers.

Warde wrote what is often described as a manifesto "This is a Printing Office" which is one of the most well known pieces of writing about printing and typography.

The poster was created by illustrator and teacher Pam Smy together with book designer and lecturer Ness Wood (together with Maisie Paradise Shearring they make up Orange Beak Studio), 

The A2 (494x420mm) poster is printed offset Litho in CMYK on Pergraphica Smooth, Natural 120gsm. It is printed by Boss Print (as were all the posters for the event) who are based in London.

The event was organised by another amazing woman in design Becky Chilcott, without whom the event would never have happened. The good news is that you can still buy one of these posters and support the St Bride Foundation HERE.

https://www.sbf.org.uk/

https://www.bossprint.com/ 

Posted by Justin Hobson 08.03.2021

The Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture

The 2018 Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture is being held at the St Bride Foundation in London next Thursday - why don't you go along and stimulate the brain....

Drawing on her experience as a type historian, type-designer, and educator, Fiona Ross will discuss how, despite notable historical accounts to the contrary, type design is rarely a solitary occupation conceived in a vacuum but rather a collaborative enterprise informed and executed by different contributors in answer to specific typographic needs.

This illustrated talk will highlight particular examples of Indian-script type development to illustrate how our understanding of contemporary design issues can benefit from an appreciation of the key contributors who, in specific contexts, combined to determine the typographic representation of South Asian languages.

Fiona Ross specializes in non-Latin type design and typography, having a background in languages with a PhD in Indian Palaeography (SOAS). From 1978 to 1989 she worked for Linotype Limited (UK), with responsibility for the design of their non-Latin fonts and typesetting schemes. In 2003 Fiona joined the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading (UK), where she is Professor of Non-Latin Type Design and Curator of the Department's Non-Latin Type Collection.

The talk is on the 8th November at 7pm

Tickets are £8 - £12.50 - you can book them HERE

https://www.sbf.org.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 31.10.2018

Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture 2017

Regular followers of the blog know that I often write about talks or lectures that I think might be an interest to readers of this blog and this is just one of those events...

This year’s Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture is being delivered Elizabeth Ellis and David Marshall from The Counter Press. They will talk about founding a private press and design studio rediscovering the joy of designing and making purely for pleasure, and the importance of learning to slow down. They’ll be discussing their work, influences and the challenges of balancing self-initiated side projects with the demands of commercial work.

Despite the very traditional methods and equipment, they aren’t complete luddites and continue to work with a growing list of clients who appreciate craft and attention to detail but require more modern means, allowing them to combine a love of letterpress with their branding background. The projects and approaches might be varied – from rebranding the iconic London restaurant Bibendum to a new publishing imprint.

So, if you want to hear about the ups and downs of getting a design business established and pick up some interesting and useful pointers - GET A TICKET. Don't delay.

The talk is on November 2nd at 7pm and there are still tickets available on Billetto:
https://billetto.co.uk/e/the-beatrice-warde-memorial-lecture-the-counter-press-elizabeth-ellis-david-marshall-tickets-209852

Tickets are only £12.50 (concessions available). The talk is being held in the Bridewell Hall at the St Bride Foundation in London EC4 on Thursday 2nd November starting at 7pm.

http://www.sbf.org.uk/
http://www.sbf.org.uk/events/the-beatrice-warde-memorial-lecture-the-counter-press-elizabeth-ellis-and-david-marshall
http://www.thecounterpress.co.uk/

Posted by Justin Hobson 19.10.2017