St Bride Foundation lecture

Expanding the design canon: fresh perspectives on women in type and publishing

An evening as part of the ‘Women in Type’ Leverhulme Trust & University of Reading research project in celebration of St Bride Library’s 125th year. The lecture is on Zoom and is next Wednesday 10th November 7.00-9.00pm.

This talk will celebrate recent contributions to the field of graphic design history, which seek to shake established narratives to expand the design canon. The panel of speakers will share their thoughts on the imperative to reconsider women’s depiction in received design histories, and will highlight some past and present contributions by women to the fields of type, graphic design and publishing. The evening will also feature the launch of an exciting new website comprising a visualisation of the findings of the 'Women in Type’ Leverhulme Trust funded project.

With speakers Briar Levit, Rathna Ramanathan, Fiona Ross, Alice Savoie, Martha Scotford, Mathieu Triay.

You can book HERE - it's only £5 (plus concessions) so is excellent value for money ...BOOK NOW!

https://www.sbf.org.uk/whats-on/view/expanding-the-design-canon-fresh-perspectives-on-women-in-type-and-publishing/

Posted by Justin Hobson 03.11.2021

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