An overview of this influential designer's career and an insight into his largely unknown series of books
Explore our Victorian typefaces and discuss what's in type's future
How the millions of digital traces recorded each day give a better understanding of our great city
Eye magazine presents the first of four informal gatherings about art direction, design and typography
Eighth annual Justin Howes memorial lecture given by Albert Corbeto
An evening in the company of Ken Garland and some of his friends, admirers and colleagues
First in a series of lectures and events designed particularly for anyone looking to gain fresh perspectives from contemporary practitioners
Timothy C. Ely discusses his work and influences from Arts and Crafts to Steampunk
Three leading experts discuss Ravilious in context
Third in our series of sell-out one-day letterpress conferences
Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture given by Paul Barnes
Innovative projects and discussion from writers, creative technologists and new players in publishing
Multi-disciplinary design studio Kapitza discuss their working processes and inspirations
Work from Central St Martins students and professionals on sale at the same price
Jenni Grey showcases innovative approaches to bookbinding
Timo Arnall and friends enlighten us about their work with design studio BERG
Showing of the recent documentary on the self-proclaimed ‘Humble Negro Printer’ Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
Celebrating magazines today, from mass-market consumer titles to niche independents, via illustration and the iPad
Gaylord Schanilec talks about his metal type and wood block book project
The Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture given by Freda Sack
St Bride Foundation celebrates a Victorian benefactor
Festival outing for the Print Workshop
Typefounding for the re-creation of pages from the 1611 King James Bible
An investigation of the status of graphic design history today
Sixth annual Justin Howes memorial lecture
One-day conference examining design's contribution to understanding
2010 Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture
An evening with the acclaimed Canadian typographic illustrator Marian Bantjes
Talks and exhibition of past and present work
Conference exploring this complex, passionate, sometimes obsessive relationship
Exhibition of information design from the nineteenth century
Festive programme performed in costume by Passamezzo
An evening of talks on different aspects of his life and work
Three short talks about lesser-known aspects of this groundbreaking graphical approach to education
Evening discussion about current and future typographic issues hosted by four LCC alumni
Jeffery set up his printing business in 1950. He soon had a broad client base from galleries to type founders. This exhibition examining his work opens with an evening of short talks.
These lunchtime events with a Dickensian flavour partner the St Bride Foundation Lunchbox Theatre production Mad Kings and Englishmen
A candlelit concert of Elizabethan and Jacobean music and song presented by Passamezzo
Student work from the Raven Press at the University of Delaware
Annual General Meeting of the Friends of St Bride Library. Starts at 6.00pm.
Broadside and broadsheet exhibition to complement Broadsheet Ballads, a promenade theatre experience by Occam's Razor Theatre Company and St Bride Foundation
Justin Howes Memorial Lecture given by Matthew Carter
A look back at the life and achievements of Lawrence Wallis, who died in 2008
Exhibition and illustrated talk showcasing the book design and production practices of five London-based little presses
Jost Hochuli discusses typographic detailing
Evening reception celebrating this milestone in the Library’s history
Letterpress printing is alive and well in the twenty-first century. Share and learn about how and why.
Find out about this new group based at Glasgow School of Art
An introduction to the life of Emery Walker. Illustrated talk at St Bride Library
Printing Historical Society conference 2008
Justin Howes memorial lecture given by Michelle P. Brown
One-day conference examining the thriving world of twenty first century magazine design
Exhibition at St Bride Library
Illustrated talk covering an eclectic portfolio
The St Bride Library and the Department of Typography, University of Reading are collaborating on a two-day conference on non-Latin typeface design. The conference will be on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 September 2007, and will comprise a day of talks at St Bride Library, London, and a day of hands-on sessions at the Department of Typography, Reading.
While the reading room is relocated within the building
The lecture draws on new archive research to bring early typeface designs by Tschichold back into focus. The exhibition shows the books and other publications in which he explained the New Typography
Annual General Meeting of the Friends of St Bride Library. Starts at 6.00pm.
Sixth annual Friends of St Bride Library conference
Varied in form, the books produced by Tara Publishing of Chennai, India, are united by the central vision of combining experimentation with communication, content and politics. Tara is especially known for pioneering the book made entirely by hand for the general reader.
During the 1940s the printed headscarf became a fashion staple that spoke of glamour, emancipation and economic independence of women. These printed objects, now rare, provide compelling and decorative evidence of these transformations.
Second annual Justin Howes memorial lecture
Alan Kitching shows significant works and shares seminal influences from his fifty-year career.
In honour of the 150th birthday of Benjamin Pollock of Hoxton with live performance, children's activities, and more
A display of prints, plates and ephemera showing how new plays in nineteenth-century London were reproduced in miniature
Celebrating fifty years of the Private Libraries Association
The fifth annual Friends conference taking place this year at the Custard Factory, Birmingham
Marking the centenary of Edward Johnston's Writing and Illuminating, and Lettering
Exhibition and lecture on an artist's book which has become a milestone in the history of the private press
Surveys classical book designs from the leading light of the New Typography movement
Talk and exhibition by Richard Hollis. The chance to see original examples of work from the luminaries of Swiss typographic style from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Two events focusing on women as printers and graphic designers
Talk and exhibition which will reveal the extraordinary quality and scope of collotype printing.
the work of Peggy Angus: paintings, portraits, teaching aids and hand printed wallpapers, and the work of five who were influenced and inspired by Peggy Angus while learning with her.
More details are on our conference page
private view on 6 September, exhibition from 7 September
Exhibition viewing and Collaborators? Forum, Tuesday 26 July; exhibition, Wednesday 27 July to Thursday 1 September 2005.
Lecture Tuesday 10 May; exhibition 11 May?16 June; private view Tuesday 10 May, from 5.30pm
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