Events

Typographics Book Fair 2024

June 14–16, 2024

We’ll leave on a midnight train to NYC so we can exhibit at the Typographics book fair at Cooper Union on June 14 and 15 and 16. Packed your bags and meet us there. Learn more »

With My Little Eye: Warnings for the Homefront

April 17, 2024

Tim Medland delivered our thirtieth Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “With My Little Eye: Warnings for the Homefront.” Learn more »

Schoolgirls at War: French Propaganda Posters from World War I

April 16, 2024

Angelina Lippert delivered our twenty-ninth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Schoolgirls at War: French Propaganda Posters from World War I.” Learn more »

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Party

April 7, 2024

Celebrate envelopes and the people who address them and a show about envelopes addressed and mailed by type designers and notable graphic designers. Learn more »

Seven Exceedingly Short Talks in New York City

March 27, 2024

Calling all New Yorkers! Our Visiting Curator, spoke at a Typophiles Luncheon in your fair city. His topic and title could not have been better: “Seven Exceedingly Short Talks.” Learn more »

Norman Ives at 101 + 1 Day: A Giveaway

March 24, 2024

On March 23, Norman Ives would have turned 101-years-old. On March 24, we celebrated this important designer, printer, and artist by giving away copies of Norman Ives: Constructions & Reconstructions. Learn more »

Looking Good on Paper: American Women and Soviet Print Culture in the 1930s

March 21, 2024

Morgan Forde delivered our twenty-eighth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Looking Good on Paper: American Women and Soviet Print Culture in the 1930s.” Learn more »

Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest

March 7, 2024

Silas Munro will delivered our twenty-seventh Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest.” Learn more »

Letters from Outside the Bubble

January 25, 2024

Nina Stössinger delivered our twenty-sixth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Letters from Outside the Bubble.” Learn more »

Hi-Rise Holiday Bazaar 2023

December 3, 2023

We walked up to Observatory Hill in Cambridge with a box of books and a face full of cheer to participate in the Hi-Rise Bread Company Holiday Bazaar. Learn more »

Boston Art Book Fair 2023

November 10–12, 2023

We crossed the river for the Boston Art Book Fair. Presented by the Boston Center for the Arts and Bodega, the fair was a great place to pick up affordable books by artists and designers from all over the country. Learn more »

Paul Rand: A Designer’s Eye. The Boston Book Launch

November 2, 2023

We introduced Paul Rand: A Designer’s Eye to Greater Boston and the greater world as both editor JP Williams and a selection of Rand designs were present for a book launch party without further formalities. Learn more »

Stenciled Books as a Domestic Printing Art in 18th-Century France

October 30, 2023

Meghan Constantinou delivered our twenty-fifth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Stenciled Books as a Domestic Printing Art in 18th-Century France.” Learn more »

Covers by Víctor Viano

October 19, 2023

Faride Mereb delivered our twenty-fourth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Covers by Víctor Viano.” Learn more »

Yard Sale 2023

October 15, 2023

Sometimes it’s time to let things go. Weather permitting, that time will be Sunday, October 15. We’ll be putting out for cheap all sorts of good and kinda-good stuff for a yard sale. Learn more »

Letters from a Turkish Prison

September 20, 2023

Dyana Weissman delivered our twenty-third Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Letters from a Turkish Prison.” Learn more »

The Design of Black and Indigenous Liberation

September 7, 2023

Sebastian Ebarb delivered our twenty-second Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “The Design of Black and Indigenous Liberation.” Learn more »

Typographics Book Fair 2023

June 16–18, 2023

We left on a midnight train to NYC so we could exhibit at the Typographics book fair at Cooper Union on June 16 and 17 and 18. You should’ve packed your own bags and met us there. Learn more »

How to Live on Love: The Boston Book Launch

May 21, 2023

We introduced How to Live on Love to Greater Boston and the greater world as both Elizabeth Goodspeed and the team from High Tide were present for a book launch party without further formalities. Learn more »

Last Words: Gravestones of Type Designers

May 18, 2023

Gavin Morrison delivered our twenty-first Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “Last Words: Gravestones of Type Designers.” Learn more »

15 Woodcuts in 15 Minutes: Works by Ukrainian Printmaker Jacques Hnizdovsky

May 11, 2023

Christine Jacobson delivered our twentieth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “15 Woodcuts in 15 Minutes: Works by Ukrainian Printmaker Jacques Hnizdovsky.” Learn more »

It’s Our Fifth Birthday. Let’s Eat Ice Cream.

May 7, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency will end in Massachusetts on May 11. Our fifth birthday is May 5. We’ll celebrate by eating ice cream on May 7. Learn more »

Archive Fever

April 12, 2023

Brockett Horne delivered our nineteenth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Archive Fever.” Learn more »

A Colorful Life: Gere Kavanaugh, Designer

March 24, 2023

Louise Sandhaus delivered our eighteenth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “A Colorful Life: Gere Kavanaugh, Designer.” Learn more »

W.A. Dwiggins’ Athalinthia: The Boston Book Launch

February 28, 2023

We introduced W.A. Dwiggins’ Athalinthia to Greater Boston and the greater world as both Bruce Kennett and a selection of Dwiggins designs were present for a book launch party without further formalities. Learn more »

VKhuTeMas: A Case for a Soviet Bauhaus

January 26, 2023

Polina Godz delivered our seventeenth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “VKhuTeMas: A Case for a Soviet Bauhaus.” Learn more »

A Visit with John Gall

December 8, 2022

Sometimes it’s nice to just drink drinks, eat bites, and hobnob with friends, strangers, and countrypersons. To that end, we invited John Gall to visit from New York to do all of the above and see his show here. Learn more »

A Neglected Book Part: The Book Obi

December 6, 2022

Luciana Sanga delivered our sixteenth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “A Neglected Book Part: The Book Obi.” Learn more »

Architectural Handwriting: An Obituary

November 29, 2022

Nicholas de Monchaux delivered our fifteenth Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “Architectural Handwriting: An Obituary.” Learn more »

American Wildflowers: The Boston Book Launch

November 15, 2022

We introduced American Wildflowers to Greater Boston and the greater world as both editor Susan Barba and artwork by illustrator Leanne Shapton were present for a book launch party without further formalities. Learn more »

Boston Art Book Fair 2022

November 4–6, 2022

We’ll cross the river for the Boston Art Book Fair. Presented by the Boston Center for the Arts and Bodega, the fair is a great place to pick up affordable books by artists and designers from all over the country. Learn more »

Shaw Business and the Pains of Printing Plays

October 25, 2022

Dale Stinchcomb delivered our fourteenth Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “Shaw Business and the Pains of Printing Plays.” Learn more »

Notable Posters from the Confoederatio Helvetica

October 16, 2022, at 2p

Tom Strong delivered our thirteenth Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “Notable Posters from the Confoederatio Helvetica.” Learn more »

Seven Exceedingly Short Talks

June 15, 2022

We weren’t ready to hold events at the gallery, but the Letter Exchange was more adventurous and invited us to talk in real life in London. Learn more »

Hi-Rise Holiday Bazaar 2021

December 5, 2021

We walked up to Observatory Hill in Cambridge with a box of books and a face mask full of cheer as we participated in the Hi-Rise Bread Company Holiday Bazaar. Learn more »

December Pop-up!

December 11–13, 2020

We don’t use exclamation points lightly, but we were wicked excited to participate in the Beacon Street December Pop-up! Learn more »

Occupied

February 28, 2020

Cyrus Highsmith, June Shin, Cem Eskinazi, and Marie Otsuka delivered the twelfth of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. Their topic and title could not have been better: “Occupied.” Learn more »

In Honor of Letters

February 6, 2020

Inge Druckrey delivered the eleventh of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. Her topic and title could not have been better: “In Honor of Letters.” Learn more »

Greer Allen: A Horse for Any Course

January 22, 2020

John Gambell delivered the tenth of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. His topic and title could not have been better: “Greer Allen: A Horse for Any Course.” Learn more »

AIGA Boston Book Group: Mismatch

December 16, 2019

We’re proud to host AIGA Boston’s bi-monthly book group. Come sit in a chair, eat snacks, and talk about Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design by Kat Holmes of Mismatch.design with your friends and neighbors. Learn more »

This Is What Democracy Looked Like

December 9, 2019

Alicia Cheng delivered the ninth of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. Her topic and title could not have been better: “This Is What Democracy Looked Like.” Learn more »

Hi-Rise Holiday Bazaar

December 8, 2019

We walked up to Observatory Hill in Cambridge with a box of books and a face full of cheer to participate in the Hi-Rise Bread Company Holiday Bazaar. Learn more »

Reading the Writing Desk: The Instruments the Brontës Used to Craft Their Novels

November 13, 2019

Barbara Heritage delivered the eighth of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Reading the Writing Desk: The Instruments the Brontës Used to Craft Their Novels.” Learn more »

In Search of Emery Walker

November 5, 2019

Simon Loxley delivered the seventh of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. His topic and title could not have been better: “In Search of Emery Walker.” Learn more »

Between West Germany and the World: Otl Aicher at the 1972 Munich Olympics

October 23, 2019

Matthew Gin delivered the sixth of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. His topic and title could not have been better: “Between West Germany and the World: Otl Aicher at the 1972 Munich Olympics.” Learn more »

Matthew Carter: The Designer’s Role

July 11, 2019

Matthew Carter delivered the fifth of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. His topic and title could not have been better: “The Designer’s Role.” Learn more »

Graphic Arts + Design: The Work of Ootje Oxenaar

May 23, 2019

Dawn Barrett delivered the fourth of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Graphic Arts + Design: The Work of Ootje Oxenaar.” Learn more »

Cipe Pineles: Art Director Extraordinaire

May 2, 2019

Amelia Hugill-Fontanel delivered the third of our Standing-Room Only Lectures. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Cipe Pineles: Art Director Extraordinaire.” Learn more »