Events

Top Tier

May 21, 2025

Ryan Diaz emcee’d our thirty-ninth Standing-Room Only Lecture delivered by Tina Rosado, Yiner Xu, and Ghazaleh Farrokhi. Their topic and title could not have been better: “Top Tier.”

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Of Hacksaws and Celluloid: The Beguiling Stencil Work of W.A. Dwiggins

May 2, 2025

Bruce Kennett delivered our thirty-eighth Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “Of Hacksaws and Celluloid: The Beguiling Stencil Work of W.A. Dwiggins.”

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Dramatizing the Curve: Graphic Design Meets Data Visualization

April 17, 2025

Hannah Pivo delivered our thirty-seventh Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Dramatizing the Curve: Graphic Design Meets Data Visualization.”

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A Field Guide to Prefab Letterforms

March 31, 2025

Stephen Coles delivered our thirty-sixth Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “A Field Guide to Prefab Letterforms.”

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Greetings from Uli Huber: The Guided Tour

March 13, 2025

Our thirty-fifth Standing-Room Only Lecture was a guided tour (via slides) of our exhibition Greetings from Uli Huber. Learn more »

Last Words: The Boston Book Launch (and a Design Brief Wake)

January 28, 2025

We introduced Last Words: Gravestones of Type Designers to Greater Boston and the greater world as author Gavin Morrison was present for a book launch party without further formalities and a wake to observe this final issue of our Design Brief. Learn more »