Events

Deepcuts: 36 Small Things You Didn’t Know about Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová

September 19, 2024

Kelly Rene Bullard delivered our thirty-first Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Deepcuts: 36 Small Things You Didn’t Know about Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová.” Learn more »

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. The weather permitted, and that time was October 15. We put 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 »