Apply Now for Summer Residencies at SVA: Typography as Language and The Business of Type
Join the School of Visual Arts from June 27—July 22nd for its four-week summer residency program, Typography as Language
Join the School of Visual Arts from June 27–July 22nd for its four-week summer residency program, Typography as Language! Design a typeface and use it in a project of your choosing in any media — on screen or on paper. Type as Language is built around four interrelated one-week modules, covering technical, theoretical, historical, and practical studies. Participants will study with renowned type designers Tobias Frere-Jones, James Montalbano, Yomar Augusto, and Daniel Rhatigan. In addition, master type designer Matthew Carter will spend a day in studio as guest critic, working individually with each student. Two guest lectures each week plus visits to Louise Fili’s world-famous design studio and the letterpress facility at Center for Book Arts round out the program.
This year SVA is pleased to introduce a new course, The Business of Type, a one-week hands-on seminar on developing, marketing, and licensing a typeface for use in the professional environment. Participants may either bring typeface designs in progress to refine and get ready for the marketplace, or work on developing a new idea for a typeface. This course may be taken separately or together with Type as Language (for a discounted tuition fee) and will be taught by Daniel Rhatigan between June 20–24.
SVA welcomes applications from students and working professionals across all design disciplines. For more information and details on how to apply, please visit: sva.edu/residency/typography, facebook.com/TypeAsLanguage or follow @SVATypeLab on Twitter.
