Commercial Type are proud to present a new venture: Commercial Classics
Commercial Type are proud to present a new venture: Commercial Classics
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Date
Description
18 April 2019
7–9.30pm
Tickets: Free (but booking is essential)
For over a decade Commercial Type have been designing and releasing contemporary typefaces; from modern classics like Graphik, Druk, Publico and Guardian through to more experimental faces like Orientation and Styrene. Some of them like Lyon and Portrait have been informed and inspired by the past, but not dominated by it.
At the same time they have been searching through the vast archive that is St Bride Library, looking for hidden gems; designs long forgotten and no longer available. Studying not only old specimens, but also punches, matrices and metal type they have created a set of new faces. Rather than making modern interpretations where the designer leaves an obvious mark, they are careful reconstructions, made not for yesterday, but for today’s users.
They take the old forms, and expand them in new directions, whilst retaining the charm and beauty of the originals. These first releases draw from the beginning of the Nineteenth Century and Britain and the revolution in letterform design and include the elegant Brunel, the workhorse sans Caslon Doric, as well as a series of shaded forms, Caslon Rounded, and early sans faces from the Figgins and Thorowgood foundries.
Commercial Type partners, Paul Barnes, Christian Schwartz, designers Greg Gazdowicz and Tim Ripper will be talking about how this all came about; how they choose what to make and the processes of updating these designs. Simon Esterson and John Walters of Eye Magazine, and David Pearson, will join to discuss this new body of work.
commercialtype.com
Organiser
Established in 1891 with a clear social and cultural purpose, St Bride Foundation is one of London’s hidden gems.
Housed in a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian building, St Bride Foundation was originally set up to serve the burgeoning print and publishing trade of nearby Fleet Street, and is now finding a new contemporary audience of designers, printmakers and typographers who come to enjoy a regular programme of design events and workshops.
Many thousands of books, printing-related periodicals and physical objects are at the heart of St Bride Library. Volumes on the history of printing, typography, newspaper design and paper-making jostle for space alongside one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of type specimens. The printed, written, carved and cast word may be found at St Bride in its myriad forms. Architectural lettering and examples of applied typography in many media, together with substantial collections of steel punches and casting matrices for metal types are also held in this eclectic collection. The Reading Room is open to visitors twice a month and on other days by appointment. Although we operate on a cost-neutral basis, it is necessary to charge for some of our services. Details are available by emailing the library team at library@sbf.org.uk.
St Bride retains many of its original features, including the baths, laundry, printing rooms and library. As part of the Foundation’s original mission to provide for the community, many of the building’s unique and characterful spaces are available to hire whether for meetings, weddings or classes.
St Bride also houses the popular Bridewell Theatre, and Bridewell Bar (once the laundry), and hosts a year-round programme of plays, comedy, music and exhibitions.
With some 65,000 visitors a year St Bride Foundation is a major London hub for the creative arts in London. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
Venue
St Bride Foundation St Bride Foundation, 14 Bride Ln, EC4Y 8EQ London
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Commercial Type are proud to present a new venture: Commercial Classics
From Free