Type Tuesday: MuirMcNeil’s Two System
Type Tuesday: MuirMcNeil’s Two System
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Type Tuesday: MuirMcNeil’s Two System
The process behind the typefaces
St Bride Foundation,
Tuesday 4 June 2024
Bridewell Hall 7-9.30pm
Eye magazine's popular Type Tuesday returns in June with designers Hamish Muir and Paul McNeil. who explore systematic and algorithmic methods in type design, graphic design and moving image. (See also ‘Pleasure in the process’ in Eye 94, whose 8000 different covers were designed by MuirMcNeil.)
Muir and McNeil will talk about their book System Process Form, ‘an exploration of 7,762,392 typefaces’.
This hefty book was recently published by Unit Editions/Thames & Hudson, after a highly successful crowdfunding campaign.
After the interval Alan Kitching will lead a tribute to Derek Birdsall, who died recently aged 89. He will be joined by David Pearson who will talk about Derek's book cover designs.
Eye editor John L. Walters and art director Simon Esterson will preview the next issue, Eye 106.
St Bride will be running a bar and the Eye stall will be there with bargain back issues of Eye plus the latest edition – Eye 105.
Tickets £13, £11 members/concessions, £8.50 students
Save money by buying tickets in advance - all door sales will be £16.00 including concessions.
All proceeds go to support St Bride Foundation.
Ticket is non-refundable, however you are welcome to offer your ticket to another person. Please contact events@sbf.org.uk to change the name of your booking at least seven days prior to the event date.
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, Bride Lane, EC4Y 8EQ London
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Type Tuesday: MuirMcNeil’s Two System
From GBP 8.50