Type Tuesday: We love books

St Bride Foundation, Tuesday 5 March 2024 in the Bridewell Hall 7-9.30pm

Eye magazine hosts its first Type Tuesday of the year which will be all about books and book design. We will be joined by two amazing, Italian-born speakers – Luca Pitoni and Astrid Stavro. The evening will begin with a must-see presentation about Anita Klinz (1923-2013), ‘the first Italian art director’. Over two crucial decades at publisher Mondadori, Klinz transformed the look of Italian publishing. The forthcoming edition of Eye will feature an English-language article based on Ostinata Bellezza, Luca Pitoni’s book about Klinz’s life and work.   

Based in Milan, Luca Pitoni is co-founder of the Italian editorial design studio Tomo Tomo. (see ‘Noise free’ in Eye 103. The studio redesigned the daily financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore and works with book publishers including Mondadori and the Touring Club Italiano. His recent book about book design legend Anita Klinz (1923-2013), is about to be adapted for an article in Eye 106 and (later in the year) an English-language edition for Thames & Hudson.

Astrid Stavro is an award-winning designer based in London. Prior to running Astrid Stavro Studio, she was a partner at Pentagram and a co-founder of the design agency Atlas (see Reputations in Eye 95). She is the President of the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD), Trustee at St. Bride Foundation and member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).

The evening concludes with a panel discussion including Astrid, Luca and members of the Eye team.

There will be a bar and a stall at which you can buy bargain back issues of Eye plus the latest edition – Eye 105. 

Tickets £13, £11 members/concessions, £8.50 students

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.