TypEd: Letter. Forms.
TypEd: Letter. Forms.
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TypEd: Letter. Forms. workshop with Jim Sutherland
Friday 17th January 2025, 2pm-7pm
Working with a selection of curated alphabets from St Bride Foundation's collections – from the 18th century onwards. The workshop is very hands-on. No computers. Nothing digital. Review letters and alphabets, cut out, compose, recompose, construct and reconstruct. Using scissors, paper, and glue - work quickly and generate lots of options and ideas. Look at the letters as form not type. Discuss and critique collectively. Use hands and minds.
Learning Objectives
Understanding Letterforms — Reconstructing typographic shapes.
Visual Identity — Start to understand how to create typographic logotypes, creating unique marks from existing typography.
Analogue working — Working with your hands and eyes on typographic portraits.
Play — Explore the value of experimenting within defined parameters. Remembering to enjoy working.
Critique — See the value of discussion, debate and review.
Participants will gain an appreciation of the beauty and power of type. Creating unique forms from disparate sources. How to create a typographic identity. A reminder of the role and importance of play and experimentation in design.
This workshop is for anyone who has a passion for the art of letter forms.
Class size is limited to 16 students for an engaging experience.
About Jim Sutherland
Jim Sutherland is founder of Studio Sutherl&, the most awarded design studio at D&AD in 2017. He studied at Norwich School of Art and has worked with a range of clients, including the Natural History Museum, Agatha Christie Limited, Prostate Cancer UK, Start-rite shoes and National Museums Scotland. He is a visiting Professor in Design at Norwich University of the Arts and has spoken at the London Design Festival, the Design Indaba in South Africa and Birmingham Design Festival. He is vice chair of The Typographic Circle. He believes in the power of play.
All proceeds go to support St Bride Foundation.
Accessibility
The workshop itself will be held at ground floor level with step free access. There will be the opportunity to visit the reading room which is not step free but has a platform lift. You can access our building at street-level via Salisbury Court and St Bride's Passage.
If you have any questions, please contact events@sbf.org.uk
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, 14 Bride Ln, EC4Y 8EQ London
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TypEd: Letter. Forms.
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