The Splendids were on a working sabbatical in the United States in June and July, and were fortunate enough to take a week off to travel to TypeCon in Buffalo. TypeCon is one of the world's best Typography and Graphic Design conferences and we had a blast.
It's different to most other design events because:
1) It's small ~600 people.
2) All the attendees are friendly, enthusiastic and in love with type.
We met so many amazing people in one short week; speakers and attendees alike. Here's a little taste of what we saw:
Stefan Sagmeister - We were very excited to see the headlining rockstar speaker of the conference. So excited that we decided to sneakily take a photo of him... and got caught in the act!
Carl Crossgrove - An accomplished type veteran working for Monotype, Carl invited us to their office near San Francisco after the conference where we saw their massive type book collection.
Erik Spiekermann - The outspoken typomaniac delivers another effortlessly entertaining talk. Here he is pointing out some irony in signwriting. We had the good fortune the following day to have a very friendly 15 minute conversation about our hacked iPhones! haha!
Silas Dilwoth - This extremely affable Typecon attendee runs Typetrust and is a very talented Type Designer to boot.
Experimental Type Workshop - We signed up for a great workshop to create and photograph a piece of type. Our results are up here. NLXL - These enigmatic Dutch designers had a very unique way of showcasing their work. David Sudweeks - David is a very talented type designer we met at the conference, who has some of the best glasses in the industry! Nancy Sharon Collins - A proponent of hand engraved stationery, Nancy delivered a fascinating talk about the role of Social Stationery and calling cards during the golden age of etiquette. John Downer - The typecon veteran led the infamous TypeCon Type Crit and provided a live demonstration of brush lettering that puts all us tech heads to shame. Ken Barber – House Industries - Ken showed off the amazing inspirations and technologies that went into their House Lettering Collection. James Puckett - A great lad we ran into during the conference; he had the cahonez to show his new face to Spiekermann and have it critiqued at the infamous TypeCrit. His new work is available on TypeTrust
