Typography Classes Chicago - Typography 101

Typography 101

with The Green Exchange

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ABOUT THIS EVENT

Event Category

Education

Event Overview

This is a hands-on, typographic exploration where class participants will be creating letterforms for the global project "You Are Beautiful".

You Are Beautiful is a bold and simple statement, established in Chicago in 2002. This powerful message has spread around the world, distributing over a half million stickers, along with generating countless projects to beautify neighborhoods in cities globally. The project is open to all, from established artists & designers, to inspired youth. No matter who is involved, the intention and enthusiasm remains unwavering. Each person in the workshop will have a letter to design with provided materials and inspiration.

During the class, participants will discuss the You Are Beautiful statement and work to push boundaries and break barriers all while learning the art of Typography.

Minimum age

All ages welcome

Prerequisites

An interest in Typography, hands-on work and collaboration

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The Green Exchange

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Matthew Hoffmann:
Matthew Hoffman is an active communicator, instigating spirited imagination via unconventional routes. Through the You Are Beautiful Project, he's used simple, bold creative acts to help others share the very thing that unites all of us.

Will Miller:
Will is Creative Director and partner at Firebelly, a design studio with a focus on collaboration, education and social impact. His excitement for lettering and typography keeps him busy in-studio and out working on personal projects and teaching foundational typography basics at Chicago Portfolio School.

Erin Borreson:
Erin is a design partner at an interdisciplinary collaborative studio, Freight, where she's a graphic and environmental designer with a love of typography. She's also the Program Director for the Society of Typographic Arts where she plans typography and design focused events for Chicago's design community.

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