COUNTDOWN TO TypeSHED11

TypeSHED11

Wellington | New Zealand | 11-15 February 2009

A five-day international typography symposium organised by Typevents Italy and Catherine Griffiths, New Zealand. www.typeshed11.co.nz

Some of the worlds’ key figures in design and typography will gather in Wellington this summer for New Zealand’s first-ever international typography symposium exploring the purpose and expression of typography – a “relevant and mind-expanding opportunity” says Tina Barton, director of Victoria University of Wellington’s Adam Art Gallery.

Set in a redeveloped ex-cargo store, Shed 11, on the waters’ edge in Wellington, TypeSHED11 will host typographers and designers from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Pacific, Australia and New Zealand for five days of workshops, lectures, exhibitions and experimental installations focusing on typography across the disciplines – graphic design and advertising, photography, film, literature, architecture, music and the visual arts.

TypeSHED11 is a creative initiative of Simone Wolf, Typevents Italy (a consultancy to the international typo/graphic arts industry), together with Catherine Griffiths, New Zealand-based designer and typographer.