Curator’s Spotlight Tour
Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between the World Wars
Saturday, March 2
12–1 pm
Adults $8; Seniors/Students $5; Free for members
18 West 86th Street, Gallery

Paul Stirton leads a tour of the exhibition he curated and offers insights into the career of Jan Tschichold, a legendary figure in the history of modern graphic design, as well as the artists, ideas, and texts that most influenced him. Featuring works by Jan Tschichold, Kurt Schwitters, El Lissitzky, Aleksandr Rodchenko, László Moholy-Nagy, Max Burchartz, Walter Dexel, Johannes Molzahn, Piet Zwart, and others.

Paul Stirton is associate professor at the Bard Graduate Center. He has a particular interest in graphic design, interiors, and print culture, although his recent work has been concerned with public monuments and cultural transfer or emigration.

Public Education Course
Highlights in the History of Graphic Design

Graphic design has a profound effect on the way we view the world. Learn about some of the key moments in graphic design history in this Bard Graduate Center public education course. The five-week course is taught by BGC’s world-renowned faculty and alumni and is open to everyone; no pre-existing knowledge of art or design is required. Engage your senses with hands-on activities that reveal the fascinating history of design and media production.

Classes begin April 1
Mondays 7–9 pm

$450 adults
$375 students and educators
$350 for members
Individual classes not for sale. Space is limited.

Week 1 (April 1)
The Wiener Werkstätte
With Michelle Jackson-Beckett, doctoral candidate at Bard Graduate Center and professor of industrial design at The New School’s Parsons School of Design

Week 2 (April 8)
The Bauhaus
With Michelle Jackson-Beckett, doctoral candidate at Bard Graduate Center and professor of industrial design at The New School’s Parsons School of Design

Week 3 (April 15)
Politics and Culture in Latin American Graphic Design
With Christina De León, doctoral candidate at Bard Graduate Center and associate curator of U.S. Latino design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Week 4 (April 22)
American Corporations and Countercultures: Postwar Graphic Design
With Colin Fanning, doctoral candidate at Bard Graduate Center and project assistant curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Week 5 (April 29)
Computer as Tool, Computer as Medium: Design after 1980
With Juliette Cezzar, assistant professor of communication design at The New School’s Parsons School of Design

First Wednesdays Conversation: Graphic Design and The Bauhaus
Wednesday, May 1
7–7:45 pm
Free
18 West 86th Street, Gallery

Join us for our First Wednesdays Conversation: Graphic Design and The Bauhaus, an intimate discussion between Barry Bergdoll, Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, and Paul Stirton, curator of Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between the World Wars and associate professor at Bard Graduate Center. Come at 6 pm to enjoy cool jazz, warm vibes, a glass of wine, and a stroll through our fascinating spring exhibitions.

Conversation
The New Typography and 21st Century Design
Wednesday, May 8
6:30–8 pm
Adults $8; Seniors/Students $5; Free for members
18 West 86th Street, Gallery

Join luminaries in the field of graphic design for an intimate conversation between Ellen Lupton, curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City; Barbara Glauber, principal of design studio Heavy Meta; David Reinfurt, graphic designer and co-founder of Dexter Sinister and The Serving Library; and Paul Stirton, curator of Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between the World Wars.

Barbara Glauber is the principal of Heavy Meta, a graphic design studio based in New York. Over the past two decades, she has edited, curated, and designed exhibitions; judged competitions; taught classes and workshops; and created a variety of graphic materials for her cultural clients.

Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator, and graphic designer. She directs the MFA program in graphic design at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore as well as its Center for Design Thinking.

David Reinfurt is an independent graphic designer and professor at Princeton University. He worked at IDEO from 1995 to 1997. He is the co-founder of Dexter Sinister and The Serving Library.

Conversation
A Designer’s Salon: Typography Today
Wednesday, May 22
6:30–8 pm
Adults $8; Seniors/Students $5; Free for members
38 West 86th Street, Lecture Hall

Join Dave Crossland, program manager of Google Fonts; Eli Heuer, a software developer and advocate for libre design software and culture; and others for a lively conversation about digital typography, variable fonts, accessibility, and digital democracy.

This program is kindly supported by Google.

Dave Crossland is an English type designer who set out in 2006 to liberate typography, studying and working to realize his dream of an unrestricted culture of graphic communication. He initiated the “Cantarell” type project as an MATD student in 2009 that was included in the launch of Google Fonts. As a consultant with the Google Fonts team, he has commissioned hundreds of typefaces for dozens of scripts.

Eli Heuer is a a software developer and advocate for libre design software and culture.

Conversation
Designing Nationalism
Wednesday, June 12
6:30–8 pm
Adults $8; Seniors/Students $5; Free for members
18 West 86th Street, Gallery

Featuring co-founder of twenty-six design studio Jarrett Fuller and others. More details to come.

Jarrett Fuller is a designer, writer, educator, and podcaster. He runs twenty-six, a multidisciplinary design and editorial studio; hosts Scratching the Surface, a weekly podcast about design criticism; and teaches in both undergraduate and graduate programs at Pratt Institute, The New School’s Parsons School of Design, and the University of the Arts.