to promote communication b/n creatives across cultures, & appreciate how #intersectionality impacts our lives #xcd #crosscultural #sustainability #servicedesign
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XCD-Design retweeted
3 Oct 2022
The humble bench or chair can be a foundation for almost everything that happens in our public spaces, mostly because providing a comfortable place to sit is the starting point for the #sociallife we all crave...
sociallifeproject.org/four-p…
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XCD-Design retweeted
3 Oct 2022
Iran is the first country outside the US where I ever collected interviews. I remember how nervous I was. This was over ten years ago. There hadn’t been a nuclear deal yet. I didn’t have a ‘fixer.’ I hadn’t even been working long enough to know what a ‘fixer’ was..."
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4 Sep 2022
Marion Bataille, ABC3D, Roaring Brook Press, New York, 2008. @BatailleMarion
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4 Feb 2022
Why is a typeface named Jim Crow?
“It can be easy to think of typography as neutral, disassociated from politics and culture. But of course, typography is made by people, and thus cannot be separated from human history.”
believermag.com/logger/writt… #typeincontext #typereads
21 Dec 2021
20 Dec 2021
🚨 New article!
The Proof of the Pudding: A Case Study on Reviewing Type, Featuring Noto’s Cyrillics
by @samarskaya
typegeist.org/article/the-pr…
#typedesign #cyrillictype #fonts
XCD-Design retweeted
18 Dec 2021
It's #WorldArabicLanguageDay! Here is one of our TDC Award Winners, HudHud by Maha Akl of Cairo. Her typeface received a 2020 certificate in Typeface Design.
"Hudhud's concept is centred around mixing influences from the two constructions of the Arabic script: Solid and Fluid."
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XCD-Design retweeted
22 Oct 2021
We’re LIVE!
This edition: Saki Mafundikwa & Ima-Abasi Okon tackle questions of design, writing, culture, and power. #Typedesign #typography #type #worldscripts #africandesign @ilovetypography @tdcpratt @typedirectors @XCD_design @arabictype @PadiAfrika typegeist.org
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XCD-Design retweeted
28 Jun 2021
Big news today! ILT now has a shop with 40 foundries and 7000 fonts. And in celebration, some of the world's best designers are launching 15 new typefaces with us!
Visit us on ilovetypography.com & check out our newsletter: tinyurl.com/4vw4txu7
- Nadine
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XCD-Design retweeted
25 Jun 2021
However shocking the crime, we keep saying it: suspects should not be paraded before the media in this manner, let alone read from prepared statements; reporters are not investigators. The case & arguments for and against should first be presented to a court, not social media.
24 Jun 2021
Suspected killer of Super TV CEO, Chidinma, 21-year-old, 300 mass communications student of University of Lagos, recounts how she stabbed him with a knife, which led to his death.
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"The bill is passed."
BREAKING: The House passes bill establishing Juneteenth as a national holiday. The bill now heads to Pres. Biden's desk for his signature. abcn.ws/3pZQkqO
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24 May 2021
Was looking for @adobeawards @Adobe on the corporate list of the Defense of Voting Rights Open Letter to @nytimes. Did I miss it? If so, what a missed opportunity to support BIPOC users and emerging designers #votingrights #CivilRightsTwitter nytimes.com/2021/04/14/busin…
XCD-Design retweeted
13 Apr 2021
Caption this photo of Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West being escorted by The Pride of Baltimore II and a Fire Boat.
📸 Jared Lyles
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XCD-Design retweeted
7 Apr 2021
Amos Kennedy Jr., I Knew God Was Black but I Didn’t Know They Were Trans!
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5 Mar 2021
The Type Directors Club is pleased to present Type Drives Communities, an international conference exploring the ways in which people use typography to form and transform creative communities. Save the date this May 7 & 8!
Registration opening soon.
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