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“ECAL A Typographic Atlas” and “Since Type@Cooper” openings and lecture

Published: June 20, 2026; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

When: Tomorrow
Where: Frederick P. Rose Auditorium

Address: 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003, United States

Phone: +1 (212) 353-4196

Web: https://cooper.edu/engineering/frederick-p-rose-auditorium

Join us for the openings of two exhibitions and a Herb Lubalin Lecture as we kick off the Typographics festival.

Note: This ticket is required to gain admission to the two exhibition openings and the lecture. We can’t admit anyone without a ticket.

“ECAL A Typographic Atlas” exhibition

Curated by the Bachelor Graphic Design and Master Type Design programmes, ECAL A Typographic Atlas presents a wide selection of 300 typefaces created by ECAL students from around the world.

"Since Type@Coooper “exhibition
The exhibition brings together examples of work produced by the graduates of Type@Cooper programs. Launched in 2010 the certificate programs have become the leader in typeface design education in United States.

“ECAL A Typographic Atlas conference”

The practice of designing typefaces is highly specialized. It is easy, then, to go down the rabbit hole of drawing and curve fine-tuning, forgetting the fact that letterforms are primarily material for other means of communication. That is: graphic design. The Bachelor in Graphic Design and Master in Type Design of ECAL / University of Art and Design Lausanne, Switzerland, takes these questions seriously, but with fun. Celebrating 10 years of the MA in 2026, they developed a traveling exhibition and a book, reflecting on letterforms and how to show them through the principle of an Atlas. Next to the opening of the exhibition in its New York stop — after Torino, Leipzig and Paris, and before Montréal and Pasadena — this talk will introduce the audience to the mixed practices of graphic and type design, going through Diploma projects of three graduates, and the evolution of their practice, bridging the skills of font production with the broader perspectives of art directors and graphic designers. How we make fonts. How do we show fonts? And how we use them.

ECAL graduates Sean Ervan Kuhnke, Rebekka Hausmann, and Nayo Kim will present a short talk about their experience after graduating from typeface design programs.

Time: 5:00 pm EST

Free!

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