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The Shape of Language 
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The #TDC69 winners have been announced!!

Congratulations to everyone that made it in The Book. We received more entries from across the world than ever before in TDC history. 77 countries participated, with 42 of them winning the TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence.

Follow the hashtag #TDC69 across the different channels to explore the winning entries.

“There are nearly 7,000 languages and dialects in the world, yet only 7% are reflected in published online material.”

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200414-the-many-lanuages-still-missing-from-the-internet

The many languages missing from the internet

English and a handful of other languages dominate the internet, but this is leaving indigenous cultures without a voice online. Now they are fighting to get their own languages on the web.

BBC

Dafi Kühne is coming to NYC from Switzerland, leading a 2-part experimental letterpress workshop at The Arm in Brooklyn, April 25 & May 2:
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-dafi-kuhne-printing-road-showtm-1999689

He’s also giving a free talk for @lubalincenter at Cooper Union, May 3:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dafi-kuhne-letterpress-posters-reinvented-tickets-605191583317

If you’re not familiar with Dafi’s work, it is (in my opinion) among the best designed and produced contemporary letterpress printing out there. Check his site for more – especially his process documentation videos:
https://www.babyinktwice.ch

The Dafi Kühne Printing Road Show™

This new series of hands-on workshops with Swiss artist, designer and typographer Dafi Kühne will explore experimental printing techniques featured in his web series The Dafi Kühne Printing Show™.

Eventbrite

TDC Ascenders FINAL DEADLINE is just one week away, April 15th. And we’re ecstatic to see all the incredible practitioners leading the way.

Enter at ascenders.tdc.org (for those born in 1987 or later).

Join Parasto Backman in conversation with Matthew Tapia and Golnar Kat Rahmani, TODAY.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ascenders-judges-golnar-kat-rahmani-and-matthew-tapia-tickets-594836621347

Ascenders Judges Golnar Kat Rahmani and Matthew Tapia

A conversation with TDC Ascenders judges Golnar Kat Rahmani and Matthew Tapia. Moderated by TDC Advisory Board Member Parasto Backman.

Eventbrite

“Wouldn’t it make sense for an approach to multi-script type design education to emerge in a context where multiple languages overlap on a daily basis? Working against the legacies of colonialism and structures of capitalism, could we imagine a program to destabilize the hegemony of Latin and imagine type design education otherwise?”

https://futuress.org/stories/letters-words-stories/

أحْرُف وكَلِمَاتْ وقِصَصْ A Multi-Script Type Design Program

Imagining a playground for collective archiving, researching and letter-making.

Futuress

TDC Scholarships (and Native/First Nations grant) deadline is extended by one week—through March 31st.

https://scholarships.tdc.org/

🔴Scholarships
at @typedirectors
The 2023 deadline for all scholarships is March 24.
Ezhishin Scholarship
Adé Hogue Scholarship
Beatrice Warde Scholarship
TDC Scholarship
#scholarship #typography #WomanCollegeJunior #BIPOC #NativeAmerican #FirstNation
https://www.tdc.org/supporting-growth/scholarships/

@typedirectors Ezhishin scholarship/grant for US/Canadian indigenous students in typography, type design, or linguistics. Deadline for applications 24 March 2023.

Details: https://www.tdc.org/supporting-growth/scholarships/

The @typedirectors club has several scholarships to check out: Beatrice Warde. For women worldwide, undergrad juniors, working with type/lettering/design or design criticism.