workshop with Jim Sutherland

Friday 22nd November 2024, 2pm-7pm

Book HERE before 14th October to receive a 30% early bird discount

Working with a selection of curated alphabets from St Bride Foundation's collections – from the 18th century onwards. The workshop is very hands-on. No computers. Nothing digital. Review letters and alphabets, cut out, compose, recompose, construct and reconstruct. Using scissors, paper, and glue - work quickly and generate lots of options and ideas. Look at the letters as form not type. Discuss and critique collectively. Use hands and minds.

Learning Objectives

Understanding Letterforms — Reconstructing typographic shapes.

Visual Identity — Start to understand how to create typographic logotypes, creating unique marks from existing typography.

Analogue working — Working with your hands and eyes on typographic portraits.

Play — Explore the value of experimenting within defined parameters. Remembering to enjoy working.

Critique — See the value of discussion, debate and review.

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Participants will gain an appreciation of the beauty and power of type. Creating unique forms from disparate sources. How to create a typographic identity. A reminder of the role and importance of play and experimentation in design.

This workshop is for anyone who has a passion for the art of letter forms.

Class size is limited to 16 students for an engaging experience.

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Tickets: £200, £175 (Friends), £125 (Students)

Book tickets HERE

All proceeds go to support St Bride Foundation.

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Accessibility

Workshops will be held at ground floor level with step free access. There will be the opportunity to visit the reading room which is not step free but has a platform lift. You can access our building at street-level via Salisbury Court and St Bride's Passage.

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About Jim Sutherland

Jim Sutherland is founder of Studio Sutherl&, the most awarded design studio at D&AD in 2017. He studied at Norwich School of Art and has worked with a range of clients, including the Natural History Museum, Agatha Christie Limited, Prostate Cancer UK, Start-rite shoes and National Museums Scotland. He is a visiting Professor in Design at Norwich University of the Arts and has spoken at the London Design Festival, the Design Indaba in South Africa and Birmingham Design Festival. He is vice chair of The Typographic Circle. He believes in the power of play.

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TypEd programme curated by Lilly Marques, a designer working within tech & type.