Design Legends & Luminaries Slated to Speak at TYPO San Francisco

Design Legends & Luminaries Slated to Speakat TYPO San FranciscoContact: Meghan Arnold, sanfrancisco@typotalks.com, +1.415.813.5992Jessica Hische, Neville Brody, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Michael Bierut and Erik Spiekermann will share a stage April 5-6 at TYPO San Francisco.With an emphasis on design, society, culture – with a little bit of kerning, TYPO San Francisco, based on one of Europe’s most successful design conferences, will take place at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), centering around the theme Connect.The two-day conference will feature a diverse array of local and international, creative and inspiring speakers across multiple industries in the Novellus Theater at YBCA, including:Juliette Bellocq — handbuiltstudioMichael Bierut — PentagramNeville Brody — Research StudiosThomas Castro — LUSTPeter Cho — InklingJessica HischeNat Hunter — AirsideMorag Myerscough — SupergroupJim Parkinson — Parkinson Type DesignYves Peters — The FontFeedHugo Puttaert — visionandfactoryOliver Reichenstein — iATina Roth Eisenberg — swissmissErik Spiekermann and Kali Nikitas will facilitate in the main hall. The event will also feature typographic workshops and presentations by visual and performance artists.Regularly priced tickets ($500) are available through February 29, with late registration ($600) beginning March 1 up until the conference. Group rates are available. Additionally, a limited number of student tickets will also be available at a reduced rate.TYPO sponsors include FontShop, FontFont, Adobe, Emigre and Communication Arts. Several corporate sponsorship opportunities are still available, please email sanfrancisco@typotalks.com for more information on sponsoring.Bloggers are invit

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