ATypI 2017

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ATypI 2017 ATypI 2017 was held in Montreal, Canada, from September 12-16, 2017. The main organizer was Alessandro Colizzi, closely assisted by Alexandre Saumier-Demers. The theme was Atypique. Introduction to the team. The conference blurb: Join the global typographic community in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, September 12-16, 2017. ATypI is celebrating sixty years of typographic education and camaraderie this year. As an organization founded by Charles Peignot of the famed Deberny & Peignot foundry in Paris, it's fitting that we commemorate this milestone in a grand French-speaking capital. The theme of ATypI's 2017 conference is Atypique. Montréal is known for many things: for its blend of new and old; for its bilingualism and pluralistic society. Montréal is a city of dualities: East Side and West Side, English- and French-speaking, the old city and the new, European sophistication and American casual. It's a laid-back city enjoying the benefits of a low-inequality society. It is an atypical city compared to the rest of Canada and the United States. In a broader context, Atypique means something more daring; something that doesn't quite follow convention; something a little bit rebellious and edgy. Atypique holds a mirror to history and understands tradition, but dares to be different. In typographical terms, Atypique hints at all things---products, practices, processes, people---escaping the rules or bending paradigms. Atypique evokes, to paraphrase Alan Fletcher, looking sideways at all facets of contemporary types and typography: from technology to aesthetics, from economics to politics, from Latin to the world writing systems, from hand lettering to screen legibility, and from education to the very notion of authorship. The three tremendous keynote speakers: Roger Black, Paula Scher, and Rod McDonald. The identity of ATypI was expertly and daringly designed by Julien Hébert, who is based in Montreal. From the euphoric and "atypique" color palette, to the choice of a Montreal-grown typeface, Guillon (by Feedtype and Coppers and Brasses), and a series of stunning posters, this is identity design at its best. The speakers and workshop leaders: Sahar Afshar, Shani Avni, Sofie Beier, Jordan Bell, Bruno Bernard, John D. Berry, Ann Bessemans, Aaron Bowes, Veronika Burian, Stephen Coles, Peter Constable, Matthieu Cortat, Nicole Dotin, John Downer, Nathalie Dumont, Rachel Elnar, Victor Gaultney, Tom Grace, Will Hill, Lauren Johnson, Quinn Keaveney, Joyce Ketterer, Jerome Knebusch, Gloria Kondrup, Borys Kosmynka, Indra Kupferschmid, Kevin Larson, Edwina Lee, Taekyeom Lee, Paul Luna, Jose Manuel Lopez Rocha, Bruno Maag, Simon Mager, Wei Ming, Aoife Mooney, Bill Moran, Jim Moran, Gillian Mothersill, Megan O'Connell, Sharon Oiga, Riccardo Olocco, Toshi Omagari, Santiago Orozco, Jason Pamental, Elena Papassissa, Laurence Penney, Yves Peters, Thomas Phinney, Judith Poirier, Carolyn Porter, Daniel Rhatigan, Emilie Rigaud, David Jonathan Ross, Christopher Rouleau, Jay Rutherford, Tetsuo Sakomura, Jose Scaglione, Lucas Sharp, Paul Shaw, Nick Shinn, Matt Soar, Michael Stinson, Arina Stoenescu, Sumner Stone, Andres Torresi, Sergio Trujillo, Ferdinand Ulrich, Underware, Petr van Blokland, Malou Verlomme, Guy Villa Jr., Wen Wang, Taro Yamamoto. Twitter feed. Videos of the talks. Photobooth and party pictures by Benoit Vermette. Pictures by Henrique Nardi and Norman Posselt.	EXTERNAL LINKS ATypI 2017 MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Past conferences on type design ⦿ Type design in Quebec ⦿