Featured Camps
Japan 2013
Focus
Typographic Creativity & Japanese Typography
Type of Camp
Creative Residential Retreat & Cultural Immersion
What's Happening
A very successful shoes ‘n scripts!
Our first ever 1-day Type Camp workshops in Vancouver were a huge success! After our Saturday 20 April workshop sold out in an astonishingly quick 6 hours, we scheduled another one for Sunday, and that one filled, too. … continue reading
More Pecha, More Kucha
On Tuesday 30 April, I will be one of the speakers at the Vancouver User Experience Group’s event titled ‘Lighting Talks to Spark Inspiration’ held at Fluevog Gastown. I will be giving the same Pecha Kucha-structured talk as I did in … continue reading
the future is now the present
At Type Camp Australia just over a year ago, we all wrote letters to ourselves for 12 months in the future. I wish this idea was mine, but it isn’t. It’s from when my (wonderful) Girl Scout Troop did Outward Bound … continue reading
Welcome to the team!
Type Camp is all about different perspectives and we aim for our teaching team to reflect it. We select international experts, that also happen to be experienced instructors, for all of our camps around the world. We guarantee that you’ll … continue reading
Calligraphy & udon noodles
We’re happy to announce our first ever Type Camp in Japan! We will be in Takamatsu on Shikoku Island, just across the water from Osaka and far away from the hubub of Tokyo. This is the land of the awesome … continue reading
me + EYE = wow
My 20 year old dream (that’s 20 years old and I made it when I was 20) came true yet again, twice in two weeks. Today, I was published on the EYE Magazine blog. Click here for the article. I … continue reading
Those clever graduate students!
My time with the Simon Fraser University Masters of Publishing students last week went very well. The talk was on magazine design of the 20th century. Note that these students weren’t designers – they would be going into all aspects … continue reading
Show & Tell at SFU
On Thursday 10 January, I will teach a seminar to the Masters of Publishing students at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. It is primarily about 20th century magazine design, but will also cover some historical issues and theory and audience … continue reading
My name in 8 point type.
A lifetime dream was just achieved. It might not be all that exciting, but let me tell you, it most certainly is to me. I remember when I first saw a copy of EYE magazine. It was some time in … continue reading
Thank you, 2012!
Thank you to all of the wonderful Type Camp participants from 2012! We laughed in Melbourne, we relaxed in California, we explored in Germany, and we created in Brazil. You campers constantly amazed me, at every camp, in every way. It … continue reading