Shelley Gruendler - Type Camp

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Shelley Gruendler, founder of Type Camp, is a typographer, designer, and educator who teaches, lectures, and publishes internationally on typography and design. She holds a phd and an ma in The History and Theory of Typography and Graphic Communication from the University of Reading, England and a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Graphic Design from North Carolina State University, United States. Shelley has presented at TypoBerlin, ATypI, TypeCon, How, and TEDX; has published articles in Communication Arts, How, Slanted, and Step; and has judged international typography for Communication Arts, visual communication for Core77, and Canadian book design for the Alcuin Society. She loves travelling the world for Type Camp.

"Teaching at Type Camp is all the wonderful things about education without all of the rubbish stuff, like grades, stuffy classrooms, and uninterested classmates. It's a true learning and sharing environment. Both campers and instructors alike become a team with the common goal of learning more together. I'm always impressed at the results."

food

Bacon, cheesy grits, guavas (but not together!)

book

whodunnit murder mysteries, preferrably from the 1920's & 30's.

drink

Good gin and good tonic.

film/tv

I love bad tv almost as much as I love great films.

travel

Always Southern India. Always.

collection

I collect everything, but if you call me a hoarder, I might have to punch you in the face.

invention

Zippers amaze me. Tape is also pretty cool, too.

plant

Whomping Willow.

sound

Not while I'm writing. Shhh!

blog

Jezebel.com every. single. day.

animal

Elephants.
The capybara is a close second and the wombat is third.

expert

never met a stranger

when not at type camp

About to take a nap, in the middle of a nap, or waking up from a nap.