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Don Osborn
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Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:09:15 -0400
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Subject: TDC Type Salon: Conversation with John D. Berry & Saki
Mafundikwa
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TDC Type Salon
Conversation with John D. Berry and Saki Mafundikwa
Thursday, July 15, 2004, 6 to 8 p.m. (admission free)
TDC office (new location)
127 West 25 Street, 8th Floor


John D. Berry and Saki Mafundikwa will be talking about two new
books from Mark Batty Publisher <http://www.markbattypublisher.com>:
John's "Contemporary Newspaper Design"
<http://www.markbattypublisher.com/servlet/book_view?number=17>
and Saki's "Afrikan Alphabets."
<http://www.markbattypublisher.com/servlet/book_view?number=9>
Each of the books was put together by its author/designer as an
integrated presentation of content and image. John and Saki will
show how these two projects came to fruition.

John Berry is an editor and typographer who works both sides of the
design/content divide. He is the former editor of U&lc, and edited
the book "Language Culture Type" (ATypI/Graphis, 2002). He writes
regularly on type for Creativepro.com. He is a former member of the
board of directors of TDC "Contemporary Newspaper Design" is a
lively, highly visual study of the graphic evolution of some of the
world's best-designed newspapers over the last fifteen years.

Saki Mafundikwa is a graphic designer, typographer, and design
educator. He holds an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University
and worked and taught in New York City before returning to his
country Zimbabwe to found that country¡¯s first graphic design and
new media college, the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA).
"Afrikan Alphabets" is an eye-opening introduction to the wealth of
graphic writing systems, alphabetic and otherwise, that have been
developed by Africans both throughout history and in comparatively
recent times. The book is a visual feast, both descriptive and very
personal.

We hope to see you there!

With kind regards,

Mark Batty Publisher




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Mark Batty Publisher
6050 Boulevard East, Suite 2H
West New York, NJ 07093
phone 201-453-1775, fax 201-861-3365
e-mail info@...

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