Type Brigade №55

Type Brigade is Vancouver’s typography meetup.

Join us at the BCIT Downtown Campus:

• Doors at 6:30pm
• Talks begin at 7:00pm

Please note that any guests you’d like to bring with you should register on the Meetup group themselves.

Speakers

Julie Solvstrom – The Slow Burn
https://juliesolvstrom.com/

Originally from Denmark, Julie Solvstrom now has the great pleasure of calling Vancouver home. She is an illustrator and lettering artist with a deep fondness for type, playful compositions, and bold color palettes. Her work reflects her love for the natural world, poetry, and human connection. The mountains and waters of British Columbia serve both as a backdrop for her active lifestyle and as a great source of creative inspiration.

In this talk Julie will take you through some of the bad decisions that led her, more or less, stumbling into a career as an illustrator and lettering artist. She’ll talk about passion projects, interdisciplinary collaborations, and sharing your work.

Brother Jopa (John Park) – Day by Day
https://www.brotherjopa.com

Brother Jopa is a Vancouver-based self-taught lettering artist, muralist, and designer. Across various mediums and formats, calligraphy and hand-drawn lettering remain at the core of Jopa's work, and his focus on community-building in the public art space has led to greater visibility for local artists and helped grow a saturated artistic culture within Vancouver. He will share his insights and personal journey in the art of calligraphy, and speak on the power of consistency in practice and life.

Call for Speakers

If you’re interested in speaking at Type Brigade our Call for Speakers is currently open. Submit a talk yourself, or share the link with a friend or colleague you’d like to see speak!

Sponsors and Partners

BCIT
Thanks very much to to BCIT for hosting us at their Downtown Campus.
https://www.bcit.ca/

Mitchell Press
Thanks to Mitchell Press for producing our print for the event! Talk to them for high speed, premium quality, commercial printing.
https://mitchellpress.com

Alanna Munro Type Foundry
https://alannamunro.com/

Kenneth Ormandy
https://kennethormandy.com/newsletter/

Is your team interested in sponsoring or working with Type Brigade? Read more about what we can offer you. https://typebrigade.com/sponsors/

Accessibility information

We will be on the 2nd floor of BCIT’s Downtown Campus. It is wheelchair accessible via an elevator from the main floor. If there are additional accessibility considerations that we can provide information on or help facilitate to make this event worthwhile for you, please email: alanna at typebrigade.com

Code of Conduct

Type Brigade strives to create a welcoming, safe, professional environment at our meetups. We commit to this through our attendee, organiser, and speaker Code of Conduct.

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See you at the event!