Type Tours
BiNS has news of a series of walks lead by Ben Waddington of Birmingham Library concentrating on the design and typography history of the city as part of the Plus festival. Here are the dates:
Type Tour of Digbeth - 17, 18, 19 October, 12.30 – 14.30pm
Baskerville’s Birmingham - 20 October 12.30 – 14.30pm
City Centre Type Tour - 21 October, 12.30 – 14.30pm
All priced at £10
Waddington has done many of these in the past - here’s more info on his Baskerville walk (from where I nicked the above image). Personally the Digbeth one looks the most fascinating. I’d imagine the letterforms will reflect the random evolution of the area over the last century rather well.
Details to follow on the Plus site.
Pete Ashton | Filed Under: Birmingham, Design, Events, History
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