Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography

Quasi: Experimental Writing Systems: Curator’s Statement

By

Lavinia Lascaris

Sep 2, 2025

Whence did the wond’rous mystic art arise, Of painting SPEECH, and speaking to the eyes? That we by tracing magic lines are taught, How to embody, and to colour THOUGHT? ―Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage, 1967With a history spann

Quasi: Experimental Writing Systems: Curator’s Statement

By

Lavinia Lascaris

Sep 2, 2025

Whence did the wond’rous mystic art arise, Of painting SPEECH, and speaking to the eyes? That we by tracing magic lines are taught, How to embody, and to colour THOUGHT? ―Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage, 1967With a history spann

Quasi: Experimental Writing Systems: Curator’s Statement

By

Lavinia Lascaris

Sep 2, 2025

Whence did the wond’rous mystic art arise, Of painting SPEECH, and speaking to the eyes? That we by tracing magic lines are taught, How to embody, and to colour THOUGHT? ―Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage, 1967With a history spann

A Visit to Tipoteca in Italy

By

Simon Johnston

Feb 13, 2024

About two hours north of Venice, in the town of Cornuda, where the Tipoteca Italia Foundation is situated, canals are still very much in evidence. The water in the main Brentella canal running through town flows at a pretty good pace (in fa

A Visit to Tipoteca in Italy

By

Simon Johnston

Feb 13, 2024

About two hours north of Venice, in the town of Cornuda, where the Tipoteca Italia Foundation is situated, canals are still very much in evidence. The water in the main Brentella canal running through town flows at a pretty good pace (in fa

A Visit to Tipoteca in Italy

By

Simon Johnston

Feb 13, 2024

About two hours north of Venice, in the town of Cornuda, where the Tipoteca Italia Foundation is situated, canals are still very much in evidence. The water in the main Brentella canal running through town flows at a pretty good pace (in fa

John van Hamersveld: A Sun of Many Colors

By

Louise Sandhaus

Sep 25, 2023

Over the last decade or so, John van Hamersveld (JvH) and I have been corresponding. I first reached out to him at the dawn of working on my book, Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots. The exact shape of that project was a fuzzy blob in my

John van Hamersveld: A Sun of Many Colors

By

Louise Sandhaus

Sep 25, 2023

Over the last decade or so, John van Hamersveld (JvH) and I have been corresponding. I first reached out to him at the dawn of working on my book, Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots. The exact shape of that project was a fuzzy blob in my

John van Hamersveld: A Sun of Many Colors

By

Louise Sandhaus

Sep 25, 2023

Over the last decade or so, John van Hamersveld (JvH) and I have been corresponding. I first reached out to him at the dawn of working on my book, Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots. The exact shape of that project was a fuzzy blob in my

ATypI Paris 2023 Review

By

Lavinia Lascaris

Jun 28, 2023

The first type conference I ever attended was ATypI Tokyo in 2019, which marked my initial foray into the world of type nerds. Returning to Paris after a pandemic-induced hiatus, ATypI felt like four years’ worth of typographic material fro

ATypI Paris 2023 Review

By

Lavinia Lascaris

Jun 28, 2023

The first type conference I ever attended was ATypI Tokyo in 2019, which marked my initial foray into the world of type nerds. Returning to Paris after a pandemic-induced hiatus, ATypI felt like four years’ worth of typographic material fro

ATypI Paris 2023 Review

By

Lavinia Lascaris

Jun 28, 2023

The first type conference I ever attended was ATypI Tokyo in 2019, which marked my initial foray into the world of type nerds. Returning to Paris after a pandemic-induced hiatus, ATypI felt like four years’ worth of typographic material fro

Wolfgang Weingart 1941–2021

By

Simon Johnston

Dec 2, 2021

Wolfgang Weingart 1941–2021

By

Simon Johnston

Dec 2, 2021

Wolfgang Weingart 1941–2021

By

Simon Johnston

Dec 2, 2021

Character Building

By

Simon Johnston

Nov 18, 2021

Character Building

By

Simon Johnston

Nov 18, 2021

Character Building

By

Simon Johnston

Nov 18, 2021

Censorship, Creativity, and the Polish School of Posters

By

Susan Malmstrom

Feb 2, 2021

Conventional wisdom holds that artistic freedom is paramount to the creative process. Sometimes, however, loss of control can paradoxically lead artists down new and different avenues of artistic expression. Such was the case with the Polis

Censorship, Creativity, and the Polish School of Posters

By

Susan Malmstrom

Feb 2, 2021

Conventional wisdom holds that artistic freedom is paramount to the creative process. Sometimes, however, loss of control can paradoxically lead artists down new and different avenues of artistic expression. Such was the case with the Polis

Censorship, Creativity, and the Polish School of Posters

By

Susan Malmstrom

Feb 2, 2021

Conventional wisdom holds that artistic freedom is paramount to the creative process. Sometimes, however, loss of control can paradoxically lead artists down new and different avenues of artistic expression. Such was the case with the Polis

Collecting and Archives

By

Ramone Muñoz

Sep 2, 2025

I was honored, but not surprised, about a request from HMCT to briefly write about collecting. I started collecting books and art in high school and, in my family, I’m considered the Benedictine. My partner is the Franciscan. As I near reti

Collecting and Archives

By

Ramone Muñoz

Sep 2, 2025

I was honored, but not surprised, about a request from HMCT to briefly write about collecting. I started collecting books and art in high school and, in my family, I’m considered the Benedictine. My partner is the Franciscan. As I near reti

Collecting and Archives

By

Ramone Muñoz

Sep 2, 2025

I was honored, but not surprised, about a request from HMCT to briefly write about collecting. I started collecting books and art in high school and, in my family, I’m considered the Benedictine. My partner is the Franciscan. As I near reti