Week of Events
Introduction to Modern Type Design
with Kel Troughton Design your own original typeface in 10 weeks! During this 10-week online course (meeting on Monday evenings from October 2-December 11—no meeting on November 20), you will create your own original typefaces as you gain an understanding of the methodologies and software used to produce high-quality digital type. The primary goal of […]
Open Set 2025 Competition & Exhibition
The OPEN • SET 2025 Competition & Exhibition is an event in the United States featuring finely crafted bookbindings. Sponsored by the American Academy of Bookbinding, it is designed to encourage both new binders and professionals and is open to binders around the world. We invite you to participate!
The 2nd Annual Robin Seaman Award Info Session
The 2nd Annual Robin Seaman Award Info Session
Learn about the Robin Seaman Award at our virtual info session on Tuesday, December 12th from 5:30–6:30 pm PST via Zoom. BAWiP is excited for our second year of the Robin Seaman Award. Launched earlier this year, the Robin Seaman Award supports women and non-binary people in the Bay Area in advancing their publishing […]
PubWest Publishers Roundtable – December
PubWest Publishers Roundtable – December
Join us for a Holiday Publishers Roundtable! We'll chat about the upcoming conference and more. Open to all PubWest members and guests, our Roundtables are not recorded.
Editors Helping Editors
Editors Helping Editors
Join us for our "Editors Helping Editors" meeting. Bring your problems, big and small, as well as your thinking caps. We'll work together to solve event-goers quandaries and questions, which could range from common questions like how to find clients in a particular field (say academic editing) to more situation-specific issues like why a particular […]
From Gutenberg to the Gallery: Five Decades of Print and Book Art
From Gutenberg to the Gallery: Five Decades of Print and Book Art
In The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), Marshall McLuhan argued that significant changes in technology would generate massive cultural transformations that will permanently alter the form and function of the book. Fundamentals of bookmaking have not changed much since the contributions of Gutenberg, but the cultural environments in which they have been grounded, expanded, and received certainly […]
WNBA-San Francisco Chapter “Share & Tell” Holiday Mixer
WNBA-San Francisco Chapter “Share & Tell” Holiday Mixer
It’s that time of year! The holidays are upon us and what better time to get together, relax, and have some fun. Grab a mug of your favorite coffee or tea and join us for an early afternoon of holiday cheer. Share your 2023 wins and Tell what you are working on for 2024! You can’t reach […]
Holiday Krazy Krafts Day
Holiday Krazy Krafts Day
Join us for a KRAZY KRAFTS DAY at the Printing Museum, a creative day of printing and crafts for the whole family. All are welcome, whether you are a kid or a kid at heart that just loves to make stuff! Activities throughout the day include letterpress printing cards, bookmarks and keepsakes. Participants will be […]
Make Your Own Miniature: Letterform Holiday Café!
Make Your Own Miniature: Letterform Holiday Café!
with Tammie Knight Make Your Own Miniature: Letterform Holiday Café! Design your own miniature holiday-themed café in this delightful in-person workshop. Over the course of six hours, miniaturist Tammie Knight will take you on a 1:12 design journey. As you create your own cafe, she will join you, sharing her process, tips, and tricks along […]
A Beginner’s Bindery in a Hide-Away Box
A Beginner’s Bindery in a Hide-Away Box
“When I started bookbinding, I always felt limited by the tools I had. 30 years later I have all the best tools imaginable. Yet the bench where I make DAS Bookbinding videos is tiny and 90% of what I do is done with the tools hanging on a small wall area. I could easily have […]