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Join us for the second in a series of talks commemorating the 250th anniversary of Baskerville’s death. These talks will honour the life, work and death of the printer, deist and free-thinker, John Baskerville.
Birmingham as seen through its Display Typography
Looking through the lens of Birmingham’s printed ephemera from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Dr David Osbaldestin will be presenting a range of interconnecting narratives told through the display typefaces and jobbing printers of the city.
David Osbaldestin is a Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University. A Creative Director with a passion for typography, David uses his design and fine art skills to teach the complex art form of the printed letter. He has a wide-ranging role at BCU, teaching within Art and Design and Fine Art. David is an executive member of the Centre for Printing History & Culture, the Virtual Museum of Printing, the Printing Historical Society, and Print Networks. His doctoral research looked at the development of nineteenth-century sans serif printing types and he has published various articles on the subject.
Recommended for ages 18+. The workshop will take place in the Winterbourne Centre for Horticulture. For any queries about this workshop, please email our Learning Officer, Ellie Hill.
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