Released on: October 16, 2008, 9:01 am

Press Release Author: The Art Institute of Atlanta

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: "A Great Show of Character" exhibit showcases graphic design
pieces that have used typography in innovative ways as well as advances in typeface
design.

Press Release Body: ATLANTA (GA) - "A Great Show of Character: The Type Directors
Club Exhibit 2008" opens November 4 in The Art Institute of Atlanta Gallery. The
exhibit showcases graphic design pieces that have used typography in innovative ways
as well as advances in typeface design. A Visiting Artists Lecture Lunch 'n' Learn
is scheduled for Friday, November 21 at 12 pm with Ilene Strizver, founder of The
Type Studio, a design firm that specializes in all aspects of typography and visual
communications.

The "Great Show of Character" exhibit features the winning selections from this
year's annual competitions, TDC 54, which highlights works of typography in posters,
books, media, and stationary; and TDC2 2008, which highlights the works of typeface
design in text, display, and type systems. All the winning entries from these two
competitions will be published in Typography 29, the annual of the Type Directors
Club.

Founded in 1946, the Type Directors Club is an international organization for people
who are devoted to excellence in typography, both in print and on screen. Today,
the Type Directors Club is involved in all contemporary areas of typography and
design, and welcomes graphic designers, art directors, editors, multimedia
professionals, students, entrepreneurs, and anyone who works with type, especially
professionals in advertising, communications, education, marketing, and publishing.


The Type Directors Club exhibit will be on display through December 14. The Art
Institute of Atlanta Gallery is located at 6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 100 Embassy
Row, Atlanta, GA 30328. Gallery hours are Mon. - Thurs., 9 am - 9 pm; Fri., 9 am - 5
pm; and Sat., 9 am - 3 pm. For more information or directions, call 770.394.8300 or
1.800.275.4242, or visit www.artinstitutes.edu/atlanta.

The Art Institute of Atlanta, founded in 1949, is an institutional member of the
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). The Art Institutes of
Atlanta, including its satellite campus and its branch campuses - The Art Institute
of Atlanta-Decatur, The Art Institute of Charleston, The Art Institute of
Tennessee-Nashville, and The Art Institute of Washington - is accredited by the
Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award
associate and baccalaureate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866
Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404.679.4500 for questions about
the accreditation of The Art Institute of Atlanta. The Art Institute of Atlanta is
also one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), a system of over 40
educational institutions throughout North America, providing an important source of
design, media arts, fashion, and culinary arts professionals.

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Contact Details: The Art Institute of Atlanta
Johanna Brown
Assistant Director of Communications
jrbrown@aii.edu
770.689.4787