BITS & Pieces 2017

The first and the only typographic & type design conference in South East Asia. Organized by TAB and Cadson Demak.

BITS & Pieces 2017 will be taking place between 27 - 29 October 2017 at Goethe Institut, CommDe Communication Design Program of Chulalongkorn University, TCDC Chaloenkrung, TCDC COMMONS, TAB and W Hotel Bangkok

SCHEDULED

/ Keynote Presentation /

October 27, 2017: 4 - 6.30 pm. at Auditorium, Goethe Institut Thailand.
***First 50 tickets and by invitation only***

"The designer as social mentor” — Gerry Leonidas
"The Democratization of Type in the Pre-digital Era” — Briar Levitt
“Type classification is dead, long live font filtering. — "Indra Kupferschmid
“(TBC)” — Tanachot Sapruangnam

/ Workshop Day /

October 28, 2017: 10 am. - 6 pm. at TCDC, CommMa, Chulalongkorn University, TCDC COMMONS and TAB

Workshop at TCDC (The Grand Postal Building, Charoenkrung Road)

October 28, 2017

10 am. - 6 pm. at Auditorium A, TCDC

“START YOUR FIRST FONT IN GLYPHS” — Lisa Schultz and Miriam Surányi
Available slots : 20 people

10 am. - 6 pm. at Auditorium B, TCDC.

“ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN GLYPHS” — Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
Available slots : 20 people

Workshop at CommMa (Department of industrial design, Chulalongkorn University)

October 28, 2017

1 - 3 pm. at CommMa, Chulalongkorn University.
“Type Design as Practice-based Research” — Gerry Leonidas
Available slots : 15 people

Workshop at TCDC COMMONS (3rd Floor, IDEO Q Chula-Samyan) October 28, 2017

1 - 3 pm. at Workshop 1&2, TCDC COMMONS.
“Looking at Latin-script typefaces” — Indra Kupferschmid
Available slots : 8 people

1 - 3 pm. at Auditorium, TCDC COMMONS.
“Craft your own book” — Phantipa Thanchookie (LIKAYBINDERY)
Available slots : 8 people

4 - 6 pm. at Workshop 1&2, TCDC COMMONS.
“Poster Design on the wall. Is it necessary?” — Kekfeng Lee
Available slots : 8 people

4 - 6 pm. at Auditorium, TCDC COMMONS.
“Money Makes the World Go ‘Round – On the Design of Currency Symbols” — Henning Krause
Available slots : 8 people

Workshop at TAB (Kaulin Building, Thong Lor Soi 4) October 28, 2017

1 - 3 pm. at TAB.
“The Shape of Space” — Cyrus Highsmith
Available slots : 8 people

/ Graphic Means Screening /

October 28, 2017: 7 - 9 pm. at 4th Floor. Function room, TCDC (The Grand Postal Building, Charoenkrung Road)

/ Conference Day /

October 29, 2017: 10 am. - 5 pm. at Great room, W hotel (North Sathorn Road).

"Between Things” — Cyrus Highsmith
“Discovering Personal Visual Language” — Kekfeng Lee
“Puan and Seri” — Theerawat Pojvibulsiri
“More Fonts, More Fun” — Lisa Schultz and Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer
“Type is for everyone” — Toshi Omagari"
"Between Parts and Wholeness” — Nattapol Rojjanarattanangkool
“A new face for the BBC” — Bruno Maag
“Localized & Customized” — Henning Krause
"What type is your type?” — Keitaro Sakamoto

*Ticket including Lunch and Coffee Break 

/ Type Walk Hong Kong & Chinese Calligraphy /

November 1-3, 2017: at Hong Kong.

November 1: (BKK) Suvarnabhumi Airport Departures.

November 2: Type Walk: Hong Kong Shop Signs & Calligraphy with Julius Hui and Adonian Chan 
November 3: Chinese calligraphy with Adonian Chan and (BKK) Suvarnabhumi Airport Arrivals.