Conference Talk

Inês Ayer

Call to Action: Unlocking Advocacy Through Type

How typography can lead the way to convey impactful stories? A 20 minutes journey to explore how causes like social justice, health equity, democracy, and sustainability can be shaped by a compelling letter narrative.

This talk is scheduled to take place , 2023, at New York time (/UTC) as part of the main Typographics conference. Conference registration is required to attend in person.

About Inês Ayer

Inês Ayer

A humanist designer with a 360º approach to problem-solving. Inês uses design as a society shifter. She graduated in 2016 from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon in the Communication Design course, where in the final year she was part of the development team of the finalist exhibition and collaborated with the atelier TVM designers. In 2017 she left for Berlin to do an internship at Superunion. After this period in Germany, she decides to embark on a volunteer project at a school in Thailand. On her return to Portugal, she came back with greater motivation to invest in new social initiatives such as Decoding Creativity Barcelona, High Potentials ADCE, The Design Kids Lisbon, OFFF Academy powered by Adobe, Próxima Geração Apolitical Academy, Girls in Tech Columbia University and United Nations SDG. Programs that influenced and defined her path to building her independent design atelier, founding Studio Ayer in 2019, a practice that in 3 years of existence has already collaborated with 12 countries in building +80 projects. She holds an MFA in Design Entrepreneurship from the School of Visual Arts.

Currently, she is based in New York where she is also developing project Aliquoti, focused on reducing neonatal mortality for BIPOC women in the U.S. She keeps her scope of interests broad with a keen interest in culture and engineering biotech. Advocating to generate discussions about democracy, climate change, and social equity.

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Gold Sponsors

Monotype

Silver Sponsors

Adobe Commercial Type Production Type Klim Type Foundry Frere-Jones

Lead Sponsors

Dual Type TYPETR Universal Thirst HEX Projects Maryland Institute College of Art Business Letters

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Font of the Month Club Occupant Fonts Typotheque The Metropolitan Museum of Art Remote Marketing Team Vermont College of Fine Arts XXIX Spaghetype Sharp Type 29Letters Pentagram Brooklyn Brewery

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OH no Type Co. TypeTogether XYZ Type John Downer Darden Studio Society of Scribes Ina Saltz Scout Books DSType foundry Fontstand Process Type Foundry Emigre Fonts Arrow Type Emtype Cast Type Foundry Zetafonts Foundry CJ Type Fort Foundry Just Another Foundry NFType Jamra Patel Blackletra Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography Proof&Co. Fontdue MCKL TIGHTYPE Order Type Foundry Leinster Type

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