Typographics 2025

On June 27 and June 28, 2025, The Great Hall was packed with graphic designers from around the world who gathered to learn about con­tem­porary typo­graphy and where its future may lie as part of The Cooper Union's annual Typographics festival. Presented by Type@Cooper and the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, the event is now in its 11th year. 

Here is a selection of photos from the main stage conference, just one aspect of the festival alongside workshops, the interactive TypeLab, and a book fair. All images by Henrique Nardi.

 

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.