Typographics 2026

Fri, Jun 26, 10am - Sat, Jun 27, 2026 5pm

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Typographics is a design festival for people who use type. The annual event series organized by The Cooper Union’s Type@Cooper and the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography is now in its 12th year. Various events focused on con­tem­porary typo­graphy and where its future may lie are planned between June 22 and July 2, 2026 throughout the Cooper campus as well as online. 

The Festival's MainStage talks will be held on June 26 and June 27, 2026. Register online here.

The Typographics TypeLab, which features a series of informal talks, demos, technical experiments, inter­views, and more, will be held on June 24, 25, and 28, 2026. The Book Fair runs June 26 through June 28, 2026. See the full evolving schedule here.

Located in The Great Hall, in the Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues

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  • 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.