yes, indeed, I'm nestled up in the LA area foothills like Hrant, right here in Monrovia. I fully support the typographic greatness of SoCal (though my wife and I have been contemplating a move to Portland... ).
I'm a nobody... working on becoming a somebody, though. I'm currently working on my first font, I might put a sample on the critique forum this weekend.
I guess this is my way of introducing myself.
I've been fond of typography, and graphic design for years... and one day it'd be nice to turn my hobby into my profession.
I wanted to let you guys know that Gerald Lange (former master printer for USC) will again be teaching his letterpress class at the ArtCenter in Pasadena (at the new "wind-tunnel" location). It's 14 weeks of some serious type and cylinder press printing. Gerald is as fun as he's educational, and even though I took the class about a year ago, I still feel the new insight into old type trickling down to me almost every day. The stuff you realize when actually holding metal type in your hand, putting the sorts in the stick and not to mention rolling the paper on the inked form, can actually put a smile on your face. BTW, it starts in mid-May, and there's a limit of ten students per semester.
You hit the nail on the head! I do live in a loft on Main Street in downtown LA. My block is pretty nice, but bum-town is not too far away. And then there's Little Tokyo if I feel like Japanese food. Mmmm... sushi, sashimi, ramen, and shabu shabu. =)
You're vagrant- and sushi-adjacent?! Man am I envious - and that's rare for me. Rare as in yellowtail sashimi with slightly too much wasabi paired with a cold, bone-dry Sapporo, for lunch... I hate you.
Funny! If you're ever in neighborhood, I'll take you to lunch. =)
There's another cool Japanese restaurant that I like (well maybe not as authentic as the places in Little Tokyo). It's at the Beverly Center, and it's called Todai. It's an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet. You should've seen me pig out at that place a week. They've got so much good fish, and I believe they even had yellowtail sashimi. And the best part: they prepare you custom crepes.
There's actually a Todai in Glendale - but I haven't tried it yet. Back when I used to live in West LA my favorite sushi place was Katsu on 3rd - I wonder if it's still there. The sign outside was a big stone fish laying on a dish. No text. Inside was like a blue cube. Sushi zen, I tell you.
I think you should definately give Todai a try, it's to-die for. ;)
I checked the yellow pages (Yahoo one) for Katsu and I didn't find it, so I guess they'ren't around any longer.
Please let me know when there's something cool going on in LA typography/graphic design-wise. Because I'd love to go... I'm still a newbie to a certain things and I'd like to learn more.
Dr Levon Chookaszian will give a lecture (in Armenian, but with a lot of illustrations) on "THE DECORATED LETTERS OF ARMENIAN MANUSCRIPTS", at the Glendale Central Library (222 E. Harvard St.) on Sunday, March 20, at 4:00 p.m. I'll be there, but the extent of real-time translation I could provide depends on many factors. :-)
I wish they’d do one in the Glendale Galleria,
otherwise it seems too salesy for me to sit in
traffic for. :-/ But thanks for the heads-up,
I’ll definitely spread the word!
To be fair to House:
I’ve now heard from two people who went to the Apple store event(s), and it seems the presentation wasn’t very salesy at all, with a lot of interesting (and in this case not surprisingly, entertaining) things shown.
I live in Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County. I am always looking for type events - missed the Letter As Image that was in Inglewood from April to July ’06. Hoping it comes back or something similar.
Besides Hrant...typedesignerwise in So.Cal... Martin Archer www.dazeofourlives.com myself (agency 26) www.agency26.com Ben Balvanz (fontalicious) www.fontalicious.com some others in the LA area include Jill Bell (www.jillbell.com) Corey Holms (www.coreyholms.com) + typophile regular Plain*Clothes. ** san diego design mafia includes Brett Jackson (www.imbrettjackson.com, typeface tag) and occasional typophile Steve Graham (aka Deadbeat). ** instructors ** Jens Gehlhaar (Cal Arts) teaches typography at Art Center (Pasadena). Sibylle Hagman (emigre, cholla) is art director of the USC School of Architecture in Los Angeles. bj
(old information ^^)
Leslie Cabarga and Doyald Young and Michael Doret
any other So-Cal typophiles??
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25.Jan.2003 9.48pm
Come on, I know there was an ad hoc, unofficial
Typophile meeting down there last year.
BJ?
[Moderators note for people outside the Western US:
SoCal = Southern California]
10.Apr.2003 1.41pm
yes, indeed, I'm nestled up in the LA area foothills like
Hrant, right here in Monrovia. I fully support the
typographic greatness of SoCal (though my wife and I
have been contemplating a move to Portland... ).
10.Apr.2003 1.52pm
the list also includes John Studden (letterhead)
and Greg Lindy (lux), from Burbank and
Venice, respectively.
What this all means I have no idea.
Maybe there's an L.A. TypeCon
in the future.
9.Jun.2003 10.13pm
Two more So. Cal typophiles:
Jes
19.Jun.2003 4.10pm
News flash for Angelenos eyeing the ATypI conference in September:
http://dir.travelzoo.com/Air.asp?intCategory=11&id=106361
hhp
19.Jun.2003 5.01pm
$64 to Vancouver!? That's not an airfare...
that's chipping in for gas.
19.Jun.2003 5.25pm
"that's chipping in for gas."
gas to Vegas, maybe. thanks for the heads-up, Hrant.
21.Jul.2003 4.44pm
I too am in SoCal, San Diego specifically. Always looking for any neat type/design meets/events anywhere in SoCal.
4.Mar.2004 1.48pm
Leslie Cabarga is having a signing for his new book on March 14th at Hennessey + Ingalls (Santa Monica), 5-7 PM.
hhp
5.Mar.2004 6.03pm
Jeff Keedy and Ed Fella are both in the LA area.
19.Mar.2004 2.55am
I live in Lake Forest, Orange County.
I'm a nobody... working on becoming a somebody, though. I'm currently working on my first font, I might put a sample on the critique forum this weekend.
I guess this is my way of introducing myself.
I've been fond of typography, and graphic design for years... and one day it'd be nice to turn my hobby into my profession.
Talk to you guys later. (No more lurking for me.)
19.Mar.2004 9.38am
Welcome Lauri.
btw, there are at least 20 more people to add to this
list ... including Doyald Young.
A few local AIGA people have talked about
forming a Type Club.
Haven't heard anything lately.
bj
19.Mar.2004 9.42am
If you do it outside of AIGA, I'll join.
hhp
19.Mar.2004 9.52am
Well your Typo L list, LA Division, probably
functions as a Type Club. :D
the Type Club talk was clearly being discussed
as something separate from AIGA.
bj
19.Mar.2004 10.40am
Thanks BJ.
I can't really look at your name without thinking of the singer PJ Harvey... =)
24.Mar.2004 10.20am
I wanted to let you guys know that Gerald Lange (former master printer for USC) will again be teaching his letterpress class at the ArtCenter in Pasadena (at the new "wind-tunnel" location). It's 14 weeks of some serious type and cylinder press printing. Gerald is as fun as he's educational, and even though I took the class about a year ago, I still feel the new insight into old type trickling down to me almost every day. The stuff you realize when actually holding metal type in your hand, putting the sorts in the stick and not to mention rolling the paper on the inked form, can actually put a smile on your face. BTW, it starts in mid-May, and there's a limit of ten students per semester.
hhp
6.May.2004 9.45am
Hurry, the door is closing on sign-ups for Lange's letterpress class!
Lube it or lose it. The cylinder press, that is...
hhp
28.May.2004 5.31pm
Brian just told me about this:
http://www.aigalosangeles.org/events/archives/000525.php
hhp
23.Nov.2004 1.52pm
Quite a good price:
http://dir.travelzoo.com/Air.asp?intCategory=12&id=170158
hhp
23.Nov.2004 4.33pm
Small update: I don't live in OC any longer; I moved to downtown Los Angeles. No more uninterupted sleep for me. ;)
Lauri
23.Nov.2004 9.16pm
You live in Downtown LA? Heavy.
Like in one of those grubby-chic artist lofts or something?
(To non-Angelenos: our downtown is not like yours.)
hhp
23.Nov.2004 9.57pm
Hrant,
You hit the nail on the head! I do live in a loft on Main Street in downtown LA. My block is pretty nice, but bum-town is not too far away. And then there's Little Tokyo if I feel like Japanese food. Mmmm... sushi, sashimi, ramen, and shabu shabu. =)
Lauri
23.Nov.2004 10.51pm
You're vagrant- and sushi-adjacent?! Man am I envious - and that's rare for me. Rare as in yellowtail sashimi with slightly too much wasabi paired with a cold, bone-dry Sapporo, for lunch... I hate you.
hhp
24.Nov.2004 9.08am
Hrant,
Funny! If you're ever in neighborhood, I'll take you to lunch. =)
There's another cool Japanese restaurant that I like (well maybe not as authentic as the places in Little Tokyo). It's at the Beverly Center, and it's called Todai. It's an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet. You should've seen me pig out at that place a week. They've got so much good fish, and I believe they even had yellowtail sashimi. And the best part: they prepare you custom crepes.
Lauri
24.Nov.2004 9.25am
There's actually a Todai in Glendale - but I haven't tried it yet. Back when I used to live in West LA my favorite sushi place was Katsu on 3rd - I wonder if it's still there. The sign outside was a big stone fish laying on a dish. No text. Inside was like a blue cube. Sushi zen, I tell you.
hhp
24.Nov.2004 9.37am
Hrant,
I think you should definately give Todai a try, it's to-die for. ;)
I checked the yellow pages (Yahoo one) for Katsu and I didn't find it, so I guess they'ren't around any longer.
Please let me know when there's something cool going on in LA typography/graphic design-wise. Because I'd love to go... I'm still a newbie to a certain things and I'd like to learn more.
Thanks!
Lauri
15.Mar.2005 3.51pm
Dr Levon Chookaszian will give a lecture (in Armenian, but with a lot of illustrations) on "THE DECORATED LETTERS OF ARMENIAN MANUSCRIPTS", at the Glendale Central Library (222 E. Harvard St.) on Sunday, March 20, at 4:00 p.m. I'll be there, but the extent of real-time translation I could provide depends on many factors. :-)
hhp
21.Oct.2005 9.39am
I live in Alhambra. Talk about good places to eat asian food! WOW!
21.Oct.2005 9.54am
Oh, I’d forgotten about this thread...
Here you go then! http://typophile.com/node/15756
hhp
17.Jan.2006 3.28pm
Starts in 2 days!
http://typophile.com/node/15756
hhp
2.Mar.2006 9.55am
Attention alphabetic Angelenos!
http://typophile.com/node/18293
I might take my class on a field trip to it.
Let me know if you’d like to make it bigger.
hhp
2.Mar.2006 10.15am
Hrant,
That sounds like fun... guess who else is coming to town?
http://houseind.com/showandtell/index.php?id=148
2.Mar.2006 10.25am
I wish they’d do one in the Glendale Galleria,
otherwise it seems too salesy for me to sit in
traffic for. :-/ But thanks for the heads-up,
I’ll definitely spread the word!
hhp
10.Mar.2006 1.23pm
To be fair to House:
I’ve now heard from two people who went to the Apple store event(s), and it seems the presentation wasn’t very salesy at all, with a lot of interesting (and in this case not surprisingly, entertaining) things shown.
hhp
16.Mar.2006 5.00pm
I live in Orange County. A lot of my graffiti photos were taken in downtown LA: http://www.fontplay.com/freephotos/graffitiart.htm
And this cool mannequin was under the 10 freeway in a seedy area
somewhere near (south-east of?) the Staples Center:
http://www.fontplay.com/freephotos/2nd500/fpfreefoto-1858.jpg
31.Mar.2007 11.23am
I live in Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County. I am always looking for type events - missed the Letter As Image that was in Inglewood from April to July ’06. Hoping it comes back or something similar.
6.Apr.2007 4.09pm
Mark, don’t miss the Helvetica movie in the second half of April (twice).
hhp
11.Apr.2007 8.53am
Helvetica movie? When? Where?
I am particularly interested in this movie as my sir name is of Swiss descent.
11.Apr.2007 9.03am
http://typophile.com/node/31228 _
http://www.helveticafilm.com/screenings.html
hhp
4.Dec.2007 1.04am
Besides Hrant...typedesignerwise in So.Cal... Martin Archer www.dazeofourlives.com myself (agency 26) www.agency26.com Ben Balvanz (fontalicious) www.fontalicious.com some others in the LA area include Jill Bell (www.jillbell.com) Corey Holms (www.coreyholms.com) + typophile regular Plain*Clothes. ** san diego design mafia includes Brett Jackson (www.imbrettjackson.com, typeface tag) and occasional typophile Steve Graham (aka Deadbeat). ** instructors ** Jens Gehlhaar (Cal Arts) teaches typography at Art Center (Pasadena). Sibylle Hagman (emigre, cholla) is art director of the USC School of Architecture in Los Angeles. bj
(old information ^^)
Leslie Cabarga and Doyald Young and Michael Doret
any other So-Cal typophiles??