The merger provides TDC with resources and infrastructure to broaden and grow its programming.

It also aligns with TOCC's existing emphasis on promoting diversity and inclusion.

Joining as new members are:
  • Cey Adams: artist and designer at Cey Adams Studios, Brooklyn
  • Dr. Nadine Chahine: director at ArabicType Ltd, London
  • Manija Emran: founder and creative director at Me and the Bootmaker, Los Angeles
  • Zelda Harrison: principal at ZHarrison and Associates / ZELDESIGN, Los Angeles, and
  • Saki Mafundikwa: founder and director at the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA), Harare.
Returning to the TDC advisory board are:
  • Elizabeth Carey Smith (chair): designer director at Saturday Design, New York
  • Paul Carlos: principal at Pure+Applied, New York; adjunct faculty, Parsons School of Design, The New School
  • Liz DeLuna: principal at main5design, New York and professor of Graphic Design at St. John's University
  • Carrie Hamilton: designer at Carrie Hamilton Design, New York and instructor at The City College of New York
  • John Kudos: managing partner at KUDOS Design Collaboratory, KASA Collective, New York
  • Bobby C. Martin Jr: founding partner at Champions Design, New York
  • Joe Newton: designer, illustrator and educator at Anderson Newton Design, New York
  • Juan Carlos Pagan: founding partner and executive creative director at Sunday Afternoon, New York
  • YuJune Park: partner and cofounder of Synoptic Office, New York and assistant professor of Communication Design, Parsons School of Design, The New School, and
  • Christopher Sergio: vice president and group creative director at Henry Holt & Co / Macmillan Publishers, New York.
Sergio has also been appointed to represent TDC on The One Club board of directors. Carol Wahler continues in her role as TDC executive director. TDC says that it will continue to be run as an autonomous, committee-based organisation, with the advisory board responsible for all TDC programming, effective January.

A top priority of the new TDC Advisory Board is to take action on how to authentically address the industry's stark inclusion and diversity problems through representation, membership and programming.

"The new members bring a wealth of experience and diverse perspectives to the TDC advisory board, helping us create new paths forward in the creative community and maintaining our commitment to celebrating typographic excellence," says Elizabeth Carey Smith, TDC past-president, who will serve as board chair.

Established in New York in 1946, TDC celebrates and aims to amplify the power of typography and serves as a global community united by the shared belief that type drives culture and culture drives type.

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