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Experimental Letterforms is back for Summer 2026 ☀️
Experimental Letterforms: Lessons from Graffiti Writing, Sign Painting, and Type with Kel Troughton
Take your lettering and type design to the next level by exploring sources of inspiration beyond the traditional type and design canon. This workshop invites lettering artists and type designers to dive into diverse lettering disciplines and translate their principles into modern, expressive letterforms.
Each week, we’ll study a different lettering approach through lectures and hands-on drawing exercises, covering showcard writing, sign painting, photo typesetting, graffiti, calligraphy, and traditional type design. Students will start sketches in class and refine them as homework, blending personal style with lessons drawn from each discipline to create innovative work that spans tradition and contemporary design.
Get inspired by student work from last semester’s cohort below!
Interested in joining this course? Experimental Letterforms is back this Summer! Secure your spot and join us for another round of creative exploration.
Kate