AAF-ND Presents: “How Culture Affect Typography” w/ Nikki Villagomez

This Month’s Speaker: Nikki Villagomez

Join us for our first speaker event of the season at the Sanctuary Event Center in Fargo. This month’s speaker is Nikki Villagomez, Chief Marketing Officer for BRC and Culture + Typography Expert.

Event Schedule:

• 11:30am – Doors Open
• 12:00pm – Welcome, Announcements + Introduction
• 12:05pm – Presentation
• 12:50pm – Audience Q+A

Presentation Summary:

In this presentation, Nikki will use typographic pictures taken throughout her travels alongside photos from North Dakota (manhole covers, neon signs, ghost signs, hand lettering, historic signs, etc.) in a side by side exploration discussing the comparisons (and contrasts) in type choices. Get the books! Nikki will have copies of her books Culture+Typography: How Culture Affects Typography ($20) and Culture+Typography: Examples in Font Pairings ($35) for sale at the event!

About Nikki

Nikki Villagomez is a nationally recognized speaker on typography. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a BFA in Graphic Design. After working as a designer in New York City, she moved to her home state of South Carolina where she became a fulltime freelancer. Nikki is the founder and former president of the South Carolina chapter of AIGA. She has been an educator teaching Graphic Design and Typography at the University of South Carolina and the University of Akron. Currently, Nikki lives in Charlotte, NC and serves as Chief Marketing Officer for BRC, a CPA and advisory firm. She has maintained her blog, culture+typography, for over 10 years. You can follow along here.